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Grants Awarded | 2006-2007 Annual Cycle Awards
 The Golden Leaf Foundation is pleased to announce that the following North Carolina
non profits and government entities were awarded grants in the fiscal year 2006-2007 annual grant cycle.
Click on the North Carolina map icon for each grant recipient to obtain a map of the counties
served by that grant.
| Grantee | Appalachian State University |
| Contact | Dr. Edelma Huntley
PO Box 32068
287 Rivers Street
Suite 232 John E. Thomas Building
Boone, NC 28608
Tel: (828) 262-2130
Fax: (828) 262-2709
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| Project Title | Appalachian State University Biodiesel Testing Facility |
| Grant Amount | $750,000 |
| Project Description | Golden LEAF funds will be used to construct and operate a modular biodiesel testing facility that will provide valuable feedstock, fuel quality, and emissions data to the growing biodiesel industry in the State of North Carolina. The initiative is responsive to the needs of mid-sized biodiesel producers in North Carolina and will further development of a decentralized fuel production model that relies heavily on local feedstocks and fuel markets. |
| Service Area |
Western North Carolina
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| Grantee | Appalachian State University Energy Center |
| Contact | Dr. Dennis O. Grady
PO Box 32121 University Hall
Boone, NC 28608
Tel: (828) 262-7515
Fax: (828) 262-6553
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| Project Title | Rural Community-Based Landfill Gas Economic Development Project-- Community TIES (Trash Into Energy Savings), Phase II |
| Grant Amount | $125,000.00 |
| Project Description | This project identifies opportunities to use landfill gas for economic development in rural counties. This second year of funding will provide continued technical assistance for plan implementation in the four counties (Columbus, Robeson, Rockingham, McDowell) identified in Phase I, identification and technical assistance for four additional rural counties with substantial landfill gas resources, and the establishment of development initiatives for landfill gas. The grantee will also research implications of various patterns of waste deposition on collection of landfill gas. |
| Service Area |
Columbus, Macon, Robeson, Rockingham |
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| Grantee | Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project |
| Contact | Mr. Charlie Jackson
729 Haywood Road, Suite 3
Asheville, North Carolina 28806
Tel: (828) 236-1282
Fax: (828) 236-1280
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| Project Title | Appalachian Grown: Expanding Market Opportunities for Western North Carolina Farmers |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | This Golden LEAF grant is to be used to support the "Appalachian Grown" branding campaign, including partnering with local grocers, distributors, farmers and institutions to create new opportunities for farmers in high value markets and to drive demand for local food. |
| Service Area |
AdvantageWest |
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| Grantee | Asheville Art Museum |
| Contact | Mrs. Barbara Benisch
PO Box 1717
Asheville, NC 28801
Tel: 828-253-3227
Fax: 282-257-4503
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| Project Title | Asheville Art Museum |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the expansion of the Asheville Art Museum and its efforts to develop and promote the cultural assets and artists of the mountain region. The museum's expansion will improve its capacity to harness and direct the economic benefit of cultural tourism for the region. |
| Service Area |
AdvantageWest, Catawba, Cleveland |
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| Grantee | Beaufort County Community College |
| Contact | Ms. Almeta A. Woolard
PO Box 1069
Washington, NC 27889
Tel: (252) 946-6194
Fax: (252) 946-0271
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| Project Title | BCCC Commercial Truck Driver Training |
| Grant Amount | $172,705.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to assist Beaufort County Community College (BCCC) with increasing the number of licensed commercial truck drivers available to trucking companies in northeastern North Carolina by implementing a commercial truck driver training course taught through BCCC's Continuing Education Division. |
| Service Area |
Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington |
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| Grantee | Bertie County Schools |
| Contact | Dr. Nettie L. Collins-Hart
P.O. Drawer 10
Windsor, North Carolina 27983
Tel: 252-794-6000
Fax: 252-794-9727
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| Project Title | Project Bright Futures |
| Grant Amount | $300,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the restructuring of Bertie County's economy by integrating technology into the Bertie County school system, and by providing computers for students, free computer training to residents and a localized website with accessible self-help content. |
| Service Area |
Bertie |
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| Grantee | Blue Ridge Hospital |
| Contact | Ms. Cheryl A. Craigie
PO Drawer 9
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Tel: 828-766-1750
Fax: 828-765-0824
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| Project Title | Expansion and Renovation of Spruce Community Hospital |
| Grant Amount | $350,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help support construction and renovation of Spruce Pine Community Hospital to meet expanded demand for services. This project expects to create 15 jobs in the first year post construction and 50 jobs over five years. |
| Service Area |
Avery, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey |
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| Grantee | Carteret Community College |
| Contact | Mr. Joseph T. Barwick
3505 Arendell Street
Morehead City, NC 28557-2989
Tel: 252-222-6000
Fax: 252-222-6274
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| Project Title | Bridging the Gap: Enabling the Community College to Provide Qualified Instruction to the Expanding Marine Trades Industry |
| Grant Amount | $24,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to assist Carteret Community College with the development of relevant and high-demand course curricula and materials for NC Marine Training and Education Center and the marine trades industry. |
| Service Area |
Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico |
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| Grantee | Central Carolina Community College |
| Contact | Ms. HollyAnn N. Rogers
1105 Kelly Drive
Sanford, NC 27330
Tel: 919-718-5401
Fax: 919-718-7456
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| Project Title | Central Carolina Dental Center |
| Grant Amount | $223,006.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide infrastructure development and first year of operational support for the Central Carolina Dental Clinic. This collaborative project between the community college and Lee County Public Health will address documented shortages in the dental field by educating, training and graduating up to 12 associate degree dental hygienists and 12 diploma dental assistants annually, and provide oral health service to over 5,000 Medicaid and Health Choice-eligible patients each year. |
| Service Area |
Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore |
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| Grantee | Clay County Communities Revitalization Association |
| Contact | Mr. Ronald E. Guggisberg
PO Box 1533
Hayesville, NC 28904-1533
Tel: 828-389-6305
Fax: 828-389-8872
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| Project Title | Jackrabbit Mountain Biking and Hiking Trail |
| Grant Amount | $120,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist the Clay County Communities Revitalization Association with the completion of an outdoor trail that will be marketed regionally and will help to meet the demand for recreational tourism sites in the region. |
| Service Area |
Clay |
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| Grantee | The Development Foundation of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching |
| Contact | Dr. Mary D. McDuffie
276 NCCAT Drive
Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723
Tel: (828) 293-5202
Fax: (828) 227-7013
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| Project Title | Preparing the Next Generation |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to provide support to the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching's continuing effort to increase the number of National Board Certified Teachers from tobacco dependent-economically distressed counties in North Carolina in high needs curriculum areas. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | Dunbar Community Development Club, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Forest Pittman, Jr.
