CARES Act Recovery Assistance News Clips

Archives: 2021 | 2020

2021

May

• May 7, 2021 - Marinette receive $1 million grant (The Eagle Herald)
• May 6, 2021 - Columbia County Report: Lake City get’s a $2.2 million federal grant to repair airplane hangars at HAECO (WCJB ABC 20)
• May 6, 2021 - Hancock gets money to build technology park (WNMU-FM Radio 90)
• May 6, 2021 - BRADD updating regional economic development plan (Bowling Green Daily News)
• May 5, 2021 - Traffic pattern change comes to Pecan Street/Dessau Road in Pflugerville (Austin American Statesman)
• May 4, 2021 - Hancock receives $2.7 M federal grant for technology park (The Daily Mining Gazette)

April

• April 30, 2021 - Moran Announces $3.8M Grant Awarded To Salina (KSAL News)
• April 30, 2021 - Salina to receive $3.8 million grant to fix infrastructure, Schwan's expansion continues (The Salina Journal)
• April 30, 2021 - Moran in Salina to speak about $3.8M federal grant for city (The Salina Post)
• April 30, 2021 - Community needs survey to help businesses recover (The Washington Times Herald)
• April 29, 2021 - Wyoming will use a $2.5 million federal grant to boost tourism marketing (County 17 News)
• April 29, 2021 - Brown announces $3.1 million to help Northwest Ohio (The Sentinel-Tribune)
• April 28, 2021 - Communities receive nearly $1 million in grants (WTVQ 36 News)
• April 27, 2021 - Economic Development Administration hits milestone in CARES Act fund distribution (Federal News Network)
• April 27, 2021 - Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Receives CARES Act Recovery Assistance Grant (Business West)
• April 26, 2021 - Ward Co. to receive $1.5M for broadband infrastructure project (News West 9)
• April 23, 2021 - Planning group to apply federal money to Berkshires' pandemic-recovery efforts (The Berkshire Eagle)
• April 23, 2021 - Senators Heinrich And Luján Welcome $3.5 Million In CARES Act Recovery Assistance Grants For New Mexico (The Los Alamos Daily Post)
• April 23, 2021 - First of its kind multi-state cooperative says it’s just waiting on Verso’s call in order to begin reopening the Wisconsin Rapids mill (WSAW 7 News)
• April 21, 2021 - National WWII Museum to receive $824,000 improvements grant (WGNO News)
• April 21, 2021 - Tourism agency launching ads with John Goodman, Sterling K. Brown and other actors (St. Louis Business Journal)
• April 21, 2021 - Bits & Bytes: BPL screens “Some Old Black Man”; Stockbridge Cultural Council grant recipients; Enck on plastic pollution; Planning Commission awarded CARES funding (The Berkshire Edge)
• April 19, 2021 - Utah’s Improbable Pandemic Tourism Boost From State Support and Higher Tax Revenues (Skift)
• April 19, 2021 - Southwest's states prepare to fund broadband expansion (The Bond Buyer)
