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Grants Awarded | 2004-2005 Annual Cycle Awards
 The Golden Leaf Foundation is pleased to announce that the following North Carolina
non profits and government entities were awarded grants in the last annual grant cycle (ending November 2004).
Click on the North Carolina map icon for each grant recipient to obtain a map of the counties
served by that grant.
| Grantee | Black Heritage Society, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Malcolm Beech - President
P.O. Box 848
Kinston, North Carolina 28502-0848
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| Project Title | Cultural Heritage Museum Project |
| Grant Amount | $25,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help the Black Heritage Society connect to heritage tourism planning and implementation efforts in Lenoir County by highlighting the contributions of African Americans during the Civil War. Funds will be used for personnel to conduct research and participate in heritage tourism planning. |
| Service Area |
Craven, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt
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| Grantee | Carolina Commerce and Technology Center, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Tony Normand - Chief Executive Officer
P.O. Box 70
Pembroke, North Carolina 28372
Phone: (910) 522-9944
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| Project Title | Carolina Commerce and Technology Center, Inc. (COMtech) |
| Grant Amount | $250,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to continue support for the Carolina Commerce and Technology Center (COMtech) in their efforts to create a training center to provide capacity and workforce development programs to attract and incubate new business and industry for this economically distressed area. COMtech provides business outreach services and technical assistance to new and existing business owners to spur commercial, retail, and agricultural business activity in Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson and Scotland counties. |
| Service Area |
Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland |
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| Grantee | Carolinas Gateway Partnership |
| Contact | Mr. Jeremy Stratton - Vice President
427 Falls Road
Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27804
Phone: (252) 442-0114
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| Project Title | Gateway Technology Center |
| Grant Amount | $350,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist Carolinas Gateway Partnership with the construction of the Gateway Technology Center, a functional facility which will enable East Carolina University and North Carolina State University, as well as other education providers, to offer a mix of on-site and distance education in engineering, business, life sciences, and education disciplines. |
| Service Area |
Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, Wilson |
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| Grantee | City of Asheboro |
| Contact | Mr. Oscar Priest - C.D. Director
Post Office Box 1106
Asheboro, North Carolina 27203
Phone: (336) 626-1201
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| Project Title | Downtown Farmers Market |
| Grant Amount | $65,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist the City of Asheboro in completing a multi-purpose facility that will be utilized primarily as a farmer's market, and for the development and production of an operations and marketing plan for the farmer's market. |
| Service Area |
Randolph |
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| Grantee | City of High Point's Economic Development Corporation |
| Contact | Mr. Loren Hill - President
Post Office Box 230
High Point, North Carolina 27261
Phone: (336) 883-3116
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| Project Title | High Point Market Buyer Attendance Project |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist the City of High Point Economic Development Corporation in the marketing of the International Home Furnishings Market in High Point through growth in buyer attendance. The project will accomplish its goal by launching a focused PR/marketing campaign and by making and promoting improvements in logistics, transportation and amenities offered to the market's buyer-participants. |
| Service Area |
Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph |
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| Grantee | College of the Albemarle |
| Contact | Ms. Lynne M. Bunch - President
1208 North Road Street
P.O. Box 2327
Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27906-2327
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| Project Title | COA Boat Building Professional Training Program |
| Grant Amount | $300,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist the College of the Albemarle in developing a Boat Building Professional Training Program for displaced tobacco workers and other unemployed adults living within an 8-county service area in northeastern North Carolina. |
| Service Area |
Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans |
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| Grantee | Connect Central, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Jackie Savage - President
110 Fountain Park Drive, Suite A-2
Battleboro, North Carolina 27803
Phone: (252) 442-3467
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| Project Title | Connectinc. Expansion |
| Grant Amount | $75,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help Connectinc. expand its scope of services, and extend those services to an additional 1,000 displaced tobacco workers in 24 counties in eastern North Carolina. Connectinc. uses a call-center approach to match individuals to employers and to resources that facilitate employment and provides follow-up counseling and personal support. The project includes improving accessibility to rural communities and securing the resources to effectively serve a growing bilingual community. |
| Service Area |
Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Washington, Wayne, Wilson |
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| Grantee | Countywide Community Development Corporation |
| Contact | Mr. Louis Brown - Executive Director
2045 Enterprise Boulevard
Room 222
Leland, North Carolina 28451
Phone: (910) 383-1724
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| Project Title | Project Uplift |
| Grant Amount | $69,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help Countywide CDC provide job training in construction trades for 100 trainees from Brunswick, Columbus and New Hanover Counties. Trainees will be actively recruited from a pool of unemployed and underemployed residents. Groups of 25 participants will be trained in 13-week programs at the Brunswick Community College-Leland Campus. |
| Service Area |
Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover |
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| Grantee | The Development Foundation of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching |
| Contact | Dr. Mary D. McDuffie - Executive Director
276 NCCAT Drive
Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723
Phone: (828) 293-5202
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| Project Title | Preparing the Next Generation |
| Grant Amount | $165,520.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help the NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching expand its National Board support program. Grants funds will be used to provide scholarships for teachers in high-need educational areas to attend a 5-day residential seminar sponsored by the Center. The project goals include increasing the number of National Board Certified Teachers in high-need areas; enhancing teaching skills to boost student learning and workforce preparation; and, increasing the number of Board certified facilitators to assist certification candidates through pilot training programs. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | Duplin County Economic Development Commission |
| Contact | Mr. Woodrow W. Brinson, Jr. - Executive Director
Post Office Box 929
Kenansville, North Carolina 28349
Phone: (910) 296-2180
