Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant Program
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program provides grants for surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant local or regional impact. The eligibility requirements of BUILD allow project sponsors, including state and local governments, counties, Tribal governments, transit agencies, and port authorities, to pursue multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional projects that are more difficult to fund through other grant programs.
Organization
U.S. Economic Development Administration
Eligibility
Government and Tribes
Focus
Infrastructure and Acquisitions
Maintenance and Stewardship
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The Norma and Stanley DeBoer Quiet Trails Fund
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Wisconsin Economic Development
Brownfields Grant Program
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Recreational Boating Facilities Grants
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