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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Mike McIntyre announced today that the new Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, which he proposed to Congress, has received $250,000 in federal funding. The funding will be used to establish the Commission, hire staff, and begin to work with states and communities.
This economic development commission will target new resources to promote income generation and economic growth strategies and projects within the seven‐state region of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. These efforts will focus on leveraging the public, private, and philanthropic resources needed to develop and sustain the community building blocks for economic competitiveness and development, such as transportation and basic infrastructure, job skills training, small business and entrepreneurial development, comprehensive strategy development, advanced technologies and telecommunications, and sustainable energy solutions.
Congressman McIntyre stated, “This funding couldn’t have come at a better time. The Southeast Crescent Regional Commission will help put people to work, invest in infrastructure, and promote regional coordination. I look forward to working with state and Commission officials to set up the Commission and begin serving communities.”
The U.S. Congress appropriated $250,000 for the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission as part of the Fiscal Year 2010 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill.
Congressman McIntyre is Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and was the author of legislation that was enacted by Congress to establish the SECRC.
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