St. Louis County Port Authority Awards $2.6M to 21 Community Groups

St. Louis County Port Authority (Port Authority) announced that it is awarding $2,630,663 from the St. Louis County Port Authority Community Investment Fund to 21 non-profit community groups in St. Louis County.  The Port’s funding will leverage over $8 million in additional investment.

The Port Authority established the Community Investment Fund to endow economic and community development projects that create new jobs, foster economic opportunity and support community investment and redevelopment. The investment fund supports economic and community development projects that advance or align with one or more investment priorities in the following areas:

Business Retention and Expansion; Neighborhood Economic and Community Development; Entrepreneurship programs; Real Estate Development/Redevelopment; and targeted Industry Sector Support. Read more.