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Small Municipal and Limited Population Grant Program

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The Small Municipal and Limited Population Counties Grant Program provides funds for publicly owned infrastructure for community based projects. Funding from this program can be used by small municipalities and counties to assist with public facilities and infrastructure needs. 

Examples of eligible projects include:

•    Drainage systems
•    Water and sewer systems
•    Roads and bridges
•    Buildings 

Program Facts

Assistance with public facilities and infrastructure is the goal of the Small Municipal and Limited Population Counties Grant Program. The small municipalities and counties that may apply under this program include:

Small Municipalities and Counties - is a municipality with a population of 10,000 or less or a county with a population of 30,000 or less according to the most recent federal decennial census at the time the application is submitted.

Natural Gas District – districts created by law and meeting the same requirements as small municipals.

Application Deadline

The guidelines, examples and application are available on the Mississippi Development Authority website.  Applications will be accepted from September 6-10, 2010. No application will be accepted after 4:00 p.m. on September 10, 2010. Please keep in mind, that the MDA's clock will be the clock used for meeting the application submission deadline.

The application can be downloaded HERE.

 

Oil Spill Website

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The Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District has launched a website to quickly disseminate information to locals directly affected by the 2010 oil spill.

The site can be found at www.2010oilspill.com. The site provides national, regional and local newsfeeds as well as resources for volunteers, potential contractors and the public at large.

"About ten days after the explosion, we began to see an uptick in interest and concern. We knew that we had to find a way to get information out quickly to our member governments and this seemed to be the best avenue," said Les Newcomb, Executive Director. The site went live by the afternoon of April 30th and is also accessible through Facebook and Twitter.

For more details on the site or to submit information, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

You can also go to the website and click on the link for RSS, Facebook or Twitter to get the latest updates as they happen .

 

MsET Business Incubator

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Business incubator space will become available through Mississippi Enterprise for Technology (MsET) at building 1103 at the Stennis Space Center . Young or small companies or entreprenuers that could benenfit from the assetts of this facility should contact Charlie Beasley at 228-688-2083.
 

IEDC Improved Federal Response

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Developed by a working group of representatives convened by IEDC, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center and the National Association of Development Organizations, An Improved Federal Response to Post-Disaster Economic Recovery (PDF) identifies capacity, resource and regulatory constraints imposed on local communities after a disaster, and presents a series of recommendations on how federal partners could better assist this communities in their recovery effort. This report has been submitted to the Long-Term Disaster Recovery Working Group, which has been convened at President Obama’s request by the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Housing and Urban Development.

source: http://iedconline.org

 

MDA's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant

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MDA's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Non-Entitlement Grant Program provides grants to municipalities and counties for the development of projects that reduce total energy use and fossil fuel emissions and increase energy efficiency. $6.8 million will be awarded in competitive grants to cities and counties not eligible for direct formula grants (non-entitlement communities).

Please visit http://stimulus.mississippi.org for more information about the EECBG Program.

 
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Leslie Newcomb, Executive Director

SMPDD Gulfport Office

9229 Highway 49

Gulfport, MS 39503

Phone:(228) 868-2311

 

SMPDD Hattiesburg Office

700 Hardy Street

Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Phone: (601) 545-2137