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| Project Title | Duplin County Turkey Farmer Job Preservation Project |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to continue to assist Duplin County and 350 family turkey farmers find a viable solution to the economic and environmental problems surrounding animal waste disposal. The project proposes using existing technologies to dispose of turkey litter waste through a process that will produce steam and electricity. In addition to saving 700 on-farm jobs and 2,400 turkey processing jobs, the project will create 100 construction jobs and 15 permanent jobs at the facility. |
| Service Area |
Bladen, Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pitt, Sampson, Wayne |
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| Grantee | Elizabeth City State University, Walter R. Davis School of Business |
| Contact | Dr. J. Hilton Barrett II - Associate Professor
Weeksville Road
Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909
Phone: (252) 335-3580
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| Project Title | Agriculture Entrepreneurship Workshop Series |
| Grant Amount | $8,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help Elizabeth City State University conduct a series of workshops targeted at local farm families in Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank and Perquimans counties. The objective of the workshop series its to build the entrepreneurship skills of farmers who work small and medium sized farms. |
| Service Area |
Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans |
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| Grantee | Embassy Cultural Centre Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Kathy Powell - Executive Director
112 West Winder Street
Henderson, North Carolina 27536
Phone: (252) 431-6033
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| Project Title | Embassy Square Project |
| Grant Amount | $250,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help provide technology infrastructure for the library at the new Embassy Square Project in downtown Henderson. The project will contribute to economic development and positive social change in the community by offering online job search and placement services, after-school programs, increased access to technology and the internet, adult and child literacy programs, and cultural programming. |
| Service Area |
Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren |
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| Grantee | Foothills Industries of McDowell County, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Joy Q. Shuford - Chief Executive Officer
172 Lukin Street
Marion, North Carolina 28752
Phone: (828) 652-4088
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| Project Title | Foothills Industries Jobs Expansion |
| Grant Amount | $160,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help Foothills Industries, Inc. purchase plastic blow molding equipment to meet requirements for water bottling company contracts to produce plastic gallon jugs. This expansion will create 40 new direct labor jobs and 6 additional support jobs in McDowell County, an area severely impacted by factory closings. |
| Service Area |
McDowell |
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| Grantee | Forsyth County Tourism Development Authority |
| Contact | Mr. Robert F. McCoy, President & CEO
200 Brookstown Avenue
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Phone: (336) 728-4200
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| Project Title | Visit the Yadkin Valley Campaign |
| Grant Amount | $222,500.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to assist the joint effort of the Forsyth County Tourism Development Authority and the Yadkin Valley Winegrowers Association in developing and implementing a marketing campaign to create awareness of the Yadkin Valley as a travel destination and to promote recognition of its wineries. |
| Service Area |
Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin |
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| Grantee | Foundation of Renewal for Eastern North Carolina |
| Contact | Mr. J. Phillip Horne - President
1645 East Arlington Boulevard
Suite C
Greenville, North Carolina 27858
Phone: (252) 756-0176
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| Project Title | Virtual Incubator Platform for Eastern North Carolina (VIP for ENC) |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help expand the range of services and opportunities offered by the Virtual Incubator Platform for Eastern North Carolina to the region's citizens, businesses and institutions. The Virtual Incubator Platform is a web-based business tool designed to promote teaming, improve competitiveness and foster the growth and sustainability of new and existing small businesses. The technology will help small businesses become competitive in accessing contracts and work in four industry clusters: (1) homeland security/aviation, (2) med-tech/bio-tech/ag-tech, (3) military procurement/military commercialization, and (4) travel/tourism/media/entertainment. |
| Service Area |
Eastern Region |
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| Grantee | Foundation of Renewal for Eastern North Carolina |
| Contact | Mr. J. Phillip Horne - President
1645 East Arlington Boulevard
Suite C
Greenville, North Carolina 27858
Phone: (252) 756-0176
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| Project Title | Venture East Travel and Tourism Partnership |
| Grant Amount | $75,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the activities of Venture East, a partnership organized to market eco-, agri-, heritage, and recreational tourism in the 41-county region east of I-95 in North Carolina. This project will establish a brand identity for the region as "IBX" or "Inner Banks, Eastern North Carolina." It will also allow communities, counties, and towns to aggregate resources under a regional brand, and therefore extend the impact of public and private investment. |
| Service Area |
Eastern Region, Northeast Partnership, Southeast Region |
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| Grantee | Futures for Kids, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. G. Geoffrey Cramer - Executive Director
3000 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 301
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: (919) 875-8885
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| Project Title | Futures for Kids |
| Grant Amount | $50,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to support Futures for Kids (F4K) with its innovative program to leverage the Internet to enable students to explore careers and allow businesses to connect with and nurture their future workforce. |
| Service Area |
Buncombe, Durham, Edgecombe, Gaston, Lee, Nash, Pamlico, Person, Richmond, Robeson, Wake, Wayne |
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| Grantee | Greene County Schools |
| Contact | Mr. L. Stephen Mazingo - Superintendent
301 Kingold Boulevard
Snow Hill, North Carolina 28580
Phone: (252) 747-3425
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| Project Title | Project iTech - Phase II |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support for Phase II of Project iTech, an accelerated technology-learning program for Greene County Schools which was initiated during the 2003-2004 school year. Phase II will continue the implementation of a project to provide state-of-the-art laptop computers to every middle and high school student and teacher in the Greene County Public School System, and includes the upgrade of existing hardware and software; training of new teachers, students, and affected families; and evaluation of teaching methodology, training processes and student outcomes. |
| Service Area |
Greene |
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| Grantee | Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe |
| Contact | Mr. Archie D. Lynch - Tribal Administrator
Post Office Box 99
Hollister, North Carolina 27844
Phone: (252) 586-4017
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| Project Title | Turtle Island Pre-Development Project |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist in predevelopment costs for Turtle Island Native America U.S.A., a Native American park, to be located on 118 acres in Halifax County off I-95. The park will serve as a tourism destination and economic catalyst for the area-increasing demand for local agricultural products that will be used at the park; providing jobs for area residents; and, creating benefits for area hotels, restaurants, and businesses. Turtle Island will also help educate the public about the history and culture of Native Americans.
