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Grants Awarded | 2001 Awards
 2001 Grants by County
 The Golden Leaf Foundation is pleased to announce that the following North Carolina
non profits and government entities were awarded grants in the last grant cycle (ending November 2001).
Click on the North Carolina map icon for each grant recipient to obtain a map of the counties
served by that grant.
| Grantee | Area L AHEC Learning Institute
www.arealahec.dst.nc.us |
| Contact | David M. Webb - President
1631 South Wesleyan Boulevard
P.O. Drawer 7368
Rocky Mount, NC 27804-0368
252-972-6958
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| Project Title | The Area L AHEC Learning Institute |
| Grant Amount | $50,000.00 |
| Project Description | Area L AHEC, which serves Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, and Wilson Counties, has expanded its facilities so that it can offer more classes to health care providers. By doing so, the area is more attractive to professionals working as health care providers and the region has a more competent healthcare workforce. This grant will provide support for the director of the Institute and professional staff to conduct the classes and seminars. |
| Service Area |
 Edgecombe County, Wilson County, Northampton County, Halifax County, Nash County
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| Grantee | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation |
| Contact | Kathy Higgins - Vice President
PO Box 2291
Durham, NC 27702-2291
919-765-4104
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| Project Title | Healthy Community Institute for Nonprofit Excellence |
| Grant Amount | $30,000.00 |
| Project Description | The objective of the Institute is to help nonprofit organizations in tobacco-dependent counties build capacity by providing them with meaningful instruction on how to strengthen the infrastructure of their organizations through improving the operations of their boards of directors, conducting successful fundraising campaigns and developing effective strategic plans. |
| Service Area |
Eastern North Carolina |
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| Grantee | Carolina Commerce and Technology Center, Inc.
www.comtechcenter.org |
| Contact | Tony Normand - Chief Executive Officer
PO Box 70
Pembroke, NC 28372
910-522-9944
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| Project Title | The Carolina Commerce and Technology Center, Inc. (COMtech.) |
| Grant Amount | $181,000.00 |
| Project Description | The Carolina Commerce and Training Center (COMtech) is a project led by a consortium from UNC Pembroke, Robeson Community College, Robeson County Schools and Board of Commissioners, and the Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation. The center will provide workforce development programs and incubator space for business and industry and entrepreneurial development services to spur commercial and agricultural activity. Funding will assist with planning, outreach, marketing, management support, recruiting, and infrastructure development for this technology-based approach to economic development in the region.
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| Service Area |
Scotland County, Sampson County, Robeson County, Hoke County, Bladen County, Cumberland County, Columbus County |
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| Grantee | Carolina Horse Park Foundation |
| Contact | Roger Secrist - President
PO Box 2468
Southern Pines, NC 28388
910-245-3100
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| Project Title | Stoneybrook Sustainability Initiative in Hoke County |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | The Sandhills Equestrian
Conservancy, a project of the Carolina Horse Park Foundation, is devoted to promoting equestrian
competition and preserving open space. The Conservancy is well on the way to having a premier
facility for competitive events requiring large acreage. Already developed is a 250 acre parkland with a 7/8 mile steeplechase track and cross country courses for all levels of racing. The inaugural event was the running of the famed Stoneybrook Steeplechase race at the park this Spring. The economic benefits to the community are the revenues generated by the tourists who attend the events, enhanced appeal as a site for recruiting new businesses, and increased markets for local products that can be sold at the equestrian events.
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| Service Area |
Scotland County, Robeson County, Moore County, Hoke County |
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| Grantee | Carolinas Gateway Partnership
www.econdev.org |
| Contact | John Gessaman - President
427 Falls Road
Rocky Mount, NC 27804-4808
252-442-0114
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| Project Title | Universal Leaf Project |
| Grant Amount | $400,000.00 |
| Project Description |
Universal Leaf has committed to building a new 1,000,000 square foot super plant to process
tobacco in Nash County. The plant will provide 1,100 new jobs. The Golden LEAF Grant
is being used by Nash County for predevelopment costs associated with attracting the company to
Nash County. |
| Service Area |
Halifax County, Edgecombe County, Wilson County, Warren County, Vance County, Northampton County, Nash County |
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| Grantee | Catawba Valley Community College
www.cvcc.cc.nc.us |
| Contact | Anne Williams - Director, Resource and Workforce Development
2550 Highway 70 SE
Hickory, NC 28602
828-327-7000
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| Project Title | Homegrown Teachers: Planning Incentives to Recruit and Retain Teachers in Rural Counties |
| Grant Amount | $70,000.00 |
| Project Description | Every year in NC, there are 9,000 teacher vacancies in the public school system. And with only 3,000 students graduating from college each year with teaching degrees, the state is becoming more and more dependent on outside recruitment to fill the void. The ultimate goal of this project is to attack the critical teacher shortage in NC by creating a community college focused model based on the successful North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program. The purpose of this grant is to develop a demonstration project for teacher recruitment and retention in rural counties. |
| Service Area |
Alexander County |
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| Grantee | Center for Community Self-Help
www.self-help.org |
| Contact | Mairi Rosko - Development and Marketing Associate
301 W. Main Street
PO Box 3619
Durham, NC 27702
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| Project Title | Small Business Lending in Tobacco-Dependent Counties |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | The grant to the Center for Community Self-Help grant will be used to begin a targeted program of lending to small businesses in rural NC, particularly those counties most affected by the decline in the tobacco industry. The main focus of the project would be job creation through expanding small businesses and providing technical assistance for start-up and growth. Self-Help will leverage the grant 4:1 with new and existing loan capital, drawing $1 million in new lending to areas most negatively impacted by the decline in tobacco. The GLF grant will allow Self-Help to provide technical assistance to 150 to 200 businesses over three years. The $1 million in new loan capital could impact 20 to 30 businesses directly, helping to create up to 100 jobs. |
| Service Area |
North Carolina's Rural Counties |
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| Grantee | Center for Participatory Change, Inc.
