The purpose of this grant is to assist Bladen’s Bloomin’ Agri-Industrial (BBAI) with the upfit of a 20,000 sf. spec building in Bladenboro to finished incubator space. Potential clients who have visited the building could not finance the upfit or did not have the flexibility to wait for an upfit. The building is owned by BBAI and will be leased or sold at fair market value. It is estimated that the project will create 20-50 new jobs over the next 3 years and $1-2 million of new tax base for the town and county.