Route 2, Box 80
Battleboro, NC 27809
Tel: 252-446-6098
Fax: 252-973-0709
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| Project Title | Dunbar Community Development Center |
| Grant Amount | $6,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to make accessible entrepreneurial sewing classes and literacy programs for seniors (in collaboration with Edgecombe Community College). |
| Service Area |
Edgecombe |
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| Grantee | East Carolina University |
| Contact | Mr. Richard Best
2200 S. Charles Boulevard
Greenville Center, Room 2906
Greenville, NC 27834
Tel: (252) 328-9540
Fax: (252) 328-4363
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| Project Title | Development of an Eastern North Carolina Metabolic Institute |
| Grant Amount | $1,000,000 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to pursue diabetes and obesity health care and research through the Metabolic Institute founded by the UNC Board of Governors. The proposed center will foster economic development in rural eastern North Carolina through the creation of new service industries and jobs targeting obesity and diabetic health care opportunities in a region with high mortality rates from diabetes and infectious diseases. |
| Service Area |
Eastern Region, Northeast Region, Southeast Region |
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| Grantee | East Coast Drag Racing Hall of Fame |
| Contact | Mrs. Nancy F. Wilson
946-T West Andrews Avenue
Henderson, NC 27536
Tel: 252-438-2222
Fax: 252-438-2544
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| Project Title | East Coast Drag Racing Hall of Fame Museum |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist with pre-development and planning expenses for the East Coast Drag Racing Hall of Fame Museum, a planned motorsports tourism destination for Vance County which complements the annual East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion. |
| Service Area |
Granville, Halifax, Person, Vance, Warren |
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| Grantee | The Elizabeth City State University Foundation |
| Contact | Dr. Richard L. Lucas
PO Box 1467
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Tel: 252-335-3052
Fax: 252-335-3542
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| Project Title | Increasing North Carolina's Scientifically Literate Workforce e-learning Hands-On Science across Northeastern NC |
| Grant Amount | $350,000.00 |
| Project Description | This purpose of this grant is to provide funding for 40 science kits and 3 regional master instructional technology educators to support growth of a scientifically literate workforce in North Carolina in order to maintain, sustain and further advance the state's growing science-based economy. |
| Service Area |
Northeast Region |
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| Grantee | The Elizabeth City State University Foundation |
| Contact | Mr. William W. Barker
PO Box 1467
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Tel: 252-335-3052
Fax: 252-335-3542
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| Project Title | Training a Qualified Aviation Workforce in Northeastern North Carolina |
| Grant Amount | $850,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this project is to enhance and equip the Aviation Sciences program at Elizabeth City State University to support workforce training activities necessary to develop the proposed Northeastem North Carolina Aviation Research & Development Commerce Center. |
| Service Area |
Northeast Region |
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| Grantee | Embassy Square Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Katherine F. Powell
112 West Winder Street
Henderson, North Carolina 27536
Tel: (252) 431-6052
Fax: (252) 738-8962
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| Project Title | Embassy Square Project |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support a project to provide internet/ technology access; and, in partnership with the school system, local community college, and the employment security commission, to provide online job services, after-school programs, education and training to Vance County citizens. |
| Service Area |
Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren |
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| Grantee | e-Polk |
| Contact | Mr. M. Keven McCammon
PO Box 340
301 N. Trade Street, Suite 203
Tryon, NC 28782-0340
Tel: (828) 775-0033
Fax: (828) 286-8086
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| Project Title | Rutherford and Polk County High Speed Communications - Foothills Education Network |
| Grant Amount | $400,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to support creation of the Foothills Education Network (FEN), a 55-mile, high-speed fiber and wireless network connecting all of the schools in Polk and Rutherford counties, and provision of more comprehensive and cost-effective access to the internet for Rutherford and Polk County schools and businesses. |
| Service Area |
Polk, Rutherford |
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| Grantee | Food Bank of North Carolina, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Earline E. Middleton
3808 Tarheel Drive
Raleigh, NC 27609
Tel: (919) 875-0707
Fax: (919) 875-0801
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| Project Title | Food Bank and Farmer Joint Planning Initiative |
| Grant Amount | $65,000.00 |
| Project Description | This Golden LEAF grant will fund a joint planning initiative and feasibility study with the Food Bank and several farmers associations, farmers cooperatives, and individual small farmers to potentially collaborate and share processing, storage, warehousing, and distribution capability in central and eastern North Carolina. |
| Service Area |
Brunswick, Carteret, Chatham, Columbus, Craven, Durham, Granville, Greene, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pender, Person, Pitt, Vance |
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| Grantee | Forest Education And Conservation Foundation |
| Contact | Mr. Roger L. Pyle
1600 Glenwood Avenue
Suite I
Raleigh, North Carolina 27608
Tel: 919-834-3943
Fax: 919-832-6188
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| Project Title | Training professional loggers in new State BMP (Best Management Practices) for Water Quality |
| Grant Amount | $15,000.00 |
| Project Description | This Golden LEAF grant is to be used to create new educational materials to train at least 1,500 professional loggers in North Carolina regarding new water quality guidelines. Loggers must comply with water quality guidelines in order to be able to sell to certain lumber wholesalers and retailers. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | Friends of the W. Kerr Scott Lake, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Teresa Ford
499 Reservoir Road
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Tel: (336) 921-3390
Fax: (336) 921-2330