www.cpcwnc.org |
| Contact | Paul Castelloe - Co-Executive Director
PO Box 9238
Asheville, NC 28815
828-299-9437
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| Project Title | Appalachian Small Farms Project |
| Grant Amount | $50,000.00 |
| Project Description | The goal of the Appalachian Small
Farms Project is to organize groups of small farmers to implement projects that increase
agricultural-related economic opportunities. With prior Golden LEAF Foundation funding, CPC
assisted the Smoky Mountain Native Plants Association in organizing to help local residents
earn extra income through collecting, cultivating, processing, and marketing native plants
such as ginseng, goldenseal, black cohosh, and bloodroot. The Cherokee Small Farmers
Association completed a feasibility study for a farmers market in Murphy and has implemented diversification plans that include ornamental crops. The Center also provides timely information to small farmers of the region through a regular newsletter and community presentations. This grant is to support the two groups organized last year and to help organize two to four new groups in the westernmost counties in the State. |
| Service Area |
Swain County, Graham County, Clay County, Cherokee County |
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| Grantee | Connect Central |
| Contact | Mary Mallory - Program Administrator
1621 Eastern Avenue
Rocky Mount, NC 27801
252-442-7015
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| Project Title | Work Central Career Advancement Expansion |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | Work Central is a call center that relies upon sophisticated technology to support employment and financial self-sufficiency among former welfare recipients. This proposal seeks funding to expand services from the six counties participating in the pilot program to include Bertie, Beaufort, Craven, Franklin, Greene, Johnston, Lenoir, Northampton, Warren, and Wayne counties. With support from the GLF, Work Central will also expand the target population to include residents affected by the decline of agricultural employment. The program anticipates serving more than 1,000 people over the grant period. |
| Service Area |
Warren County, Wayne County, Northampton County, Lenoir County, Greene County, Franklin County,
Beaufort County, Craven County, Bertie County, Johnston County |
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| Grantee | County of Bladen |
| Contact | Chuck Heustess
PO Box 2203
Elizabethtown, NC 28337
910-862-6755
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| Project Title | Bladen's Bloomin' (Agricultural Leasing Program) |
| Grant Amount | $125,000.00 |
| Project Description | Bladen's Bloomin' is operating an agricultural leasing
program offered by the Bladen County Economic Development Commission. Grant
funds will be used to leverage financing for a blast freezer to be bought by
Bladen County and leased to the Carolina Blueberry Cooperative Association
to expand their cold storage capacity. This means that existing growers and
other farmers will produce more blueberries, thereby expanding income for
farmers in the area by more than $2 million annually.
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| Service Area |
Sampson County, Pender County, Duplin County, Columbus County, Bladen County |
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| Grantee | Duke Homestead Education and History Corporation
www.ibiblio.org/dukehome |
| Contact | A. Dale Coats - Secretary
2828 Duke Homestead Road
Durham, NC 27705
919-477-5498
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| Project Title | New Tobacco History Orientation Video |
| Grant Amount | $15,000.00 |
| Project Description | Duke Homestead and Tobacco Museum in Durham is in the midst of a major campaign to improve the site and
programs of the museum. Toward that end, the museum has identified the need for a video to give an historical
overview of tobacco and an introduction to the homestead and the museum. Golden LEAF Foundation will be one of several underwriters of this $135,000 project.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | East Carolina University School of Education
www.soe.ecu.edu/c&i/goldenleaf |
| Contact | Joy Stapleton - Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
154 Speight Building
Greenville, NC 27858
252-328-4260
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| Project Title | The Three R's in Improving Teaching Shortages: Recruitment, Retention and Resilience |
| Grant Amount | $250,000.00 |
| Project Description | The East Carolina University School of Education proposes to create the Golden LEAF Consortium of universities and public schools for the purpose of helping rural counties recruit and retain teachers. The Consortium will further refine the design of the initiative, which will include incentives to recruit new teachers, professional development activities and mentors for teacher retention, and the development of collaborative relationships between local schools, business and industry |
| Service Area |
Washington County, Halifax County, Bertie County, Perquimans County, Greene County, Jones County, Edgecombe County |
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| Grantee | EnergyXchange |
| Contact | Terry Woodruff
Rt. 2 Box 959-A
Burnsville, NC 28714
828-675-5541
energy@yancey.main.nc.us
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| Project Title | Project Branch Out - Profit From Our Native Plants |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | Funding will be used to continue the project of cultivating plants that have been historically only grown in the wild
by expanding greenhouse capacity at the Avery County Landfill site. Project Branch Out provides growers with seedlings grown in the landfill gas heated greenhouses, technical support on growing the plants, and assistance connecting with market outlets.