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| Service Area |
Halifax, Nash, Northampton, Warren |
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| Grantee | HandMade in America Foundation |
| Contact | Ms. Becky Anderson - Executive Director
PO Box 2089
Asheville, North Carolina 28802
Phone: (828) 252-0121
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| Project Title | Agri-Tourism Marketing and Training |
| Grant Amount | $125,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help HandMade in America expand their agri-tourism program and to build on the development of specialty farms as tourism sites. Project objectives include marketing to tour operators and niche and international markets; training in partnership with the motor coach industry and development of group tours; assisting new sites in meeting tour criteria and eligibility; and, engaging local B&B's and other lodgings for additional training and education in packaging tours.
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| Service Area |
AdvantageWest |
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| Grantee | Harnett County Cooperative Extension Service |
| Contact | Ms. Jennifer S. Walker - County Extension Director
102 East Front Street
PO Box 1089
Lillington, North Carolina 27546
Phone: (910) 893-7530
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| Project Title | Harnett Area Agriculture Exhibition & Food Processing Center |
| Grant Amount | $30,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide planning assistance to help Harnett County create the Harnett Area Agriculture Exhibition and Food Processing Center, a regional, shared-use, value-added food-processing center.
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| Service Area |
Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Richmond |
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| Grantee | Haywood County Agriculture & Activities Center Association, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Samuel S. Smith - President
PO Box 308
Waynesville, North Carolina 28786
Phone: (828) 456-3575
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| Project Title | Agricultural and Economic Revitalization: The Far West (NC) Phase II |
| Grant Amount | $75,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to aid construction enhancements of a multi-purpose arena at the Haywood County Fairgrounds. The project will provide the additional facility upgrades and support the development of an aggressive marketing program required for the facility to realize its full potential for stimulating economic activity in Haywood County.
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| Service Area |
Haywood |
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| Grantee | Historical Preservation Group |
| Contact | Ms. Cindy Brochure - Treasurer
910 Pamela Group
Kinston, North Carolina 28504
Phone: (252) 522-4775
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| Project Title | Battle of Kinston Preservation and Management Plan |
| Grant Amount | $25,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to help the Historical Preservation Group prepare a community-based preservation and management plan for the 1862 Battle of Kinston, one of several heritage tourism projects underway in Lenoir County. Objectives of this project are to hire a Preservation Consultant, perform research and do site visits, conduct community meetings and write and publish the plan.
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| Service Area |
Lenoir |
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| Grantee | Jackson County |
| Contact | Mr. Kenneth L. Westmoreland - Jackson County Manager
Jackson County Administrative Offices
401 Grindstaff Cove Road
Sylva, North Carolina 28879
Phone: (828) 631-2295
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| Project Title | Dillsboro Regional Arts and Crafts Center and Alternative Agriculture and Native Botanical Product Development Facility |
| Grant Amount | $135,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to aid the transformation of the closed Jackson County Landfill into a regional center for the growth of the arts and crafts community, the local agriculture and native botanical industry, and heritage tourism based on the region's long history of craft excellence. The project will not only reuse the industrial site, but also make direct on-site use of landfill gas as an energy supply for the facility.
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| Service Area |
Jackson |
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| Grantee | Johnston County Convention & Visitors Bureau |
| Contact | Ms. Donna Bailey-Taylor - Executive Director
1115 Industrial Park Drive
Smithfield, North Carolina 27577
Phone: (919) 989-8687
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| Project Title | Tourism Tomorrow in Johnston County |
| Grant Amount | $25,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of the Golden LEAF grant is to aid the development of a countywide economic development group, Tourism Tomorrow in Johnston County, which focuses on tourism development projects. The organization will assist farmers with sustainable tourism efforts such as on-farm tours, pick-your-own operations, and marketing of agri-tourism products indigenous to Johnston County, and serve as a convener for planning and implementation activities for farmers and small businesses seeking to develop tourism projects. Planned projects are projected to create new jobs, sustain and expand tourism, support educational programs in the arts, and enhance the tourism experience at heritage and cultural venues in the county.
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| Service Area |
Johnston |
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| Grantee | Johnston County Industrial Development |
| Contact | Mr. Michael E. de Sherbinin - Assistant Secretary/Treasurer
PO Box 1179
Smithfield, North Carolina 27577
Phone: (919) 989-5001
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| Project Title | Johnston County Workforce Development Center |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is assist Johnston County Industrial Development Corporation with procuring equipment to complete the Workforce Development Center, a facility designed to provide training to meet new job and job retention requirements of the pharmaceutical manufacturers in Johnston County and surrounding areas.
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| Service Area |
Harnett, Johnston, Wake, Wilson |
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| Grantee | Lenoir County Center, NC Cooperative Extension |
| Contact | Ms. Tammy D. Kelly - County Extension Director
1791 Hwy 11/55
Kinston, North Carolina 28502
Phone: (252) 527-2191
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| Project Title | Developing Growing Degree Day Recommendations to Enhance the Marketing and Value of Cut Flowers in Eastern North Carolina |
| Grant Amount | $50,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the continued development of the floral industry in Lenoir, Jones, and Greene Counties, which will supplement the income of rural families and communities that have been dependent on tobacco industry revenue. The project team will analyze greenhouse production of several cut flower species to determine the best production methods, and help modify the methodology used by the vegetable processing industry for use in the cut flower industry.