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| Project Title | Phase III Forest Edge Community Amphitheater Enhancements for Tourism Expansion |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist with completion of the Forest Edge Amphitheater project at the W. Kerr Scott Reservoir in Wilkes County, a venue that will support regional efforts to promote cultural and heritage tourism. |
| Service Area |
AdvantageWest |
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| Grantee | Goler Community Development Corporation |
| Contact | Ms. Evon J. Smith
630 N. Chestnut Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Tel: (336) 761-0595
Fax: (336) 761-0596
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| Project Title | Goler Contractor Resource Center |
| Grant Amount | $75,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the Resource Center in its efforts to match minority contractors with underserved construction markets, and the training/retraining of its participants. |
| Service Area |
Davidson, Davie, Forsyth |
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| Grantee | Goshen Medical Center, Inc. |
| Contact | Dr. Greg Bounds
444 SW Center Street
PO Box 187
Faison, NC 28341
Tel: 1910-267-1942
Fax: (910) 267-1237
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| Project Title | Goshen Medical Center Duplin County Dentistry Project |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | This Golden LEAF grant will support a project aimed at mitigating the shortage of dental services to farm workers and the working poor in Duplin County. Increased medical services will result in a more reliable and productive workforce and help to create capacity necessary to attract and retain businesses and workers to Duplin County. The project proposes to create 11 new jobs. |
| Service Area |
Duplin |
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| Grantee | Greene County Schools |
| Contact | Mr. L. Stephen Mazingo
301 Kingold Boulevard
Snow Hill, NC 28580
Tel: (252) 747-3425
Fax: (252) 747-5942
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| Project Title | Project iTech - Phase III |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to support the third phase of a project to provide state-of- the-art laptop computers to every middle and high school student and teacher in the Greene County Public School System and to support continual upgrading of existing equipment, software and training, along with evaluation of teaching and training methodologies, and student outcomes. |
| Service Area |
Greene |
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| Grantee | Handmade In America Community Development Corporation |
| Contact | Ms. Carole L. Summers
P.O. Box 2089
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
Tel: 828-252-0121
Fax: 828-252-0388
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| Project Title | HandMade in America's Craft and Farm Heritage Trails |
| Grant Amount | $68,480.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the development and marketing of a web-based trip planner that will help farmers and craft artists in western North Carolina reach the markets that will increase their earned income. The on-line trip planner will be created by HandMade in America and the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project and will complement the N.C. Arts Council's HomegrownHandmade.com website that serves the Piedmont and Eastern regions of the state. |
| Service Area |
AdvantageWest |
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| Grantee | Haywood County |
| Contact | Mr. David V. Teague
215 N. Main St.
Waynesville, NC 28786
Tel: 828 452 7305
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| Project Title | Buy Haywood Market Development Project |
| Grant Amount | $60,000.00 |
| Project Description | This Golden LEAF grant will create the Buy Haywood Market Development Project which will develop a comprehensive plan to brand Haywood County tomatoes and peppers, and sell them to residents and visitors by organizing growers and providing extensive training in marketing strategies, developing efficient packing and shipping operations in cooperation with a local packing facility, and increasing local sales potential by hiring a marketing coordinator to develop sales opportunities with local supermarkets and restaurants. |
| Service Area |
Haywood |
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| Grantee | Indian Health Care Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. Fred L. Rogers
P.O. Box 3221
Lumberton, NC 28359
Tel: 910-272-8300
Fax: 910-272-8388
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| Project Title | Indian Health Care Clinic |
| Grant Amount | $105,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support Indian Health Care's efforts to double the number of Native Americans in Robeson County receiving primary care services and low-cost medication. The population served by the grant will consist of individuals who are uninsured or otherwise unable to pay the cost of medical care. |
| Service Area |
Robeson, Scotland |
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| Grantee | James Sprunt Community College |
| Contact | Ms. June A. Davis
P. O. Box 398
Kenansville, NC 28349
Tel: (910) 296-2400
Fax: (910) 296-1636
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| Project Title | SE NC Regional Muscadine Education and Demonstration Vineyard |
| Grant Amount | $25,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to support the installation of the SE NC Regional Muscadine Education and Demonstration Vineyard. |
| Service Area |
Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson, Wayne |
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| Grantee | Johnston Community College |
| Contact | Ms. Linda Smith
245 College Road
PO Box 2350
Smithfield, NC 27565
Tel: (919) 209-2052
Fax: (919) 209-2142
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| Project Title | LPN to ADN -- An Accelerated Healthcare Option |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support curriculum development and provide increased training opportunities to meet demand from eligible LPNs desiring to complete requirements for RN certification, and help fill open positions for registered nurses at area hospitals. |
| Service Area |
Harnett, Johnston |
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| Grantee | Johnston County Visitors Bureau |
| Contact | Ms. Donna Bailey-Taylor
1115 Industrial Park Drive
Smithfield, NC 27577
Tel: (919) 989-8687
Fax: (919) 989-6295
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| Project Title | I-95 Corridor Association - Tourism Marketing Plan |
| Grant Amount | $85,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the production of a comprehensive tourism development and marketing plan for seven counties (Halifax, Wilson, Nash, Johnston, Harnett, Cumberland and Robeson) along the I-95 corridor. |
| Service Area |
Cumberland, Halifax, Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Robeson, Wilson |
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| Grantee | Marine Corps Museum of the Carolinas |
