Yesterday, the Obama Administration announced the winners of
the Strong Cities, Strong Communities Challenge, a grant competition designed
to generate innovative ideas to develop long-term economic and job growth
plans. Advocacy Associates congratulates the City of Greensboro for the
recognition of their hard work to foster economic development in the area and
the opportunity to expand their projects.
The City of Greensboro was selected to allow the city to
access additional resources to develop a comprehensive plan that will
incorporate several on-going economic development projects. The comprehensive
plan will better leverage five major industry clusters in and around the
region, and will influence the next 50 years of growth in the city.
The Strong Cities, Strong Communities Program, launched in
July of 2011, is an interagency program to foster economic development in
neighborhoods, towns, cities and regions by giving communities extra capacity
to develop and execute economic strategies.
The Strong Cities, Strong Communities Challenge is being
administered by the Economic Development Administration. The award is divided
into two phases. First, grantees will
seek economic development proposals from teams comprised of a range of
transportation, planning, economic, business, and engineering experts, which
will be voted on by a city-appointed panel. Then, the winning teams will
develop and submit comprehensive, strategic economic development plans, and the
panel will select a winning plan. The cities will receive technical assistance
from the Economic Development Administration throughout the entire process.
Hartford, CT and Las Vegas also received grants. More information about the
awards and the program is available here.
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