Thursday, April 21, 2005
Contact: Jessica Robinson, (573)751-0290
Blunt Announces More than $5 Million in Federal Grants for Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt today announced that Missouri has received more than $5 million in federal grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (L&WCF) and the Department of Commerce.
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded an $829,901 grant for the St. Louis Veterans Home and a $4,255,576 million grant for the Cape Girardeau Veterans Home.
The Missouri Veterans Commission will administer the grants. The St. Louis grant will help replace the roof, and the Cape Girardeau grant will go towards upgrades, renovations and a dining activity room.
The L&WCF grant of $138,886.13 was made available by the Secretary of the Interior. The grant will be used to help the state manage its outdoor recreation projects.
The Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has approved the MO-KAN Regional Council’s (Council) application for an EDA planning investment. The investment, in the amount of $51,000, will support the Council’s implementation of its economic development planning program. The investment will benefit families and businesses in the region.
The Commerce Department also approved the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission’s application for an EDA planning investment in the amount of $55,000.
EDA investments provide economically challenged communities with a source of funding for planning, infrastructure development, and business financing that will encourage private investment in business activities that contribute to long-term economic growth.