RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS September 29, 2015

1 USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

STATE RECIPIENT AMOUNT PURPOSE Alabama Tuskegee University $100,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Alabama Total $100,000

Alaska Copper River Ahtna Inter-Tribal Resource

Conservation District

$287,552 To train local Native Alaskan

entrepreneurs for a biomass feedstock

harvesting project

Alaska City of Chevak $25,000 To study the feasibility of renovating

the community’s clinic

Alaska Native Village of Napaimute $50,000 To purchase biomass harvesting

equipment

Alaska University of Alaska Center for Economic

Development

$55,000 To study the feasibility of large-scale,

commercial reindeer herding by Alaska

Natives

Alaska Total $417,552

Arizona Nogales Community Development Corporation $60,000 Technical assistance

Arizona International Sonoran Desert Alliance $50,100 Revolving loan fund

Arizona Ray Federal Credit Union $47,500 Revolving loan fund

Arizona Yavapai-Apache Nation $57,000 Planning

Arizona Copper Corridor Economic Development Coalition $28,000 Technical assistance

Arizona Town of Eagar $50,000 Planning

Arizona Growing Alternative Resource Development $55,400 Technical assistance

Arizona Total $348,000

Arkansas Southern Bancorp Capital Partners $19,430 Technical assistance

Arkansas Forge $98,250 Revolving loan fund

Arkansas Natural Soybean And Grain Alliance $74,460 Technical assistance

Arkansas Arkansas State University $35,000 Planning

Arkansas East Arkansas Enterprise Community, Inc. $98,000 Technical assistance

Arkansas Winrock International Institute for Agriculture $32,861 Technical assistance

Arkansas Community Resource Group, Inc. $95,000 Technical assistance

Arkansas Total $453,000

California California Forward $42,000 Technical assistance

California Mariposa County $25,000 Technical assistance

California California State University, Fresno Foundation $19,500 Technical assistance

California El Pajaro Community Development Corporation $40,000 Technical assistance

California Valley Small Business Development Corporation $50,000 Technical assistance

California Clovis Culinary Center $40,000 Technical assistance

California Farmworker Institute for Education $30,000 Technical assistance

California Agriculture and Land-Based Training $50,000 Technical assistance

California Western United Dairymen $30,000 Technical assistance

California Indian Dispute Resolution Services Inc. $33,000 Technical assistance

California California Center for Cooperative Development $34,500 Technical assistance

California Sierra Institute for Community and Environment $65,000 New business

California Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce $50,000 Technical assistance

California California FarmLink $39,000 Technical assistance

RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS September 29, 2015

2 USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

STATE RECIPIENT AMOUNT PURPOSE

California SAFE-BIDCO $500,000 Revolving loan fund

California

California Association for Micro Enterprise

Opportunity $65,000 Technical assistance

California Total $1,113,000

Colorado Region 9 Economic Development District $9,875 Planning

Colorado Otero Junior College $40,000 Technical assistance

Colorado Chaffee County $25,000 Technical assistance

Colorado Cloud City Conservation Center $30,000 Technical assistance

Colorado Fremont County Economic Development Corporation $50,000 Technical assistance

Colorado Adams State College $37,000 Technical assistance

Colorado Kiowa County Economic Development Foundation $37,000 Technical assistance

Colorado San Luis Valley Development Resources Group $17,125 Planning

Colorado Total $246,000

Connecticut Click, Inc. $32,000

To buy equipment and provide

technical assistance

Connecticut

Connecticut Resource Conservation & Development

Area, Inc. $80,000 Technical assistance

Connecticut Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation $25,000 Technical assistance

Connecticut New England Farmers Union Education Foundation $22,000 Technical assistance

Connecticut Total $159,000 Delaware Town of Smyrna $13,000 Technical assistance

Delaware Joshua M. Freeman Foundation $15,000 Planning

Delaware Rehoboth Beach Film Society $15,000 Equipment

Delaware City of Milford $13,000 Technical assistance

Delaware Downtown Dover Partnership Corp. $15,000 Technical assistance

Delaware Town of Ellendale $15,000 Techincal assistance

Delaware Milford Aquarium, Inc. $10,000 Technical assistance

Delaware Kent Economic Partnership $15,000 Planning

Delaware Total $111,000 Florida Business Development Board of Okeechobee $50,000 Revolving loan fund