• April 16, 2021 - Economic developers from across state invited to participate as New Mexico Economic Development Department begins strategic planning (Albuquerque Business First)
• April 16, 2021 - McEachin announces $960K in COVID-19 relief for Richmond (The Augusta Free Press)
• April 15, 2021 - VEDP, Martinsville receive $3.9M in federal grants (Virginia Business)
• April 15, 2021 - $500,000 CARES Act grant to support broadband planning in Central Sierra region (The Calaveras Enterprise)
• April 14, 2021 - Tuolumne County receives $500K grant for regional high-speed internet plan (The Union Democrat)
• April 12, 2021 - Virus recovery funds to promote tourism on Alabama coast (WVTM 13 News)
• April 12, 2021 - U.S. Department of Commerce investing $2,000,000 in South Mississippi tourism (WLOX News)
• April 10, 2021 - The Lake City Gateway airport awarded millions from the Cares Act (WCJB 20 News)
• April 9, 2021 - Smith Reynolds Airport Awarded Over $4M in CARES Act Funding (WFDD News)
• April 9, 2021 - $6M coming for development of new industrial park on Jackson County farmland (Michigan Live)
• April 9, 2021 - BRITE, YBI are recipients of $1.2M in job-creating federal grants (Mahoning Matters)
• April 9, 2021 - Brite’s $571,355 EDA Grant Will Support Expansion Efforts (The Business Journal)
• April 9, 2021 - BRITE receives $500K in federal relief money (The Tribune Chronicle)
• April 8, 2021 - EDA grants CARES Act revolving loan funds to Big Sky Economic Development (The Billings Gazette)
• April 8, 2021 - $800K grant awarded to help ‘Alabama’s sparkling Gulf Coast’ tourism rebound from pandemic (Yellowhammer News)
• April 8, 2021 - Beach tourism bureau to get $1 million boost to aid pandemic recovery (AL.com)
• April 8, 2021 - Wisconsin Rapids to Receive Federal Aid for the Verso Closing (WSAU 95.1 News)
• April 6, 2021 - San Jose receives $1.17 million grant to support small businesses affected by COVID-19 (KRON 4 News)
• April 5, 2021 - Deals and dollars: A roundup of DFW tech and startup funding rounds, M&As and investor activity in March (NTX Inno)
• April 5, 2021 - Minnesota Craft Breweries’ Sales Dipped 18 Percent in 2020 (Twin Cities Business)
• April 4, 2021 - Job training for state’s displaced is project goal (The Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
• April 3, 2021 - SouthernTech awarded $4 million for Aviation Maintenance Training (The Daily Ardmoreite)
• April 2, 2021 - U.S. aid to boost worker training (The Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
• April 1, 2021 - News Release: City of San Jose receives $1.17 million federal grant for business recovery, jobs (City of San Jose News)
• April 1, 2021 - Yadtel hopes to spread broadband even further (Davie County Enterprise Record)
• April 1, 2021 - (Marinette Eagle Herald)

