EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, announced her office secured $15.6 million for Fiscal Year 2025 to be distributed regionally among 15 community projects.
Congress is still considering the 2025 appropriation bills to fund various federal programs and services including all of the community project funding, according to the news release Escobar’s Office.
“The impact that community project funding has in El Paso can be felt in every corner, which is why each year I make it a priority to advocate for the highest level of funding for these projects that truly make a difference in our community,” Escobar said.
She hosted a press conference at 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, to speak on the community projects. You can watch the press conference down below.
Video courtesy to Congresswoman Veronica Escobar’s Facebook.
The following are the projects, their costs, and what they’ll be used for, according to Escobar’s Office:
City of El Paso: Ysleta Port of Entry Engineering Project-Design
Amount awarded: $3 million
Amount requested: $4 million
Funding is to be used for a project-specific design for the expansion of the Ysleta Port of Entry.
City of El Paso: Innovation Factory Phase II
Amount awarded: $250,000
Amount requested: $3 million
Funding is to be used to construct the Advanced Manufacturing District Innovation Factory, which involves developing nine modular Maker Spaces, back-office support, environmental management, product design, and value chain and access to advanced manufacturing, testing, and evaluation equipment.
County of El Paso: Animal Welfare Shelter to Serve Unincorporated Area
Amount awarded: $1.25 million
Amount requested: $4 million
Funding to be used for the construction of a County Animal Shelter and Clinic.
County of El Paso: East Montana Water Tower
Amount awarded: $1,105,800
Amount requested: $2.4 million
Funding is to be used for the design and construction of the East Montana Water Tower, a 750,000-gallon elevated storage facility to supplement an existing and aging 750,000-gallon water tower.
County of El Paso: Corbin Sambrano Community Center
Amount awarded: $850,000
Amount requested: $3 million
Funding is to be used for blight removal and clean up, site remediation, foundational soil preparation, and construction of the Corbin Sambrano Community Center.
County of El Paso Juvenile Justice Center: Transforming Juvenile Justice through Education Facility Expansion
Amount awarded: $850,000
Amount requested: $4,000,000
Funding is to be used for the acquisition of equipment, furniture, and a prefabricated structure to support vocational and educational programs at the Challenge Academy.
City of Socorro, Texas: Paso del Norte Trail – Socorro Spine Alignment
Amount awarded: $250,000
Amount requested: $5 million
Funding is to be used for the engineering and construction of a 3-mile connection between Ysleta and Socorro along Alameda Avenue.
Town of Anthony, Texas, Police Department: Town of Anthony Police Department Command Post and Technology
Amount awarded: $1,184,000
Amount requested: $1.5 million
Funding is to be used to acquire a mobile command post and technology.
Housing Authority of the Town of Anthony, Texas: Housing Authority of the Town of Anthony Home Upgrades
Amount awarded: $1 million
Amount requested: $1.5 million
Funding to be used to address critical renovations and upgrades to 26 Public Housing units that require extensive internal and external remodeling, including updates to electrical, gas, and water plumbing systems.
Village of Vinton: Village of Vinton City Hall Renovation and Expansion
Amount awarded: $1 million
Amount requested: $1,563,239.82
Funding to be used for the renovation, demolition, and expansion of the Vinton city hall building.
El Paso Makes: Manufacturing Research for All Domain Attritable Autonomous Systems
Amount awarded: $1,184,000
Amount requested: $2,200,000
Funding is to be used to initiate a manufacturing research project with El Paso small and medium manufacturers to develop manufacturing models enabled by digital engineering and automation capabilities to support United States goals to produce All Doman Attritable Autonomous Systems (ADA2) to counter China’s military.
El Paso County Hospital District d/b/a University Medical Center of El Paso: Alberta Avenue Storm and Sanitary Sewer/Domestic Water Improvements
Amount awarded: $1,150,791
Amount requested: $1,847,067.25
Funding is to be used to replace the existing underground stormwater, sanitary sewer, and domestic water systems of UMC.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso: TTUHSC El Paso Oncology Center Research Initiative
Amount awarded: $1,184,000
Amount requested: $3 million
Funding is to be used to acquire research equipment such as linear accelerators to research the biological and therapeutic effects of varying doses of radiation on the body.
Rio Grande Council of Governments: Regional Interoperable Communications Upgrades
Amount awarded: $1,184,000
Amount requested: $2,167,055.11
Funding is to be used to acquire and replace end-of-life or upgrade mobile and portable radios, also known as subscriber units.
Texas A&M AgriLife Research: Regional Food Production, Distribution and Workforce Development Center
Amount awarded: $250,000
Amount requested: $3.2 million
Funding to be used to acquire and upgrade a 24,556 square foot, large-scale, food production, inspection, and distribution facility as a regional, full-scale Food Production, Distribution, and Workforce Center.
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