Grant

September 30-October 4, 2019

  • EDA announced 28 investments from September 30-October 4, 2019, totaling $104,447,250, which is matched by $38,127,724 in local investments. These investments include the following: (1) $97,334,250 in 24 Economic Adjustment Assistance projects to help communities design and implement strategies to adjust or bring about change to their economy in response to structural damage to their underlying economic base; which includes 19 projects for $74,134,250 that will help create 13,722 jobs, save 1,004 jobs, and leverage $6,485,043,000 in private investments; and (2) $7,113,000 in 4 Public Works projects to help communities revitalize, expand, and upgrade their physical infrastructure that will help create 694jobs, save 1,153 jobs, and leverage $18,120,000 in private investments.
    • $97,334,250 in 24 Economic Adjustment Assistance projects, matched by $25,429793 in local investments, as follows:
      • $14,500,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $1,500,000 in local investment, to the University of the Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie/Saint Thomas County, Virgin Islands, to fund infrastructure construction needed to increase resiliency at the University of the Virgin Islands on Saint Thomas Island, a designated Opportunity Zone. By expanding a medical facility by 33,000 square feet, the project will advance scientific research, education, and practice in an area hit hard by recent natural disasters. Once completed, the project will support technical innovation in an emerging industry cluster, train healthcare professionals for the workforce, promote medical tourism, and retain businesses throughout the region.
      • $14,100,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $1,000,000 in local investment, to the University of the Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie/Saint Thomas County, Virgin Islands, to fund the installation of infrastructure at the University of the Virgin Islands on Saint Thomas Island, a designated Opportunity Zone. The new 21,000 square foot medical facility will provide sustained quality healthcare in an area hit hard by natural disasters. Once completed, the project will support technical innovation in an emerging industry cluster, educate youth for the workforce, promote tourism, and retain businesses throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help leverage $35,000,000 in private investment.
      • $6,296,347 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, with no local match, to Mariposa County and the Mariposa Public Utility District, Mariposa/Mariposa County, California, to fund critical infrastructure renovations to support downtown business growth in the town of Mariposa, California, a designated Opportunity Zone. By repairing and improving roadways, water, and sewer lines, the project contributes to economic resiliency and mitigates the impact of recent natural disasters. Once completed, the project will encourage commercial development and create jobs. The grantees estimate that this investment will help create 52 jobs and leverage $145,000 in private investment.
      • $5,000,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $2,200,506 in local investment, to the SER-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast, Inc., Houston/Harris County, Texas, to fund construction of the SER Training Center in a designated Opportunity Zone in Harris County, to address workforce training needs in emerging and expanding industries in telecommunications, transportation, energy, construction, manufacturing, and infrastructure throughout the region. This project will support economic diversification, build resiliency from future natural disaster events, support private capital investment, and create jobs. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 6,000 jobs.
      • $5,000,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $1,250,000 in local investment, to the Urban Partnership CDC, the Transmit Receive Labs Inc., and the Maker Hub Commercial Association Inc., Houston/Harris County, Texas, to fund the renovations of a facility to serve as a community fabrication space and incubator hub featuring workforce training and apprenticeship programs in Harris County, a designated Opportunity Zone. The East End Innovations and Maker Hub mega site will provide an alternative work facility in response to the flooding devastations of Hurricane Harvey. Once completed, the project will help strengthen the regional economy, increase resiliency against future disaster, encourage private capital investment, and create jobs. The grantees estimate that this investment will help create 475 jobs and leverage $70,000,000 in private investment.
      • $5,000,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $1,250,000 in local investment, to the City of West Orange and the Orange County Water Control and Improvement District #2, West Orange/Orange County, Texas, to fund the design and construction of a relocated wastewater treatment plant to provide critical support for new and existing industrial customers in an Opportunity Zone in Orange County. In an area flooded by Hurricane Harvey, the infrastructure project will increase business resiliency and mitigate the effects of future natural disasters, which will create jobs, attract private investment, and drive economic growth. The grantees estimate that this investment will help create 520 jobs and leverage $5,800,000,000 ($5.8 billion) in private investment.
      • $4,800,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $1,552,413 in local investment, to the City of Dayton, Dayton/Liberty County, Texas, to fund infrastructure improvements, including the construction of a utility extension, road expansion, and signal installation, to serve the Gulf Inland Logistics Park, which was impacted by Hurricane Harvey in Liberty County. Once completed, the project will support resiliency for future disasters, long-term economic growth, business development, and create new jobs throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 5,000 jobs and leverage $137,000,000 in private investment.
      • $4,800,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $1,200,000 in local investment, to the Lamar State College Port Arthur, Port Arthur/Jefferson County, Texas, to fund the renovation of a 23,000 square foot facility and the construction of a free-standing building needed to support commercial drivers’ training on the campus of Lamar State College in Port Arthur, an area in a designated Opportunity Zone hit hard by Hurricane Harvey. By expanding classroom, laboratory, and storage space, the project will help fill the critical need for more licensed truck drivers throughout the region. Once completed, the project will create sustainable jobs in the oil and gas industries, promote resiliency, and strengthen the region’s export capacity. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 167jobs.