March

• March 29, 2021 - Grant approved for Southern Tech aviation training facility (KTEN 10 News)
• March 25, 2021 - CO.STARTERS program targets entrepreneurs in Luna County to train business leaders (Deming Headlight)
• March 19, 2021 - City of Pleasanton awarded one-million-dollar grant (Pleasanton Express)
• March 19, 2021 - A new hospital could come to Lake City (WPDE 15 News)
• March 19, 2021 - A New Hospital Could Be Coming to Lake City (WFXB News)
• March 18, 2021 - COVID-19 economic recovery plans in motion for Southeast New Mexico (The Carlsbad Current-Argus)
• March 18, 2021 - $2.85 million awarded to Alaska Tourism Industry Association in grant funding (KINY Radio)
• March 17, 2021 - DOLA Awarded $2.3 Million Recovery Assistance Grant (The Prowers Journal)
• March 17, 2021 - AAEDC’s Fjone forging ahead with several new projects (The Wahoo Newspaper)
• March 17, 2021 - New revolving loan fund to aid small business recovery (The Miami County Republic News)
• March 17, 2021 - Tribal families receive high-speed internet for the first time (Redheaded Blackbelt)
• March 16, 2021 - OneRedmond Receives CARES Act Grant (425 Business)
• March 16, 2021 - Salem tourism gets boost under first CARES Act (The Salem News)
• March 14, 2021 - North Dakota coronavirus news, March 14: DSU plans in-person graduation (The Bismarck Tribune)
• March 13, 2021 - Salem procures 662K grant for economic recovery efforts, Moulton, Driscoll announce (Wicked Local News)
• March 13, 2021 - North Central discusses new grants/loans (The Bradford Era)
• March 12, 2021 - The US Department of Commerce is Sending More Money to Oklahoma (KLAW 101 Radio)
• March 12, 2021 - More than 140 companies in Radius region eligible for newest economic revitalization opportunity (Dubois County Free Press)
• March 11, 2021 - Pflugerville approves intersection improvements for FM 685/Pecan Street intersection (Austin American-Statesman)
• March 11, 2021 - Pflugerville greenlights $4.38M construction contract for Pecan Street, FM 685 intersection (Community Impact Newspaper)
• March 11, 2021 - Thumbs up for special birthdays and a double dose of development news (Beckley Register-Herald)
• March 9, 2021 - Racine’s Razor Sharp Fitness able to continue growth thanks to CARES Act-funded RCEDC loan; O&H helped too (The Journal Times)
• March 9, 2021 - Sparkyard receives $450,000 grant to support Fort Worth startups, entrepreneurs (Fort Worth Business)
• March 9, 2021 - The Illinois College nursing program is receiving a financial shot in the arm due to grant funding (WLDS 1180 Radio)
• March 8, 2021 - Racine County Economic Development Corporation: ZERO Loan Program provides immediate financial relief for Racine’s Razor Sharp Fitness, O&H Bakery (WIS Business)
• March 8, 2021 - Razor Sharp Fitness, O&H Bakery Use ZERO Loan Program (Racine County Eye)
• March 8, 2021 - Small Business Loans: 8 Programs for LA Businesses (LA Business Journal)
• March 8, 2021 - $2.75 million to aid Santa Cruz County distressed businesses (TPG Online Daily)
• March 7, 2021 - Column: NIACOG has resources for local business recovery (The Globe Gazette)
• March 6, 2021 - Fargo, Cass County leaders urge adding workforce academies back to bonding bill (InForum)
• March 6, 2021 - Sparkyard lands grant funding to help connect the Fort Worth startup ecosystem (NTX Inno)
• March 5, 2021 - $1.5M federal grant to help West Virginia businesses (The Beckley Register-Herald)
• March 5, 2021 - $1.5 million federal grant to help West Virginia businesses (WCHS 8 News)
• March 5, 2021 - Around the Region - March 7th (The Journal-News)
• March 5, 2021 - CORONAVIRUS: Marshall announces $800,000 in small business funding coming to state of Kansas (KVOE News Radio)
• March 5, 2021 - GRANT WILL FUND COUNTY MOVE TO OLD HOSPITAL (The Cameron Herald)
• March 4, 2021 - U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $5.5 Million in CARES Act Recovery - Assisting Industrial, Tourism, and Manufacturing Growth and Resiliency in Tennessee (WGNS News Radio)
• March 4, 2021 - Federal grant awarded to business project in UP (Farmerville Gazette)
• March 3, 2021 - LSSU receives CARES Act funding to support Center for Freshwater Research and Education (The Mining Journal)
• March 2, 2021 - ACC receives hefty grant for welding department (WBKB 11 News)
• March 1, 2021 - CNEDD Continuing To Collect Data On Internet Speed In Rural Nebraska (Sandhills Express)
• March 1, 2021 - Start-up Support Initiative Gets Boost From Federal Grant (KLCC NPR)
• March 1, 2021 - Around the State: March 2021 (Nevada Business)

