Infrastructure

After EDA Investment, Workers – and Jobs – Walking Into Fresno

Country singer Bob Gallion’s 1972 song “Walking Into Fresno” tells how lonely it can be walking in Fresno, California, in the rain. In 2014, however, it was mud and standing water – rather than loneliness – that most plagued workers walking to their jobs in one area of south Fresno after a heavy downpour.

March 17, 2021

Economic Development Districts

Minnesota Economic Development District Executive Director Strives for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Economic Development

Region Nine Development Commission (RNDC) is an EDA-designated Economic Development District (EDD) focused on fostering economic development in a nine-county region in southern Minnesota.

Located in Mankato, RNDC’s service area is predominantly white but quickly diversifying. To address diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues, RNDC infuses these efforts into its economic development work.

February 2021

Small Business/RLF

EDA-funded Revolving Loan Fund Helps Keep Business Manufacturing through pandemic

Since 1991, The Flag Loft in St. Louis, Missouri, has been steadily manufacturing flags, banners, and fabric products for customers across the country.

Customers include corporations, municipalities, colleges, high schools, professional sports teams, and the hotel industry.

February 26, 2021

Disaster

"Completely Different" - EDA's Locally-Driven Approach To Development Supports Butte County, California's Recovery From Wildfire

California has experienced its share of disasters. Nearly a dozen major earthquakes have rocked the Golden State in the last decade, and fires, flooding, and adverse weather events are a fact of life on the Pacific coast. But nothing could completely prepare California for the destruction wrought by the Camp Fire.

February 24, 2021

Small Business/RLF

EDA CARES Act Funding to Detroit Revolving Loan Fund Supports School for Aspiring Beauticians

Before the coronavirus pandemic, about 80 aspiring beauticians attended classes at Dymond Designs Beauty School in downtown Detroit to learn about cosmetology, esthetics, manicuring, and natural hair cultivation.

Now the school’s enrollment is about half, and most of the students are learning remotely.

“The pandemic hit us hard. When we couldn’t train, everything stopped,” said school owner Marlene Brooks, whose students are mostly women of color living in the Detroit area.

February 10, 2021

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Small Businesses to Benefit From Innovation Studio at North Dakota State University

Sometimes ideas can come from unexpected places. And sometimes, those ideas happen to come at exactly the right time.

North Dakota State University’s Research and Technology Park in Fargo, North Dakota, has long been supporting the state’s economy.

January 14, 2021

Disaster

Recovering from Harvey: EDA Leads Coordination of Federal Resources

Hurricane Harvey hit Texas and Louisiana in August of 2017, bringing category 4 winds and catastrophic flooding along the coastline, primarily affecting Rockport, Houston, and Beaumont

January 12, 2021

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

In Teton County, Idaho, EDA And ECIPDA Incubate Innovation

With a population of just 25,000, Rexburg, Idaho, may not be the first place you imagine when you think innovation, but don’t let its size fool you.

December 17, 2020

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Upstate New York Start-up Incubator Guides Hardware Entrepreneurs Through Manufacturing Process

A spice bottle cap that pre-measures your spices. A breastmilk pasteurizer for home use. Gluten-free, wheat stem straws. A battery for storing renewable energy in buildings.

December 15, 2020

Infrastructure

At a Landlocked Port, Water is Vital

Grant County, Washington, is not where you would expect to find a port.

Best known as the nation’s most prodigious potato-producing area, it is a landlocked county covered in dry grassland more than 150 miles from the Pacific Ocean.

December 10, 2020