PlaySpace pitch: EDA program emphasizes community‑led planning and long‑term capacity building
Presenters described 'PlaySpace' as a community‑anchored approach to economic development, highlighted an estimate of about $80 billion in place‑based federal investments, and noted the EDA’s 65‑fellow capacity program that will embed staff in local organizations for 30 months.
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Presenter (S1) opened the briefing by saying, “My colleagues estimate about $80,000,000,000 of what we call place based industrial policy investments.” Presenter (S2) framed the initiative commonly referred to as PlaySpace as work rooted in local communities: “PlaySpace is the places we call home. The places where individuals, everyday American, live, and work and raise their kids.”
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