      • $4,300,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $1,075,000 in local investment, to Kleberg County, Kingsville/Kleberg County, Texas, to fund the construction of Regional Public Safety Training Facility and Emergency Operations and Command Center in a designated Opportunity Zone in Kleberg County. The project will serve nine counties as a regional training center for first responders and as an emergency command center for future natural disasters. Once completed, the project will help attract private investments and provide long-term economic growth throughout the region.
      • $3,700,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $925,000 in local investment, to the Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation, Houston/Harris County, Texas, to support the Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation with renovating its existing infrastructure to create the Fifth Ward Technology Center, which will serve as a multi-tenant office space in Harris County. The new and improved facility will support the region in recovering from Hurricane Harvey and provide a cost-effective space, which will support entrepreneurs and small businesses in a designated Opportunity Zone. Once completed, the project will provide an affordable business incubator, which will help create jobs and improve the regional economy. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 500 jobs and leverage $25,000,000 in private investment.
      • $3,450,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $862,500 in local investment, to the City of Seadrift, Seadrift/Calhoun County, Texas, to fund the construction of harbor and channel infrastructure to mitigate damage from Hurricane Harvey by accommodating deeper draft vessels in Seadrift, a designated Opportunity Zone. By building a bulkhead, a jetty, and dredging the channel, the project helps retain and increase vessel traffic and promotes resiliency in the face of future natural disasters. Once completed, the project will strengthen the regional economy, support private investment, and create jobs. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 40 jobs and save 90 jobs.
      • $3,000,000 in Assistance to Coal Communities, matched by $2,256,000 in local investment, to the KCEOC Community Action Partnership, Inc. and the Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College, Gray/Knox County, Kentucky, to fund the renovations and re-equip of an abandoned nursing home to transform into a work ready training facility in downtown Barbourville in Knox County, a designated Opportunity Zone. The project will provide trainings in manufacturing, health care, logistics, business technologies, and IT/agri-foods/hospitality industries. Once completed, this project will support workforce development opportunities in areas significantly impacted by the coal industry, and will attract private investments, create jobs, and spur economic growth throughout the region. The grantees estimate that this investment will help create 10 jobs, save 100 jobs, and leverage $5,000,000 in private investment.
      • $3,000,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $847,546 in local investment, to the Common Market Philadelphia, Incorporated--Philadelphia/Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and the Common Market Texas, Incorporated--Houston/Harris County, Texas, to fund the establishment of the Common Market Texas regional facility for resilient food systems, which will serve as a Houston food distribution facility. The project will support recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey by providing food access programs in the communities that are still recovering, which will provide long-term economic stability.
      • $3,000,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $750,000 in local investment, to the LiftFund Inc., San Antonio/Bexar County, Texas, to fund a new Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) to assist businesses in disaster impacted areas with working capital, equipment, and inventory replacement needs in Victoria County. The project will help support small business owners, create jobs, and strengthen the regional economy. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 113 jobs, save 122 jobs, and leverage $3,578,000 in private investment.
      • $3,000,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $750,000 in local investment, to the City of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi/Nueces County, Texas, to fund the construction of critical roadway infrastructure improvements to Junior Beck Drive, a major roadway in a designated Opportunity Zone in Corpus Christi. The project will help expand roadway infrastructure to provide better access to a city-owned industrial park, which will attract industrial development, create new job opportunities, enhance and diversify the marketability of the economy, and support the city’s ongoing efforts to mitigate the impacts of Hurricane Harvey. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 630 jobs.
      • $2,070,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, with no match, to Newton County, Newton/Newton County, Texas, to fund renovations to rebuild Deweyville Road, which was damaged by Hurricane Harvey, to make it more resilient to future weather events. The road serves as the main relief evacuation route within Newton County, a designated Opportunity Zone. The re-engineering of drainage along the road will help the region become more resilient to future natural disasters, which will provide economic stability to strengthen the regional economy. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 11 jobs, save 16 jobs, and leverage $5,000,000 in private investment.
      • $2,000,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $1,323,678 in local investment, to Bastrop County and the City of Bastrop, Bastrop/Bastrop County, Texas, to fund construction of a new emergency shelter and community center in Bastrop County. The project will help recovery efforts since the destruction of Hurricane Harvey and serve as a multipurpose assembly area to provide additional office space for Bastrop County Long Term Recover Team. In addition, the new facility will allow training space for Texas A&M AgriLife to implement its workforce development and technical assistance program, which will spur economic growth throughout the region.
      • $2,000,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $500,000 in local investment, to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston/Galveston County, Texas, to fund renovations of the Customs House building owned by the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. The project will allow the city to recover from the devastations of Hurricane Harvey, promote economic growth and diversification with a variety of emerging and start-up business, and serve as the centralized hub for business development. Once completed, the project will support resiliency against future natural disasters, create jobs, and spur private investments throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 12 jobs, save 13 jobs, and leverage $1,000,000 in private investment.