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| Service Area |
Greene, Jones, Lenoir |
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| Grantee | Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc. |
| Contact | Rev. Lynne E. Bolden - Chief Operating Officer
PO Box 1886
Washington, North Carolina 27889
Phone: (252) 948-0710
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| Project Title | Agape Clinic Facilities Capacity Building Program |
| Grant Amount | $300,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist Metropolitan Community Health Services in the renovation of a 15,000 sq.ft. bowling alley into an expanded Agape Community Health Clinic, currently serving about 4,000 primarily indigent patients and operating from a small trailer with four exam rooms. The new facility will include 12 examination rooms, a pharmacy, dental suite and laboratory. The expansion will allow the clinic to serve more people, increase its staff, and reduce the burden on area emergency rooms.
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| Service Area |
Beaufort, Bertie, Craven, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington |
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| Grantee | Mitchell County Development Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Shirley Hise
PO Box 858
Spruce Pine, North Carolina 28777
Phone: (828) 765-9033
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| Project Title | Mitchell County Emergency Advertising Grant |
| Grant Amount | $50,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help restore tourism traffic to Mitchell County following hurricane storm damage that closed the Blue Ridge Parkway in the county and resulted in other road damage that was widely publicized.
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| Service Area |
Mitchell |
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| Grantee | New River Community Partners, Inc |
| Contact | Mr. Patrick N. Woodie - Executive Director
115 Atwood Street, Suite B
Sparta, North Carolina 28675
Phone: (336) 372-8118
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| Project Title | Sparta Museum Project |
| Grant Amount | $380,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help fund the pre-development activities for the Sparta Museum, a structure that would permanently house the "world-class" Kamm Collection of more than 10,000 antique, artist-made and production teapots. The museum, located in Sparta, NC—at the midpoint of the Blue Ridge Parkway—will be the largest single investment ever made in downtown Sparta and a catalyst for revitalization of a town with manufacturing-job losses in excess of 1400 (25% of total jobs in Alleghany county) in the last three years.
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| Service Area |
Alleghany |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
| Contact | Dr. N. Radhakrishnan - Vice Chancellor of Research and Economic Development
1601 East Market Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27411
Phone: (336) 334-7995
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| Project Title | Expansion of Production, Value Added Products and Market Development for Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms |
| Grant Amount | $160,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help continue progress made in the development, production and marketing of edible and medicinal mushrooms, and value-added mushroom products. This project will establish four cost-share, indoor mushroom statewide to "jump start" indoor mushroom production that will complement current outdoor cultivation; create teaching and field research facilities where local farmers and Cooperative Extension agents can be trained and new mushroom production techniques can be tested; and, continue R&D in the application of mushrooms in medicine, and in the niche markets for NC-grown, edible and medicinal mushrooms.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Keith D. Oakley - Assistant Secretary
Campus Box 7645
120 Patterson Hall
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Phone: 919-515-9262
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| Project Title | Waste to Energy Utilizing HPAD |
| Grant Amount | $285,000 |
| Project Description | This project will define the energy output, in the form of methane, that can be expected from a variety of environmentally important wastes including swine waste, poultry waste, and other industrial and institutional wastes. The project will 1) evaluate different feedstock combinations and, for each, define the operating parameters that optimize energy output and 2) provide a basis for estimating the economic value of energy from various wastes.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Keith D. Oakley - Assistant Secretary
Campus Box 7645
120 Patterson Hall
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Phone: 919-515-9262
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| Project Title | Training Teens in Tobacco Dependent Counties for Alternative Careers |
| Grant Amount | $65,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide a second year of funding for the NC Agricultural Foundation/NC 4-H's Camp Challenge. The group's objectives for the project are to educate and encourage middle school youth from tobacco-dependent counties to pursue careers in agriculture and to develop financial literacy skills.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Kathy Kennel - Executive Director
Campus Box 7645
120 Patterson Hall
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Phone: 919-515-9259
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| Project Title | Bolstering the Apiculture Industry in North Carolina: Combating Parasitic Mites and Reversing Honey Bee Colony Population Decline |
| Grant Amount | $164,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help the NC Agricultural Foundation test the efficacy of mite-resistance honey bees in North Carolina and increase the number of honey bee colonies/beekeepers across the state. The project will address the drop in the number bees from feral and commercial hives in North Carolina that has occurred as a result of mite infestation, and by doing so, help growers of crops that depend primarily on bees for pollination.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Keith D. Oakley - Assistant Secretary
Campus Box 7645
120 Patterson Hall
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Phone: 919-515-9262
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| Project Title | Improving Marketing Opportunities for North Carolina Peanuts Through Evaluation of Yield and Quality of New Varieties |
| Grant Amount | $35,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the field-testing of new varieties of peanuts in North Carolina. The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation and the NC Peanut Growers Association will conduct this joint, one-year project that will speed delivery of new, high-yielding varieties of peanuts to the North Carolina peanut farmers; expand peanut production in North Carolina by identifying superior, high-oleic, runner-type peanuts; facilitate the evaluation of processing quality of new varieties of peanuts; and, provide marketing opportunities for new types of peanuts for North Carolina peanut farmers.
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| Service Area |
Bertie, Chowan, Columbus, Gates, Martin, Northampton |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Brigette E. Raspberry - Vice President/COO
219 Fayetteville Street Mall
Suite 707
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601
Phone: (919) 831-9710
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| Project Title | NCACDC Commercial Development Initiative |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help NCACDC develop successful commercial ventures statewide involving community development corporations, their partners and the low wealth communities they serve. NCACDC will select from the participants in its training sessions, a minimum of 3-5 commercial development projects based on need and such factors as high levels of unemployment, dislocated workers, and identified attractive commercial sites. Project participants will receive intensive peer-to-peer, long-term, hands-on technical assistance to develop and implement all stages of the projects through completion.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Central University |
| Contact | Dr. Beverly A. Bryant - Director of Hospitality and Tourism Program
1801 Fayetteville Street
PO Box 19716
Durham, North Carolina 27707
Phone: 919-530-6488
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| Project Title | Workplace Readiness for Career Paths in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support NC Central University's hospitality training program. In collaboration with local community colleges NCCU will prepare 150 unemployed, displaced tobacco workers and/or new workers to fill critical areas of shortage in the hospitality and tourism industry. Students recruited from four tobacco-dependent counties (Durham, Johnston, Person, and Wilson) will participate in one of three industry certified programs: hotel operations, culinary management and hospitality management and, upon successful completion, will receive job placement assistance.
