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On July 27 and 29, The Economic Development Administration (EDA) held two webinars on its resources from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Several EDA officials explained the plan of the agency to distribute the $3 billion supplemental appropriations. They also described the details of several programs and their application processes.

Which EDA ARPA funding program is right for your EDO?

By Yunze Wang, IEDC intern

The Economic Development Administration held two webinars on its plan to distribute $3 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funding. EDA officials detailed each program and its application process.

Along with a public health crisis, COVID-19 has brought dire fiscal problems to state and local governments. Leaders charged balancing budgets are figuring out what will have to be cut, and in some places the spotlight is on municipal police budgets.

Police budgets came into focus after the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by a white officer catalyzed a period of national civil unrest that continues three months later. The call for action is the same across cities: “defund the police.” For a few, means disbanding police departments, but for most, it means reallocating some law enforcement dollars to other community resources.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread impacts on the tourism and hospitality industries. Travel bans, nonessential business closures, and social distancing measures have dramatically decreased tourism drivers such as hotel stays, flights and ...