FY 2021 American Rescue Plan Act Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Notice of Funding Opportunity
Through this ARPA Tourism NOFO, EDA aims to assist communities and regions in recovery from the coronavirus pandemic’s significant negative impact on the travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation sectors.EDA’s ARPA Tourism NOFO is designed to provide a wide-range of financial assistance to
communities and regions to rebuild and strengthen their travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation industry through various infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects.
Under this NOFO, EDA solicits applications under the authority of the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program, which is flexible and responsive to the economic development needs and priorities of local and regional stakeholders.EDA’s travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation grants will be delivered through two components:
(1) State Tourism Grants and (2) EDA Competitive Tourism Grants.This NOFO posting is for the EDA Competitive Tourism Grants ONLY.
Under this NOFO, EDA solicits applications under the authority of the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program, which is flexible and responsive to the economic development needs and priorities of local and regional stakeholders.EDA’s travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation grants will be delivered through two components:
(1) State Tourism Grants and (2) EDA Competitive Tourism Grants.This NOFO posting is for the EDA Competitive Tourism Grants ONLY.
Agency: Department of Commerce
Office: Economic Development Administration
Estimated Funding: $240,000,000
Office: Economic Development Administration
Estimated Funding: $240,000,000
Who's Eligible
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
www.eda.gov
Additional Information of Eligibility:
For EDA Competitive Tourism Grants, eligible entities include a(n): (i) District Organization of an EDA-designated Economic Development District (EDD); (ii) Indian Tribe or a consortium of Indian Tribes; (iii) State, county, city, or other political subdivision of a State, including a special purpose unit of a State or local government engaged in economic or infrastructure development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions; (iv) institution of higher education or a consortium of institutions of higher education; or (v) public or private non profit organization or association acting in cooperation with officials of a general purpose political subdivision of a State.
42 U.S.C.
§ 3122(4)(A); 13 C.F.R.
§ 300.3.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://mygrants.servicenowservices.com/grants?id=grants_funding_opportunity&table=u_domestic_funding_opportunity&sys_id=cc9daeca1b55385000f2ea4ce54bcb71&view=Default
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
travelandtourism@eda.gov
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2021-07-22
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2022-01-09
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