The Economic Development Administration (EDA) works in partnership with state and local governments, regional economic development districts, public and private nonprofit organizations, and Indian tribes. EDA helps distressed communities address problems associated with long-term economic distress, as well as sudden and severe economic dislocations. EDA was established to generate jobs, help retain existing jobs, stimulate economic growth in economically distressed areas. EDA programs promote comprehensive innovation based economic development efforts to enhance the competitiveness of regions; support technology led development, accelerate new business development and enhance the ability of regions to capitalize on opportunities presented by free trade, resulting in increased private investment and higher skill, higher-wage jobs. EDA will provide public works investments to support the construction or rehabilitation of essential public infrastructure and facilities necessary to generate or retain private sector jobs and investments. Visit the
EDA Website to view additional information on each program listed below.
Public Works and Economic Development Program
Public Works and Economic Development investments help support the construction or rehabilitation of essential public infrastructure and facilities necessary to generate or retain private sector jobs and investments, attract private sector capital, and promote regional competitiveness, including investments that expand and upgrade infrastructure to attract new industry, support technology-led development, redevelop brownfield sites and provide eco-industrial development.
Economic Adjustment Assistance Program
The Economic Adjustment Assistance Program provides a wide range of technical, planning and infrastructure assistance in regions experiencing adverse economic changes that may occur suddenly or over time. This program is designed to respond flexibly to pressing economic recovery issues and is well suited to help address challenges faced by U.S. regions and communities.
Research and National Technical Assistance
The Research and National Technical Assistance Program supports research of leading, world-class economic development practices, and funds information dissemination efforts.
Local Technical Assistance
The Local Technical Assistance Program helps fill the knowledge and information gaps that may prevent leaders in the public and nonprofit sectors in economically distressed regions from making optimal decisions on local economic development issues.
Planning Program
The Planning Program helps support planning organizations, including District Organizations and Indian Tribes, in the development, implementation, revision or replacement of comprehensive economic development strategies (CEDS), and for related short-term planning investments and state plans designed to create and retain higher-skill, higher-wage jobs, particularly for the unemployed and underemployed in the nation’s most economically distressed regions.
University Center Economic Development Program
The University Center Economic Development Program is a partnership between the federal government and academia that helps to make the varied and vast resources of universities available to economic development communities.
Contact
Economic Development Administration
Robert E. Olson, Regional Director
Denver Regional Office
1244 Speer Boulevard
Suite 670
Denver, CO 80204-3591
Phone: 303-844-4715 Fax: 303-844-3968
E-mail: rolson@eda.doc.gov
Web: http://www.eda.gov/AboutEDA/Programs.xml