{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140301105137/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=666", "Butterfield Cheers TIGER V Grant to Complete Center Streetscape and Union Station Projects in Goldsboro", "2013-09-03", "2013", "2013-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today cheered the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s award of a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) V grant to the city of Goldsboro.\u00a0 The much-needed $10 million grant will be used to complete the Gateway Transfer Center Project, the Center Streetscape Project, and the Goldsboro Union Station Multimodal Transportation Facility, all already underway.\n\n\t\u201cThis award is the culmination of many years of efforts to fund this project,\u201d said Butterfield.\u00a0 \u201cThis investment in Goldsboro will provide an economic boost to the entire eastern North Carolina region after tough economic challenges.\u00a0 Specifically, these funds will enable Goldsboro to completely renovate the downtown, expand public transportation capacity to interconnect an entire rural region, and restore historic infrastructure.\u00a0 I thank Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for recognizing the importance of these projects and awarding this grant to Goldsboro.\u201d\n\n\tThere have been several rounds of TIGER grants and Butterfield has been integral to Goldsboro\u2019s efforts throughout.\u00a0 In addition to meeting with the transportation secretaries concerning Goldsboro\u2019s grant application, in April, Butterfield led a tour for then-Transportation Secretary LaHood of the downtown area and the site of Goldsboro Union Station.\u00a0 Last year, Butterfield urged North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Gene Conti to reallocate unspent transportation funds to Goldsboro for its transportation projects.\u00a0 Prior to that, Butterfield sent several letters in support of Goldsboro\u2019s TIGER grant applications.\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://web.archive.org/web/20140301105137/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=666"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.922754105180502, "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"}