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| Service Area |
Durham, Johnston, Person, Wilson |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Community College System |
| Contact | Mr. Karen Yerby - Associate Director, Student Development Services
5016 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699
Phone: (919) 807-7100
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| Project Title | Golden LEAF Scholars Program |
| Grant Amount | $300,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide continued support to the North Carolina Community College system for its program to provide scholarships for tuition, fees and other related costs for at least 200 eligible students attending any of North Carolina's 58 community colleges. Eligible students will be those who reside in a rural county that is tobacco-dependent and/or economically distressed (Tier I, II or III).
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources |
| Contact | Dr. Jeffrey Crow - Deputy Secretary, Office of Archives and History
Office of Archives and History
4610 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699
Phone: (919) 807-7280
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| Project Title | Queen Anne's Revenge Recovery Project |
| Grant Amount | $145,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support exploration and recovery of artifacts from the Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck-the oldest shipwreck discovered in the state. The recovered artifacts will attract an estimated 20,000 visitors annually to North Carolina.
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| Service Area |
Cartaret, Pitt |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Farm Bureau Legal Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Stephen A. Woodson
5301 Glenwood Avenue
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
Phone: (919) 782-1705
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| Project Title | North Carolina Farm Transition Network |
| Grant Amount | $75,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide program support for the North Carolina Farm Transition Network (NCFTN), organized to ensure that working farms remain in agricultural production by assisting experienced and aspiring farmers in the effective transition of farm businesses. NCFTN focuses on the legal and financial viability of the farm business entity, with particular attention given to the strength of family owners and operators, in order that the farm business may prosper through the inevitable succession of business management and ownership.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Folklife Institute |
| Contact | Mr. George D. Beischer - President
2726 Croasdaile Drive, Suite 203 B
Durham, North Carolina 27705
Phone: (919) 383-5575
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| Project Title | North Carolina Works: Occupational Traditions and Tourism Development |
| Grant Amount | $50,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support a tourism development project that will target Johnston County, North Carolina where distinctive work and agricultural traditions over generations have helped shape distinctive sites with tourist appeal. A brochure and map for self-guided tours of the Johnston County area will be developed.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities |
| Contact | Dr. A. Hope Williams - President
879-A Washington Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27605
Phone: (919) 832-5817
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| Project Title | Golden LEAF Foundation Scholarships |
| Grant Amount | $306,000.00 |
| Project Description | This Golden LEAF grant will provide a third year of support for The Golden LEAF Scholars Program at North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities. Funds will be used to provide one-year scholarships of $3,000 each for member schools (36 for new students for each college, and 66 renewal scholarships) covering tuition and fees. Eligible students for first-time scholarship awards will be those from a rural county in North Carolina that is tobacco-dependent and/or economically distressed (Tier I, Tier II or Tier III) who demonstrate financial need.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Minority Support Center |
| Contact | Mr. Daniel Broun - Director of Policy and Program Development
PO Box 2086
Durham, North Carolina 27702
Phone: (919) 530-1683
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| Project Title | Expanding Access to Small Business Capital through Community Development Credit Unions |
| Grant Amount | $140,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help the NC Minority Support Center increase support to its established network of community development credit unions, enabling them to better serve the community of small businesses and microenterprises. Funds from this grant would be used to expand their business lending programs.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Jane Patterson - Executive Director, e-NC Authority
4021 Carya Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610
Phone: (919) 250-4314
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| Project Title | TEE-OFF (Technology-Enabled Entrepreneurship-Opportunities Fueling the Future) |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist in a collaborative project that will help grow new businesses in the most distressed regions of the state. The collaboration between the NC Rural Center, e-NC, NC REAL and the Business and Technology Telecenters (BTTs) for this project will develop a comprehensive entrepreneurial support system in North Carolina. This project will add a technology component to NC REAL's entrepreneurship training curriculum for farmers and displaced workers and distribute it via skilled "technopreneurs" at the BTTs, which fills a gap in the support system now available to new entrepreneurs.
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| Service Area |
Alleghany, Cherokee, Duplin, Martin |
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| Grantee | North Carolina State University |
| Contact | Mr. Matthew Ronning - Assistant Vice Chancellor
Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance
Box 7514
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Phone: (919) 515-2444
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| Project Title | Rapid Development of a Replacement Cultivar for Sprite Melon |
| Grant Amount | $50,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help support continued work in developing a new hybrid cultivar of the Sprite melon type with comparable yield, earliness, quality and disease resistance for use by NC specialty crop growers. The objective of the project is to provide NC melon growers with seeds of a Sprite-type cultivar that can be maintained and produced locally without supply problems or outside competition.