Florida City of Marianna $171,000 Construct parking lot

Florida St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners $97,000 Planning

Florida City of Port St. Joe $118,000 Construction of information center

Florida Town of Jay $150,000 Renovation

Florida Total $586,000 Georgia Dublin-Laurens County Recreation Authority $100,000 Expansion

Georgia Donalsonville Downtown Development Authority $99,999 Revolving loan fund

Georgia North Georgia Technical College $97,900 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Georgia Wiregrass Georgia Technical College $60,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Georgia Georgia College and State University $63,000

To develop e-commerce products and

services

Georgia City of Abbeville $35,001

To construct a market to help promote

local business

RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS September 29, 2015

3 USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

STATE RECIPIENT AMOUNT PURPOSE

Georgia City of Warm Springs $71,204 Technical assistance

Georgia City of Baxley $95,000 Renovation

Georgia Multiple Choices Center for Independent Living $38,396 Technical assistance

Georgia Seven Rivers Resource Conservation & Development $99,500 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Georgia University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. $72,000 Technical assistance

Georgia Total $832,000

Hawaii Big Island RC&D Council $29,373 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Hawaii Pacific Gateway Center $24,555 Technical assistance

Hawaii The Kohala Center, Inc. $10,977 Technical assistance

Hawaii New Moon Foundation $48,095 Technical assistance

Hawaii Total $113,000

Idaho Salmon Valley Stewardship, Inc. $18,550 Technical assistance

Idaho Clearwater Economic Development Association, Inc. $13,000 Technical assistance

Idaho Madison County $17,000 Technical assistance

Idaho Lewis-Clark State College $11,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Idaho Ketchum Community Development Corp. $8,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Idaho Region IV Development Association, Inc. $23,094 Technical assistance

Idaho Twin Falls County $15,000 Technical assistance

Idaho City of Horseshoe Bend $15,000 Technical assistance

Idaho Region IV Development Association, Inc. $10,000 Technical assistance

Idaho Owyhee County $8,000 Technical assistance

Idaho Clearwater Economic Development Association, Inc. $10,000 Technical assistance

Idaho Boise State University $20,356 Technical assistance

Idaho Gem County $19,000 Technical assistance

Idaho Clearwater Economic Development Association, Inc. $9,000 Technical assistance

Idaho Total $197,000

Illinois City of Washington $99,000 Revolving loan fund

Illinois Western Illinois University Foundation $96,000 Technical assistance

Illinois City of Grayville $99,000

To provide water and sewer

infrastructure for an industrial park

Illinois Village of Rantoul $55,800 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Illinois City of East Dubuque $70,200 Renovation

Illinois Jacksonville Main Street $2,000 Small business incubator

Illinois Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative $40,000 Technical assistance

Illinois Total $462,000

Indiana Plymouth Economic Development Corporation $75,000 Revolving loan fund

Indiana Whitley County Economic Development Corporation $20,000 Revolving loan fund

Indiana Miami County Economic Development Authority $74,000 Revolving loan fund

Indiana Town of Nashville $75,000 Revolving loan fund

Indiana Miami County Economic Development Authority $29,000 Planning

Indiana Boonville Now $85,000 Planning

RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS September 29, 2015

4 USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

STATE RECIPIENT AMOUNT PURPOSE

Indiana Wells County Revitalization, Inc. $43,000 Technical assistance

Indiana Vermillion County Economic Development Council $60,000 Revolving loan fund

Indiana Whitley County Economic Development Corporation $40,000 Technical assistance

Indiana Total $501,000 Iowa Indian Hills Community College $40,820 Technical assistance

Iowa University of Northern Iowa $32,000 Planning

Iowa Estherville Industrial Development Corporation $25,000 Revolving loan fund

Iowa O'Brien County Economic Development Corporation $196,910 Revolving loan fund

