CHARLESTON â Three months after a federal work group identified southern West Virginia as the area of the country most in need of focused U.S. investment because of its high dependence on coal and coal power-plant jobs, Washington has announced a $300 million investment in coal communities nationwide.
The U.S. Economic Development Administration has allocated $300 million of its $3 billion appropriation under the COVID-19 relief package that President Joe Biden signed into law in March to support coal communities.
The $300 million investment announced Thursday includes $100 million made available through a program that invites regional coalitions to apply for funding for projects that are part of a cohesive regional development strategy. That program is the Build Back Better Regional Challenge, which is designed to grow regional industry clusters.
CHARLESTON â Three months after a federal work group identified southern West Virginia as the area of the country most in need of focused U.S. investment because of its high dependence on coal and coal power-plant jobs, Washington has announced a $300 million investment in coal communities nationwide.
The U.S. Economic Development Administration has allocated $300 million of its $3 billion appropriation under the COVID-19 relief package that President Joe Biden signed into law in March to support coal communities.
The $300 million investment announced Thursday includes $100 million made available through a program that invites regional coalitions to apply for funding for projects that are part of a cohesive regional development strategy. That program is the Build Back Better Regional Challenge, which is designed to grow regional industry clusters.
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2021 graduate launching career with the help of Engineering Ambassadors
Mechanical engineering’s Amanda Hildenbrand shares her passion for engineering and translates it to career success, bolstered by Raytheon Technologies
Amanda Hildenbrand, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, earned an internship with United Technologies Corporation s Pratt & Whitney in 2019 through relationships forged in the Engineering Ambassadors program.
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2021 graduate launching career with the help of Engineering Ambassadors
Erin Cassidy Hendrick
April 21, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Driven by a passion to fuse creativity and technical skills, Amanda Hildenbrand, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, knew that she could find her niche at Penn State.