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| Service Area |
AdvantageWest, Eastern Region, Northeast Partnership, Piedmont Triad, Southeast Region |
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| Grantee | North Carolina State University |
| Contact | Mr. Matthew Ronning - Assistant Vice Chancellor
Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance
Box 7514
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Phone: (919) 515-2444
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| Project Title | Breeding and Developing New Nursery Crops for North Carolina |
| Grant Amount | $70,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help NCSU stimulate economic growth, expand market opportunities, and enhance competitiveness of the NC Nursery industry by developing new nursery crops specifically designed for this region with an emphasis on superior pest resistance, environmental adaptability, non-invasiveness, and commercial potential.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina State University |
| Contact | Mr. Matthew Ronning - Assistant Vice Chancellor
Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance
Box 7514
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Phone: (919) 515-2444
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| Project Title | The N.C. Specialty Crops Program - Focusing Our Efforts |
| Grant Amount | $75,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide continued support for NCSU's Specialty Crops Program. The project focuses on creating NC-specific production and marketing leaflets on all the crops and products the Program has studied to date; channels research and marketing efforts on crops and products with long-term economic viability; continues to hold field days and grower meetings statewide; and offers an intensive training course on specialty melon production and marketing. The program is designed to identify and develop new crops, products, and agricultural enterprises for North Carolina, and to provide that information to NC farmers.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina State University |
| Contact | Mr. Matthew Ronning - Assistant Vice Chancellor
Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance
Box 7514
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Phone: (919) 515-2444
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| Project Title | Making the North Carolina Medicinal Herb Industry a Reality |
| Grant Amount | $155,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help NCSU continue to develop the NC medicinal herb industry by helping farmers produce and market medicinal herbs. The project team seeks to determine if North Carolina farmers can produce the quality and quantity of medicinal herbs required by the industry at a price that is competitive in the global market.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina State University |
| Contact | Mr. Matthew Ronning - Assistant Vice Chancellor
Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance
Box 7514
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Phone: (919) 515-2444
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| Project Title | Institute for Maintenance Science and Technology |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to support NCSU's Institute for Maintenance Science and Technology as it works to establish a Center of Excellence for Certification. The Center will streamline the certification process to allow companies to work more effectively in manufacturing and supplying parts and products for military needs.
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| Service Area |
Carteret, Craven, Pamlico, Jones, Onslow, Pasquotank, Harnett, Hoke, Wake, Wayne |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Sue Johnson-Langdon - Executive Director
1327 N. Brightleaf Blvd.
Suite H
Smithfield, North Carolina 27577
Phone: (919) 989-7323
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| Project Title | Sweet Potato Business Enhancement Program - A Long Term Initiative to Expand the Sales and Consumption of North Carolina Sweet Potatoes via Value-Added Products |
| Grant Amount | $300,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help the NC Sweet Potato Commission Foundation advance their work of the past three years. This project will expand retail distribution of several value-added products; accelerate expansion of foodservice sales; market-test three high-volume opportunities; develop a commercialization model for aseptic packaging (while retaining production in NC); analyze potential for organic sweet potatoes; and, pursue entree into the nutriceuticals market.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Tobacco Foundation |
| Contact | Mr. Keith D. Oakley, President
Campus Box 7645
120 Patterson Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7645
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| Project Title | The Expansion of Burley Tobacco Production in North Carolina |
| Grant Amount | $264,800 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to assist with a project to increase the profitability of burley tobacco in NC by providing field demonstrations of efficient production, curing, and market preparation techniques and facilities to tobacco growers and support personnel; developing curing and market preparations brochures; determining the efficacy of chloropicrin fumigant for controlling Granville (bacterial) Wilt of burley tobacco in eastern NC; preventing losses from blue mold disease through the use of fungicide application based on forecasted advisories; determining variety resistance to Granville Wilt; and developing the necessary burley tobacco curing and handling facilities at research stations to support burley expansion research.
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| Service Area |
RTR Partnership |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Zoological Society, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Russell H. Williams - Executive Director
4403 Zoo Parkway
Asheboro, North Carolina 27205
Phone: (336) 879-7250
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| Project Title | Development of Sylvan Heights Waterfowl in Scotland Neck, North Caroina as an Eco-Tourism Destination |
| Grant Amount | $50,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of the Golden LEAF grant is to help the NC Zoological Society create an educational and recreational conservation program for Scotland Neck, by developing Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Center into a premier, eco-tourism destination that will stimulate economic growth in the town and surrounding area.
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| Service Area |
Halifax |
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| Grantee | Old Wilkes, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Jim Gray - Chairman
202 N. Bridge Street
PO Box 935
Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28697
Phone: (336) 667-3171
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| Project Title | Wilkes County Heritage Museum |
| Grant Amount | $25,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist Old Wilkes, Inc. in developing the Old Wilkes County Courthouse into a heritage tourism site and visitor center.
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| Service Area |
Wilkes |
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| Grantee | Opportunities Industrialization Center of Wilson, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Howard Jones - President
801 East Reid Street
PO Box 547
Wilson, North Carolina 27894
Phone: 252-291-5707
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| Project Title | Industrial Maintenance Mechanic Training Program |
| Grant Amount | $82,500.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support an additional year of the Industrial Maintenance Mechanic Training Program-a program that provides seasonal, dislocated farm workers and/or factory workers the training needed to be successfully employed primarily as maintenance mechanics in area industry.
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| Service Area |
Wilson |
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| Grantee | Pender County |
| Contact | Ms. Cindy B. Jones - Finance Officer
108 South Cowan Street
PO Box 5
Burgaw, North Carolina 28425
Phone: (910) 259-1407
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| Project Title | The Pender Alliance for Tourism |
| Grant Amount | $25,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help develop and promote tourism in Pender County where traditional agricultural employment is declining. Funds from this grant will be used to assist with eco-tourism planning and the construction of three kayak and canoe ramps along the Black River.
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| Service Area |
Pender |
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| Grantee | Pitt Community College |
| Contact | Dr. Marsha P. Hemby - Department Chair for Medical Assisting Program
P.O. Box 7007
Greenville, North Carolina 27835
Phone: (252) 321-4284
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| Project Title | Eastern NC School Medical Coordinator Program |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the planning, implementation, training and placement of School Medical Coordinators into each of the 16 schools within the Martin and Pamlico county school systems. Pitt Community College leads this cooperative effort with Martin Community College, Martin County Schools, Martin County General Hospital, Pamlico Community College, Pamlico County Schools, and Pamlico Health Department. This project will significantly improve the medical and social conditions of children in eastern North Carolina, resulting in an economic and social improvement in the lives of the people of the region.