| Contact | Col. George W. Ayers
626 New Bridge Street
PO Box 1046
Jacksonville, NC 28541
Tel: (910) 937-0033
Fax: (910) 937-0537
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| Project Title | Marine Corps Museum of the Carolinas |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the creation of the Marine Corp Museum of the Carolinas, a permanent home for the documentation, study, and preservation of Marine Corps history in the Carolinas and the local communities that have supported its bases since 1941. The Museum will be located in downtown Jacksonville. It is expected to draw 150,000-200,000 new visitors per year. |
| Service Area |
Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, New Hanover, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pender |
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| Grantee | Mitchell County Development Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Shirley A. Hise
PO Box 858
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Tel: (828) 766-9033
Fax: (828) 766-9034
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| Project Title | The Home of the Perfect Christmas Tree |
| Grant Amount | $54,500.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support a small business development project and branding and marketing initiative for Mitchell County utilizing its designation as the "Home of the Perfect Christmas Tree." |
| Service Area |
AdvantageWest |
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| Grantee | Montgomery Economic Development Corporation |
| Contact | Ms. Marla G. Coulthard
P.O. Box 637
Troy, NC 27371
Tel: 910 572 2575
Fax: 910 572 5139
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| Project Title | Montgomery County Tourism Development Project |
| Grant Amount | $35,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to support efforts to improve and expand the tourism economy of Montgomery County by developing a Tourism Master Plan to include an Economic Feasibility Study for the development of tourism businesses. This project is the result of countywide planning undertaken through the 21st Century Communities Program led by the North Carolina Department of Commerce. |
| Service Area |
Montgomery |
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| Grantee | Murfreesboro Historical Association |
| Contact | Mrs. Susan Alston
116 East Main Street
PO Box 3
Murfreesboro, NC 27855
Tel: (252) 398-5922
Fax: (252) 398-5871
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| Project Title | New Displays and Addition to the Agriculture Museum in Historic Murfreesboro |
| Grant Amount | $17,000 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support tourism development in Murfreesboro through the expansion of the existing Agriculture Museum. The project will compliment the Murfreesboro Historical Association's newly adopted two-year marketing plan whose completion date will coincide with the opening of the Carolina Crossroads entertainment complex in Halifax County. |
| Service Area |
Hertford |
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| Grantee | Nash Community College |
| Contact | Mr. Michael P. Hudson
522 North Old Carriage Road
PO Box 7488
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Tel: (252) 443-4011
Fax: (252) 937-2712
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| Project Title | NIMS Certification Center |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to assist Nash Community College with completing the requirements to become a National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) certified testing center and with acquiring equipment to train students and provide them with skills needed in high demand employment areas. |
| Service Area |
Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Johnston, Wake, Warren, Wilson |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
| Contact | Dr. N. Radhakrishnan
1601 East Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27411
Tel: (336) 334-7995
Fax: (336) 334-7086
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| Project Title | The North Carolina Advanced Composites Training and Education Center
(NCACTEC)
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| Grant Amount | $300,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to support the development of the North Carolina Center for Advanced Composites Training and Education at North Carolina A&T State University. The Center will provide the required education and training on the manufacturing and design practices used within composites applications industries. |
| Service Area |
Alamance, Caswell, Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Kathy Kennel
Campus Box 7645
120 Patterson Hall
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7645
Tel: 919-515-9262
Fax: 919-515-5274
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| Project Title | Developing an Organic Grain Industry in North Carolina |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to improve the market for organic grains by increasing the number of North Carolina farms producing organic grains, increasing the profitability of organic grains on North Carolina farms already producing organic grains, and expanding the organic grain market by increasing the number of organically certified grain producers in North Carolina. |
| Service Area |
Duplin, Hyde, Wayne |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Kathy Kennel
Campus Box 7645
120 Patterson Hall
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7645
Tel: 919-515-9262
Fax: 919-515-5274
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| Project Title | Management of Pierce's Disease of Grapes in the Piedmont of North Carolina |
| Grant Amount | $71,145.00 |
| Project Description | Pierce's disease is a deadly infection, carried by insects, that can kill infected grape vines in one to two years. This Golden LEAF grant will support work to develop a program to manage Pierce's Disesase in grapes grown in the Piedmont region of North Carolina through pruning, insecticide treatment for vector control, and management or removal of disease hosts surrounding the vineyards. |
| Service Area |
Piedmont Triad Region |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Kathy Kennel
Campus Box 7645
120 Patterson Hall
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7645
Tel: 919-515-9262
Fax: 919-515-5274
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| Project Title | Improving Marketing Opportunities for North Carolina Peanuts Through Evaluation of Yield and Quality of New Varieties |
| Grant Amount | $35,430.00 |
| Project Description | This Golden LEAF grant will support work to identify superior runner-type peanuts suitable for North Carolina, evaluate processing quality of new varieties of peanuts, and provide marketing opportunities for new varieties of peanuts. Runner-type peanuts are used primarily in peanut butter and candy, and have not historically been grown in North Carolina. |
| Service Area |
Eastern Region, Northeast Region, Southeast Region |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Community College System |