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| Service Area |
Yancey County, Watauga County, Wilkes County, Mitchell County, Avery County, Alleghany County, Ashe County |
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| Grantee | Greene County Schools |
| Contact | Lou Anne Shackelford - Director
602 West Harper Street
Snow Hill, NC 28580
252-747-4300
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| Project Title | Greene County Lucy Hart Hill Family Literacy |
| Grant Amount | $50,000.00 |
| Project Description | The Greene County Family Literacy project is designed to help break the intergenerational cycle of illiteracy and poverty. Services offered include adult basic education/ GED preparation, parenting skills training, and employability training. The program, which is widely recognized for its successful outcomes, is a project of the Greene County School system. Funding will be used for staff and other expenses associated with offering the classes. |
| Service Area |
Greene County |
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| Grantee | HandMade in America Foundation
www.handmadeinamerica.org |
| Contact | Becky Anderson - Executive Director
PO Box 2089
Asheville, NC 28802
828-252-0121
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| Project Title | Market to Farm Agri-Tourism System of Western North Carolina |
| Grant Amount | $125,000.00 |
| Project Description | The objective of this project is to create an agri-based tourism marketing system for the 21 counties of western North Carolina to link the region's small specialty farms to the region's $20 million annual tourism base. The grant will be used to create and implement a multi-year marketing plan for countryside trails and farm tours, develop distinctive tour itineraries and tour products for sale, create a small business training program for small farm owners, and establish a tracking system to measure the economic impact of agri-tourism in the region. |
| Service Area |
Western North Carolina |
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| Grantee | Institute of Government
www.civics.org |
| Contact | Debra Henzey - Director, Civic Education Consortium
UNC-Chapel Hill
CB# 3330
Knapp Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3330
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| Project Title | Rural Youth Leadership Initiative |
| Grant Amount | $124,000.00 |
| Project Description | The Rural Youth Leadership
initiative was designed by several key partners involved in youth development to help rural,
economically distressed counties build capacity for future community and economic leadership. The grant will be used to develop pilot programs in Bertie and Swain counties that will target youth between the ages of 14 and 28. Objectives of the program are: (1) to increase youth appreciation and involvement in their community's economic vitality and their desire to remain in the community; (2) to increase youth understanding and involvement in government and community issues; and (3) to create a sustainable model that can be replicated in other communities. |
| Service Area |
Bertie County and Swain County |
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| Grantee | Institute of Nutrition of The
University
of North Carolina
coretest.ecu.edu/nuhm/Institute/main.htm |
| Contact | John B. Longenecker - Director, UNC Institute of Nutrition
PO Box 2435
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
919-966-1094
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| Project Title | Developing a Sustainable Medicinal Herbs Market for North Carolina |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | Under the direction of the Institute of Nutrition at UNC, a consortium proposes to develop a sustainable herbs market for NC farmers. The consortium is made up of leaders with expertise in agriculture, pharmacology, nutrition, epidemiology, public health, medicine, mental health, economics and business. Funds from the grant will be used to develop medicinal herb production and marketing information; to assess and monitor human health consequences of the types of medicinal herbs being grown; to expand production of new safe and efficacious medicinal herbs; and to disseminate best practices. |
| Service Area |
Statewide (except for
Mecklenburg, Cumberland, New Hanover, Durham, Wake, Gaston, Cabarrus) |
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| Grantee | Madison County |
| Contact | Anita Davie - County Manager
PO Box 579
Marshall, NC 28753
828-649-2854
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| Project Title | Madison County Alternative Agriculture Initiative |
| Grant Amount | $80,000.00 |
| Project Description | This project is designed to assist
current burley tobacco farmers as they make the transition from growing tobacco to growing other
crops or to alternative careers. To accomplish this objective, up to 25 farmers will be provided
assistance with growing alternative crops and entrepreneurial training. Additionally, funding will be used to support a strategic planning process as the county adapts to declining markets for burley tobacco. |
| Service Area |
Madison County |
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| Grantee | Martin Community College
www.martin.cc.nc.us |
| Contact | Robert A. Bonner - Director of Resource Development
1161 Kehukee Park Road
Williamston, NC 27892
252-792-1521
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| Project Title | Martin County Economic Impact Improvement Through an IMT Start-Up |
| Grant Amount | $250,000.00 |
| Project Description | Martin Community College is receiving funds to implement an Industrial Maintenance Technology curriculum program. This new program is needed to support local industry, provide job training for recent high school graduates, and retrain displaced factory and farm workers. Local industries including Weyerhaeuser Company, Perdue Farms, and Penco Products have endorsed the need for the program and will employ its graduates. |
| Service Area |
Bertie County, Washington County, Martin County |
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| Grantee | Martin County Economic Development Corporation |
| Contact | Stan L. Crowe - Chairman
PO Box 310
Williamston, NC 27892
252-792-2044
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| Project Title | Northeast Technology and Business Center Marketing Initiative |
| Grant Amount | $40,000.00 |
| Project Description | The Martin County EDC has transformed the Martin Plaza into a multi-use technology center and incubator. The Northeast Technology and Business Center will provide the following services for business support and economic development: video teleconferencing, incubator space for technology, telemedicine and computer service start-up companies, teleworks space for private and public sector employees, and training opportunities through Martin Community College. Funds will be used to support Martin County EDC efforts to market the Telecenter to prospective clients. |
| Service Area |
Bertie County, Halifax County, Washington County, Martin County, Beaufort County, Pitt County |
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| Grantee | Mount Olive College
www.moc.edu |
| Contact | Dalton R. Proctor - Project Coordinator
634 Henderson Street
Mount Olive, NC 28365
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| Project Title | The Agribusiness Center at Mount Olive College |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | Mount Olive College will use
Golden Leaf funds
to launch an Agribusiness Center, which will serve as an educational resource and information
network for farmers and the agribusiness industry in eastern NC. The Center, an adjunct to the School of Business, will develop and support best practices for eastern North Carolina agriculture and will educate farmers, agribusinesses, and undergraduate students in management trends, ideas, and technologies affecting agribusiness practices.
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| Service Area |
Craven County, Jones County, Duplin County, Greene County, Lenoir County, Pitt County, Sampson County, Wayne County |
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| Grantee | Mountain Valleys Resource Conservation and Development Council in partnership with Mountain Partners in
Agriculture |
| Contact | Sally Stokes - Executive Director
94 Cox Avenue, Suite 100
Asheville, NC 28801-3620
828-252-4936 ext. 5
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| Project Title | Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project: Tobacco Transitions II |
| Grant Amount | $125,000.00 |
| Project Description | The Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project will expand and develop viable markets for mountain crops and demonstrate sustainable production and farming systems linked to emerging markets. Several organizations are in partnership to do the training, marketing, and planning activities to expand opportunities for farmers in the region. The project plans to directly serve 20 family farming operations, the 35 owner members of Carolina Organic Growers, and the 100 farms involved with regional tailgate marketing. It has implications for the 1,000 burley tobacco farming operations in Western North Carolina. The Foundation grant will be used for personnel (including consultants to assist with the goat management and marketing activities, incubator feasibility study, website development, evaluation, farm demonstration projects, and consumer preference surveys), travel, and organizational management expenses. |
| Service Area |
Buncombe County, Haywood County, Henderson County, Madison County, Yancey County |
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| Grantee | NC Progress Board
www.theprogressboard.org |
| Contact | Tom Covington - Executive Director
Suite 3900, Partners I, Centennial Campus
1017 Main Campus Drive
Campus Box 7248
Raleigh, NC 27695-7248
919-513-3900
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| Project Title | NC 20/20 Community Forums |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The NC Progress Board will host seven, day-long Community Forums across North Carolina to present the
findings of the NC 20/20 report to community leaders and get feedback from Forum
participants. NC 20/20 is a comprehensive report on education, workforce preparedness,
sustainable environments, prosperous economies, 21st Century infrastructure, healthy children and families, safe and vibrant communities, and accountable government and active citizenship.
