07.22.15

Hoeven Announces $97,000 in Economic Development Grants for North Dakota Tribes

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and the Committee on Indian Affairs, today announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded two grants of $48,500, a total of $97,000, to help support economic development for the Spirit Lake Tribe and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. The grants will be used to implement comprehensive economic development plans bringing together the public and private sectors to strengthen and diversify regional economies.

“We are building on our work to create good jobs for North Dakotans and ensuring that our state’s economy is healthy and strong, now and in the future,” Hoeven said. “Today’s EDA grants will help us do this by strengthening, developing and diversifying the economies of the Spirit Lake Tribe and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.”

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