FEMA: President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Oklahoma
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Oklahoma to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding beginning on April 30-May 1, 2019. The President’s action makes federal funding available to the state, tribal and eligible local…
FEMA: Muscatine County Added to Iowa Disaster Declaration
Residents of Muscatine County can now apply for disaster assistance to help them recover from the March 12-June 15 severe storms and flooding. They join nine counties already designated for state and federal help to individuals: Fremont, Harrison, Louisa, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Scott, Shelby and Woodbury. The deadline for applying for assistance is Tuesday, July 16,…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Oregon
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Oregon to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides on April 6-21, 2019. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a…
EDA: Investment Made to Protect Dayton, TN Businesses from Future Flood Events
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.7 million grant to the city of Dayton, Tennessee, to upgrade critical water infrastructure needed to protect local businesses from future flood events. The grant, to be matched with $11.8 million in local funds, is expected to…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Missouri
FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Missouri to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding on April 29, 2019, and continuing. The president’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Andrew, Atchison, Boone, Buchanan, Carroll,…
EDA: Investment Made to Develop Natural Disaster Resilient Renewable Energy System in Puerto Rico Opportunity Zone
oday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4.1 million grant to Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, to install a 100 percent renewable energy system to support businesses in the municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico. The project, to be located in…
FEMA: Six More Oklahoma Counties Added to Federal Disaster Declaration
Six more counties in Oklahoma have been designated for disaster assistance as part of the federal disaster declaration for damages caused by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding between May 7 and June 9, 2019. This announcement brings the total number of counties designated for Individual Assistance to 27 with recent additions including Alfalfa, Craig,…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Mississippi
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Mississippi to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding beginning on April 13 to 14, 2019. Federal funding is available to the state, tribal, eligible local governments and certain private…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Kansas
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Kansas to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and mudslides on April 28, 2019 and continuing. The President’s action makes federal funding available to state, eligible local governments and…
EDA: Investment Made to Support Economic Resilience Initiatives in Greater New Orleans, LA
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $950,000 grant to Greater New Orleans Inc., (GNO, Inc.) of New Orleans, Louisiana, to support local disaster resiliency efforts by expanding strategic alliances between industry partners, economic development organizations and schools of higher education through the organization’s signature GNOu program. The EDA…