NEW! The new Statewide Planning Grant website is now live. On the webpage you can access our new database on National Statewide Planning Grant projects as well as a series of reports and a full dataset which you can download and use yourself.
Check out the new webpage below.
Statewide Planning Grant Website
| Statewide Planning Grant 2023 Survey and Interview Report |
Through the American Rescue Plan (ARPA), the Economic Development Administration (EDA) supported states in economic planning efforts by allocating $59 million in grants through the Statewide Planning Grants to 59 states, territories, federally recognized areas, and the District of Columbia. Following up on an initial survey conducted in 2022, the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC) was awarded a grant from EDA to gain additional insights into the Statewide Planning Grants by conducting a follow-up survey in 2023 along with one-on-one interviews with all 59 recipients.
The State of the EDA Statewide Planning Grants Report details CREC’s findings from the 2023 follow-up survey and individual interviews.
| Statewide Planning Grant Case Studies |
After the follow-up survey and individual interviews were completed, CREC developed a series of case studies featuring best practices in grant expenditures, ranging from project creativity to alignment with EDA-designated Economic Development Districts (EDDs).
District of Columbia Case Study
| Statewide Planning Grant Convening |
In March 2024, CREC hosted a convening of Statewide Planning Grant grantees in Arlington, Virginia to not only share research findings, but to provide an opportunity for state and EDD leaders to discuss project activities, roadblocks, and state-EDD alignment. The two-day convening brought together state and EDD leaders from 18 states to engage and learn about other SPG projects. A blog summarizing the event can be found here.
| Statewide Planning Grant Webinars |
Statewide Planning Grant Webinar: Overcoming Roadblocks
Statewide Planning Grant Topical Webinar: Resiliency
Statewide Planning Grant Topical Webinar: Industry and Supply Chain
National State Planning Grant Webinar
Statewide Planning Grant Topical Webinar: Planning
Statewide Planning Grant Topical Webinar: Workforce
| Statewide Planning Grant 2022 Survey Results |
To better understand how states were using the Statewide Planning Grants, CREC, in partnership with the State Economic Development Executives (SEDE) Network, conducted a survey of states during the summer of 2022 to learn how the $1 million grant funds were being used at that time. A blog summarizing these initial survey results can be found here. You can see how grants were spent at the regional level, below:
| Initial Survey on Statewide Planning and Tourism Grants |
CREC conducted research in 2021 into how states were planning on using the Statewide Planning Grants and Tourism Grants that were awarded as part of the 2021 ARPA legislation. A blog on the results of this preliminary research is available here.
The materials included on these State-Local Alignment webpages were prepared by the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness using Federal funds under award ED21HDQ3070060 from the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Economic Development Administration or the U.S. Department of Commerce.