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| Service Area |
Martin, Pamlico |
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| Grantee | Pride of Kinston, Inc |
| Contact | Mr. BJ Murphy - Executive Director
327 North Queen Street
Kinston, North Carolina 28501
Phone: (252) 522-4676
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| Project Title | CSS Neuse II |
| Grant Amount | $65,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide support for completion of the CSS Neuse II in Kinston, the world's only full-scale replica of a Civil War Ironclad that is already attracting visitors and the attention of national media. The project is part of an ongoing effort to develop a heritage tourism initiative in Lenoir County.
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| Service Area |
Lenoir |
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| Grantee | Public School Forum of North Carolina |
| Contact | Dr. Tony Habit - Executive Director
North Carolina New Schools Project
3739 National Drive, Suite 100
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
Phone: (919) 781-6833
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| Project Title | Project R3: High School Reform in Northeastern North Carolina (Rigor, Relevance and Relationships) |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help establish more than 100, redesigned high schools in 17 counties in northeast NC that offer rigorous academic programs relevant to current economic opportunities. Critical to the program is the retraining of teachers whose subjects are not traditionally tied to work and the community. This collaborative effort between education and business will measurably improve student achievement, student and teacher retention, and will spark economic development statewide.
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| Service Area |
Northeast Partnership |
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| Grantee | Moore County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension |
| Contact | Mr. Taylor Williams - Director
PO Box 1149
Carthage, North Carolina 28327
Phone: (910) 947-3188
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| Project Title | Sandhills Agriculture and Craft Heritage |
| Grant Amount | $26,100.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the second phase of the Sandhills Agricultural Task Force project. Project objectives include expanding the infrastructure and promotion of farm, crafts, and heritage sites; the development of value-added products and expansion of markets by partnering farmers with crafters, tourism personnel and other services; and training. This phase will expand the service area to include Scotland and Hoke counties.
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| Service Area |
Anson, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland |
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| Grantee | Roanoke Economic Development, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Stanley King - Vice-President, Construction Services
Post Office Box 440
Rich Square, North Carolina 27869
Phone: (252) 539-2236
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| Project Title | Roanoke Construction Group |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide a second year of funding for the development of a consortium of construction and construction-related companies designed to grow and support small and minority-owned construction firms, to increase their participation in large-scale construction projects, and to create construction jobs. The group serves five northeastern counties of North Carolina by identifying and aggregating the needs of larger contractors and the capabilities of small and historically underutilized businesses (HUBs) who want to obtain contracts/subcontracts, then facilitating and supporting the relationships between the two groups.
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| Service Area |
Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton |
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| Grantee | Robeson Enterprise Community Development Corporation, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Cynthia K. Johnson - Executive Director
120 South Main Street
Red Springs, North Carolina 28377
Phone: (910) 843-7601
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| Project Title | One Stop Entrepreneurial Empowerment Shop |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help complete the development of a culinary institute, kitchen incubator, and restaurant training facility. The project targets displaced workers and high school students in Robeson County. Program participants will be enrolled in a "fast-track," six-month course in culinary arts and technology.
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| Service Area |
Robeson |
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| Grantee | Southside Alliance for Neighborhood Empowerment, Inc. (SANE) |
| Contact | Bishop Charles L. Smith - President & CEO
Post Office Box 24
Edward, North Carolina 27821
Phone: (252) 322-3902
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| Project Title | Construction Training/Incubator Program |
| Grant Amount | $50,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help the Southside Alliance Community Development Corporation, Inc. (SANE) continue its construction training/incubator program in Beaufort County. This phase of the project is to assist 30 or more disadvantaged job-seekers in receiving occupational training in a field of specialty (finish carpentry, electrical, plumbing, masonry, or heating and air) and enter the construction trades. Concurrently, SANE will continue to develop construction companies in its incubator.
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| Service Area |
Beaufort |
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| Grantee | Stecoah Valley Arts, Crafts & Educational Center, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Lynn L. Shields - Executive Director
121 Schoolhouse Road
Robbinsville, North Carolina 28771
Phone: (828) 479-3364
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| Project Title | Stecoah Valley Food Ventures |
| Grant Amount | $60,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help develop a shared-use, value added food processing center in Graham County that will provide facilities, training and specialized services needed by small businesses and local growers to process, manufacture or otherwise add value to food and other agricultural products. Existing kitchen facilities in the old Stecoah School Cafeteria will be upgraded to meet FDA food processing certification requirements and a wide range of multi-use equipment will be added.
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| Service Area |
Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Swain |
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| Grantee | Swain County Economic Development Commission |
| Contact | Mr. Ken Mills - Swain County Economic Development Director
PO Box 2321
Bryson City, North Carolina 28713
Phone: (828) 488-9273
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| Project Title | Swain County CIS Industrial Building Expansion |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help fund the expansion of Swain County's CIS Industrial Building. The improvements will include a covered loading dock and staging area which will allow the current client, Zickgraf, a hardwood floor manufacturer, to implement a 24-hour production schedule and add 60 new employees. The improvements are not specific to the site's current tenant and will be assets to future industrial clients as well.
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| Service Area |
Swain |
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| Grantee | Teach For America North Carolina |
| Contact | Mr. Eric L. Guckian - Executive Director
150 Fayetteville Street Mall, Suite 240
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601
Phone: (919) 754-0700
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| Project Title | Teach For America |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support Teach for America in its mission of recruiting the most highly sought-after recent college graduates from the nation's top-tier schools to commit to two years of teaching in low-income areas and under-resourced schools. Funds for this project will be used to assist with the recruiting, selection, training and on-going support for corps members working in the northeastern counties of rural North Carolina.