Iowa Charles City Area Development Corporation $26,270 Technical assistance

Iowa Total $321,000

Kentucky Eastern Kentucky University $32,569 Technical assistance

Kentucky Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen $35,000 Technical assistance

Kentucky Murray State University $50,000 Technical assistance

Kentucky Center for Rural Development $13,000 Technical assistance

Kentucky City of Whitesburg $42,900 Feasibility Study

Kentucky Kentucky Community and Technical College System $49,345 Technical assistance

Kentucky Ohio County Fiscal Court $99,000 Revolving loan fund

Kentucky University of Kentucky Research Found $50,000 Technical assistance

Kentucky Morehead State University $50,000 Technical assistance

Kentucky Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation $49,000 Revolving loan fund

Kentucky Center for Rural Development $31,615 Technical assistance

Kentucky Kentucky Community and Technical College System $50,000 Technical assistance

Kentucky Kentucky Community and Technical College System $26,571 Technical assistance

Kentucky Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission $50,000 Technical assistance

Kentucky Kentucky Community and Technical College System $50,000 Technical assistance

Kentucky Total $679,000

Louisiana South Louisiana Community College $71,000 Technical assistance

Louisiana NOVA Workforce Institute of Northeast LA, Inc. $75,000 Technical assistance

Louisiana The Food Bank of Central Louisiana, Inc. $200,000 Equipment/machinery

Louisiana Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance $40,000 Technical assistance

Louisiana Louisiana Department of Economic Development $36,000 Technical assistance

Louisiana Total $422,000

Maine Kennebec Valley Council of Governments $89,000 Equipment/technical assistance

Maine Northern Maine Development Commission $62,050 Technical assistance

Maine Aroostook Aspiration Initiative $25,000 Technical assistance

Maine Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association $98,950

Revolving loan fund/technical

assistance

Maine Total $275,000 Maryland Cecil County Commissioners $21,400 Planning

Maryland Natural Capital Investment Fund Inc. $21,400 Technical assistance

Maryland Upper Shore Regional Council $21,400 Technical assistance

RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS September 29, 2015

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STATE RECIPIENT AMOUNT PURPOSE

Maryland Town of Princess Anne $21,400 Equipment

Maryland Dorchester County $21,400 Equipment/Technical assistance

Maryland Town of Chestertown $21,400 Planning

Maryland Allegany College of Maryland $21,400 Equipment/Technical assistance

Maryland Hart for Animals, Inc. $21,400 Technical assistance

Maryland Tri-County Council of Southern Maryland $21,400 Technical assistance

Maryland Somerset County Commissioners $21,400 Modernization of utilities

Maryland Total $214,000

Massachusetts Third Sector New England, Inc. $27,000 Technical assistance

Massachusetts Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance $21,000

Technical assistance to research new

markets

Massachusetts

Lower Cape Cod Community Development

Corporation $45,000 Technical assistance

Massachusetts Community Involved In Sustaining Agriculture $34,000 Technical assistance

Massachusetts Twin Cities Community Development Corporation $10,000 Technical assistance

Massachusetts Center for Ecotechnology, Inc. $30,000 Technical assistance

Massachusetts Total $167,000

Michigan

Sault Sainte Marie Advanced Resources and

Technology, Inc. $35,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Michigan Mackinac Economic Alliance Corporation $40,000 Revolving loan fund

Michigan Boyne City $30,000 Small business incubator

Michigan Economic Development Alliance for Oscoda County $30,000 Technical assistance

Michigan City of Allegan $30,000 Renovation

Michigan Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities $20,000 Technical Assistance

Michigan Village of Farwell $50,000 Renovation

Michigan West Branch Township $10,000 Technical assistance

Michigan City of Alpena $15,000 Technical Assistance

Michigan City of Alpena $45,000 Construction

Michigan Beaverton Activity Center $50,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Michigan Frankenmuth Farmers Market $50,000 Construction

Michigan Hillman Community Radio, Inc. $5,000 Vehicles/equipment machinery

Michigan Michigan Farmers Market Association $60,000 Research and development

Michigan Manistee County Convention & Visitors Bureau $50,000 Technical assistance