      • $2,000,000 in Assistance to Coal Communities, matched by $3,000,000 in local investment, to the Greenup Joint Sewer Agency, Greenup/Greenup County, Kentucky, to fund wastewater infrastructure upgrades that are critical for expanding advanced manufacturing in Greenup County, an area hit hard by the decline of the coal industry. By enhancing an existing water treatment site for service to an industrial park, the project will attract new business to a developing cluster, which will strengthen and diversify the regional economy, support private investment, and create jobs. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 132 jobs and leverage $403,200,000 in private investment.
      • $1,800,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $450,000 in local investment, to the City of LaGrange, LaGrange/Fayette County, Texas, to support the City of LaGrange with expanding a sanitary sewer line infrastructure outside of its existing floodplain-riddled commercial district, and into the commercial corridor along West State Highway 71 Bypass and Airport Road in Fayette. The project will help the city become more resilient after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, and once completed, it will lead to industry expansion, job creation and regional economic growth. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 40 jobs.
      • $1,600,000 in Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $400,000 in local investment, to San Jacinto County, Coldspring/San Jacinto County, Texas, to fund construction of an Innovation and Emergency Command Center, which will increase the region’s resiliency to natural disasters in San Jacinto County. The project will support long-term solutions that will improve the county’s ability to respond efficiently to future disasters and help recovery efforts from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. Once completed, the project will serve as the centralized disaster response center for several economic development entities and will increase regional capacity to support job retention and creation.
      • $1,137,150 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $1,137,150 in local investment, to the City of Sumner and the Sumner Municipal Light Plant, Sumner/Bremer County, Iowa, to fund the relocation of utilities infrastructure to mitigate the effects of flooding in the city of Sumner. The project helps move the power and light plant out of a floodplain by building a new substation and transmission drop, which will create a more resilient community and business environment. Once completed, the project will provide a critical infrastructure update and strengthen the regional economy. The grantees estimate that this investment will help save 210 jobs.
      • $980,753, matched by $1,000,000 in local investment, to the Stanislaus Business Alliance and Modesto Junior College, Modesto/Stanislaus County, California, to fund the purchase of training equipment to support students of Modesto Junior College and the VOLT Institute in Stanislaus County, a designated Opportunity Zone. The project will provide advanced workforce development training in machining and manufacturing industries, which will provide sustainable jobs and spur business growth throughout the region. The grantees estimate that this investment will help create 20 jobs, save 453 jobs, and leverage $120,000 in private investment.
      • $800,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funds, matched by $200,000 in local investment, to the Prairie View A&M University and Langetree, Prairie View/Waller County, Texas, to support a rural workforce partnership through the development of strategic alliances between industry partners and local economic development organizations through the Prairie View A&M University and Langetree collaborate venture in a designated Opportunity Zone in Waller County. The project will help the region recover from the destruction of Hurricane Harvey by creating economic resiliency in the Gulf Coast region, that will support job creation and attract skilled workers to strengthen the local economy.
    • $7,113,000 in 4 Public Works projects, matched by $12,697,931 in local investments, as follows:
      • $3,000,000, matched by $3,000 in local investment, to the San Bernardino Community College District, San Bernardino/San Bernardino County, California, to fund the renovation of two buildings on a community college campus to serve as the iLEAD Innovation and Entrepreneurship Accelerator program center and the iLEAD Center for Re-Entry and Access to Transitional Employment program in San Bernardino, California. The project will help modernize two structures that will facilitate training, entrepreneurship, and re-entry of workers in a designated Opportunity Zone, which will help generate new businesses, create jobs, and drive economic growth throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 369 jobs, save 893 jobs, and leverage $120,000 in private investment.
      • $1,558,000, matched by $389,504 in local investment, to the Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Goodwell/Texas County, Oklahoma, to support the Oklahoma Panhandle State University with establishing the Workforce Building Construction and Equipment project, to construct the High Plains Technology Center, to offer a Welding Technology Program in the Panhandle region of Oklahoma. Located in Guymon Industrial Park, the project will address the critical need for access to workforce training in the welding, auto/diesel technology, and construction trades, which will produce qualified skilled workers with a state of Oklahoma pipe certification. Once complete, local businesses will benefit from certified welding workers, which will spur business growth, create jobs, and attract private investments. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 30 jobs and leverage $3,000,000 in private investment.
      • $1,400,000, matched by $8,538,427 in local investment, to the Special School District of Fort Smith, Fort Smith/Sebastian County, Arkansas, to fund the renovation of a warehouse facility to accommodate the Career Technology Center for Fort Smith Public Schools in Sebastian County. Once completed, the project will assist in workforce training and development, build community resiliency near an Opportunity Zone, and strengthen the regional economy. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 165 jobs and save 260 jobs.
      • $1,155,000, matched by $770,000 in local investment, to the Hot Spring County, Malvern/Hot Spring County, Arkansas, to fund improvements to the existing Industrial Park infrastructure, which is located within an Opportunity Zone in Hot Spring County. The project will provide excavation, a wastewater and drainage system, and site preparation for the attraction of new businesses. Once completed, the project will promote private investments, create jobs, and establish an innovative centric economy that will strengthen the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 130 jobs and leverage $15,000,000 in private investment.