Grant

November 23 - 29, 2018

  • $3,636,000 in four Economic Adjustment Assistance projects as follows:
    • $3,100,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds to the Laurens County Water and Sewer Commission, Laurens/Laurens County, South Carolina, to fund water system improvements to the new water treatment plant, which will be built at Lake Greenwood in Laurens County, South Carolina. The upgrades include the construction of the Stagecoach Road Waterline, which connects an existing elevated storage tank to a major system booster pump, and the construction of the Milam Road Elevated Water Tank, which will sustain water pressure in the northeast section of the system when the new water treatment plant comes online. The upgrades will support the Laurens County Water and Sewer Commission by increasing the resiliency of the water system in the area and ensuring needed water supply to its customers in emergency conditions that are experienced during severe weather and mitigate business interruption risks.
    • $250,000 to Hawaii County, Hawaii, to fund Hawaii County’s Disaster Economic Recovery Plan. The county has suffered through two major disasters in 2018--the Kilauea Volcano eruption and Hurricane Lane. Both of these disasters have exacerbated the county's economic challenges. This project will provide information that will help the county focus its economic efforts widely and be a roadmap to providing long-term benefits for county residents and businesses, which will strengthen the regional economy.
    • $206,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds to Miami-Dade County and the South Florida Regional Planning Council, Inc., to fund a disaster resiliency plan to become a viable regional strategy for economic recovery, transformation, and resiliency with an emphasis on job creation and private investment in South Miami-Dade County, Florida. The planning strategy will focus on reconstruction and rebuilding towards resiliency while diversifying the economy to promote a quick recovery and make it more hardened to withstand future impacts of economic, natural, and other disasters, which will lead to long-term economic stability.
    • $80,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds to the Hendry County Board of County Commissioners, LaBelle/Hendry County, Florida, to fund the Hendry County Community Fiber Optic broadband study to provide fiber optic broadband infrastructure across Hendry County, Florida after devastation from Hurricane Irma. Results of this study will provide essential information to support the region’s effort in building a broadband system to diversify its economy and increase its resiliency against natural disasters, which will help sustain and grow businesses throughout the region.