The Economic Development Administration (EDA) is the only US government agency tasked with directly improving the economy through targeted investments in local development projects. This feature layer contains all projects related to broadband internet accessibility that the EDA has funded during FY2018 to Present, but for which a Congressional notification is still pending. Funds are disbursed under several programs, including:
- Economic Adjustment Assistance - Assists state and local interests in designing and implementing strategies to adjust or bring about change to an economy. The program focuses on areas that have experienced or are under threat of serious structural damage to the underlying economic base.
- Public Works - Empowers distressed communities to revitalize, expand, and upgrade their physical infrastructure to attract new industry, encourage business expansion, diversify local economies, and generate or retain long-term, private sector jobs and investment.
- Local Technical Assistance - Helps fill the knowledge and information gaps that may prevent leaders in the public and nonprofit sectors in distressed areas from making optimal decisions on local economic development issues.
- Planning - Supports local organizations (Economic Development Districts, Indian Tribes, and other eligible areas) with short and long-term planning efforts.
- University Centers - A partnership of the federal government and academia that makes the varied and vast resources of universities available to the economic development community.
Possible recipients include Libraries, Higher Education Institutions, State and Local Governments, Tribal Entities, Non-Profit Organizations, and more. Where possible, the EDA often seeks to secure matching project funds from the recipient, or from private investors.
Field Names / Record Structure
- Applicant: Recipient
- Award_Date: Date of Award
- Location: City, County, State
- EDA_Funding: EDA Program Funding
- Local_Match: Local Match
- Estimated_Private_Investiment: Estimated Private Investment
- Estimated_Jobs_Created: Jobs created
- Estimated_Jobs_Saved: Jobs saved
- Initiatives: Initiatives
- Appropriation_Description: Appropriation Description
- Description: Project Description
- Link: Record link
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