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| Service Area |
Franklin, Halifax, Northampton, Vance, Warren |
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| Grantee | Town of Grifton |
| Contact | Mr. Michael Peoples, Town Administrator
P.O. Box 579
Grifton, NC 28530-0579
Phone: (252) 524-5168
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| Project Title | Grifton Special Census |
| Grant Amount | $60,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help the Town of Grifton pay for a special census to be conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau which would assist the town in obtaining an accurate population count and restoring approximately $89,505 per year in direct payments from the State of North Carolina. A majority of the town's citizens were not residing in the Town during the 2000 census count due to the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd.
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| Service Area |
Pitt |
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| Grantee | Town of Plymouth |
| Contact | The Honorable Brian A. Roth - Mayor
124 E. Water Street
PO Box 806
Plymouth, North Carolina 27962
Phone: (252) 793-9101
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| Project Title | Airport Modernization for Economic Development |
| Grant Amount | $131,786.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist the Town of Plymouth with funds needed to complete Phase I of the rehabilitation and modernization of the Plymouth Municipal Airport. The need for airport modernization has been cited as necessary to retaining and expanding existing industry in Plymouth and Washington County and to the recruitment of new business.
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| Service Area |
Washington |
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| Grantee | Town of Scotland Neck |
| Contact | The Honorable Robert B. Partin - Mayor
1310 Main Street
PO Box 537
Scotland Neck, North Carolina 27874
Phone: (252) 826-3152
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| Project Title | The DOOR Initiative |
| Grant Amount | $25,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support a third year of funding for the "Developing Our Own Resources" initiative, an effort to develop and market agri/eco-based tourism through the utilization of existing natural and recreational resources in southern Halifax County. Funds from this grant will be used to further develop and refine tourism marketing and product development activities.
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| Service Area |
Halifax |
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| Grantee | University of North Carolina |
| Contact | Ms. Sarah M. Smith - Contracts and Grants Manager
910 Raleigh Road
PO Box 2688
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
Phone: (919) 962-4557
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| Project Title | Golden LEAF Scholars Program |
| Grant Amount | $825,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide a fourth year of support for the Golden LEAF Scholars Program. The program will assist up to 275 eligible students with tuition and fees to any of North Carolinas public universities to which they are admitted. Eligible students will be those from a rural county in North Carolina that is tobacco-dependent and/or economically distressed (Tier I, Tier II or Tier III) who demonstrate financial need.
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| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | Western North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission |
| Contact | Ms. Karen V. Hays - Director, Grants Administration
3 General Aviation Drive
Fletcher, North Carolina 28732
Phone: (828) 687-7234
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| Project Title | Blue Ridge Food Ventures |
| Grant Amount | $225,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is fund Phase II of Blue Ridge Food Ventures, a shared-use food processing center that serves farmers and food entrepreneurs throughout western North Carolina. The FDA-approved center provides facilities, training, and specialized services to its clientele to process, manufacture or otherwise add value to food and agricultural products. Phase II specifically includes securing technical and marketing assistance, facility upgrades and maintenance, and specialty processing equipment.
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| Service Area |
AdvantageWest |
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| Grantee | Western North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission |
| Contact | Ms. Karen V. Hays - Director, Grants Administration
3 General Aviation Drive
Fletcher, North Carolina 28732
Phone: (828) 687-7234
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| Project Title | Economic Development through Heritage Tourism: Web Design for the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to assist with the design and launch of a user-friendly gateway website for the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area that will serve as a high-tech, eCommerce site and one of the principal tools for promoting western North Carolina as a destination for heritage tourism.
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| Service Area |
AdvantageWest |
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| Grantee | Western Piedmont Council of Governments |
| Contact | Mr. Samuel W. Erwin - Environmental Development Director
PO Box 9026
Hickory, North Carolina 28603
Phone: (828) 322-5991
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| Project Title | Greater Hickory Metro Recreation Based Economic Development Initiative |
| Grant Amount | $25,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to fund the two economic elements of a study that identifies strategies for maximizing the use of area natural resources as recreation/tourism resources. The Council is acting on 2003 recommendations made by the US Dept. of Commerce's study of economic development in the western Piedmont area—chiefly that of enhancing tourism via protection of outdoor amenities and through large-scale development.
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| Service Area |
Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba |
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| Grantee | Yadkin-Pee Dee Lakes Project, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. William W. Medlin - Executive Director
PO Box 338
Baden, North Carolina 28009
Phone: (704) 422-3215
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| Project Title | North Carolina's Central Park Identity Development |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help implement a two-year strategic plan to develop a branded tourism initiative and marketing plan for seven rural counties in central North Carolina. This project will result in a clear destination image for the region, to be known as North Carolina's Central Park, and the development of four thematic heritage trails (Settlers Trail, Birding & Natural History trail, Transportation & Industry Trail, and the Agriculture Trail) that will both attract visitors and enhance their experience by physically linking historic sites and communities in these seven counties.
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| Service Area |
Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, Stanly |
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| Grantee | Yancey County Commissioners |
| Contact | Ms. Michele P. Lawhern - County Manager
110 Town Square
Room 11
Burnsville, North Carolina 28714
Phone: (828) 682-3971
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| Project Title | Construction Trades Job Training Collaborative |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help fund a new facility on the campus of Mountain Heritage High School. Students from Mountain Heritage, Mitchell High School and Mayland Community College will be trained in construction trade skills (carpentry, masonry, electrical installation and plumbing) and will use those skills to help construct two modular homes per year with Mitchell-Yancey Habitat for Humanity which will oversee the project and materials management. Students will be equipped with marketable skills in this Tier I county while helping provide housing for those who otherwise may not be able to afford it.
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| Service Area |
Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey |
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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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