February

• February 28, 2021 - Parish moving ahead with 3 flood control infrastructure projects (The Daily Iberian)
• February 26, 2021 - Louisiana ISP Nets $3.1M Federal Grant to Expand Broadband (GovTech)
• February 26, 2021 - LUS Fiber Awarded $3.1M Grant to Expand Broadband into Rural Acadiana (Broadband Communities Magazine)
• February 26, 2021 - NDSCS gets $1.5M in CARES Act funding (Wahpeton Daily News)
• February 26, 2021 - Pikeville to receive funding for strategic plan (Appalachian News-Express)
• February 26, 2021 - Senator McConnell and Congressman Hal Rogers announce Economic Recovery Plan for Pikeville? (WYMT Mountain News)
• February 26, 2021 - Federal grant to help City of Lawton fund Lee Boulevard upgrade (The Lawton Constitution)
• February 25, 2021 - 5 things to know today: Price spike, Vaccine eligibility, Economic outlook, Police reform, Workforce academy (InForum News)
• February 25, 2021 - City To Receive $1.17 Million Cares Act Grant For Small Business Support (SF Gate)
• February 25, 2021 - Cohasset to build $4.3 million manufacturing facility, create new jobs (CBS 3 Duluth)
• February 25, 2021 - Grant to provide for fiber extension to Iberia, St. Martin parishes (The Daily Iberian)
• February 25, 2021 - LUS Fiber Expanding Fiber Optic Services From Lafayette to St. Martin & Iberia Parish (KPEL 965)
• February 25, 2021 - LUS Fiber receives EDA grant to expand fiberoptic lines along US90 corridor (KATC 3 ABC News)
• February 25, 2021 - LUS Fiber wins $3 million grant to build high-speed internet backbone on US Hwy 90 (Lafayette Daily Advertiser)
• February 25, 2021 - Closing the digital divide (Beatrice Daily Sun)
• February 24, 2021 - Cohasset to build 25K square foot manufacturing facility (Business North News)
• February 24, 2021 - North Central offering loans for pandemic response (The Bradford Era)
• February 23, 2021 - Des Moines U to Apply CARES Act Funding to Telehealth Tech (Campus Technology News)
• February 23, 2021 - Business in Brief: 02/24/2021 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
• February 23, 2021 - COVID-19 economic injury assessment being conducted in region that includes Aiken County (Aiken Standard)
• February 22, 2021 - Small S.C. businesses navigate changes wrought by COVID-19 (Columbia Regional Business Report)
• February 22, 2021 - New Revolving Loan Fund to Support Businesses Statewide (North Forty News)
• February 22, 2021 - Des Moines University's new $4M telehealth center to create nearly 700 jobs (Becker’s Hospital Review)
• February 22, 2021 - U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.8 Million in CARES Act (Boonville Daily News)
• February 20, 2021 - County awarded EDA grant for move out of downtown (The Cameron Herald)
• February 20, 2021 - Dickeyville receives $2.9 million grant for long-awaited industrial park (The Telegraph Herald)
• February 19, 2021 - Commerce Department Invests $2.4 Million in CARES Act To Expand Manufacturing Skills Programs at Alpena Community College (MI Tech News)
• February 19, 2021 - Port Authority receives $2.4 million grant from CARES Act (WTVG ABC 13)
• February 19, 2021 - VA Tech Office of Economic Development Helps Roanoke County Develop Strategic Plan (The Roanoke Star)
• February 19, 2021 - Great News for Businesses Along Lee Boulevard…and Anyone Who Drives it (KLAW 101 News)
• February 19, 2021 - U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.5 Million to Establish and Administer an RLF in Support of COVID-19 Impacted Small Businesses in Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa (Sierra Sun Times)
• February 19, 2021 - Perry Co. Port Authority receives $4.5M grant (Channel 14 News)
• February 19, 2021 - Economic Development Strategy survey for Nye and Esmeralda open til Feb. 24 (Pahrump Valley Times)
• February 19, 2021 - VA Tech Office of Economic Development Helps Roanoke County Develop Strategic Plan (The Roanoke Star)
• February 18, 2021 - University Of Wyoming Business Incubators Receive CARES Act Funding (Wyoming Public Media)
• February 18, 2021 - Des Moines University telehealth center could create hundreds of jobs (WHO News Radio 1040)
• February 18, 2021 - Thibodaux gets $2 million to upgrade wastewater system (Houma Today)
• February 18, 2021 - Cassidy Announces $2.7 Million in CARES Act Funding for Broadband Access and Infrastructure Development, Wastewater System Improvements (Bossier Press-Tribune)
• February 18, 2021 - Lawton awarded $2 million CARES Act grant for roadway improvements (KSWO ABC 7 News)
• February 18, 2021 - UW receives $2.4M in CARES Act grant for local entrepreneurs (Laramie Boomerang)
• February 17, 2021 - $2.4M in CARES act grant for local entrepreneurs (Rawlins Times)
