Federal Year 2020 Appropriations Recap!!

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In efforts to fund the federal government for the remainder of 2020, a two-part spending package comprised of HR 1158 and HR 1865 was signed into law in December 2019. Notable increases in appropriations are significant as they positively impact communities across the nation.

Projects can include:
Workforce Development
Infrastructure
Broadband
Economic Redevelopment

Some of the 2020 spending package items are:

·$333 million for the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA), $29 million above FY 2019 levels.
·$3.2 billion for USDA Rural Development, $228 million above FY 2019 levels.
·$9.9 billion for the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (ETA), $67.5 million above FY 2019 levels.
· $3.4 billion for HUD Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), $60 million above FY 2019 levels.
·$89 million for EPA Brownfields, $2 million above FY 2019 levels.
·$1 billion for Department of Transportation BUILD (formerly TIGER), $100 million above FY 2019 levels.

Pershing/Lovelock Brownfields Initiative Community Meeting Set for January 27

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Part of EPA Grant to Spur Investment in Vacant, Former Mining and Commercial Sites

The public is invited to attend the first meeting of the Pershing County/Lovelock Brownfields Initiative. The meeting is to be held on Monday, January 27, 2020 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pershing County Community Center, 820 6th Street, Lovelock, Nev.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants money to assess and clear properties, known as “Brownfields,” that are planned for reuse or redevelopment. Brownfields sites can include properties that are vacant, or are abandoned or underutilized sites that may suffer from real or perceived contamination.

At this public meeting, discussion will be encouraged on directing EPA grant funds to Brownfield sites in and around Lovelock including community gateways, the industrial park and, the downtown corridor.

The $600,000 EPA Brownfields Grant, the only grant given in the State of Nevada in 2019, was awarded through the Western Nevada Development District which applied for the monies and will manage the project in cooperation with local officials including the Pershing County Economic Development Authority.

“Community participation in this process is important and highly encouraged,” said Pershing County Commissioner Rob McDougal. “The public is invited to learn and provide input that will help assist in decisions that promote the removal of blight and contamination, create healthier places to live, work and play, and create jobs and new economic opportunities.”

The Brownfields Initiative is a key element of the Pershing County Economic Development Strategic and Revitalization Plan, adopted by the Pershing County Economic Development Authority which was facilitated by WNDD. Grant funds also will be used to conduct reuse planning for high priority sites, develop downtown/gateway revitalization strategies and conduct community involvement activities.

For a meeting agenda, materials and more information contact Sheryl Gonzales, Executive Director of the Western Nevada Development District at (775) 473-6753 or via email at sgonzales@wndd.org, or Heidi E. Lusby-Angvick, Executive Director of the Pershing County Economic Development Authority at (775) 273-4909 or by e-mail at pceda.hlusby@gmail.com.

See the article at ThisisReno.com