EDA awards over $3 million in grants for economic development projects in DuPage County in 2023

Cristina Killingsworth, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development at EDA | https://www.eda.gov/about/leadership

In 2023, the <a href="https://www.eda.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA)</a> awarded a total of $3,601,913 in grants for economic development projects in DuPage County, Illinois.</p> <p>The largest grant in the county—$1,168,871—was awarded to Applied Strategies International Ltd.</p> <p>The following table shows how much the EDA invested in projects across all Illinois counties in 2023.</p> <p><strong style="font-size: 18px;">Total EDA Grant Awards by Illinois Counties (2023)</strong></p> <table class="hle"> <thead> <tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>County</th> <th>Total</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr style="background-color: #ffffb9;"> <td>1</td> <td>DuPage County</td> <td>$3,601,913</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Cook County</td> <td>$3,601,913</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Randolph County</td> <td>$1,688,625</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Rock Island County</td> <td>$210,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Marion County</td> <td>$210,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Whiteside County</td> <td>$125,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Lake County</td> <td>$123,460</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Champaign County</td> <td>$106,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>McDonough County</td> <td>$70,000</td> </tr> <tr class="last"> <td>10</td> <td>Peoria County</td> <td>$20,000</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </p></div> <p><script defer> !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments); if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)(window, document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '1509621892677861'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); </script><br /> <br /></p>  <div class="pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper pp-multiple-authors-wrapper pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed multiple-authors-target-the-content box-post-id-7309 box-instance-id-1 ppma_boxes_7309" data-post_id="7309" data-instance_id="1" data-additional_class="pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-the-content" data-original_class="pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper pp-multiple-authors-wrapper box-post-id-7309 box-instance-id-1"> <h2 class="widget-title box-header-title">Author</h2> <span class="ppma-layout-prefix"></span> <div class="ppma-author-category-wrap"> <span class="ppma-category-group ppma-category-group-1 category-index-0"> <ul class="pp-multiple-authors-boxes-ul author-ul-0"> <li class="pp-multiple-authors-boxes-li author_index_0 author_kathryn-sears has-avatar"> <div class="pp-author-boxes-avatar"> <div class="avatar-image"> <img alt='Kathryn Sears DuPage County Observer' src='https://dupagecountyobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DuPage-County-Observer-Person-200x200-1.png' srcset='https://dupagecountyobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DuPage-County-Observer-Person-200x200-1.png' class='multiple_authors_guest_author_avatar avatar' height='80' width='80'/> </div> </div> <div class="pp-author-boxes-avatar-details"> <div class="pp-author-boxes-name multiple-authors-name"><a href="https://dupagecountyobserver.com/author/kathryn-sears/" rel="author" title="Kathryn Sears" class="author url fn">Kathryn Sears</a></div> <div class="pp-author-boxes-description multiple-authors-description author-description-0"> <p>Kathryn is a mom of two beautiful kids. 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