| Contact | Ms. Karen Yerby
5001 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-5001
Tel: 919-807-7156
Fax: 919-733-0680
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| Project Title | Golden LEAF Scholars Program--Two-Year Colleges
www.CFNC.org/goldenleaf |
| Grant Amount | $500,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide continued support to the North Carolina Community College System in the area of scholarships for tuition, fees and other related costs for a minimum of 330 eligible students attending any of North Carolina's 58 community colleges. Eligible students will be those who reside in rural counties that are tobacco-dependent and/or economically distressed and demonstrate need according to federal standards. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Community College System |
| Contact | Mrs. Chancy M. Kapp
5001 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-5001
Tel: 919-807-7156
Fax: 919-733-0680
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| Project Title | Skills for Building Great Futures: A Statewide Awareness Campaign for Machining, Construction Trades and Boatbuilding |
| Grant Amount | $250,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to assist the North Carolina Community College System with a television, cable and radio campaign in support of community college programs in machining, construction trades, and skills related to the growing boatbuilding industry. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
| Contact | Mr. Joe Sanderson
1001 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1001
Tel: (919) 733-7125
Fax: (919) 733-1141
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| Project Title | 'Got to Be NC' Agricultural Marketing Initiative 2nd Year |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide a second year of support for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture's "Got to Be NC" program. Activities of the project include targeted marketing of North Carolina products at grocery retailers and food service distributors, retail supercenters, and restaurants. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
| Contact | Mr. Delmon Dewitt Hardee
1001 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1001
Tel: (919) 733-7125
Fax: (919) 733-1141
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| Project Title | North Carolina Dairy Stabilization and Growth Program Study |
| Grant Amount | $75,000.00 |
| Project Description | This Golden LEAF grant will support the creation of a strategic plan for the North Carolina dairy industry, and implementation of that plan. The plan will include a list of specific activities with a high probability of having a positive impact on the North Carolina dairy industry. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Development Finance Authority |
| Contact | Dr. Frank Bordeaux
P.O. Box 27908
Raleigh, NC 27611
Tel: (919) 790-3949
Fax: (919) 790-3954
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| Project Title | Increasing Agribusiness Capital with SBA Loans |
| Grant Amount | $300,000 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this project is to assist with start-up of the North Carolina Development Finance Corporation which will provide more financing options to agribusinesses and rural enterprises by expanding the use of existing programs of federal agencies. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Folklife Institute |
| Contact | Ms. Beverly B. Patterson
2726 Croasdaile Drive, Suite 203 B
Durham, NC 27705
Tel: (919) 383-5575
Fax: (919) 383-5577
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| Project Title | Developing a Showcase for Blue Ridge Traditions |
| Grant Amount | $40,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support heritage tourism and small business development efforts in the town of Old Fort in McDowell County, N.C. |
| Service Area |
McDowell |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Forestry Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. David L. Ashcraft
NC State University
Box 8005
Raleigh, NC 27695-8005
Tel: 919-515-5723
Fax: 919-515-6302
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| Project Title | Development of Torrefaction for North Carolina Woody Biomass |
| Grant Amount | $175,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to develop a low cost, mobile torrefaction system that uses heat to reduce the moisture content in wood chips resulting in a more energy dense, transportable fuel that can be used in many applications, including, potentially, co-firing with coal in power plants. The process has the added benefit of providing an economically valuable use for cull trees and logging residue. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Forestry Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. David L. Ashcraft
NC State University
Box 8005
Raleigh, NC 27695-8005
Tel: 919-515-5723
Fax: 919-515-6302
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| Project Title | The North Carolina Birding Trail Initiative: Economic Development, Environmental Education, and Conservation |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide a matching challenge grant to support the completion of trail guidebooks for the North Carolina Birding Trail. This project will help create, particularly in rural economically-distressed counties, nature-based tourism opportunities as a tool for community and economic development. |
| Service Area |
Eastern Region, Northeast Region, Southeast Region |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation Districts |
| Contact | Mr. Cecil Settle
2012 Lodestar Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina 27615-2519
Tel: (919) 873-2158
Fax: (919) 873-2156
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| Project Title | Building Economically Viable Small, Limited Resource, And/or Minority Owned/Operated Beef Cattle Farms in the NC Piedmont and Mountains |
| Grant Amount | $52,500.00 |
| Project Description | This project will provide no-tillage planters to small, limited resource, and/or minority owned and operated beef cattle farms in the Burke, Cabarrus, and Polk Soil and Water Conservation Districts. The planters will be used to improve pastures, reintroduce low maintenance native grass species, and establish wildlife food plots. The improvements will provide additional income through increased beef production and create the opportunity for additional income through the sale of hunting rights. |
| Service Area |
Burke, Cabarrus, Polk |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities |
| Contact | Dr. A. Hope Williams
879-A Washington Street
Raleigh, NC 27605
Tel: (919) 832-5817
Fax: (919) 829-7358
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| Project Title | Golden LEAF Foundation Scholarships |
