Success Stories (Cont.)

Small Business Development/RLF Kansas’ Thunder Struck Inc., Expands Thanks to EDA Revolving Loan Fund Program Thunder Struck, Inc. needed a large facility to expand its business – and they found it in Abilene, Kansas, in the former Duckwall-Alco Corporate offices and warehouse. The business started operating at the new location in October 2015. May 2017
Infrastructure Lewiston Regional Airport Industrial Park Brings Businesses and Jobs to Rural Idaho To help diversify its economy and increase job opportunities, Lewiston, Idaho, developed a plan to make its regional airport more attractive to business. April 2017
Infrastructure Port of Bristol Bay Cargo Dock Upgrade Supports U.S. Salmon Exports, Jobs in Alaska To keep up with the growing demand for Alaskan salmon domestically and abroad, local leaders at the Bristol Bay Borough in Naknek, Alaska knew significant improvements needed to be made to the Bristol Bay Borough Cargo Dock. April 2017
Small Business Development/RLF PeopleFund Expansion Empowers Small Businesses to Grow in Texas In order to continue the revitalization of East Austin through their support for entrepreneurs and small businesses, the PeopleFund, a nonprofit lender in Texas, needed to establish a headquarters building in its target market, the heart of Central-East Austin. April 2017
Innovation & Entrepreneurship New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Park is Growing Jobs by Expanding the New Mexico Health-Tech Cluster (Video) EDA’s Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Program investments in New Mexico State University (NMSU) have helped accelerate development of Arrowhead Park around the growing health-tech cluster. The ultimate goal of the Park is to positively impact the region through improved health for citizens, more effective and efficient healthcare delivery, job and wealth creation, and a trained workforce foundational to a more robust, stable economy. March 2017
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Santa Fe Business Incubator: Economic Driver, Business Creation Center, and Innovation Hub With a pressing need for new jobs in the area, the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico needed a mechanism to strengthen and diversify its local economy. March 2017
Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Small Business Development/RLF EDA Revolving Loan Fund Critical to the Success of Cedar Rapid’s Geonetric Geonetric, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, provides hospitals, health systems, and medical groups with the healthcare-specific content management systems they need to be optimized to respond to the unique needs of the healthcare industry. March 2017
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Investments in Entrepreneurs Grow Small Businesses in Oklahoma Due to significant job losses in its manufacturing sector, Oklahoma City needed a strategy to diversify and boost its economy. To move the city forward and create more opportunities for innovation and technology-based businesses, EDA partnered with local nonprofit, i2E, Inc., to support their “Oklahoma City Technology Business Initiative.” March 2017
Disaster, Infrastructure, Manufacturing FIT’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Design – Palm Bay, Florida To help make their economy more economically resilient, the Florida Institute of Technology developed the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Design (CAMID) in Palm Bay. February 2017
Infrastructure, Manufacturing Re-Patriating Manufacturing Jobs through a New Industrial Park – Ogden, Utah In 2015, EDA awarded $2.2 million to support the construction of a new waterline to service the Ogden Business Exchange, a business and light industrial park currently being developed and marketed in Ogden, Utah. February 2017