The Thurston Economic Development Council Center for Business & Innovation (TEDC CBI) received a $300,000 two-year Project Grant award from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.043). The grant will fund TEDC CBI's continuation of its business resource center services through September 2024 to assist women-owned small businesses in Thurston County, Washington. The Women's...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance Program (CFDA 59.043) to the Thurston Economic Development Council Center For Business & Innovation, a non-profit organization located in Lacey, Washington. The grant funding supports the delivery of training, counseling, and technical assistance to small businesses owned and controlled by women, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals....
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Northwest Agriculture Business Center on September 20, 2022 under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771). The grant will support the Center's work to improve economic conditions in rural Washington areas by assisting individuals and businesses with starting, expanding, or operationally improving rural cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses through September 20, 2023....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $161,550 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) to the North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation And Development Council on September 11, 2024. This 2-year Project Grant will support the Council's efforts to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the growth of small and emerging private businesses in rural communities on the North Olympic Peninsula. The funding will enable the...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $124,500 Rural Business Development Grant to Lummi Community Development Financial Institution on May 20, 2021 through the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351). The funding will support Lummi Community Development Financial Institution in delivering technical assistance, training, and other services to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the growth of small businesses in rural Washington...
The Thurston Economic Development Council Center for Business & Innovation will receive $665,219 under a Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to support the expansion of the Southwest Washington Food Hub. The Food Hub will advance its capacity in five areas - community partnerships, marketing, producer agency, operational efficiency, and strategic planning - to implement a hybrid growth...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to the Northwest Cooperative Development Center (N W C D C), a non-profit organization based in Olympia, Washington. This grant, with a performance period from September 5, 2024, to September 5, 2024, will enable N W C D C to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to support the establishment, expansion,...
This $200,000 Project Grant was awarded on September 27, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771). The grant recipient, the Northwest Agriculture Business Center, is a non-profit organization that provides training, education, and technical assistance services to socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, rural businesses, and cooperatives. This funding will support the Center's efforts to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $175,000 Socially-Disadvantaged Groups Grant (CFDA 10.871) to the Northwest Cooperative Development Center (N W C D C), a non-profit organization based in Olympia, Washington. This 1-year project grant, awarded on September 5, 2024, will enable N W C D C to provide technical assistance, training, market research, feasibility studies, and business planning services to support the establishment, expansion, and...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $367,800 Project Grant to the NCW Sports Rink And Event Center, a non-profit community development corporation, under the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351). The grant supports the development of a public outdoor regulation hockey rink to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the growth of small and emerging businesses in the local rural...