Program Name: Brownfields Economic Development Initiative Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: BEDI is designed to assist cities with the redevelopment of abandoned, idled and underused industrial and commercial facilities where expansion and redevelopment is burdened by real or potential environmental contamination. BEDI grants...
Program Name: Transportation Enhancements Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: Community funding to enhance surface transportation choice and the transportation experience. Surface transportation includes water connected projects like lighthouses, canals, piers and docks that serve ferry operations. Website: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/transportation_enhancements/...
Program Name: Fishermen’s Contingency Fund Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: Compensates fishermen for economic and property losses caused by oil and gas obstructions on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. The fund was established in the U.S. Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, as a revolving fund comprised...
Program Name: Port Public Benefit Conveyance Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Technical/Planning Assistance Description: Conveys excess Federal property for the purposes of port development, port expansion and operation of port facilities. Conveyances involve no monetary consideration provided the property is used and maintained in perpetuity...
Program Name: Office of Innovative Program Delivery Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Economic Development Entity Description: Coordinates planning, funding, and strategies for paying off the debt obligations for large maritime transportation projects. Qualifying projects are usually in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The...
Program Name: Capital Construction Fund Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Tax Incentive Description: Created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, the CCF Program enables fishermen to construct, reconstruct, or under limited circumstances, acquire fishing vessels with before-tax, rather than after-tax dollars. The amount accumulated by deferring tax on fishing...
Program Name: CDFI Bond Guarantee Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Dedicated Revenue Description: Directs the Treasury Department to guarantee the full amount of notes or bonds issued to support CDFIs that make investments for eligible community or economic development purposes. The bonds or notes will...
Program Name: Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Grants Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: DOT is authorized to award $500 million in TIGER Discretionary Grants pursuant to the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Pub. L. 112-055, Nov. 18, 2011). This appropriation is similar,...
Program Name: Disaster Relief Opportunity Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) investments to develop and implement regionally based long term economic development strategies in response to major federally declared disasters. About $200 million is available in the 2012-2013 cycle. Website: http://www.eda.gov/ffo.htm...
Program Name: Emerging Markets Program for Agricultural Exports Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Technical/Planning Assistance Description: Emerging Markets Program is a market access program that provides funding for technical assistance activities intended to promote exports of U.S. agricultural commodities and products to emerging markets in all...