Michigan City of South Haven $30,000 Renovation

Michigan Charter Township of Oscoda $30,000 Revolving loan fund

Michigan City of Fennville Downtown Development Authority $30,000 Expansion

Michigan De Tour Village $50,000 Construction

Michigan Lenawee County $20,000 Technical assistance

Michigan City of Litchfield $55,000 Technical assistance

Michigan Alliance for Economic Success $25,000 Technical assistance

Michigan

Saginaw Bay Resources, Conservation &

Development Area, Inc. $25,000 Technical assistance

RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS September 29, 2015

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STATE RECIPIENT AMOUNT PURPOSE

Michigan Total $785,000

Minnesota Greater Bemidji, Inc. $94,001 Technical assistance

Minnesota Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians $91,340 Technical assistance

Minnesota City of Ada $99,999 Revolving loan fund

Minnesota City of Appleton $99,000 Revolving loan fund

Minnesota Dakota Futures, Inc. $200,000 Revolving loan fund

Minnesota White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians $50,000 Technical assistance

Minnesota Region Five Development Corporation $98,000 Technical assistance

Minnesota Total $732,340

Mississippi Southern Bancorp Capital Partners $19,878 Technical assistance

Mississippi Claiborne County Board of Supervisors $142,000 Equipment/machinery

Mississippi Economic Dev. Authority Of Coahoma Co. $46,753 Equipment/machinery

Mississippi City of Grenada $28,995 Equipment/machinery

Mississippi Delta State University $250,000 Technical assistance

Mississippi City of Grenada $46,293 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Mississippi Total $533,919

Missouri Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation $14,900 Technical assistance

Missouri Downtown Poplar Bluff, Inc. $20,000 Equipment

Missouri William Woods University $40,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Missouri Trillium Trust $50,000 Equipment

Missouri Heartland Foundation $9,500 Technical assistance

Missouri Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri, Inc. $20,000 Technical assistance

Missouri Boonslick Community Development Corporation $49,061 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Missouri Ozark Farmers Agricultural Cooperative $50,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Missouri Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission $25,104 Technical assistance

Missouri Missouri Incutech Foundation $49,000 Technical assistance

Missouri Downtown West Plains Inc. $24,000 Small business incubator

Missouri Lettuce Dream $60,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Missouri Northwest Missouri State University $39,735 Technical assistance

Missouri Lincoln County Health Department $35,200 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Missouri Old Trails Regional Tourism Partnership $42,500 Technical assistance

Missouri Southeast Missouri State University $40,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Missouri Total $569,000 Montana Snowy Mountain Development Corporation $20,613 Technical assistance

Montana Custer County $25,000 Technical assistance

Montana Ravalli County Economic Development Authority $7,500 Technical assistance

Montana Lake County Community Development Corporation $31,719 Technical assistance

Montana Great Northern Development Corporation $61,000 Technical assistance

Montana Montana Community Development Corporation $7,950 Technical assistance

Montana Lake County Community Development Corporation $10,049 Purchase equipment

Montana City and County of Butte-Silver Bow $20,169 Technical assistance

RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS September 29, 2015

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STATE RECIPIENT AMOUNT PURPOSE

Montana Total $184,000

Nebraska City of Atkinson $53,874 Small business incubator

Nebraska Central Community College $7,247 Planning and development

Nebraska Twin Cities Development Association, Inc. $44,960 Expansion/technical assistance

Nebraska Village of Walthill $82,489 Technical assistance/training program

Nebraska Center for Rural Affairs $38,687 Technical assistance

Nebraska Center for Rural Affairs $99,000 Technical assistance/training

Nebraska University of Nebraska Board of Regents $21,039 Technical assistance

Nebraska Central Community College $19,193 Technical assistance

Nebraska Total $366,489 New Hampshire City of Franklin $50,000 Technical assistance

New Hampshire Northern Community Investment Corporation $28,000 Technical assistance

New Hampshire Groveton Regional Economic Action Team $49,000 Technical assistance

New Hampshire Winchester Economic Development Corporation, Inc. $47,000 Technical assistance

