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April 26, 2023

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $4 Million to Support Climate-Ready Future on Fort Mojave Reservation

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million grant to the Fort Mojave Aha Macav Power Service, Mojave, Arizona, to develop a new source of clean and renewable energy for the Fort Mojave Reservation through the construction of a 2.3 megawatt solar power system.
  • Press Release
April 24, 2023

EDA Announces Notice of Funding Opportunity for Regions Impacted by Natural Disasters

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Commerce, through the Economic Development Administration (EDA), today announced newly available support to those communities impacted by natural disasters in 2021 and 2022.   Today, the FY23 EDA Disaster Supplemental Notice of Funding Opportunity was published at grants.gov and on eda.gov.
  • Press Release
March 29, 2023

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1 Million to Capitalize Revolving Loan Fund to Support Small Businesses in Northeast Ohio

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1 million grant to Valley Economic Development Partners, Youngstown, Ohio, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund that will serve small businesses in Mahoning and Trumbull counties, a region impacted by fluctuations in the energy economy.
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  • Assistance to Coal Communities
March 29, 2023

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.5 Million for Infrastructure Improvements Needed to Support Business Growth in Greeneville, Tennessee

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to the Greeneville Water Commission, Greeneville, Tennessee, for sewer infrastructure improvements to support business expansion and job creation in a region impacted by fluctuations in the energy economy.
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  • Assistance to Coal Communities
March 28, 2023

To Bolster Economic Competitiveness and Resiliency, U.S. Department of Commerce Funds Eight Communities of Practice

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) had completed awarding $27.9 million in cooperative agreements to establish eight economic development Communities of Practice. Communities of practice are designed to connect participants to capture and disseminate practical knowledge. Each Community of Practice supported through these EDA awards will bring together thematically related groups of economic development practitioners who are working to develop economic ecosystems conducive to the creation of quality jobs for American workers.
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