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| Service Area |
North Carolina's Rural
Counties |
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| Grantee | NCITE Foundation, Inc.
www.ncitetech.org |
| Contact | John Shaw - Executive Director
PO Box 1085
Knightdale, NC 27545
919-217-2338
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| Project Title | Farm Equipment Service Technician Recruitment and Training |
| Grant Amount | $25,000.00 |
| Project Description | There is a consistent shortage of skilled farm service equipment technicians. North Carolina Industries for Technical Education will use the grant to conduct workforce development activities in rural communities for young people interested in technical careers. To meet the strong demand for farm service technicians, NCITE will cooperate with the Agricultural Equipment Systems program at Beaufort Community College and the John Deere AgTech program at Guilford Technical Community College to recruit and place students in these two programs. |
| Service Area |
North Carolina's Rural
Counties |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
| Contact | Omoanghe S. Isikhuemhen
International Trade Center & School of Agriculture
1691 East Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27411
336-334-7995
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| Project Title | Edible and Medicinal Mushroom Farming in North Carolina: A Cash Crop for the Future |
| Grant Amount | $75,000.00 |
| Project Description | Eastern North Carolina has the
climate and conditions to penetrate the growing mushroom market in the state and nationally.
Based on present market values, the exotic mushroom market in ten years could be generating as
much as $80 million annually. Growers would be the small, marginal farmers who depend on farming
to supplement the families' income. This grant will be used to conduct further research on
mushroom production techniques, work with farmers to conduct field testing, provide marketing studies, and develop a marketing campaign. The goal is to make North Carolina a leader in the production of edible and medicinal mushrooms over the next five years. |
| Service Area |
Eastern North Carolina |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
www.ag.ncat.edu |
| Contact | Earnestine Psalmonds - Vice-Chancellor for Research
1601 East Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27411
336-334-7995
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| Project Title | Upscale Pork Markets for Small Scale Hog Producers |
| Grant Amount | $250,000.00 |
| Project Description | The goal of this project is to assist small-scale, limited resource tobacco farmers in making a profitable transition from growing tobacco to producing pork for niche markets. In 1999, eleven percent of tobacco farmers also sold pork. Prospects for small-scale producers have been bleak in recent years, but Niman Ranch, a nationally recognized and successful retailer of specialty meats, is interested in developing a small-scale hog producer network to serve their east coast markets. This project will allow small-scale, and/or part-time farmers to find new markets and higher profit margins by raising swine in "old-timey" pasturing ways that enhance the flavor of the pork and protect the environment. Funds will be used to assist in developing market access for small-scale producers and for research in producing integrated crop/animal systems that utilize hog waste to enhance soil productivity and preserve water quality. |
| Service Area |
Statewide
(except for Mecklenburg, Forsyth, Guilford, Cumberland, New Hanover, Durham, Wake, Gaston, Cabarrus) |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Keith D. Oakley - Assistant Secretary
Campus Box 7645
NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7645
919-515-2000
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| Project Title | Organic Insecticides from Alternative Crops (in collaboration with Natural Pest FX, Inc.) |
| Grant Amount | $235,000.00 |
| Project Description | This grant is to continue the research on the successful cultivation of "industrial" peppers as an alternative crop for NC farmers. |
| Service Area |
North Carolina's Rural Counties |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Keith D. Oakley - Assistant Secretary
Campus Box 7645
NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7645
919-515-2000
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| Project Title | Grain Growers Cooperative: Alternative Markets for North Carolina Grain Growers |
| Grant Amount | $300,000.00 |
| Project Description | This grant is to support a range of activities designed to develop alternative grain crops or agricultural enterprises for NC grain and tobacco growers. Research will focus on developing high-value agricultural grain enterprises that may serve as alternatives to tobacco. Other research will be devoted to developing value-added processing facilities that have the promise of increasing farm profitability. |
| Service Area |
North Carolina's Rural
Counties |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Keith D. Oakley - Assistant Secretary
Campus Box 7645
NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7645
919-515-2000
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| Project Title | Eastern Foods' Value Added Processing Initiative |
| Grant Amount | $240,000.00 |
| Project Description | Eastern Foods Cooperative has successfully completed plans for a meat processing facility to serve small and independent pork producers. This funding is to support the first stages of implementing the project, including marketing the processed products, developing certification procedures to assure safety and product quality, and pursuing retail outlets for the products. Currently the cooperative provides farm supplies to farmers in 25 eastern North Carolina counties at favorable prices. In partnership with NC State University, the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the NC Department of Commerce, and Pork America, the Eastern Foods Cooperative has mobilized the expertise and professional resources to successfully implement this project. The grant is contingent on the project securing the necessary permitting for the plant. |
| Service Area |
Wayne County, Pamlico County, Carteret County, Craven County, Duplin County, Edgecombe County, Greene County, Lenoir County, Pitt County, Wilson County, Jones County, Nash County |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc.
www.khhbiosci.com |
| Contact | Keith D. Oakley - Assistant Secretary
Campus Box 7645
NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7645
919-515-2000
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| Project Title | Milsana Bioprotectant - A Biochemical Product for Horticulture (with KHH BioSci, Inc.) |
| Grant Amount | $60,000.00 |
| Project Description | KHH
BioSci, Inc., and NC State University are collaborating on this project to
grow giant knotweed to be used in the production of the bioprotectant
Milsana. Funding from the Golden LEAF Foundation would be used as incentives
to farmers to grow and market the plant. Ultimately, the project
anticipates needing to have at least 2,000 acres of giant knotweed in
cultivation. Eastern North Carolina is especially suited to growing
knotweed.