New Hampshire Total $174,000 New Jersey County of Monmouth $80,000 Technical assistance

New Jersey Rutgers University EcoComplex $19,000 Research and development

New Jersey

Greater Wildwoods Tourism Improvement &

Development $57,000 Technical assistance

New Jersey Total $156,000

New Mexico County of Luna $50,000 Technical assistance

New Mexico Roswell Chaves County Economic Development $23,000 Planning

New Mexico Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council $14,951 Technical assistance

New Mexico

Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico,

Inc. $49,866 Technical assistance

New Mexico Santa Fe Community College $84,183 Technical assistance

New Mexico Total $222,000 New York County of Sullivan $49,000 Technical assistance

New York Franklin County $28,000 Technical assistance

New York Montgomery County $75,000 Planning

New York

Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence

County $89,400 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

New York Village of Painted Post $50,000

Water improvement project for the

village

New York Tompkins County Area Development Foundation, Inc. $56,638 Technical assistance

New York Findley Lake Watershed Foundation $50,000

Repair a dam to help downstream

businesses

New York CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity $74,608 Technical assistance

New York Batavia Development Corporation $67,825 Small business incubator

New York New Lebanon Town $89,529 Technical assistance

New York Total $630,000 North Carolina City of Clinton $100,000 Renovations to parking lot

North Carolina Madison County $19,500 Planning

RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS September 29, 2015

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STATE RECIPIENT AMOUNT PURPOSE

North Carolina Burke Partnership for Economic Development $71,500 Technical assistance

North Carolina Town of Robbinsville $99,000 Renovation of building

North Carolina Reinvestment Partners $20,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

North Carolina Inter-Faith Alliance Corporation $53,448 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

North Carolina Central Park NC $100,000 Replacement of equipment

North Carolina WCTS-NWHS-Alumni and Friends Assoc., Inc. $71,987 Small business incubator

North Carolina Valdese Economic Development Investment $25,000 Technical assistance

North Carolina North Carolina State University $39,265 Technical assistance

North Carolina Town of Red Springs $99,000 Farmers Market

North Carolina

Rural Faith Development Community Development

Corporation $60,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

North Carolina Wilson Downtown Properties, Inc. $100,000 Farmers Market

North Carolina Total $858,700

North Dakota City of Mcclusky Jobs Development Authority $18,000 Technical assistance

North Dakota Turtle Mt. Band Of Chippewa $77,000 Technical assistance

North Dakota Rural Economic Area Partnership (REAP) $25,000 Technical assistance

North Dakota Pembina County Job Development Authority $30,000 Technical assistance

North Dakota Total $150,000

Oklahoma Town of Rentiesville $95,000 New business

Oklahoma Simply Social Inc. $74,000 Technical assistance

Oklahoma Eastern Oklahoma State College $97,991 Renovation

Oklahoma Heavener Public School $89,009 Small business incubator

Oklahoma Housing Authority of The Choctaw Nation $50,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Oklahoma Total $406,000 Oregon Columbia Pacific Economic District $50,000 Technical assistance

Oregon Lincoln County Economic Development Corporation $20,000 Technical assistance

Oregon

South Central Oregon Economic Development

District $21,125 Technical assistance

Oregon Northeast Oregon Economic Development District $36,600 Technical assistance

Oregon Northwest Cooperatives Development Center $50,000 Technical assistance

Oregon MicroEnterprise Resources Initiatives and Training $20,000 Technical assistance

Oregon Illinois Valley Community Development Organization $29,000 Technical assistance

Oregon Hatch Innovation, Inc. $49,275 Technical assistance

Oregon Mt Hood Towne Hall Association $9,000 Technical assistance

Oregon Total $285,000

Pennsylvania Greater Forest City Industries Inc. $49,000 Infrastructure Development

Pennsylvania Fayette County Community Action Agency $91,576 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Pennsylvania The Nuangola Grove Association Inc. $67,941

Roof repairs/expansion of farmers’

market

Pennsylvania Workforce Wayne, Inc. $42,000 Purchase of equipment/machinery

Pennsylvania Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Development $50,000 Business expansion

