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Golden LEAF News - July 2009
Greetings!
The Golden LEAF Foundation adopted a new Open Grants Program, replacing our Annual Grants Cycle. The Open Grants Program is designed to make it easier for applicants to submit a project for consideration by Golden LEAF and to make funding opportunities available throughout the year.
Although there are no deadlines for submitting a Letter of Inquiry in the Open Grants Program, the Foundation has established a timeline to provide applicants guidance on when they can expect to receive a decision regarding their submission. You can access the timeline by clicking here.
The next Economic Catalyst deadline is September 15, 2009.
The Foundation awarded 39 grants totaling over $9.2 million at its June Board meeting. Seventeen of those awards, totaling $3.01 million, went to community colleges across North Carolina for the Golden LEAF Opportunities for Work program. Click here to use our website’s grants search feature and highlight GLOW under Grant Cycle to view these grant awards.
An outreach video explaining Golden LEAF’s priorities and processes for our grantsmaking programs can be accessed by clicking here. For more information about Golden LEAF’s grant programs, visit our website www.goldenleaf.org, email info@goldenleaf.org subject “grant program inquiry,” or call 888-684-8404 and ask to speak to someone in the Programs Department.
Sincerely,
Jenny Tinklepaugh
Program/ Communications Officer
jtinklepaugh@goldenleaf.org
www.goldenleaf.org
Featured articles in this edition of “Golden LEAF News”:
Golden LEAF offers ‘rolling’ submittals
The Daily Advance
Golden LEAF has started accepting rolling grant applications as part of its new Open Grants Program. A video teleconference was broadcast to universities and technology schools statewide. Priority is given to projects that focus on agriculture, job creation and retention, and workforce preparedness.
Caldwell County Biomedical Company to Add 20 Jobs
Catawba County Citizen
Gov. Bev Perdue announced that Adhezion Biomedical LLC, a global provider of surgical adhesives, wound-care dressings and infection-prevention sealants, will expand in Hudson. The company plans to invest $750,000 and create 20 new jobs during the next three years. Golden LEAF awarded Caldwell County a $200,000 grant for this project.
Lenoir County leaders talk about how to use Golden Leaf Foundation grant money
WNCT – TV broadcast
Lenoir County is set to receive $2 million from the Golden LEAF Foundation through its Community Assistance Initiative. Lenoir County Commissioner George Graham says the process will bring together the community to focus on the real problems and issues and will provide the funding to meet those needs.
Heavy community interest in Golden LEAF funds
Kinston Free Press
The Golden LEAF Foundation is visiting North Carolina counties considered the most distressed economically and distributing about $2 million in grant funds to each county. The Foundation is looking for projects that will help make a difference in their communities.
Groups to share Golden LEAF funds
Anson Record
Golden LEAF awarded 7 projects out of Anson County’s Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative a total of over $1.7 million in grants. The programs address many of the concerns citizens identified as problems, including economic development, education, human resources and quality of life.
Pilot Center takes shape: New learning center tailored for needs of community
Mount Airy News
Surry Community College, an $800,000 Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative grant recipient, is helping the town of Pilot Mountain transform an existing building into a learning center tailored specifically to the needs of the community in this tough economy. The courses offered at the center will be a result of a survey about 200 people filled out in the Pilot Mountain and Elkin communities.
Defense contractors offer work to NC businesses
Rocky Mount Telegram
The North Carolina Aerospace Alliance Foundation, supported by the Golden LEAF Foundation, is holding a conference on Tuesday at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh to beef up North Carolina’s aerospace industry. Primary contractors will describe their defense and commercial aerospace projects to smaller companies who may be able to deliver needed products or services.
Dalton hearing from area businesses Friday
The Daily Advance
Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton toured Elizabeth City to figure out what the state government can do for small businesses. The Lt. Governor has proposed a Small Business Initiative, which is supposed to protect small businesses and preserve jobs. The Initiative will be further leveraged through $5 million in funding from Golden LEAF. More information about Golden LEAF’s small business assistance will be available in mid to late September.
Colleges gain LEAF funds
Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
Two technical training colleges received a total of $400,000 in Golden LEAF Opportunities for Work grants. The College of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City was awarded $250,000 for a sheet metal worker training program to fill the demand for qualified sheet metal mechanics in Camden, Chowan, Gates and surrounding counties. In Ahoskie, Roanoke-Chowan Community College was awarded $150,000 for job training in a variety of high demand jobs.
RCC gets grant for career training
The Robesonian
Robeson Community College was awarded $180,000 from the Golden LEAF Foundation’s Golden LEAF Opportunities for Work (GLOW) initiative. RCC will use the money for career training programs in the areas of certified nursing assistant, medical office administration, medical coding and billing, office technician/customer support, heavy equipment operation and basic law enforcement. The college is partnering with area businesses to make job placements available to students in the program.
Gaston College getting $950,000 for work force training
Gaston Gazette
Gaston College was awarded three grants, including a $220,000 Golden LEAF Opportunities for Work (GLOW) grant. The grant program will help fill a demand for certified nursing assistants, phlebotomists and emergency medical technicians in Lincoln County.
CCCC receives $200,000 Golden LEAF grant
The Sanford Herald
Central Carolina Community College was awarded a $200,000 Golden LEAF Opportunities for Work (GLOW) grant to train at least 80 students in green building. The green building job market is growing in the counties around Fort Bragg due to expanding residential and commercial development. A driving force in this is the Department of Defense's Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC) plan, which is relocating the U.S. Army's Forces Command and Reserve Command from Fort McPherson, Ga., to Fort Bragg.
Our view - Join the debate: Help improve our Avenue, our area
Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald
Halifax County residents have chosen education, economic development and infrastructure as their three core issues to address with Golden LEAF’s approximately $2 million available in Community Assistance Initiative (CAI) funds. Public participation is an integral part of the CAI process.
Cleveland County could land $2 million grant: What would you do with the funds?
Shelby Star
Cleveland County is set to begin the Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative (CAI) program. The 14 counties already awarded CAI grants have focused on job creation, economic development, education and agriculture.
ECC one of only five in nation offering degree in historic preservation -- only one in N.C.
The Daily Southerner
Thanks in part to a Golden LEAF grant, Edgecombe Community College is offering a historic preservation program. According to the director of the program, this is one of only five community college programs in the nation offering a degree in historic preservation, and the only one in the state.
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