Florida – The Coral Gables City Commission voted 3-2 to hire Amos Rojas Jr. as city manager. Rojas will take over the position from Peter Iglesias. In 2013, Rojas was nominated by President Barack Obama and sworn in as the U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Florida. Before becoming a U.S. Marshal, Rojas worked for the Miami-Dade […]
Pennsylvania – Dr. Christina Clark, former provost at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania, has been named the eighth president of La Roche University. She brings more than 20 years of university experience with her to the role. The post Dr. Christina Clark – La Roche University appeared first on Government Market News.
The city of Fort Worth has launched a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) to choose a master developer for a mixed-use redevelopment project that will bring housing and industry to the city’s historic southside. The city terminated its contract with a developer in December 2023 after numerous unacceptable delays and missed deadlines. Developers must […]
A federal program with a long name is in the process of allocating $5 billion to states for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (NEVI), administered by the Federal Highway Administration, is creating hundreds of contracting opportunities. The funding comes from the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill passed […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation has opened a funding opportunity to help states and cities form public-private partnerships (P3s) for transportation projects. The newly created Innovative Finance and Asset Concession Grant Program will make $100 million available over the next five years for projects that could be eligible for Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (TIFIA) […]
New York City is entering a first-of-its-kind partnership with a major construction workers’ union and a real estate developer to address a shortage of affordable housing options for low- and middle-income New Yorkers. The partnership between the city, the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and Vicinity (BCTC) and real estate development […]
Officials have unveiled renderings of a multibillion-dollar project to replace the Interstate 5 bridge that connects Washington and Oregon. The images show several proposed configurations for the bridge and nearby infrastructure: an extra-dosed bridge for a single level, a truss bridge for a double level and a girder bridge for a movable span. However, the […]