Greensboro, N.C, Hartford, Conn., Las Vegas, Nev. to receive $1 million each
Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank today announced that Greensboro, North Carolina; Hartford, Connecticut; and Las Vegas, Nevada are the winners of the Obama administration’s Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Challenge. The goal of the competition is to generate innovative ideas, strategies, and perspectives that cities can use to develop long-term economic and job growth plans.
The Strong Cities, Strong Communities Challenge is being led by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA).
The Challenge will consist of two phases in each winning city. In the first phase, multiple teams comprised of experts in fields like transportation planning, economic and community development, business incubation, and engineering will submit economic development proposals for their city and/or region. Each city will evaluate the submitted proposa
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