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EPA provides $500K to the City of Fort Collins to advance the cleanup and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the City of Fort Collins $500K in Brownfields grant funding to expand local efforts to assess, clean up and redevelop properties along the Poudre River and the northern edge of the city’s dow...

EPA provides $200K to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe to advance the revitalization of...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe $200K in Brownfields grant funding to clean up environmental contamination at the Old Housing Authority Building property in the center of the Lower Brule Community....

Mayor Lee Announces New Investments to Improve Quality of Life in City’s Diverse Neighborhoods

Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced a no-cuts budget proposal for San Francisco Public Works that retains crucial funding for resurfacing the City’s roadways and includes additional money for street cleaning, proactive tree care and new public bathrooms

City of Bogalusa receives $400,000 EPA Brownfields Redevelopment Grant

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the City of Bogalusa as a recipient of $400,000 to assess, clean and redevelop contaminated properties in the local community. EPA recently awarded $54.3 million in investments grants to...

Kansas City, Mo., and St. Louis to Receive EPA Brownfields Grants to Help toward...

EPA has selected the communities of Kansas City, Mo., and St. Louis to receive a total of $900,000 in grants from the Agency’s Brownfields Program to assist with the environmental assessments of contaminated brownfields properties, a key step in pavi...

Bera calls for investment in infrastructure at groundbreaking for EchoWater Project in Elk Grove

The project will be one of Sacramento’s largest public works projects ever and will ensure that water going through the Sacramento region’s wastewater treatment plant will meet higher standards. It could also help address the region’s drought in ...

TNECD Launches Select Tennessee Property Evaluation Program

The goal of this new tool is to improve the inventory of industrial sites and buildings in Tennessee by evaluating potential properties and advising counties on where investment may be most beneficial and what steps may be needed to address issues.

Gaming Funds Provide Community and Economic Development Investments in Monroe County

Governor Wolf announced today that the Commonwealth Financing Authority approved the allocation of more than $10.76 million in gaming funds to support community improvement, economic development and public interest projects in Monroe, Carbon, Lackawann...

Gebroe-Hammer Associates Arranges $12.17 Million Trade of Grande Apartments in Roselle Park, NJ

Grande Apartments, located at 240 West Sumner Ave. in this Union County suburb, has been sold for $12.17 million in a trade arranged by the multi-family investment brokerage firm Gebroe-Hammer Associates of Livingston. The team of Managing Director Jos...

CT REIA June Meeting: If You Think You Know Notes Think Again!

Why the Note Business is the Hottest Topic in Real Estate Today and why the. How To Find The "Hidden Inventory" of Real Estate That No One Else Knows

Mayor Lee Announces New Mission Bay Project to House Formerly Homeless Veterans

Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced plans for a new 101-unit project to provide housing for 50 formerly homeless veterans and 50 low-income families at 1150 Third Street in Mission Bay and an onsite manager unit. The project will be built on land dedicated t...

Idaho Power seeks prudency declaration on $33.5 million investment in energy efficiency

Idaho Power Company is asking state regulators to determine that $33.5 million of company investment in energy efficiency and demand-response programs during 2014 was prudently incurred. The application does not impact rates. The Idaho Public Utilities...

Rep. Ellison Statement on GAO Report on CDFI FHLBank Participation

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today after the Government Accountability Office released a report providing a status update on new authority allowing nondepository community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to join...

Senate Releases FY2016 Budget Proposal with Important Investments in Affordable Housing and Homelessness Prevention...

The Senate budget funds the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and other housing and homelessness prevention programs at $432.1 million.

State announces $1.6 million in public infrastructure project investments in Cowlitz, Okanogan, Skamania, and...

The Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) today approved $1,672,500 in grants and loans for infrastructure development and economic feasibility studies targeting business growth and job creation in the Port of Woodland, Town o...

Neuhaus praises Orange County Department of Public Works for earning $16,500 rebate for investing...

Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus announced on Thursday that the Department of Public Works has received a rebate for $16,500 by participating in Orange and Rockland’s Big Energy Solutions Rebate Program.

Senator Collins’ Statement on Committee Approval of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill

Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, voted today to approve the Energy and Water Development spending bill for the 2016 fiscal year. The bill now awaits consideration by the full Sen...

City of Granby, Mo., Agrees to Three-Year Deadline to Settle Clean Water Act Violations...

The city of Granby, Mo., has agreed to an administrative civil settlement with EPA that requires the city to take a series of actions by July 2018 to correct a series of violations related to the operation of its wastewater treatment facility.

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests Nearly $2.2 Million to Support Manufacturing and Reshoring in...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a nearly $2.2 million grant to the Ogden City Corporation in Ogden, Utah.

Governor Haslam, Commissioner Boyd Announce Proper Polymers to Locate in Tennessee, Build New Manufacturing...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd along with Proper Polymers officials announced today the company will invest $13.1 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Pulaski.

Torres Introduces Bill to Fill Infrastructure Funding Gap

Rep. Norma J. Torres (D-Pomona) introduced legislation designed to attract private sector financing to public infrastructure projects.  The Regional Infrastructure Accelerator Act (RIAA) will connect finance and infrastructure professionals with loca...

Senators Collins, King Urge Investment in New Technologies to Improve ‘Rapidly Aging’ American Transportation...

U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King wrote to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senators James Inhofe (R-OK) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), to request that the transportation reauthorization bill include...

CFO Atwater Announces Dozens More Arrests Made During Operation Flames and Floods 2

CFO and State Fire Marshal Jeff Atwater, alongside Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, today announced 30 more arrests made during the second wave of a collaborative state and local operation known as “Operation Flames and Floods.

Assemblymen Dave Rible and Sean Kean, both R-Monmouth and Ocean, recently introduced legislation that...

NextGen sets NYCHA on a new path to financial solvency, allowing the Authority to make significant investments in its 178,000 units, and dramatically improve quality of life for the 400,000 residents living in public housing

Senate Passes Bill Making the Property Tax Cap Permanent, Saving Taxpayers Billions of Dollars

The New York State Senate today acted on one of its top end-of-session priorities by passing legislation to make the property tax cap permanent. The bill (S5597), sponsored by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-C-I, East Northport), would prevent...

Klobuchar, Franken Continue Push to Complete Lewis and Clark Water System

The Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act would establish a guaranteed annual investment of $80 million from the Bureau of Reclamation for 20 years to fund construction of six congressionally authorized rural water systems, including the Lewis...

Georgia Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies at Public...

A Georgia real estate investor pleaded guilty today for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia, the Department of Justice announced

Higgins Introduces Nation Building Here At Home Act Of 2015

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) introduced a new strategy to repair our nation’s infrastructure today, the Nation Building Here At Home Act of 2015. The bill aims to create a new grant program to rebuild our nation’s roads, bridges, transit syste...

DeFazio, T&I Democrats Introduce GROW AMERICA Act to Set Robust Long-Term Surface Transportation Investment...

The GROW AMERICA Act provides a total of $478 billion over six years, a 45 percent increase for highways, bridges, public transportation, highway safety, and rail programs. Over six years, the GROW AMERICA Act makes significant investments in:

Cummins, Inc. to Expand its Memphis Distribution Operations

Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd along with Cummins, Inc. officials announced today the company will invest $6.7 million to expand its current parts and distribution center in Memphis, creating 70 new j...

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Mayor London Breed Celebrates Groundbreaking of New Affordable Housing in the...

Mayor London N. Breed today joined community leaders to celebrate the groundbreaking of future affordable housing at 1950 Mission Street. Once completed, the project will offer 155 affordable apartments for families