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| Service Area |
Eastern North Carolina (except Cumberland, New Hanover) |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Keith D. Oakley - Assistant Secretary
Campus Box 7645
NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7645
919-515-2000
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| Project Title | A Value-Added Egg Processing Facility for North Carolina (with Carolina Egg Development Corporation) |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | Carolina Egg Development Corporation, an affiliate of Braswell Foods of Nashville, has identified the need for a liquid egg and pre-cooked egg product processing facility. Working in conjunction with NC State University, the funding from the Golden LEAF Foundation will be used for market research and predevelopment activities for a new facility in Nash County. It is anticipated that the egg processing facility will increase income for egg and grain producers and add up to 80 new jobs in the facility by 2006. |
| Service Area |
Nash County, Edgecombe County, Hyde County, Washington County, Columbus County, Duplin County, Tyrrell County, Robeson County, Wilson County, Warren County, Beaufort County, Halifax County, Franklin County |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Keith D. Oakley - Assistant Secretary
Campus Box 7645
NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7645
919-515-2000
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| Project Title | Sustainable Agricultural Solutions Manufactured From Negative-Value Waste Resources |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | This grant will be used to support further research and product development by Novovita, Inc., of a paper-like material, manufactured from poultry wastes, to be used as crop cover, bedding, and fertilizer. Farmers will benefit from the project by being able to grow high-value crops using cost-efficient and environmentally friendly growing techniques and/ or by starting small-scale poultry operations without the larger acreage now required for waste management. |
| Service Area |
Eastern North Carolina (except New Hanover) |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Keith D. Oakley - Assistant Secretary
Campus Box 7645
NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7645
919-515-2000
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| Project Title | Final Equipment Needs to Process and Sell Natto and Tofu Soybean |
| Grant Amount | $114,250.00 |
| Project Description | Fifteen farmers, all members of the Grain Growers Cooperative, Inc., planted approximately 1,800 acres of natto and tofu soybean varieties in 2001 for food markets in Japan. Acreage in 2002 is expected to more than double and by 2005 about 100 farmers should be growing soybeans for this niche market. Last year, the project received a grant for a color sorter, which enabled the cooperative to obtain a major contract and higher prices for their soybeans. This grant is to expand and equip the facility in Zebulon to store and package the natto and tofu soybeans for sale and shipment to Japan. |
| Service Area |
Eastern North Carolina (except for Cumberland, New Hanover) |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Keith D. Oakley - Assistant Secretary
Campus Box 7645
NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7645
919-515-2000
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| Project Title | Terra Ceia Compost (Soil Amendment) |
| Grant Amount | $22,500.00 |
| Project Description | NC State Department of Horticulture Science is working with 3-B Farms in Pinetown (Beaufort County) to find environmentally sound and economically profitable uses of the by-products of ginning cotton. The composted materials will be sold to conventional retail consumers as a soil nutrient/additive. The grant will be used to complete market research, package design, marketing, and compost analysis. NC State University and the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will carry out these tasks. The project will create 10 new and several part-time jobs in the Pinetown and Terra Ceia communities. |
| Service Area |
Beaufort County, Washington County, Hyde County |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Central University
www.nccu.edu/business |
| Contact | Beverly A. Bryant - Director of Hospitality and Tourism Program
1801 Fayetteville Street
Durham, NC 27707
919-560-6100
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| Project Title | A Demonstration Model for Workplace Preparedness in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | NC Central University will provide job training for critical skill shortage areas in the hotel, restaurant, and tourism industry for unemployed, displaced, and new workers in the Triangle area. The grant will be used to recruit and train a minimum of 75 new employees for hospitality and tourism jobs, retrain 75 existing employees in one of three tracks (lodging, food service, or management), and make industry certified courses, recognized by national associations, available to participants. In addition, programs will be offered to accommodate full-time employees and provide support services for successful completion of the training. |
| Service Area |
Alamance County, Lee County, Chatham County, Franklin County, Granville County, Harnett County,
Johnston County, Warren County, Durham County, Person County, Orange County, Wake County, Vance County |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Coalition of Farm and Rural Families |
| Contact | Carolyn A. Prince - Executive Director
342 Wagoner Drive, Suite 208
Fayetteville, NC 28303
910-860-9948
|
| Project Title | Farm Diversity Strategies for Former Tobacco Growers |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | To survive in today's global market, small farmers must be aware of market trends. Funds will be used by the NC Coalition of Farm & Rural Families to establish a program that will develop Farm Diversity Strategies for former tobacco farmers. The focus of the project will be to assist small, part-time, and minority tobacco growers who are no longer able to sustain their families by growing tobacco and need assistance in identifying alternative enterprises for both on and off the farm income. Objectives for the project are: (1) to create a consortium of farmers from 21 counties to assist with obtaining information and services for making transitions to alternative enterprises; (2) to establish a learning laboratory for value added processing and to demonstrate production techniques; and (3) to strengthen an existing cooperative of minority farmers. |
| Service Area |
Harnett County, Nash County, Hertford County, Halifax County, Duplin County, Edgecombe County, Columbus
County, Northampton County, Martin County, Lenoir County, Johnston County, Person County, Pitt County, Robeson County, Sampson County, Wake County, Warren County, Bertie County, Alamance County, Granville County
|
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Partnership for
Economic Development
|
| Contact | Gordon Myers - Co-Chair
c/o AdvantageWest
3 General Aviation Drive
Fletcher, NC 28732
|
| Project Title | Funding for Regional Partnerships |
| Grant Amount | $746,869.53 |
| Project Description | Funding will be used to
support economic development initiatives in rural communities throughout North Carolina.
