EDA: The Premier Standard Bearer for Domestic Economic Development
David Sampson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, for the Economic Development Administration (EDA), talks about his vision for EDA and how the administration will dedicate themselves to maintaining the American standard of living for all its citizens. "EDA investment partners can foster the culture of performance by designing development strategies that contain clear performance measurements and are outcome based."
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Job Training Promotes Economic Stability
Read how the Northwest Iowa Planning and Development Commission (Northwest Iowa PDC) and the Tri County Economic Development District (Tri County EDD) have restructured their job training programs to meet rural workforce challenges.
Funding Provides Solutions to Brownfields
With EDA support, Ford City, Pennsylvania, is renovating an abandoned glass factory into a multi-use industrial park that will include a business incubator, a videoconference and distance learning center and the Industrial Heritage Museum.
EDA Programs Strengthen Communities
This is a brief synopsis of EDA programs, how they help distressed communities prosper and how to contact representatives of the various EDA programs.
Disaster Mitigation Makes Sense, Saves Dollars for Georgia
EDA's Public Works and Economic Development program made it possible for the Middle Georgia Regional Development Center to undertake a regional mitigation study and prepare a CD-ROM Resource Guide. The Study responded to the need for local governments and businesses to implement more effective mitigation measures.
Defense Conversion Leads to Economic Diversification
The Fort Ord Reuse Authority was formed in response to the closing of the Fort Ord Army Base in Monterey County, California, and in accordance with the enactment of the Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) community reinvestment program. A reuse plan to convert over half of the 28,000-acre base was also developed that included a four-year state university and a veteran's clinic.
RLF's Stimulate Economic Growth, Jobs and Income
This article explains how EDA's RLF program has been instrumental in making business loans that have created and saved thousands of jobs over the past 25 years. Funded through EDA's Economic Adjustment program, more than 500 RLFs support areas that experience long term economic deterioration.
Programs Offer Diversity in Economic Development
This article explores how eco-tourism and trade adjustment are turning into lucrative economic development tools for rural communities. Highlighted in this article are the Texas Coastal Birding Trail and the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council, who is working with Enterprise Florida to build local partnerships and to promote the region's export products.
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