Moving $3 Billion Boulders to Invest in American Communities

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Profiles in Public Service

Partnership for Public Service

42 episodes

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“Profiles in Public Service” tells stories about unsung public servants who drive government’s most important accomplishments. Our guests include both federal employees and those who directly benefit from their leadership and innovation to demonstrate what federal services and support can mean for local communities. In an age when people continue to hold negative views about government—but also rely on it to solve big problems and crises—the stories we share promise to rebuild faith in the public institution most critical to our democracy. 

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Moving $3 Billion Boulders to Invest in American Communities

Profiles in Public Service

39 minutes 10 seconds

2 years ago

Moving $3 Billion Boulders to Invest in American Communities

The third season of “Profiles in Public Service” is off to an exciting start as we highlight all that our federal government does to strengthen local communities across America.

In our first episode, Craig Buerstatte, a program and policy leader at the Economic Development Administration, shares how he and his team managed to equitably distribute $3 billion in American Rescue Plan funding to 780 projects that assist local communities in creating more robust and resilient regional economies. These efforts included the EDA’s $500 million Good Jobs Challenge, led by Lauren Starks, and benefited organizations like the Illinois-based nonprofit, Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership, led by Patrick Combs.

Buerstatte, Starks and Combs discuss why they work in public service, what they have learned about enabling economic development at the local level, and how they have built community-informed projects that bring together diverse partners to support the U.S. workforce.

A transcript for this episode is available here.

Additional Resources:

Learn more about the EDA’s distribution of American Rescue Plan funding.
Learn more about the Good Jobs Challenge.
Press Release: U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $18.5 Million to Strengthen Workforce Training Programs in Chicago, Illinois, Through American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge.
Read more about Service to America Medals Winner Philip Rosenfelt.