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May 9, 2023

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $729,560 to Boost Minority-Owned Business Growth in Mobile, Alabama

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $729,560 grant to Vivian’s Door, Mobile, Alabama, to provide technical assistance to minority-owned and distressed local businesses.

May 9, 2023

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.3 Million for Infrastructure Upgrades to Support Business Expansion and Job Growth in Lexington, North Carolina

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.3 million grant to the city of Lexington, North Carolina, for infrastructure improvements to support business expansion and job creation.

May 4, 2023

EDA Celebrates National Small Business Week

This week, we celebrate National Small Business Week, first started in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy. Administered by our Federal partner the U.S. Small Business Administration, this tradition recognizes the critical contributions of America’s small business owners while also promoting and encouraging new entrepreneurship opportunities and resources.

May 3, 2023

EDA Projects Support Growth in U.S. Exports and FDI

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays an important role in regional economies across the country. The United States is home to the largest total of FDI in the world, according to SelectUSA, a program of the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, which promotes and facilitates foreign business investment in the U.S. This means year after year, that more and more businesses from across the globe are choosing to make business investments in our country.

May 2, 2023

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $4.3 Million to Boost Business Growth and Workforce Development in Arkansas

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $4.3 million in the state of Arkansas to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to support business growth and workforce development.

May 2, 2023

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $3.6 Million for Infrastructure Improvements to Support Business Growth in Georgetown County, South Carolina

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.6 million grant to Georgetown County, South Carolina, for infrastructure improvements to support business growth and job creation.

May 2, 2023

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $500,000 to Promote Economic Recovery and Resiliency Following Natural Disasters in Dallas County, Alabama

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 grant to the Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission, Camden, Alabama, to promote economic recovery and resiliency in Dallas County, Alabama, following a series of natural disasters.

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.

April 25, 2023

EDA Announces Updates to its CEDS Content Guidelines

This week, the Economic Development Administration announces an update to its Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Content Guidelines, recommending four new or updated topics for inclusion in future CEDS.

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.