Pennsylvania Altoona Blair County Development Corporation $97,500 Renovations to pavement

RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS September 29, 2015

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STATE RECIPIENT AMOUNT PURPOSE

Pennsylvania Fay-Penn Economic Development Council $50,000 Business expansion

Pennsylvania Corry Area Redevelopment Authority $72,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Pennsylvania

Commission on Economic Opportunity of Luzerne

County $99,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Pennsylvania Hand Up Foundation $89,983 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Pennsylvania Total $709,000

Puerto Rico Municipality of Luquillo $40,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Puerto Rico Oficina Para La Promocion Y Desarrollo $25,000 Technical assistance

Puerto Rico Proyecto Matria, Inc. $25,000 Technical assistance

Puerto Rico Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Inc. $32,256 Technical assistance

Puerto Rico Municipality of Coamo $98,744 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Puerto Rico Pathstone Enterprise Center, Inc. $25,000 Technical assistance

Puerto Rico Total $246,000 Rhode Island Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum $30,000 Technical assistance

Rhode Island Farm Fresh Rhode Island $33,000 Technical assistance

Rhode Island New England Farmers Union Education Foundation $20,000 Technical assistance

Rhode Island Total $83,000

South Carolina Francis Marion University $53,110 Technical assistance

South Carolina Gullah Farmers Cooperative $70,000 Technical assistance

South Carolina Lee County $40,000 Technical assistance

South Carolina Fifth T Innovation Group $30,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

South Carolina Blackville Community Development Corporation $40,000 Technical assistance

South Carolina Williamsburg County $55,455 Technical assistance

South Carolina Williamsburg County

Technical assistance

South Carolina Marion County $60,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

South Carolina Calhoun County $80,000 Planning

South Carolina City of Fountain Inn $70,000 Expansion

South Carolina Southern Carolina Regional Development Alliance $36,435 Technical assistance

South Carolina The Butterfly Foundation $85,000 Technical assistance

South Carolina Total $620,000

South Dakota Four Bands Comm. Fund Inc. $99,995 Technical assistance

South Dakota Value Added Agricultural Development Center, Inc. $49,500 Technical assistance

South Dakota Brookings Economic Development Corporation $10,000 Technical assistance

South Dakota Burke Business Prom. $96,500 Revolving loan fund

South Dakota Total $255,995

Tennessee University of Tennessee $5,000 Technical Assistance

Tennessee Marion County Government $15,000 Technical assistance

Tennessee City of Savannah $20,000 Technical assistance

Tennessee Montgomery County $18,820 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Tennessee University of Tennessee $9,141 Technical assistance

Tennessee Benton County/Camden Chamber of Commerce $3,500 Equipment

RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS September 29, 2015

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STATE RECIPIENT AMOUNT PURPOSE

Tennessee Tennessee College of Applied Technology $110,020 Equipment

Tennessee Memphis Bioworks Foundation $70,000 Technical assistance

Tennessee Community Resource Group, Inc. $20,392 Technical assistance

Tennessee University of Tennessee $45,000 Technical assistance

Tennessee Chester County $22,500 Technical assistance

Tennessee Hardin County Chamber of Commerce $20,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Tennessee University of Tennessee $25,033 Technical assistance

Tennessee Stewart County $51,000 Other business assistance

Tennessee Town of Chapel Hill $60,000 Renovation

Tennessee Tennessee Tech $25,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Tennessee City of Bolivar $5,000 Technical assistance

Tennessee Grundy County $50,000 Business development

Tennessee Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council $31,595 Technical assistance

Tennessee Dyersburg State Community College $30,400 Technical assistance

Tennessee Rhea County $16,599 Business development

Tennessee Clay County $25,000 Planning

Tennessee Weakley County $30,000 Technical assistance

Tennessee Obion County Chamber of Commerce $10,000 Technical assistance

Tennessee State of Tennessee $14,000 Technical assistance

Tennessee Total $733,000

Texas Port Isabel Economic Development Corporation $226,670 Incubator

Texas West Central Texas Council of Government $200,000 Revolving loan fund

Texas Trinidad Economic Development Corporation $180,330 Industrial Park Infrastructure

