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EDRP Leader Series: Responding to COVID-19 Once COVID-19 made it to U.S. shores, it wasn’t long before the economy, and much of daily life, essentially shut down. Since then – about three months – U.S. economic developers have ...

On May 22, IEDC hosted a webinar entitled, "An Update of the CARES Act”, in which staff from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and an experienced economic developer detailed EDA’s $1.5 billion in funding to help communities prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19, and how communities can apply for funds.  

State by state, the US economy is slowly continuing to reopen after most states shut down abruptly in mid March. In April, as governors started to discuss what reopening in their states may look like, three interstate partnerships were formed. The goal of these partnerships is to protect public health and restore the economy through a regional approach. 

In dense cities, physical space has always been a top concern. Space dominates pricing; from the size of apartments to the amount of personal space in transportation type. But the coronavirus has introduced a new paradigm through which to consider physical space. Now, for the sake of everyone's health, ample space is a right.