$1.6 million awarded to Louisiana SmartPort initiative to help prepare for disasters, economic challenges
BATON ROUGE, La (KLFY) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Agency announced a $1.6 million grant to the Water Institute of the Gulf for the development of a Lower Mississippi River SmartPort and Resilience Center. This federal award adds to $1.4 million in matching funding from the State of Louisiana and other partners [...]