| Grant Amount | $1,296,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to provide continued support for The Golden LEAF Scholars Program at North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities. Funding for scholarships to the member schools will cover tuition and fees for the Spring 2007, Fall 2007, and Spring 2008 semesters. Eligible students must reside in a rural county in North Carolina that is designated by Golden LEAF as tobacco-dependent, and demonstrate financial need. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Indian Economic Development Initiative, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. William A. Hayes
P.O. Box 716
Fayetteville, NC 28302
Tel: 910-486-6555
Fax: 910-860-0555
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| Project Title | Creating Employment through Expansion and Starting Indian Construction Firms |
| Grant Amount | $75,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support efforts to bring to qualified small Indian construction firms operating in or headquartered in economically distressed and tobacco dependent counties the resources they need to obtain and deliver larger contracts. This project expects to create at least 150 new jobs. |
| Service Area |
Alamance, Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Forsyth, Guilford, Harnett, Hoke, Orange, Person, Sampson, Scotland, Wake, Warren |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina Medical Society Foundation |
| Contact | Ms. Pamela P. Highsmith
PO Box 27167
Raleigh, NC 27611
Tel: (919) 833-3836
Fax: (919) 833-2023
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| Project Title | Community Practitioner Program |
| Grant Amount | $250,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the Community Practitioner Program's efforts to expand access to health care and create employment and economic development opportunities in rural, economically distressed and tobacco-dependent communities. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina State University |
| Contact | Mr. Matthew Ronning
Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance
Box 7514
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7514
Tel: (919) 515-2444
Fax: (919) 515-7721
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| Project Title | Conservation, Development and Commercialization of Flowering Dogwoods |
| Grant Amount | $52,648.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to develop new disease resistant dogwood varieties specifically designed for the southeast region. The project leaders will select native dogwoods with excellent disease resistance and use these varieties in a breeding program to develop new hybrids with expanded commercial potential. These new varieties will then be made available to the North Carolina nursery industry. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina State University |
| Contact | Mr. Matthew Ronning
Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance
Box 7514
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7514
Tel: (919) 515-2444
Fax: (919) 515-7721
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| Project Title | Development of a Lettuce Industry in NC |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | There has been a recent increase in the demand for lettuce produced in North Carolina. This project will meet that demand by researching the best performing lettuce cultivars, establishing schedules for transplanting and direct seedings, and analyzing issues related to fertilization, diseases, weeds, and pests. Research will also include cabbage. Work will take place across the state, and will involve both North Carolina State University and North Carolina A & T. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina State University |
| Contact | Mr. Matthew Ronning
Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance
Box 7514
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7514
Tel: (919) 515-2444
Fax: (919) 515-7721
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| Project Title | Energy Crops for North Carolina, Phase II |
| Grant Amount | $250,000.00 |
| Project Description | This project will extend efforts to demonstrate the agronomic and economic viability of energy crops and their potential for biofuel and power production. The project will also encourage commercial processing of the crops through meetings with partners such as potential canola crushers, biodiesel and ethanol producers, and power generators. The project will continue work on canola, switchgrass, and hulless barley supported by prior Golden LEAF funding, and begin work with other feedstocks, including Bermudagrass and timber. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina State University |
| Contact | Mr. Matthew Ronning
Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance
Box 7514
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7514
Tel: (919) 515-2444
Fax: (919) 515-7721
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| Project Title | Pilot Plant to Enhance Sustainable Conversion of Biomass to Ethanol Fuels in NC |
| Grant Amount | $1,500,000 |
| Project Description | Golden LEAF funds will be used to design, construct and commission a pilot plant to develop technology to convert low-value biomass resources easily grown in North Carolina into ethanol. The objectives of this project are to create markets for low-value agriculture products, boost the state's economy, enhance economic opportunities and quality of life in rural communities, and foster and support a new biomass-based energy infrastructure. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | North Carolina State University |
| Contact | Mr. Matthew Ronning
Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance
Box 7514
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7514
Tel: (919) 515-2444
Fax: (919) 515-7721
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| Project Title | Targeting Market Windows for Raspberry and Blackberry Production in Western North Carolina |
| Grant Amount | $30,000.00 |
| Project Description | This Golden LEAF grant will support efforts to extend the season for production on blackberries and raspberries in western North Carolina to meet a demonstrated demand for the berries from retailers, the pick your own market, and others. The project will expand upon successful research that began in the spring of 2006. |
| Service Area |
AdvantageWest |
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| Grantee | North Carolina Tobacco Foundation |
| Contact | Ms. Kathy Kennel
Campus Box 7645
NCSU
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7645
Tel: 919-515-2000
Fax: 919-515-5274
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| Project Title | Development of Tobacco with Resistance to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus |
| Grant Amount | $43,350.00 |
| Project Description | Golden LEAF funds will be used to support a breeding program to develop tobacco with resistance to tomato spotted wilt virus. The virus caused an estimated $45 million in tobacco losses in 2002, and presents an ongoing challenge to North Carolina tobacco farmers. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments |
| Contact | Ms. Dean Burgess
400 West 4th Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Tel: 336-761-2111
