[OMS_MANAGERS] FW: Now Accepting Applications for Rural Business Development Grants

Tue Dec 5 21:10:31 PST 2023

I wish they would offer grants for towns bigger larger than 50,000.

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On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 5:50 PM STUART Sheri * OPRD via OMS_MANAGERS <
oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov> wrote:

> FYI – check out this grant opportunity…Sheri
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> *From:* USDA Rural Development Oregon <
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 5, 2023 2:37 PM
> *To:* STUART Sheri * OPRD <sheri.stuart at oregon.gov>
> *Subject:* Now Accepting Applications for Rural Business Development
> Grants
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> Create jobs and grow businesses in your community with USDA RD.
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> *USDA Seeks Applications to Advance Economic Development and Create Jobs
> for People in Rural America*
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> Highlights:
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>    - *USDA Rural Development is now accepting applications for Rural
>    Business Development Grants
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>    **Deadline is February 28, 2024.*
>    - *Tribes, nonprofits, and government entities serving communities
>    with less than 50,000 residents are eligible. *
>    - *Smaller funding requests are given higher priority. No cost sharing
>    requirement.*
>    - *Grants may fund job training, building repair, feasibility
>    studies/business plans, the purchase of equipment to lease to small and
>    emerging businesses, and more. *
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>    - *USDA RD is particularly interested in projects that focus on
>    climate resilience, technical assistance, developing infrastructure, and
>    expanding markets for rural businesses.*
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> *PORTLAND, Ore.*, *Dec. 5, 2023* – The U.S. Department of Agriculture
> (USDA) Rural Development announced today that it is accepting applications
> to advance economic development and create jobs for people in rural America.
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> USDA is making this funding available under the Rural Business
> Development Grant
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> program to support business opportunities or business enterprise projects
> in rural communities. Organizations eligible to receive funding include
> rural towns, communities, state agencies, authorities, nonprofits,
> federally recognized Tribes, public colleges and non-profit cooperatives.
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> Projects must be consistent with local community and economic development
> strategic plans. They must also support other economic development
> activities in the surrounding community.
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> Funds may be used to establish business support centers or to finance job
> training and leadership development in rural areas. They may also be used
> to repair or modernize buildings; finance feasibility studies or business
> plans; or purchase equipment to lease to small or emerging businesses.
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> In fiscal year 2024, USDA anticipates that part of the funding may be set
> aside for:
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>    - Federally recognized Tribes.
>    - Rural Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities/Rural Economic Area
>    Partnerships.
>    - Projects located in persistent poverty areas.
>    - Strategic Economic and Community Development
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> Eligible applicants for the persistent poverty and SECD set-aside funds
> must demonstrate that 100% of the benefits of an approved grant will assist
> beneficiaries in the designated areas.
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> The Department expects to invite applications in winter 2024 for set-aside
> funding to enhance the operation of rural transportation systems.
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> USDA is particularly interested in applications that will advance
> Biden-Harris Administration priorities to:
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>    - Reduce climate pollution and increase resilience to the impacts of
>    climate change through economic support to rural communities.
>    - Ensure all rural residents have equitable access to Rural
>    Development (RD) programs and benefits from RD-funded projects; and
>    - Help rural communities recover economically through more and better
>    market opportunities and through improved infrastructure.
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> Applications must be submitted to the nearest USDA Rural Development state
> office where the project is located by 4:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 28, 2024. For
> more information, visit Grants.gov
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