Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval visited the White House Wednesday to discuss how legislation passed under the Biden administration has impacted Cincinnati.
Pureval will make the trip as part of the White House's Communities in Action series. He discussed large infrastructure projects like the Brent Spence Bridge, in addition to "plans of future opportunities for investment," according to a press release from the mayor's office. The mayor also highlighted the "incredible opportunity" of the Inflation Reduction Act, which the city says is "expected to lower costs for families, combat the climate crisis, create good paying jobs, and make the tax code fairer."
"Had it not been for ARP, Cincinnati wouldve failed," Mayor Pureval said at the White House. "We would have failed to provide the basic services, police fire sanitation, snow removal for our citizens."
The city says it has used ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) dollars from the Biden administration's CHIPS and Science Act to "attract high tech manufacturing" to Cincinnati.
Pureval was on a panel of other leaders from Ohio, including the three Hamilton County Commissioners. Hamilton County says they received $158 million in ARPA funds. The commissioners said in a press release that they divided the funding in to four strategic buckets: public health, infrastructure, county finances, and addressing the negative economic impacts of the pandemic.
Pureval had previously visited the White House in July to celebrate the passing of the "Safer Communities Act," designed to curb gun violence.
