The Center for a New Economy will receive $1.9 million over the next two years from the Open Society Foundations to develop a “specific and measurable plan to increase civic capacity, transparency, and access to justice and equity in Puerto Rico.”
The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York announced Wednesday the award of a $400,000 grant to Pathstone, Inc. to help finance the Valle Dorado project, which will construct a new building providing 32 affordable homes for very low-income seniors in Utuado.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $30,000 to the Vieques Historical and Conservation Trust to fund surveys of old and decaying septic systems in five neighborhoods in the island municipality.