Texas

City of Raymondville Economic Development

Corporation $200,000 Revolving loan fund

Texas City of La Feria $64,000 Economic development planning

Texas Total $871,000

Utah Pandolabs Park City $28,196 Technical assistance

Utah Epicenter $24,604 Technical assistance

Utah Total $52,800

Vermont Vermont Trail & Greenways Council $20,000 Planning

Vermont Paramount Center, Inc. $12,500 Technical assistance

Vermont Food Connects Inc. $38,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Vermont Central Vermont Community Television $33,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Vermont Vital Communities, Inc. $15,500 Technical assistance

Vermont Barre 2000 and Beyond Inc. $35,000 Technical assistance

Vermont Total $154,000

Virginia South Hill Community Development Association $24,000 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Virginia Town of Wytheville $75,000 New business

Virginia Amherst County Economic Development Authority $42,000 Planning

Virginia Waynesboro Virginia Economic Development $16,000 Feasibility study

RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS September 29, 2015

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STATE RECIPIENT AMOUNT PURPOSE Authority

Virginia Town of Glasgow $77,777 Farmer’s Market

Virginia Rappahannock Community College $47,100 Technical assistance

Virginia Northern Neck Planning District Commission $70,174 Revolving loan fund

Virginia Dabney S. Lancaster Community College $154,949 Forestry Training Equipment

Virginia Northern Neck Planning District Commission $50,000 Small business incubator

Virginia Total $557,000 Washington Greater Lewis County Farmers Market Association $50,000 Technical assistance

Washington

North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation and

Development Council $54,409 Vehicles/equipment/machinery

Washington City of Ocean Shores $32,000 Feasibility Study

Washington Enterprise for Equity $50,000 Technical assistance

Washington Uniontown Community Development Association $49,197 Expansion

Washington Mid-Columbia Economic Development District $7,720 Planning

Washington Grant County Airport District #1 $37,355 Expansion

Washington Washington State Microenterprise Association $50,000 Technical assistance

Washington Total $330,681

West Virginia New River Gorge Regional Development Authority $50,000 Expand a farmers’ market in Beckley

West Virginia Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc. $30,000 Technical assistance

West Virginia Unlimited Future, Inc. $24,000 Technical assistance

West Virginia City of Romney $50,000 Renovation

West Virginia Coalfield Development Corporation $50,000 Small business incubator

West Virginia Tucker Community Foundation $42,050

Purchasing food storage and processing

equipment

West Virginia Roane County Economic Development Authority $9,950

Establish a wine and distillery trail in

Jackson County

West Virginia Tamarack Foundation, Inc. $50,000 Technical assistance

West Virginia New Vision Renewable Energy, Inc. $50,000 Renovation

West Virginia Total $356,000 Western Pacific Sokehs Municipal Government $64,000 Small business incubator

Western Pacific Total $64,000 Wisconsin Oconto County Economic Development Corporation $21,000 Technical assistance

Wisconsin Easter Seals Wisconsin $21,000 Planning

Wisconsin Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. $99,999 Technical assistance

Wisconsin Vernon Economic Development Association, Inc. $43,680 Technical assistance

Wisconsin Niijii Capital Partners, Inc. $73,800 Technical assistance

Wisconsin Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation $67,034 Technical assistance

Wisconsin Northwoods Niijii Enterprise Community, Inc. $99,000 Technical assistance

Wisconsin Indianhead Community Action Agency, Inc. $47,975 Technical assistance

Wisconsin Oconto County Economic Development Corporation $44,012 Revolving loan fund

Wisconsin Wisconsin Business Innovation Corporation $57,500 Technical assistance

Wisconsin Total $575,000

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STATE RECIPIENT AMOUNT PURPOSE

Wyoming Riverwind Foundation $28,000 Technical assistance

Wyoming Town of Dubois $20,000 Technical assistance

Wyoming Powell Economic Partnership, Inc. $49,974 Equipment/machinery

Wyoming Wyoming Women’s Business Center $21,026 Technical assistance

Wyoming Total $119,000

Grand Total $19,559,477