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Golden LEAF News - March 2010
Greetings!
The Golden LEAF Foundation has recently changed the deadline for its Economic Catalyst grants program from three times a year to accepting proposals year-round. Completed proposals will be presented to the Golden LEAF Foundation Board that are received no less than six weeks before a regularly scheduled meeting.
The Economic Catalyst program focuses on projects that will create jobs that might otherwise be located in another state but for Golden LEAF’s assistance. Grants are available for projects that include the creation of full-time equivalent positions that provide at least 50% of the cost of employee-only health insurance.
Proposals for Economic Catalyst grants must be coordinated with the N.C. Department of Commerce and the appropriate regional economic development partnership. Only governmental entities and 501 (c)(3) non-profit organizations are eligible for funding.
For more information about the Economic Catalyst grant program, click here.
Best,
Jenny Tinklepaugh
Programs/ Communications Officer
jtinklepaugh@goldenleaf.org
www.goldenleaf.org
Feature articles in this edition of "Golden LEAF News":
Obstetrics services to remain in Lenoir County
Kinston Free Press
Thanks in part to a Golden LEAF Rural Health Care Initiative grant, the Kinston Community Health Center is undergoing more than $600,000 in renovations. Part of the improvements will include a dedication to about a third of the facility to the women’s health center. The health center will be the sole provider of obstetrics and gynecology services in the county after July 1, and will offer at least two obstetricians and two nurse midwives on staff.
Spirit AeroSystems has $3.3M invested in Global TransPark plant
Triangle Business Journal
Spirit AeroSystems has invested $3.3 million, as of November 2009, in its jet parts manufacturing plant which will be located in Kinston’s North Carolina Global TransPark. The 500,000-square-foot plant, which is owned by GTP and leased to Spirit, is being constructed in large part through a $100 million grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation.
Golden LEAF grant supports Triangle North
Triangle Business Journal
Triangle North, overseer of four tax-advantage business parks in Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren counties, has received a $50,000 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support its marketing efforts. The strategy focuses on identifying companies in targeted industries, such as life sciences, technology, aviation and defense technologies and contracting, that are likely to expand and are interested in locating in the Research Triangle region.
New urgent care facility opens Tuesday
Cherokee Scout
Murphy Medical Center has opened its new Urgent Care Center thanks in part to a Golden LEAF Rural Health Care Initiative grant. The center will address both urgent care needs and provide a family practice. The area currently has a shortage of primary care physicians.
Agriculture center in Pilot will offer new opportunities
Mount Airy News
The new Pilot Mountain Pride Agriculture Center, funded by a Golden LEAF Local Foods Initiative grant, may help get Surry County produce on grocery store shelves and in school cafeterias, restaurants and hospitals throughout the Triad. The center will provide a place for farmers to wash, grade, and package their produce to get it ready for market or they can sell it to the center who will prepare and sell it.
Connect Bertie aids Bertie students
Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
Recently, the Bertie County Board of Education approved broadband initiative called Connect Bertie, to provide broadband internet to students throughout the county to help aid their studies. The Bertie County Schools initiative will provide 1,407 families in Bertie County with computers and free broadband internet service, thanks to a Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative grant and federal program dollars.
Commissioners interested in laptop project
The Daily Southerner
During a recent joint meeting between the Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education in Edgecombe County, an update was given on the effectiveness of the district wide 1:1 laptop program. Thanks to the Golden LEAF Foundation, all high school students in the Edgecombe County School System have access to an individual laptop. The school system has been named a North Carolina Virtual Public Schools pilot site and Tarboro High School has earned national recognition for their use of Curriculum Pathways.
East Rockingham to get help
Richmond County Daily Journal
Thanks in part to a Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative grant, the Richmond County community of Jefferson Park will soon be able to receive city sewer services. The grant dollars will help the citizens from Jefferson Park, a community blighted by failing septic tanks, from having to relocate and eliminate the public health risks associated with failing systems.
$2M = 8 projects get green light in Northampton
Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald
The Northampton County review team comprised of 12 citizens from various parts of the county approved 8 projects to go before the Golden LEAF Board of Directors for funding consideration. The Golden LEAF’s Community Assistance Initiative has about $2 million available for Northampton County projects. The total for the eight projects came to $2,440,518.
County protests fishing limitations
The Outer Banks Voice
A campaign to promote local seafood has received a $150,000 Golden LEAF Locals Foods Initiative grant. Part of the program is to encourage restaurants to serve locally caught seafood. The hope is that visitors will carry the experience out of the area and spread the word about its quality. Outer Banks Catch is seen as a tool to boost the ailing local seafood industry. The marketing effort includes Dare, Currituck, Hyde and Tyrrell counties.
First commercial kitchen opens in Anson County
Anson Record
A 900-square-foot kitchen will soon be available to local small businesses, caterers, chefs and farmers who wish to serve and sell their goods in Anson County. The New Ventures Business Development, Inc. and South Piedmont Community College project was funded in part by a Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative grant.
21st Century Communities Program recognizes five counties
SYNC newsletter
The 21st Century Communities Program recently recognized Anson, Beaufort, Edgecombe, Graham, and Harnett counties for strategic planning and implementation of economic and community development projects. Partner funders for these initiatives are the N.C. Dept. of Commerce's Division of Community Assistance, Golden LEAF Foundation, N.C. Rural Center and the Appalachian Regional Commission. The program will announce its solicitation of new counties in March, according to the director for the Office of Rural Development.
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