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EDA Regional office of Chicago awards grant to Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians

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The EDA Regional office of Chicago awarded an Opportunity Zone grant to the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians on Feb. 19, 2020 with a total project amount of $709,222 from the US Economic Development Administration.

The U.S. Economic Development Administration offered the following description of this project:

"This EDA investment supports the Bad River Chippewa Tribe with hiring a disaster recovery manager to help develop an economic diversification strategy plan and assist with recovery efforts from natural disaster in Odanah, Wisconsin. The disaster recovery manager will also lead a feasibility study to aid the creation of a new business incubator that supports entrepreneurship and new economic activity in the area. The project will help bolster new businesses opportunities within the Tribal community, and helps the region become more economically resilient in the face of future disasters."

According to the Internal Revenue Service, opportunity zones were added to the tax code under The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The bill has come under some criticism for creating another big tax break for the ultra-wealthy.

The EDA is a federal government agency that focuses exclusively on economic development.The agency solicits applications for funding in order to support construction, non-construction planning, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under the agency's Public Works and the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) programs. Grants made under these programs are designed to advance economic development in distressed communities.

Other grants awarded out of the EDA Regional office of Chicago in 2020
Grantee NameTotal Project FundingGrant Award Date
Petersburg Water Company$7,024,500Sept. 28
Wabash County$5,000,000Nov. 2
Dayton$4,500,000Oct. 1
Calumet City$4,222,377Sept. 28
America's Central Port District$3,572,000Sept. 8
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians$3,376,765Sept. 23
Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation$3,000,000July 30
Prairie du Chien$1,786,344Oct. 23
Carlton County$1,530,907Sept. 18
Youngstown State University$1,349,353Mar. 20
Vincennes$915,100Sept. 25
Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission$900,000Feb. 3
Bemidji Regional Airport Authority$566,740May 4
Southwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission$411,215Oct. 23
Eastgate Regional Council of Governments$279,115Sept. 2
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians$261,212Sept. 2
Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission$200,000Nov. 2
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe$199,400July 14
Oakland University$168,149Jan. 29
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments$150,000May 18
Peoria$120,000Sept. 1
West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission$85,313Sept. 11
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments$80,000Oct. 7
W.E. Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation$70,922Feb. 19

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