The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service awarded Bladen's Bloomin' Agri-Industrial, Inc. a $300,000 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) on July 27, 2023. This 2-year project grant supports the delivery of products and services aimed at developing small and emerging private businesses in rural North Carolina communities. Through this funding, Bladen's Bloomin' Agri-Industrial, a non-profit community development corporation, will provide critical resources to promote...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $150,000 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) to Bladen's Bloomin' Agri-Industrial, Inc. on June 12, 2024. This two-year project grant will enable the non-profit community development corporation to provide technical assistance, business counseling, market research, and workforce development services to support small and emerging private businesses in rural North Carolina communities. The funding will...
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1,055,500 Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program to the Town of Elizabethtown, North Carolina. This grant supports infrastructure improvements needed to develop the Elizabethtown Industrial Park and its new live-work-play campus. The project aims to spur business and job growth in a region impacted by changes in the energy economy, particularly the decline of the coal industry. Once completed, the...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded E4 Carolinas, Inc. a $1,748,049 project grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program on May 27, 2021. The grant will support a comprehensive study to aid the region of South Carolina in addressing adverse economic changes. The Economic Adjustment Assistance program provides technical, planning, public works and infrastructure assistance to regions facing sudden or gradual economic impacts. Under this award, E4...
This $2.85 million Economic Adjustment Assistance Project Grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration supports Gateway Research Park, Inc. and North Carolina A&T State University in expanding a manufacturing facility in Greensboro, North Carolina. The facility expansion will attract new businesses to the region and help diversify the local economy by supporting the growth of minority-owned businesses. Once completed by the January 2025 completion date, the...
The $891,000 Economic Development Administration Project Grant will support the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development's minority business development initiative. The initiative aims to help minority-owned businesses in Charleston, South Carolina recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and develop greater resiliency. Funding will cultivate more qualified entrepreneurs and help build businesses that create new, higher-paying jobs. Training and wrap-around services will also be...
This $2.7 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration will capitalize a revolving loan fund administered by the Catawba Regional Council of Governments in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Awarded on September 22, 2022 under the EDA's Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307), the funding will be used to provide loans to businesses through September 2024 in 30 counties across the state impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to alleviating...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Pee Dee Electric Cooperative Inc. on February 23, 2021 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The grant will fund a feasibility study to assist the region of Darlington, South Carolina which has experienced adverse economic changes. The EAA program provides technical, planning, and infrastructure assistance to regions facing sudden or gradual economic impacts. The study funded...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $361,656 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) on May 5, 2021. The funding will support business and community recovery services in Chapel Hill, North Carolina through the university's Office of Sponsored Research. The Economic Adjustment Assistance program provides technical, planning, public works, and infrastructure...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded North Carolina State University a $114,675 Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The grant will support NCSU in developing, disseminating, and facilitating action plans to guide implementation steps that enable greater coordination between economic and workforce development professionals in Raleigh, North Carolina. The plans aim to cultivate best practices for collaborating more effectively...