The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $149,956 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) to the Terra College Foundation, a non-profit educational institution, for the period of July 28, 2023 to July 28, 2025. The grant is intended to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses, industries, and related employment to improve the economy in rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $170,578 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) to Ohio University to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses in rural communities. The two-year project grant, awarded on July 29, 2024, will support Ohio University's delivery of a variety of technical assistance, business development, and economic growth initiatives, including...
The federal Project Grant award of $192,763.00 was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) program (CFDA 10.351). The grant was awarded on July 29, 2024 to the Ohio Hill Country Heritage Area, a non-profit organization, to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses in rural Ohio. The two-year project will provide technical assistance,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $999,814 Project Grant to The Ohio State University under the Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (CFDA 10.782) program. The grant, awarded on September 15, 2023, will fund the establishment of an Ag Innovation Center to provide technical assistance, training, and support services focused on sustainable agriculture practices, value-added product development, market...
This $101,000 Project Grant awarded on July 26, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services is funding the Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) program. The purpose of this grant program is to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses, industries, and related employment to improve the economy in rural communities. The grant recipient, Lucas County...
The Ohio State University received a $199,974 Rural Cooperative Development Grants project award from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service on September 26, 2022. The funding supports services delivered through the Cooperative Development Center program (CFDA 10.771) to improve economic conditions in rural Ohio areas. Services include assisting individuals and businesses with starting, expanding, or operationally improving rural cooperatives and other mutually-owned businesses...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $195,448 Rural Cooperative Development Grant to The Ohio State University on September 27, 2023. This 1-year project grant funds the university's Cooperative Development Center to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to support the startup, expansion, and operational improvement of rural cooperatives and other mutually-owned businesses in Ohio. The Rural...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $120,719 Project Grant to the Nebraska Indian Community College under the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351). The grant will support the college's PERSISTENT POVERTY RBCS BUSINESS ENTERPRISE NATIVE AMERICAN project from June 2022 through June 2024. The Rural Business Development Grant program aims to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate small business growth in rural communities. Under this...
This $750,000 Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The funding will support the development of essential community facilities in Tiffin, Ohio over a 2-year period from March 2025 to March 2027. The grant recipient, Seneca County, Ohio, will use the funds to construct, enlarge, extend, or improve critical infrastructure and services such as fire protection,...
Rhodes State College was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The goal of this award is to expand Rhodes State College's existing Agriculture Business certificate program to include the creation of an Agriculture Technology program to develop a technology-competent and data-savvy workforce to meet the needs of farmers and other...