Fax: 336-761-2112
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| Project Title | Yadkin County Medicare Specialist |
| Grant Amount | $10,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help extend support for the expansion of the Medicare Prescription Drug Specialist Program in Yadkin County. This program assists Yadkin County senior citizens in obtaining informed answers about available prescription drug plans and other Medicare questions. |
| Service Area |
Yadkin |
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| Grantee | Perquimans County |
| Contact | Mr. Bobby C. Darden
128 North Church Street
Hertford, NC 27944
Tel: (252) 426-8484
Fax: (252) 426-4034
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| Project Title | Perquimans County Nature Tourism Development Project |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the efforts of Perquimans County to stimulate economic development through nature-based tourism activities by creating a network of public access points and camping platforms along the Perquimans River. |
| Service Area |
Perquimans |
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| Grantee | Piedmont Triad Research Park |
| Contact | Mr. Chadam D. Nolan
200 East First Street, Suite 103
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Tel: (336) 716-4903
Fax: (336) 777-3260
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| Project Title | Piedmont Triad Research Park Development Project |
| Grant Amount | $1,000,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support Phase I infrastructure development at the Piedmont Triad Research Park. The initial phase of the project is expected to create 825 jobs. |
| Service Area |
Alleghany, Ashe, Davie, Forsyth, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin |
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| Grantee | Pitt Community College |
| Contact | Mr. Roy C. Lanier
P.O. Box 7007
Greenville, North Carolina 27835-7007
Tel: (252) 321-4513
Fax: (252) 321-4218
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| Project Title | Pitt Community College Mobile Welding Lab |
| Grant Amount | $250,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to assist Pitt Community College with a mobile welding lab to provide vocational skills training to the educationally underserved areas of Pitt and surrounding counties and high schools without a welding curriculum. |
| Service Area |
Beaufort, Bertie, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Wilson |
|
| Grantee | Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation |
| Contact | Ms. Beth Sigmon
PO Box 8489
Greenville, NC 27835-6028
Tel: 252-847-5626
Fax: 252-847-7601
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| Project Title | East Carolina Heart Institute at Pitt County Memorial Hospital |
| Grant Amount | $500,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist with the development of a cardiovascular research and education center that will provide outpatient care, scientific research and clinical trials to improve the cardiovascular health of eastern North Carolinians through treatment, prevention, and new scientific discoveries. This project expects to create 375 new, full-time jobs. |
| Service Area |
Northeast Region, Eastern Region |
|
| Grantee | Robeson Community College |
| Contact | Ms. Lynda W. Parlett, MS
P.O. Box 1420
Lumberton, NC 28359
Tel: 910-618-5680
Fax: 910-918-5685
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| Project Title | Supporting Construction: a Heavy Equipment Operator Program |
| Grant Amount | $227,189 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to help fund initial startup costs for a Heavy Equipment Operator training program at Robeson Community College that is in response to industry requests (from six construction companies) for highly skilled applicants to fill 24 vacant positions. |
| Service Area |
Bladen, Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson, Scotland |
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| Grantee | Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA) |
| Contact | Mr. Jason L. Roehrig
PO Box 640
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: (919) 542-1396
Fax: (919) 542-0069
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| Project Title | Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund |
| Grant Amount | $200,000.00 |
| Project Description | Golden LEAF funds will support 15 agricultural initiatives that will investigate and demonstrate ways to replace lost tobacco income. Eligible participants will include farmers that live in selected Golden LEAF priority counties, and that earned income from tobacco at the time of the Master Settlement Agreement. Also eligible will be cooperative farmer organizations in the identified counties. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help |
| Contact | Mrs. Dothula E. Baron-Hall
1912 W. Wards Bridge Road
Warsaw, NC 29398
Tel: (910) 296-1180
Fax: (910) 296-1169
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| Project Title | Black Farmers Economic Enhancement Project (BFEEP) |
| Grant Amount | $27,000.00 |
| Project Description | This Golden LEAF grant will support an educational project on farms of 50 acres or less owned by African Americans and in schools by educating students about the farms and opportunities for farmers, supporting field trips to the farms, sponsoring quarterly meetings among farmers, students, and teachers, and recruiting and hiring 7 students to work as interns on the farms. |
| Service Area |
Duplin |
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| Grantee | Salem Academy and College |
| Contact | Ms. Jane A. Carmichael
PO Box10548
Winston-Salem, NC 27108
Tel: 336-917-5552
Fax: 336-721-2832
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| Project Title | The Single Sisters House (1785) Restoration |
| Grant Amount | $150,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist Salem Academy and College with the restoration of the Single Sisters House located on the campus in the heart of the National Historic Landmark District of Old Salem. The project will train local construction workers in historic preservation construction techniques and increase tourism. |
| Service Area |
Piedmont Triad Region\Forsyth |
|
| Grantee | Sampson Community College |
| Contact | Mr. William Aiken
PO Box 318
Clinton, NC 28329-0318
Tel: (910) 592-8081
Fax: (910) 592-8048
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| Project Title | Ammonia Refrigeration |
| Grant Amount | $300,000 |
| Project Description | This Golden LEAF grant will support the purchase of equipment needed to create an ammonia refrigeration program. Ammonia refrigeration is an integral part of many industries in NC and is used commonly by pork/poultry and food processing businesses and in the biotechnology industry. The program would benefit North Carolina industries that use ammonia refrigeration, including Prestage Farms, Smithfield Foods, Carolina Turkeys, other food processing facilities, and biotech companies. |
