Recovery Act in the Heartland
GSA submitted a $5.55 billion spending proposal to Congress highlighting the public building projects it plans to accomplish with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Recovery Act directs $750 million to renovate and construct federal buildings and courthouses, $300 million to renovate and construct land ports of entry and $4.5 billion to convert federal buildings to high-performance green buildings.
The Heartland Region received more than $188 million to complete work on 15 buildings:
- Richard Bolling Federal Building - Kansas City, Missouri
- Robert A. Young Federal Building - St. Louis, Missouri
- Neal Smith Federal Building - Des Moines, Iowa
- Goodfellow Federal Center - St. Louis, Missouri
- Federal Center Building 104 - St. Louis, Missouri
- North Platte Federal Building - North Platte, Nebraska
- Wichita U.S. Courthouse - Wichita, Kansas
- Robert J. Dole U.S. Courthouse - Kansas City, Kansas
- Thomas Eagleton U.S. Courthouse - St. Louis, Missouri
- Sioux City Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse - Sioux City, Iowa
- Roman L. Hruska U.S. Courthouse - Omaha, Nebraska
- Robert Denney Federal Building - Lincoln, Nebraska
- 8930 Ward Parkway Federal Building - Kansas City, Missouri
- Edward Zorinsky Federal Building - Omaha, Nebraska
- Davenport U.S. Courthouse - Davenport, Iowa
The complete list of projects is available at: www.gsa.gov/recovery.
Projects were selected based on the speed at which jobs can be created and how much added energy efficiency can be gained. GSA awarded approximately $1 billion in the first 120 days - including projects at the Wichita Courthouse, the Eagleton Courthouse, the North Platte Federal Building, and the Hruska Courthouse.
