City of Pascagoula seeks state funds for marina
The City of Pascagoula wants to secure funding for a marina on Lowry Island as MDOT builds a new access road from Highway 90. The Pascagoula City Council…
Restore Act
Stennis Airport receives RESTORE grant for technology park
Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission received $2.2 million in RESTORE Act funds for a technology park at Stennis International Airport. The 40-acre technology park will consist of multiple buildings built in phases. The funding, which stems from the 2010…
$6.6 million in RESTORE Act funding to support workforce development in Hancock County
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Representative Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) are celebrating the award of $6,670,007 to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to complete infrastructure work at the Pearl River Community College…
BP Oil Spill settlement money could be heading to the Coast soon
Millions of dollars in BP Oil Spill settlement money earmarked to fund projects in South Mississippi could soon be heading to the Coast. Now that the state House and Senate have given their finalized lists of projects to receive restore…
$85.5M being spent to restore Gulf Coast
Members of the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund Advisory Board spent months reviewing possible projects to finance with $85.5 million in Restore Act money. The funds are to help the environment and economy recover after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.…
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awards grant to Long Beach
Good news for the City of Long Beach, Governor Tate Reeves announced the award of a $727,092 grant from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. This grant will help upgrade the wastewater infrastructure of the City of Long Beach. The…
$37.8 million headed to the coast
It was announced at the Mississippi Restoration Summit this afternoon that nearly 38 million additional dollars is headed to the Coast. This is all part of the Restore Act from the BP oil spill settlement. The money will fund seven…
Restore Act funds for aquarium in Gulfport
Seventeen million dollars of Restore Act funds will go towards the Mississippi Aquarium. Direct component funds and leveraged funding from the City of Gulfport will be used for construction of the Coastal Community Gallery building on the Mississippi Aquarium campus.…
Restore Act projects announced
The U.S. Department of Treasury issues grant awards for six restore act projects. Seventeen million will be allotted for construction of the Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport. Two million dollars will go to construct a new hangar at the Stennis International…