EDA: $633,355 Grant Awarded to Support Regional Life Sciences Innovation Cluster in Philadelphia, PA
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $633,555 grant to the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to support the development of a new life sciences regional innovation cluster. This EDA grant, to be matched with $646,712 in local funds, is expected to create 35 jobs. “President Trump…
OCC: Comptroller of the Currency Visits Areas of Washington DC to Discuss Community Reinvestment Success and Opportunities
Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting, led a tour of Washington, D.C., areas that have benefitted from Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) activity and discussed how CRA regulations can be strengthened to promote more lending, investment, and services, where they are needed most. “CRA has help stabilize and revitalize neighborhoods across our country for more than…
OCC: Comptroller Visits Baltimore Affordable Housing Event
Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting and senior staff visited an event promoting affordable and sustainable homeownership in Baltimore on Monday. The free “Achieve the Dream” event hosted by the non-profit Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) was part of a series the organization hosts around the country that provides counseling to potential homebuyers, helps…
EDA: $880,000 Invested to Establish a Center for Cyber Security Workforce Training at Rose State College
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $880,000 grant to Rose State College of Midwest City, Oklahoma, to help build a cyber security center that will assist in satisfying industry demand for trained workers. The grant, to be matched with $3 million in local investment, is expected to create…
EDA: $3.38 Million Invested to Improved Infrastructure at the Lafayette Regional Airport
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the Lafayette Airport Commission in Louisiana, to help construct and rehabilitate parking facilities at the Lafayette Regional Airport. The grant, to be matched with $3.38 million in local investment, is expected to help…
EDA: $986,000 Investment Made to Establish Kitchen Incubator and Business Accelerator in Millersburg, KY
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $986,000 grant to Community Ventures Corporation to convert the first floor of McIntyre/Rankin Hall located on the former Millersburg Military Institute property into a full-service kitchen incubator and business accelerator. The grant, to be matched with $766,615 in local investment, is expected…
ABA: Foundation Seeking Banks to Host 10th Annual Lights, Camera, Save! Video Contest
The American Bankers Association Foundation is urging banks across the country to participate in its Lights, Camera, Save! video contest. Lights, Camera, Save! is a national contest that encourages teens to use video to communicate the value of sound money management. Through Lights, Camera, Save!, teen participants will create a video up to 90 seconds that demonstrates…
OCC: Comptroller Tours Atlanta Areas Where the CRA Has Benefitted the Community and Where More Can Be Done
Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting, today visited Atlanta to tour neighborhoods that have benefitted from activities encouraged by the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and areas that could benefit from additional CRA activity. “Today, we saw what great things can be accomplished when banks, civil rights organizations, nonprofit groups, and local advocates work together to…
HUD: $6 Million Awarded to Provide Technical Assistance to Distressed Communities
LISC to help smaller communities experiencing economic distress, recovering from disaster The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it is awarding $6 million to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to provide critically needed technical assistance to distressed communities with populations under 40,000, including those located in Opportunity Zones and…
HUD: FHA to Promote Greater Residential and Commercial Development in Opportunity Zones
To stimulate greater multifamily residential and commercial development in Opportunity Zones, U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today announced the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will insure mortgages on mixed-use development under the agency’s Section 220 Program in thousands of lower income communities across the country. In a speech before an Opportunity Zone…