You may not think about the Department of Commerce when your school gets a new HVAC system, saving on heating costs and improving comfort — or when the neighborhood senior center is expanded, or a downtown building is redeveloped to provide affordable housing with a daycare center and job training rooms. But those are all part of the work at Commerce.

Some of our most visible work is the result of reimbursement-style grants we provide to local governments and nonprofit organizations to help communities build and improve a variety of public facilities. All of these programs are funded by the sale of state bonds. Funding reaches the community through several competitive grant programs or capital projects introduced by the Governor or the Legislature.