Federal Budget: Funding for Key #EconDev Programs
Federal Budget: The omnibus spending bill passed by Congress in March authorized favorable spending levels for 2018 for federal economic development programs, including:
- Economic Development Agency – 302 million for fiscal 2018; about $26 million above fiscal 2017;
- Manufacturing Extension Program – received $140 million; $10 million above fiscal 2017;
- CDBG – received roughly $3.3 billion; $365 million about fiscal 2017;
- TIGER – received $1.5 billion; $1 billion above fiscal 2017 ;
- Rural Business-Cooperative Service – received roughly $77 million; about $12 million above fiscal 2017
- Employment and Training Administration apprenticeship opportunities – received $145 million; $50 million above fiscal 2017;
- Minority Business Development Agency – received $39 million; $5 million over fiscal 2017, and
- Appalachian Regional Commission- received $155 million; $3 million over fiscal 2017.
A Stronger Workforce through Understanding Mental Health and Addiction
About three months ago, we launched our Recovery Within Reach campaign, a first-of-its-kind effort to educate Ohioans about the financial effects of opioid addiction — and to connect them with treatment options close to their homes.
Our goal is to create a new way of talking about addiction, one in which people consider the facts and practical realities of how substance use disorder affects their lives. Not long ago, Gov. Mike DeWine challenged all of us in state government to think of ways we could help Ohioans navigate the opioid crisis that has affected our state for so long. For us, that meant considering the financial effects of addiction — and providing tools and trainings to help Ohioans and financial advisers talk about addiction and access care.
read moreUCI Awarded $45 Million in New Market Tax Credits to Invest in Transformational Uptown Projects
Uptown Consortium, Inc. (UCI) received $45 million in New Markets Tax Credits, which it will use to spur development in transformational projects in Uptown Cincinnati.
read moreNewark Development Partners continues to make strides in Downtown Newark
Newark Development Partners (NDP), the community improvement corporation for the City of Newark, continues to further development in the Downtown through various projects. The sale of the Hudson Avenue Church with surrounding property, the renewal of the Downtown Special Improvement District and the commencement of construction at the Historic Arcade are all recent successes for the City of Newark.
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