The following grants are projects approved from the North Carolina Partnership for Economic
Development allocation.
|
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina State University
www.ncspecialtycrops.org |
| Contact | Jeanine Davis - Professor of Horticulture
Box 7514
Raleigh, NC 27695-7514
919-515-2444
|
| Project Title | The North Carolina Specialty Crops Program - Keeping Agriculture Profitable Through Innovative New Crop
Research and Marketing |
| Grant Amount | $300,000.00 |
| Project Description | The Specialty Crops Program is a cooperative venture between NC State University and the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Marketing Division. The objective of the program is to identify new crops, value-added products, and agricultural enterprises and provide the research, marketing support, and grower education to make those crops or products profitable. The Golden LEAF Foundation provided a grant last year to expand the program beyond the Global Transpark Zone in eastern North Carolina to other regions of the state. This grant will be used to establish a satellite office in the southern mountains, expand the scope of crops, value-added products and agricultural enterprises studied and developed by the SCP, and continue outreach to farmers. |
| Service Area |
Statewide (except for Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Forsyth,
Guilford, New Hanover) |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina State University |
| Contact | Richard E. Best - Manager of Industrial Research, Centers, Institutes, and Laboratories
Box 7514
Raleigh, NC 27695-7514
919-515-2444
|
| Project Title | Production, Marketing and Educational Program Development for the Franklin County Goat Producers
Cooperative |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | Education is the key to enhancing the knowledge of regional goat producers to improve the quality of goat meat and production techniques. With Golden LEAF Foundation funding, the Department of Crop Science at NCSU will develop a marketing and educational program targeting the Franklin County Goat Producers Cooperative. This project will address farm diversification, strategies to increase income levels, create a cooperative infrastructure, and develop sustainable agricultural methods. Goat producers from a four county area have joined the cooperative to benefit from program outcomes. |
| Service Area |
Franklin County, Wake County, Nash County, Johnston County |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina State University - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
www.cals.ncsu.edu/sustainable_ag/cefs |
| Contact | Nancy Creamer - Professor and Director, Center for Environmental Farming Systems
22 Leazar Hall
Box 7514
Raleigh, NC 27595
|
| Project Title | Revitalizing Farms and Communities Through High Value Organic Production: Demonstration, Education,
Marketing |
| Grant Amount | $127,000.00 |
| Project Description | Organically produced food represents the largest growth sector in agriculture today with demand growing at an annual rate of 24%. In NC, demand by retailers far exceeds NC production. As a result, 85% of the organic produce sold to consumers in NC is imported from other states. Through this initiative, NCSU will demonstrate organic production principles and practices for a variety of important NC crops. GLF funds will be used to develop an organic cropping demonstration, education, and marketing initiative for farmers at the Organic Unit of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems in Goldsboro. High-quality educational programs will be offered to farmers and extension agents throughout the state.
|
| Service Area |
North Carolina's Rural Counties |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina State University, Dept. of Horticultural Science |
| Contact | Thomas G. Ranney - Professor of Horticultural Science
Box 7609
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
919-515-1188
|
| Project Title | Developing New Nursery Crops for North Carolina |
| Grant Amount | $94,000.00 |
| Project Description | Nursery/floriculture crops are a rapidly growing sector in the North Carolina agricultural economy. Annual sales have increased approximately $34 million per year for the past eight years. The wholesale value of these crops exceeded $973 million in 1999 surpassing tobacco as the number one crop commodity in the state. The Department of Horticulture will use GLF funds to accelerate and expand opportunities for developing new and improved crops in a shorter period of time. |
| Service Area |
Statewide (except Mecklenburg) |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina State University, Dept. of Horticultural Science |
| Contact | Richard E. Best - Manager of Industrial Research, Centers, Institutes, and Laboratories
Box 7514
Raleigh, NC 27695-7514
919-515-2444
|
| Project Title | Development of Industrial-Type Sweet Potatoes for Farm Diversification |
| Grant Amount | $39,000.00 |
| Project Description | The Department of Horticulture will use the grant to generate a genetic linkage map for sweet potatoes. This sweet potato linkage mapping project is just one step in a long-term project directed towards the development and production of proprietary high-dry matter, "industrial type" sweet potato varieties with improved carbohydrate, starch, protein, and ethanol production profiles necessary for use by private entities proposing to site several ethanol production plants in eastern NC. |
| Service Area |
Eastern, Northeastern & Southeastern North Carolina (except New Hanover) |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | John W. Kimber - Project Coordinator
1327 N. Brightleaf Blvd., Suite H
Smithfield, NC 27577
919-989-7323
|
| Project Title | Sweet Potato Business Enhancement Program - A Long Term Initiative to Expand the Sales and Consumption
of North Carolina Sweet Potatoes |
| Grant Amount | $250,000.00 |
| Project Description | Sweet potatoes are considered a minor crop of great significance to farmers in North Carolina. This state is the leading supplier in the nation, producing 555 million pounds in 2000, worth an estimated $58.3 million to the growers. According to industry sources, sweet potatoes could have an even greater impact on North Carolina's economy if more products were marketed in a better manner. The grant would be used for marketing research, product engineering, test marketing of new products, and planning for expanded processing capacity for new products. |
| Service Area |
Eastern North Carolina |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Tobacco Foundation |
| Contact | Keith D. Oakley - Assistant Secretary
Campus Box 7645
NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7645
919-515-2000
|
| Project Title | Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina Communication and Education Improvement Initiative |
| Grant Amount | $75,000.00 |
| Project Description | The continued economic perils of the tobacco farm are negatively impacting the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina's ability to provide leadership, representation and valuable information to tobacco growers. TGANC will use this grant to develop, improve, increase, and strengthen communication and educational services to over 10,000 tobacco farm families statewide. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | Opportunities Industrialization Center of Wilson, Inc.
www.oicwilson.net |
| Contact | Howard Jones - President
801 E. Reid Street
PO Box 547
Wilson, NC 27894
252-291-0038
|
| Project Title | Wilson County Industrial Maintenance Mechanic (IMM) Training |
| Grant Amount | $225,000.00 |
| Project Description | This workforce training project
is designed to prepare or upgrade individuals to service, maintain, repair or install equipment
for a wide range of industries. OIC will recruit, support, and provide training in the
prerequisite skills for seasonal farmworkers, laborers, warehouse and/or factory workers.
