{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases/indiana-leaders-announce-federal-grant-supporting-indianapolis-economic", "Indiana Leaders Announce Federal Grant Supporting Indianapolis Economic Initiatives", "2016-09-22", "2016", "2016-09", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Andr\u00e9 Carson", "C001072", "carson.house.gov", "carson", "https://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Andr\u00e9 Carson (IN-07), Ranking Member of the House Economic Development Subcommittee, Senator Joe Donnelly and Mayor Joe Hogsett, joined the U.S. Commerce Department\u2019s Economic Development Agency (EDA) in announcing a generous grant to Indianapolis. This $355,000 grant will be used to better support the city\u2019s regional economic initiatives and fully develop the opportunities available through Indy\u2019s federal \u2018Promise Zone\u2019 designation.\n\nThe three-year grant will help support the hiring of a Recovery Coordinator/ Promise Zone Liaison for the City of Indianapolis. This person will be charged with helping to mitigate the hardships of unemployment and determine alternative employment opportunities for Hoosiers, especially those impacted by the closure of the Carrier facility.\n\n\u201cI met several times with the EDA Director for updates on their projects and to urge more resources for our city.\u201d said Congressman Andr\u00e9 Carson. \u201cI look forward to continuing to work with the EDA and the City of Indianapolis to strengthen our region.\u201d\n\n\"This federal grant will help hard-working Hoosiers find new employment opportunities, including those workers harmed by Carrier\u2019s decision to ship Hoosier jobs to Mexico,\" said Senator Donnelly, who wrote a letter supporting the ciity's grant application. \"I was proud to support this effort to bring important, much-needed resources to Hoosier workers and attract new businesses to Indianapolis, helping local families and our community.\"\n\n\u201cSince Carrier announced the closure of their Indianapolis facility, the City\u2019s Carrier Task Force has worked tirelessly to convene resources and identify opportunities to aid the thousands of hard working families affected by this decision,\u201d said Mayor Joe Hogsett. \u201cToday\u2019s award by the EDA will provide invaluable opportunities for the community, helping to attract and grow manufacturing operations and putting affected employees back to work. I want to thank Senator Donnelly and Congressman Andr\u00e9 Carson for their leadership on the Carrier Task Force and commend our Indianapolis City-County Council which allocated the local match from the $1.2 million fund of recouped incentives, designated for the aid of Carrier workers.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T21:01:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://carson.house.gov/media/press-releases/indiana-leaders-announce-federal-grant-supporting-indianapolis-economic"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.813852995634079, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}