The Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority Board of Directors voted to name Patty Huddle as the organization's new president effective June 1, 2023. Previous president Jean Carter Ryan's last day in the office is June 2, 2023. Patty has served as the Finance Authority's vice president since joining the organization in May 2020.

The Department of the Interior announced plans to infuse $161 million into ecosystem restoration and resilience on the nation's public lands as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda. This work, led by the Bureau of Land Management, will focus on 21 "Restoration Landscapes" across 11 western states and will range from restoring wildlife habitat in the sagebrush steppe of the high desert to re-creating wetland meadows to repairing watersheds on former industrial timberlands.

Net metering rules have changed, but the Golden State still offers residents additional motivations for going solar. This article shows the local and state incentives for solar projects in California, such as the California Self-Generation Incentive Program, the Disadvantaged Communities – Single-Family Solar Homes program, etc. 

The Delaware County Redevelopment Authority (DCRDA) Board will receive $1 million in Brownfields funds from the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant Program. The EPA's RLF Grants provide funding for loans or subgrants for community stakeholders to carry out cleanup and other activities at brownfield sites. DCRDA received the maximum possible award to launch the County's Revolving Loan Fund.

The Bureau of Land Management issued its record of decision for the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project, a precursor to its final right-of-way grant required for construction on federal lands, which is expected in the next month or so. The SunZia transmission line will traverse approximately 520 miles of federal, state, and private lands, delivering up to 4,500 megawatts of primarily renewable energy from New Mexico into Arizona and California.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making a massive investment of almost $11 billion in clean energy for rural communities, with funding from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. From the hydropower dams of the Great Depression to the present day, clean energy has been a running theme in federal efforts to support rural economic development. The new USDA effort takes it to the next level by scaling up new zero- and low-carbon technologies.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the approval of $151.5 million for high-speed internet projects in Mississippi under the American Rescue Plan's Capital Projects Fund (CPF), part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda. The funds will help to connect over 47,000 Mississippi homes and businesses to affordable, high-speed internet.

Based in Arlington, Virginia, Wellthi is an embedded social finance software that is fundamentally revolutionizing how wealth is built. Wellthi infuses community spirit into the process of financial growth and is set to redefine the landscape of mobile banking and social finance. The exact amount raised by Wellthi has not been disclosed, but the backing from a prominent investor like VIPC, with State Small Business Credit Initiative funds (SSBCI), demonstrates Wellthi's potential in the FinTech sphere.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wisconsin Rural Development State Director joined representatives of Wisconsin Management Company, Inc., and others at a grand re-opening to celebrate improvements made to Cuba City Apartments, Cuba City, and Summit Apartments, Barneveld. Funds for improvements came from Wisconsin's Low Income Housing Tax Credit and its Multifamily Preservation Loan and Preservation Revolving Loan Fund.

As Central Ohio's regional council, MORPC is an association of cities, villages, townships, counties, and regional organizations and serves rural, suburban, and urban areas. Under administrative direction of the Chief Mobility & Infrastructure Officer and Senior Director of Programming, the Economic Development Director & Regional Innovation Officer is responsible for directing and developing agency economic development and strategic infrastructure programming, leading Central Ohio's innovation ecosystem, and performing related duties as required.

>>> SEARCH HEADLINES