Wilson Technical Community College
has the curriculum and teachers for the program and OIC has apprenticeship programs in
place with area industries. Participants entering the project would have typically
been working for $6.75 per hour. Upon completion of the program, those same individuals should be making $17.50 per hour. This is a two-year project.
|
| Service Area |
Wilson County |
|
| Grantee | Pantego Area Community Developers, Inc. |
| Contact | Wayland T. Whitley - Executive Director
PO Box 220
Pantego, NC 27860
252-943-6919
pacdc@coastalnet.com
|
| Project Title | Community Connection Closing The Digital Divide |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | Pantego Area Community Developers will use this grant to establish a public access center in eastern Beaufort County. The center will provide 21st century communication and technology tools for skill development training and job creation in Beaufort, Hyde, and Washington counties through the use of E-commerce. Primary emphasis will be placed on technology training to prepare individuals with marketable skills so that they can participate in the digital economy and creating public access to computers and the Internet. |
| Service Area |
Beaufort County, Washington County, Hyde County |
|
| Grantee | Pitt County Memorial Hospital/University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina |
| Contact | Diane Poole - Chief Planning Officer
PO Box 6028
Greenville, NC 27835
252-816-5104
|
| Project Title | Creating a Healthy Future Workforce for Rural Communities |
| Grant Amount | $300,000.00 |
| Project Description | Community Health experts state that children and the elderly are the groups most adversely affected by a declining economy. This proposal is a collaborative effort between Pitt County Memorial Hospital and two economically distressed counties (Jones & Pamlico) that have been dramatically affected by the changing tobacco
economy. The University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, a division of Pitt Memorial, will use the grant to provide school nurses for these two counties. The project will also design and implement a school health program to assure children are healthy and ready to perform in the school environment. In addition, Pitt Memorial Hospital will further develop its curriculum for training school nurses.
|
| Service Area |
Jones County, Pamlico County |
|
| Grantee | Pride of Kinston, Inc.
www.prideofkinston.org |
| Contact | Terah Archie - Executive Director
311 N. Queen Street
Kinston, NC 28501
252-522-4676
|
| Project Title | Kinston Enterprise Center |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | Pride of Kinston is a non-profit organization charged with promoting the revitalization of downtown Kinston. As part of its revitalization efforts, the Kinston Enterprise Center is being developed to recruit, develop, and stimulate entrepreneurial talent in Lenoir, Greene, and Jones counties. The project will be a "state of the art" business incubation center that will serve as a shell building for recruiting technology and other small business start-ups to the area. Pride of Kinston has secured 80% of the necessary funding and will use the grant to complete the technology component of the project. It is expected that 50 to 60 % of the space will be leased upon opening in June of 2002. |
| Service Area |
Lenoir County |
|
| Grantee | Research Triangle Regional Partnership
www.researchtriangle.org |
| Contact | Charles Hayes - President & CEO
1000 Trade Drive, Suite 124
PO Box 80756
RDU Airport, NC 27623
(919) 840-7372
|
| Project Title | Feasibility of Mini-Hubs as a Rural Economic Development Tool |
| Grant Amount | $39,991.00 |
| Project Description | The Research Triangle Regional Partnership will conduct a study on the feasibility of using a mini-hub strategy for rural economic development. Target communities will be rural areas in the Research Triangle region. The proposed mini-hubs would contain education, training, and other related services to link to organizations located elsewhere. Each of the proposed hubs would have sufficient scale and amenities to attract businesses that would otherwise locate in urban areas and would serve two or more counties that alone lack critical mass and resources to attract new or existing industry in higher wage, high-tech manufacturing, and service sectors. |
| Service Area |
Chatham County, Moore County, Franklin County, Granville County, Harnett County, Johnston County,
Warren County, Person County, Lee County, Vance County |
|
| Grantee | SBTDC NC Marine Trade Services |
| Contact | Michael P. Bradley - Director
P.O. Box 406 / 100 Pollock St. Rm 211
Beaufort, NC 28516
252-728-2144
|
| Project Title | Recruiting, Growing and Retaining Marine Businesses in Rural North Carolina |
| Grant Amount | $175,000.00 |
| Project Description | The maritime industry is rapidly growing in the state, having generated $30M to $50M in new investments and over 1,000 new jobs in the past three years. The Maritime Trade Services of the Small Business and Technology Development Center has been critical to this growth, yet the program has had very limited resources with which to work. This grant will be used to expand marketing efforts, i.e., to recruit maritime businesses to the State and to market and promote North Carolina marine products and services. The anticipated impact of the project is more businesses will locate in North Carolina, more maritime businesses will stay in business, and more North Carolina products will be sold in the marketplace. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | Southwestern Community College
www.southwest.cc.nc.us |
| Contact | Laura Pennington - Director, Office for Grant Activities
447 College Drive
Sylva, NC 28779
828-586-4091
|
| Project Title | Beyond Connectedness |
| Grant Amount | $75,000.00 |
| Project Description | To create a new economic reality for itself, rural western North Carolina's businesses, governments, and educational institutions must have affordable broadband connectivity, training to prepare the workforce, and a process for readying and supporting businesses to compete in a global marketplace. The grant is to be used to broaden the marketing activities of the region to include a strong e-commerce element and to demonstrate the implementation of targeted, diverse e-business practices in a three county area. |
| Service Area |
Jackson County, Macon County, Swain County |
|
| Grantee | Tobacco Farm Life Museum, Inc.
