EDA Announces Winners of $1B Build Back Better Regional Challenge
The program was one of the most closely watched grant programs under the American Rescue Plan
The Biden Administration today announced the 21 winners of the challenge that was focused on rebuilding regional economies, promoting inclusive and equitable recovery, and creating thousands of good-paying jobs in industries of the future such as clean energy, next-generation manufacturing, and biotechnology (read the full press release). The winners of the program include:
Central Valley Community Foundation (California)
$65.1 million for the F3 - Fresno-Merced Future of FoodCity of Manchester (New Hampshire)
$44 million for The BioFabrication ClusterCoalfield Development (West Virginia)
$62.8 million for the Appalachian Climate Technologies (ACT Now) InitiativeDetroit Regional Partnership Foundation (Michigan)
$52.2 million for the Global Epicenter of MobilityEmpire State Development (New York)
$25 million for the Western New York's Advanced Manufacturing ClusterFour Bands Community Fund (South Dakota)
$45 million for the Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI CoalitionGeorgia Tech Research Corporations (Georgia)
$65 million for GA-AIMGreater New Orleans Development Foundation (Louisiana)
$50 million for H2theFutureGreater St. Louis, Inc. (Missouri)
$25 million for the St. Louis Tech TriangleIndian Nations Council of Governments (Oklahoma)
$39 million for the Tulsa Regional Advanced Mobility ClusterInvest Nebraska Corporation (Nebraska)
$25 million for the Heartland Robotics ClusterNorth Carolina Biotechnology Center (North Carolina)
$25 million for Accelerate NC - Life Sciences ManufacturingOklahoma City Economic Development Foundation (Oklahoma)
$35 million for the Oklahoma Biotech Innovation Cluster InitiativeOsceola County Board of County Commissioners (Florida)
$50.8 million for the Building Central Florida’s Semiconductor Cluster for Broad-Based ProsperityPort of Portland (Oregon)
$41.4 million for the Oregon Mass Timber CoalitionSoutheast Conference (Alaska)
$49 million for the Alaska Mariculture ClusterSouthwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative (Pennsylvania)
$62.7 million for the Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy CollaborativeThe State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton (New York)
$63.7 million for New Energy New YorkThe University of Texas at El Paso (Texas)
$40 million for the West Texas A&D ClusterVirginia Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority (Virginia)
$52.9 million for the VA BIO Advanced Pharma Manufacturing (APM) and R&DWichita State University (Kansas)
$51.4 million for the South Kansas Coalition