Deadline: 1/31/22
Amount: $100,000-$10,000,000
Website: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334748
Description:
The Economic Development Administration (EDA), U.S. Department of Commerce, and the American Rescue Plan Act is offering this funding opportunity to support the tourism industry’s recovery efforts from the economic impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Required registrations take several weeks to finalize. EDA will fund travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation projects that include non-construction and construction activities.
Through this program, EDA can support both the development of travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation pandemic recovery strategies and the implementation of recovery projects, including in communities adjacent to National Park Service units, State Parks, National Marine Sanctuaries, and other natural destinations. This includes construction activities where the project is owned by the Eligible Applicant such as:
- Water and stormwater/wastewater improvements,
- Pier construction and improvements,
- New outdoor recreation and trail infrastructure and public access enhancements,
- Nature-based infrastructure projects to improve access to recreation,
- Cultural, arts, and tourism facilities (e.g., visitor or tourist information centers),
- Workforce training facilities and capacity building programs,
- Accessibility enhancements, and
- Country-wide or multi-state travel, tourism, or outdoor recreation promotion.
It is important that investments support the economic recovery through strong employment opportunities for workers, including but not limited to opportunities for workforce development, rehiring of laid off workers, and creating and retaining union jobs and well-paying jobs with good benefits. Moreover, it is important that investments in infrastructure and construction projects be carried out in ways that produce high-quality infrastructure, avert disruptive and costly delays, and promote efficiency. EDA understands the importance of promoting workforce development and encourages recipients to ensure that construction projects use strong labor standards, including project labor agreements and community benefit agreements that offer wages at or above the prevailing rate and include local hire provisions to promote effective and efficient delivery of high-quality infrastructure projects, as well as the economic recovery. Using these practices in construction projects may help to ensure a reliable supply of skilled labor that would minimize disruptions, such as those associated with labor disputes or workplace injuries.
Eligible applicants:
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- State governments
PROGRAM CONTACT
Angela Belden Martinez, Regional Director
1244 Speer Boulevard, Suite #431
Denver, CO 80204
(303)-844-4715