A federal grant of about $24.8 million will pay for new test equipment, training for 2,000 workers and an innovation grants contest in Southwest and Southside Virginia, Cardinal News reported.
The U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded $24,791,450 to the region’s additive manufacturing tech hub. It is known as AM2, which stands for Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials.
The money comes from the American Relief Act of 2025, which supports recovery in areas hit by hurricanes, flooding and other disasters in 2023 and 2024. Trump administration officials have kept distributing the funds…