• February 16, 2021 - Over $70 Million Awarded to Support Economic Recovery Across U.S. and Territories (MyChesCo)
• February 15, 2021 - Purdue Center for Regional Development Receives CARES Act Funding to Support Small Business Growth (WBIW News)
• February 15, 2021 - State awarded $1.5M establish a revolving loan fund for businesses (Coastal Point)
• February 15, 2021 - Heinrich, Luján, Leger Fernández Announce $2.24 Million In CARES Act Recovery Assistance For Northwest New Mexico (Los Alamos Daily Post)
• February 13, 2021 - Local planning agency to receive grant for development strategy (The Sentinel Source)
• February 12, 2021 - U.S. Department of Commerce awards $2.2M in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants in New Mexico (Albuquerque Business First)
• February 12, 2021 - Purdue Receives Funding to Support Small Businesses (Inside Indiana Business)
• February 11, 2021 - New preliminary report shows COVID-19's devastating impact on Utah tourism in 2020 (KSL News)
• February 11, 2021 - Another $1.5 mil from CARES Act going to Delaware COVID relief small business loans (Delaware Public Media)
• February 11, 2021 - St. Louis tourism office wins $2.5 million federal grant (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• February 11, 2021 - St. Louis tourism receives $2.5 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance (KSDK Channel 5)
• February 11, 2021 - GRADD officials: Legislation expands opportunities for small business loans (Owensboro Times)
• February 10, 2021 - Daily Business Report-Feb. 10, 2021 (San Diego Metro)
• February 10, 2021 - San Diego Offers Loans to Help Businesses Adapt to COVID-19 Restrictions (Fox 5 San Diego News)
• February 9, 2021 - Closing digital divide (KNOP 2 News)
• February 9, 2021 - Project will identify gaps in internet service and speeds to close digital divide (Omaha World-Herald)
• February 9, 2021 - IMPACT Sheridan receives grant, intends to hire assistant director (The Sheridan Press)
• February 9, 2021 - UW RECEIVES $2.4 MILLION CARES ACT TO SUPPORT BUSINESS INCUBATION; EXPECTED TO CREATE 368 JOBS (Oil City News)
• February 9, 2021 - 5 businesses receive initial revolving loan funds (Charleston Business Journal)
• February 8, 2021 - CNEDD Launches Crowdsourcing Broadband Mapping Initiative for Region’s Future (Sandhills Express)
• February 8, 2021 - Texas port obtains CARES grant for new rail loop (Progressive Railroading)
• February 8, 2021 - UW Receives $2.4M CARES Act Grant to Support Entrepreneurs (Sheridan Media)
• February 7, 2021 - Business briefs for 2-7-21 (Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
• February 6, 2021 - UW ANNOUNCES $2.4 MILLION IN CARES TO HELP INNOVATORS RESPOND TO PANDEMIC, DIVERSIFY WYOMING JOBS (Oil City News)
• February 5, 2021 - Port of Victoria: CARES Act Grant Spurs Rail Growth (Railway Age)
• February 5, 2021 - Small Business Alert: Second Phase of NJ Loans Open on 2/10 (Hopatcong Lake Regional News)
• February 4, 2021 - GRANT FUNDS WILL UPGRADE INDUSTRIAL PARK ROADS AND ADAMS AVENUE (The Cameron Herald)
• February 4, 2021 - Fox News at 9 (KVCT Fox News)
• February 4, 2021 - CSN awarded $6.9M federal grant for workforce training facility (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• February 3, 2021 - Boat school receives funding assistance (The Port Townsend Leader)
• February 3, 2021 - Five small businesses seeing relief through the City of Charleston and Charleston LDC based loans (Count On News 2)
• February 3, 2021 - Lake Superior State University receives $950,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant (WNMU Public Radio)
• February 3, 2021 - McKean County COVID Resource Update (The Bradford Era)
• February 2, 2021 - Lake Superior State University Receives $950,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance Grant (Sault Online)
• February 2, 2021 - Utah Office of Tourism receives $1M in CARES Act Recovery to aid state's tourism economy (KUTV News)
• February 2, 2021 - Utah Office of Tourism receives $1M in federal assistance (ABC 4 Local News)
• February 2, 2021 - Utah Office of Tourism receives $1M in CARES Act Recovery grant (Gephardt Daily)
• February 2, 2021 - Utah gets $1 Million in CARES Act money to help tourism economy recover (Fox 13 Now News)
• February 2, 2021 - UL Lafayette, community leaders coordinating COVID-19 economic recovery initiative (KADN Fox 15)
• February 2, 2021 - Accelerate Northside Program Aims To Help Small Businesses (KPEL 965 News)
• February 1, 2021 - NJEDA announces $10 million second phase of small business emergency assistance loan program (Mercer Me Community News)
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• February 1, 2021 - $30,000 Prize Up For Grabs For Penn State Student Entrepreneurs (Onward State)