| Service Area |
Southeast Region |
|
| Grantee | St. Joseph's Historic Foundation, Inc. - Hayti Heritage Center |
| Contact | Ms. V. Dianne Pledger
804 Old Fayetteville St.
Durham, NC 27701
Tel: 919 683 1709
Fax: 919 682 5869
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| Project Title | Permanent Exhibition and Cultural Tourism Trail |
| Grant Amount | $300,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support the development of a cultural tourism project within the Hayti community and Hayti Heritage Center, an African American cultural center and national historic landmark. |
| Service Area |
Durham |
|
| Grantee | Tar River Land Conservancy |
| Contact | Mrs. Cynthia W. Satterfield
P.O. Box 1161
Louisburg, NC 27549
Tel: 919-496-5902
Fax: 919-496-6940
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| Project Title | Paddle the Tar |
| Grant Amount | $35,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist with a regional effort to develop and market a paddle trail system along the Tar River in Granville, Vance, Franklin, Nash and Edgecombe counties. When complete, the trail will create a regional network encompassing public parks, scenic byways, Homegrown Handmade routes, hiking trails, bike paths and walkable historic districts, distinguishing the Tar River region as a unique tourism destination. |
| Service Area |
Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Nash, Vance |
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| Grantee | Teach For America North Carolina |
| Contact | Mr. Alex S. Quigley
150 Fayetteville Street Mall, Suite 240
Raleigh, NC 27601
Tel: (919) 754-0700
Fax: (919) 754-0705
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| Project Title | Teach For America - Eastern North Carolina 2007 Sponsor-A-Teacher Project |
| Grant Amount | $175,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide a third year of support for Teach for America in its mission of recruiting the most highly sought-after recent college graduates from the nation's top-tier schools to commit to two years of teaching in Halifax, Northampton, Vance, Warren and Bertie counties. Funds for this project will be used to assist with the recruiting, selection, training, placement and ongoing support for 20 new corps members working in the northeastern counties of rural North Carolina. |
| Service Area |
Halifax, Northampton, Vance, Warren |
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| Grantee | Town of Plymouth |
| Contact | The Honorable Brian A. Roth
PO Box 806
124 E. Water Street
Plymouth, NC 27862
Tel: (252) 793-9101
Fax: (252) 793-6738
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| Project Title | Airport Modernization for Economic Development (Phase II) |
| Grant Amount | $450,000 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to provide support for an extension of the runway at the Plymouth Municipal Airport. This extension is a part of Phase II of the Town's Airport Modernization for Economic Development Project. These strategic improvements to the airport will create an important economic tool for industrial/commercial development. |
| Service Area |
Washington |
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| Grantee | Turnage Theaters Foundation, Inc. |
| Contact | Mr. John D. Vogt
PO Box 276
Washington, NC 27889
Tel: 252-975-1711
Fax: 252-974-1481
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| Project Title | Turnage Theater Revitalization |
| Grant Amount | $50,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to aid economic development efforts in the City of Washington and Beaufort County by supporting the development of the Turnage Theater into a new venue to attract tourism revenue. This project expects to create more than 25 jobs. |
| Service Area |
Beaufort, Craven, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt, Washington |
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| Grantee | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill |
| Contact | Dr. James E. Peterson
104 Airport Drive, Suite 2200
CB# 1350
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1350
Tel: (919) 966-3411
Fax: (919) 962-3352
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| Project Title | The North Carolina Entrepreneurship Education Initiative |
| Grant Amount | $125,000 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to provide initial support to UNC Chapel Hill and its strategic partners for professional development targeting school administrators and teachers, and to begin the process of establishing a K-20 curriculum for entrepreneurial education. |
| Service Area |
Alleghany, Ashe, Bertie, Bladen, Burke, Caldwell, Chowan, Columbus, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Northampton, Onslow, Robeson, Scotland, Vance, Warren, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes |
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| Grantee | University of North Carolina - General Administration |
| Contact | Ms. Shirley H. Arrington
910 Raleigh Road
PO Box 2688
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
Tel: (919) 962-1000
Fax: (919) 962-2751
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| Project Title | FastTrack to the Classroom |
| Grant Amount | $100,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to help eligible teacher assistants and other paraprofessionals, who are within one year of completing coursework and student teaching requirements, obtain teaching certification/licensure. |
| Service Area |
Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Chowan, Columbus, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Person, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson, Vance, Transylvania, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilson |
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| Grantee | University of North Carolina - General Administration |
| Contact | Ms. Sarah M. Smith
910 Raleigh Road
PO Box 2688
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
Tel: (919) 962-1000
Fax: (919) 962-2751
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| Project Title | Golden LEAF Scholars Program
www.CFNC.org/goldenleaf |
| Grant Amount | $1,740,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide continued support for the Golden LEAF Scholars Program. This program will provide scholarships of $1500 per semester (Fall 2007 and Spring 2008) for 150 freshmen, 110 sophomores, 110 juniors, 110 seniors, and 100 community college transfer students, covering tuition and fees to any of North Carolina's public universities to which they are admitted. Eligible students must reside in a rural county in North Carolina that is designated by Golden LEAF as tobacco-dependent and/or deemed economically distressed, and demonstrate financial need. |
| Service Area |
Statewide |
|
| Grantee | Wilkes Community College |
| Contact | Mr. John D. Hauser
P.O. Box 120
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Tel: 336-838-6100
Fax: 336-838-6277
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| Project Title | Northwest North Carolina Advanced Materials Center |
| Grant Amount | $1,200,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to assist Wilkes Community College with developing the Northwest North Carolina Advanced Materials Center to complement the ongoing work of the Northwest North Carolina Advanced Materials Cluster. The Center will provide workforce development training, foster applied research on composites, develop an education partnership with the NC university system, and enhance teaching and workforce development capabilities through distance education. |
| Service Area |
Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, McDowell, Watauga |
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| Grantee | Yadkin Valley Craft Guild, Inc. |
| Contact | Ms. Doris C. Petersham
P.O. Box 24
Elkin, NC 28621
Tel: 336 835 7163
Fax: 336 217 8844
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| Project Title | Pilot Crafts Apprenticeship/Mentoring Program |
| Grant Amount | $47,000.00 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this grant is to assist the Yadkin Valley Craft Guild with a training and apprenticeship program that will help workers in the Yadkin Valley learn craft production. |
| Service Area |
Alleghany, Ashe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Rowan, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, Yancey |
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Golden LEAF Foundation
301 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804
252-442-7474 phone 252-442-7404 fax 888-684-8404 toll free
www.goldenleaf.org
email: info@goldenleaf.org
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