Northeast

Ohio Consortium Chosen for Manufacturing Pilot
   The Defense Department provides $30 million to create a new National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) in Youngstown, OH.  Serving the eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania and West Virginia border areas, NAMII is a pilot program demonstrating viability of the Obama administration's...
posted 8/28/12 4:20 PM  read complete story

DOT Seeks Applicants to Aid Small Businesses
   The Transportation Department is accepting grant applications from Mid-Atlanticstates and the District of Columbia for Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC) Program funding through Sept. 17. Nonprofit community-based groups, transportation-related trade groups, chambers ofcommerce,...
posted 7/24/12 1:53 PM  read complete story

(HOUSE) Panel Wants to Open Northeast Transit Corridor to Private Competition
   Republican leaders on the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee are crafting new legislation that would open Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to private sector competition as a way to improve the high-speed rail network. The Obama administration has been trying to drum up funding...
posted 5/27/11 4:32 PM  read complete story

(FY 2011) Budget Sets Northern Border Commission at 2010 Funding Level
   Wording in the new FY 2011 budget bill (HR 1473) that failed to mention the fledgling Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) turns out to be a good thing, as it means the group will receive in FY 2011 the same $1.5 million it distributed in FY 2010. The funding thwarts House Republican efforts ...
posted 4/19/11 1:43 PM  read complete story

(STATES) Lack of 2011 Budget Likely to Delay Maine CDBG Projects
   Congressional sloth in getting a 2011 budget passed is causing Maine officials to consider delaying or eliminating some of this year's planned Community Development Block Grant projects in anticipation of a federal funding cut. State development sources say Congress is considering reductions in the...
posted 2/11/11 4:21 PM  read complete story

(HOUSING) New LIHTC Partnership Fund Forms to Aid Affordable Housing
   A new low-income housing tax credit partnership fund is formed to make federal tax credits available to owners of affordable rental properties for construction and rehabilitation. The new Illinois Community Fund Limited Partnership (ICF) is formed through the Great Lakes Capital Fund (GLCF), which ...
posted 6/4/10 4:38 PM  read complete story

(GREEN BUILDING) Philadelphia Mayor Signs Cool Roof Law
   In an effort to make Philadelphia the "Greenest City in America," Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter has signed a new law which requires all new commercial and residential construction to include reflective roofs. Unlike traditional black roofs, reflective cool roofs reflect the sun's rays back i...
posted 5/28/10 12:57 PM  read complete story

(AWARDS) NJ County Moves to Spend $3.7 Million in FY 2010 HUD Grants
   In Morris County, NJ, lawmakers approve spending $3.7 million in fiscal year 2010 HUD community development grants that finance public facilities, housing rehabilitation and homeless programs. The Morris County Freeholders approve spending the money May 15 after having it recommended to them by a C...
posted 5/20/10 4:29 PM  read complete story

(PRESERVATION) Public Housing One-For-One Replacement Sought
   House housing subcommittee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), still seething over moves in Atlanta and San Diego to replace public housing with mixed-income neighborhoods and Sec. 8 housing vouchers respectively, launches her legislative campaign to force one-for-one public housing replacement. Water...
posted 4/30/10 2 PM  read complete story

(FUNDING) Agriculture Dept. Sets Deadline for Chesapeake Bay Pollution Mitigation Applications
   Farmers and the owners of non-industrial private forest land in the six states comprising the Chesapeake Bay watershed can gain part of $5 million in Agriculture Dept. technical aid and money for conservation, environmental quality incentives and wildlife preservation. The Commodity Credit Corp. an...
posted 4/8/10 09:59 AM  read complete story