Economic Development Administration News

Little Rock Port Director Advocates For EDA Reauthorization

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Little Rock Port Director Advocates For EDA Reauthorization

June 27, 2023

Washington, D.C.—Testifying before a key Senate committee, a top Arkansas port official credited $2.5 billion in capital investments and 5,000-plus jobs to one federal agency that Congress has not reauthorized… Read More

Louisiana’s ‘SmartPort’ Initiative Lands $1.6 Million Grant

June 11, 2021

Eleven months after Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards first touted the launch of the state’s “SmartPort” initiative for the Lower Mississippi River, Edwards announced June 9 that SmartPort will receive… Read More

Port Of Epes On Tenn-Tom Waterway Receives $1.7 Million Grant

November 9, 2020

The U.S. Department of Commerce, through its Economic Development Administration (EDA), has awarded a $1.7 million grant to the University of West Alabama, located in Livingston, Ala., to boost barge… Read More

Riverport Plans Deferred In Lincoln County, Mo.

November 23, 2018

In 2014, the Booneslick Regional Planning Commission, based in Warrenton, Mo., received a grant from the Economic Development Administration to conduct a study analyzing freight movements through the east central… Read More