www.tobmuseum.bbnp.com |
| Contact | Lynn Wagner - Executive Director
PO Box 88
Kenly, NC 27542
919-284-3431
|
| Project Title | Agricultural Heritage Outreach Program |
| Grant Amount | $40,000.00 |
| Project Description | The Tobacco Farm Life Museum was established to preserve the history and cultural heritage of the eastern North Carolina tobacco farm family and to interpret and present this legacy to the public. Located in Kenly, Johnston County, the museum attracts tourists interested in folklife, tobacco production, and agriculture in general. Educational programs are also regular fare of the museum. This grant is to be used for an Agricultural Heritage Outreach Program that will include traveling exhibits, a lecture series, workshops and classes for youth, organizing tours to local farms,
and an on-site farmers market, all of which are designed to provide expanded support to the museum and revenues
for participating farmers.
|
| Service Area |
Johnston County, Wake County, Wayne County, Wilson County, Nash County, Greene County, Franklin County, Edgecombe County, Harnett County, Lenoir County, Pitt County |
|
| Grantee | Tyrrell County Community Development Corporation |
| Contact | Mavis C. Hill - Executive Director
PO Box 58
Columbia, NC 27925
252-796-1991
|
| Project Title | Rural Sustainable Development Program |
| Grant Amount | $50,000.00 |
| Project Description | Tyrell County CDC has an established record of training young people to work on eco-tourism and conservation projects. This grant will provide funding to prepare approximately 15 young people to work for the parks, refuges, and other conservation agencies in the region. In addition to the career opportunities that will result from the project, the sites that are used for on- the-job training are improved and made suitable for recreational and tourist activities. |
| Service Area |
Chowan County, Tyrrell County, Washington County, Martin County, Hyde County |
|
| Grantee | University of North Carolina
www.ncseaa.edu/gl.htm |
| Contact | Molly Corbett Broad - President
PO Box 2688
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2688
919-248-4686
|
| Project Title | Golden LEAF Scholars Program |
| Grant Amount | $220,500.00 |
| Project Description | The Golden LEAF Scholars Program
will assist up to 100 students with scholarships covering UNC tuition and fees (averaging $2,100)
for one year. Eligible recipients would be students who reside in the top tobacco dependent or
Tier I counties in the state. Scholarships would be need and merit based. All public
universities would be eligible to participate in the scholarships. |
| Service Area |
North Carolina's Rural
Counties
Lead Coordinator for GLF Scholars Program
Elizabeth McDuffie
North Carolina State
Education Assistance Authority
www.ncseaa.edu/gl.htm
PO Box 14103
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709-4103
919-248-4686
mcduffie@ncseaa.edu |
|
| Grantee | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
www.kenaninstitute.unc.edu |
| Contact | Robert P. Lowman - Director, Office of Research Grants and Contracts
CB# 4100, Bynum Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3400
919-966-5625
|
| Project Title | Developing Economically Competitive Rural Communities in North Carolina: An Eight County Demonstration
Project |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | The Institute of Government & Kenan Flagler Business School will jointly launch a demonstration project to enhance the economic competitiveness of eight rural and severely distressed NC counties. Four of the target areas will be in western North Carolina (Cherokee, Madison, Swain, & Yancey) and four are located in the east (Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, and Northampton). The goal of the project is to develop a prototype of a community-based economic development model that can be used to enhance the competitiveness of all NC Rural counties. |
| Service Area |
Bertie County, Northampton County, Cherokee County, Halifax County, Hertford County, Madison County, Swain County, Yancey County |
|
| Grantee | Vance Granville Community College |
| Contact | Ronnie Goswick
112-D Wheaton Drive
Youngsville,
NC 27596
|
| Project Title | Industry Training Initiative |
| Grant Amount | $1,975,000 |
| Project Description | The focus of this grant is to
create a training initiative between Vance-Granville Community College and NC State University
that will train potential employees for jobs at a technology company looking to locate its east
coast headquarters in Franklin County. The project will assist with efforts to attract the
corporation to the area with an employee
requirement of 2,875 jobs (retaining 575 jobs and attracting 2,300 additional jobs). |
| Service Area |
Franklin County, Vance County, Warren County, Granville County, Nash County, Johnston County
and Wake County |
|
| Grantee | Wildacres Leadership Initiative
www.wildacresleadership.org |
| Contact | Jeff Michael - Executive Director
711 Iredell Street, Suite A
Durham, NC 27705
919-286-7186
|
| Project Title | Building Capacity for Change in Rural North Carolina |
| Grant Amount | $40,725.00 |
| Project Description | The Wildacres Leadership
Initiative is a two-year leadership development program which identifies and nurtures talented
individuals and then works to unite them into a leadership network committed to improving the
quality of life for all in the State. This grant will support seven fellows in the 2001-2003
Class from rural North Carolina, enhance the present curriculum by adding a rural awareness
component, and recruit emerging leaders from rural communities to the 2003-2005 Class.
The grant, to be matched on a 1:1 basis. |
| Service Area |
North Carolina's Rural
Counties |
|
| Grantee | Yellow Creek Botanical Institute, Inc.
www.yellowcreek.org |
| Contact | Phillip Gibson - Board of Trustees
PO Box 1757
Robbinsville, NC 28771
828-227-7492
|
| Project Title | Graham County Economic Diversification Program, Phase 3 |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The Yellow Creek Botanical Institute and its partners will develop a vertically integrated botanical products industry in WNC. Funds will be used to assist with the creation of a regional value added processor, develop a streamlined supply of bloodroot for the European market, and continue providing alternative agribusiness opportunities to the historically tobacco dependent region in and around Graham County. Program implementation will result in related industry development across the western region of the State. |
| Service Area |
Clay County, Swain County, Graham County, Cherokee County |
|
Golden LEAF Foundation
301 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804
252-442-7474 phone 252-442-7404 fax 888-684-8404 toll free
www.goldenleaf.org
email: info@goldenleaf.org
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