Success Stories

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June 6, 2017

Critical Infrastructure Improvements Help Open New Medical School, Increase Physician Access in Rural Arkansas

Over the past 50 years, the Western Arkansas Planning and Development District has experienced multiple successes with the assistance of the Economic...

May 6, 2017

$2.5 Million EDA Grant Results in $39 Million in Private Investment and 200 New Jobs in Indiana

Due to the severe downturn of the automotive manufacturing sector in 2009, economic development leaders in north central Indiana were...

April 6, 2017

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...

April 6, 2017

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...

February 6, 2017

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...

February 6, 2017

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,...

April 1, 2016

Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission Helps to Drive Critical FDI to Rural Wilcox County, Alabama

Devastating tornadoes that struck rural Wilcox County, Alabama in 2011 resulted in the loss of lives and permanent jobs when production in the region’s critical timber and paper production sectors was forced to cease for a number of weeks.

September 6, 2015

Raise The Road

Albert Einstein once said that “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” The...

June 6, 2013

EDA Joins with State, Local, and Private Groups to Expand Food Industry Cluster in New York State

For nearly a decade, officials in western New York’s Genesee County have been nurturing a food processing cluster, with a special focus on dairy products, at the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park (GVAP) in Batavia, New York.