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Author: US EDA Staff       Published: 9/2/2022      EDA

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 ANNOUNCEMENT

Build Back Better Regional Challenge

21 Regional Coalitions Awarded American Rescue Plan ‘Build Back Better Regional Challenge’ Grants

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the 21 winners of EDA’s $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge (BBBRC) – the marquee initiative of EDA’s American Rescue Plan programs and the most impactful regional economic development competition in decades. [CLICK HERE FOR FULL PRESS RELEASE]

The 21 winners – each a regional coalition of partnering entities – will receive awards between $25 and $65 million to implement an average of six projects that together will rebuild regional economies, promote inclusive and equitable recovery, and create thousands of good-paying jobs in industries of the future including clean energy, next-generation manufacturing, and biotechnology.

The BBBRC is an unprecedented competitive federal grant program that provides each regional coalition with significant funding to tackle a wide variety of projects – including entrepreneurial support, infrastructure, workforce development, and innovation – to drive inclusive economic growth. The projects aim to develop and strengthen regional industry clusters – all while embracing economic equity, creating good-paying jobs, and enhancing U.S. competitiveness globally.

The coalition lead for each winner is listed below. (*Grant amounts are approximate)

Central Valley Community Foundation (California)

Coalition Name: F3 – Fresno-Merced Future of Food

Grant Amount: $65.1 million

City of Manchester (New Hampshire)

The BioFabrication Cluster

Grant Amount: $44 million

Coalfield Development (West Virginia)

Coalition Name: Appalachian Climate Technologies (ACT Now) Initiative

Grant Amount: $62.8 million

Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation (Michigan)

Coalition Name: Global Epicenter of Mobility

Grant Amount: $52.2 million

Empire State Development (New York)

Coalition Name: Western New York’s Advanced Manufacturing Cluster

Grant Amount: $25 million

Four Bands Community Fund (South Dakota)

Coalition Name: Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition

Grant Amount: $45 million

Georgia Tech Research Corporations (Georgia)

Coalition Name: GA-AIM

Grant Amount: $65 million

Greater New Orleans Development Foundation (Louisiana)

Coalition Name: H2theFuture

Grant Amount: $50 million

Greater St. Louis, Inc. (Missouri)

Coalition Name: St. Louis Tech Triangle

Grant Amount: $25 million

Indian Nations Council of Governments (Oklahoma)

Coalition Name: Tulsa Regional Advanced Mobility Cluster

Grant Amount: $39 million

Invest Nebraska Corporation (Nebraska)

Coalition Name: Heartland Robotics Cluster

Grant Amount: $25 million

North Carolina Biotechnology Center (North Carolina)

Coalition Name: Accelerate NC – Life Sciences Manufacturing

Grant Amount: $25 million

Oklahoma City Economic Development Foundation (Oklahoma)

Coalition Name: Oklahoma Biotech Innovation Cluster Initiative

Grant Amount: $35 million

Osceola County Board of County Commissioners (Florida)

Coalition Name: Building Central Florida’s Semiconductor Cluster for Broad-Based Prosperity

Grant Amount: $50.8 million

Port of Portland (Oregon)

Coalition Name: Oregon Mass Timber Coalition

Grant Amount: $41.4 million

Southeast Conference (Alaska)

Coalition Name: Alaska Mariculture Cluster

Grant Amount: $49 million

Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative (Pennsylvania)

Coalition Name: Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative

Grant Amount: $62.7 million

The State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton (New York)

Coalition Name: New Energy New York

Grant Amount: $63.7 million

The University of Texas at El Paso (Texas)

Coalition Name: West Texas A&D Cluster

Grant Amount: $40 million

Virginia Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority (Activation Capital) (Virginia)

Coalition Name: Virginia Advanced Pharma Manufacturing (APM) and R&D

Grant Amount: $52.9 million

Wichita State University (Kansas)

Coalition Name: South Kansas Coalition

Grant Amount: $51.4 million

The 21 BBBRC winners were chosen from 60 EDA-designated finalists that each received approximately $500,000 in funding and gained technical assistance to continue developing their cluster strategies. Those 60 finalists were chosen from a Phase 1 applicant pool of 529 applications, which exemplifies the tremendous demand for transformational economic development. EDA will continue to support all 60 finalists with the creation of a Community of Practice that will provide technical support, foster connectedness with peer regions, and build capacity.

Click here for a Fact Sheet about the awardees