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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI – check out this grant opportunity…Sheri<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> USDA Rural Development Oregon <ruraldevelopment@public.govdelivery.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 5, 2023 2:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> STUART Sheri * OPRD <sheri.stuart@oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Now Accepting Applications for Rural Business Development Grants<o:p></o:p></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">USDA Rural Development is now accepting applications for
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</em><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline is February 28, 2024.</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tribes, nonprofits, and government entities serving communities with less than 50,000 residents are eligible. </span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Smaller funding requests are given higher priority. No cost sharing requirement.</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grants may fund job training, building repair, feasibility studies/business plans, the purchase of equipment to lease to small and emerging businesses, and more. </span></em><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">USDA RD is particularly interested in projects that focus on climate resilience, technical assistance, developing infrastructure, and expanding markets for rural businesses.</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PORTLAND, Ore.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dec. 5, 2023</span></strong> – 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">USDA is making this funding available under the
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<span style="color:#005CC1">Rural Business Development Grant</span></a> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Projects must be consistent with local community and economic development strategic plans. They must also support other economic development activities in the surrounding community. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In fiscal year 2024, USDA anticipates that part of the funding may be set aside for:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rural Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities/Rural Economic Area Partnerships.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Projects located in persistent poverty areas.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
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Economic and Community Development</span></a> (SECD) projects.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Department expects to invite applications in winter 2024 for set-aside funding to enhance the operation of rural transportation systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">USDA is particularly interested in applications that will advance Biden-Harris Administration priorities to: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Reduce climate pollution and increase resilience to the impacts of climate change through economic support to rural communities.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ensure all rural residents have equitable access to Rural Development (RD) programs and benefits from RD-funded projects; and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Help rural communities recover economically through more and better market opportunities and through improved infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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
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