January

• January 31, 2021 - NJ Senate Bill Allows $ 50 Million to Help Minority-Owned Businesses Affected by Pandemic (NJ Spotlight)
• January 29, 2021 - County starts business loan program (Antelope Valley Press)
• January 29, 2021 - Senate bill appropriates $50M to aid minority-owned businesses battered by pandemic (NJ Spotlight News)
• January 28, 2021 - Region Nine creating 'economic resiliency' plan (Mankato Free Press)
• January 28, 2021 - EDA grant targets South Central Minnesota manufactures hit hard by pandemic (KEYC News Now)
• January 27, 2021 - NJEDA Announces Second Phase of Small Business Emergency Assistance Loan Program (New Jersey Business Magazine)
• January 27, 2021 - WATCH | Sen. Tina Smith discusses south central Minnesota manufacturer grant (KEYC News Now)
• January 26, 2021 - IDA OKs $2.6M In CARES Funding To 16 County Firms, Groups (The Post-Journal)
• January 26, 2021 - IDA Announces Second Round of Federal EDA Funding for Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 (WRFA 107.9 News)
• January 26, 2021 - LA County To Launch Loan Program To Help Stabilize Small Businesses (Random Lengths News)
• January 26, 2021 - Region Nine awarded funding for disaster and economic recovery plan (KEYC News Now)
• January 22, 2021 - L.A. County to Launch Small Business Stabilization Loan Program (SCV News)
• January 22, 2021 - Los Angeles County To Launch Loan Program To Help Stabilize Small Businesses (South Pasadenan)
• January 21, 2021 - Colorado Tourism receives boost in funding (KRDO News)
• January 21, 2021 - Kennebec Valley Council of Governments receives $670,000 from federal government (Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel)
• January 21, 2021 - US grant boosts ‘new downtown’ plan in northeast Nevada city (Bolly Inside)
• January 20, 2021 - U.S. Department of Commerce invests $1.5 million to support implementation of a small business technical assistance program (The Orange County Breeze)
• January 20, 2021 - A 'new downtown' for West Wendover closer to reality (Elko Daily Free Press)
• January 20, 2021 - AM News Brief: Eyeing A Carbon Tax, Vail Resorts Revenue Down & Utah Tourism Campaign Gets A Boost (KUER 90.1 News)
• January 19, 2021 - FEDS INVEST $2.7M FOR COVID-IMPACTED BUSINESSES IN FRESNO, SLO (The Business Journal)
• January 17, 2021 - Commissioners approve $50,000 pandemic loan for El Tesoro (The Indiana Gazette)
• January 13, 2021 - Businesses urged to participate in economic development survey (The Rappahannock Record)
• January 12, 2021 - Department of Commerce details COVID-19 impacts on industry sectors and its economic recovery plan for small businesses (Washington State Wire)
• January 10, 2021 - GRADD streamlines microloan process (The Messenger-Inquirer)