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GRANT APPLICATION WORKSHOP

Building Entrepreneurial Communities. GRANT APPLICATION WORKSHOP. Nebraska Agriculture Innovation Advantage (LB90) $250,000 available per year FY 2005-2006 and FY 2006-2007. BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES.

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GRANT APPLICATION WORKSHOP

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  1. Building Entrepreneurial Communities GRANT APPLICATIONWORKSHOP

  2. Nebraska Agriculture Innovation Advantage (LB90) $250,000 available per year FY 2005-2006 and FY 2006-2007 BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES

  3. The purpose is to support economically depressed rural areas of Nebraska in building entrepreneurial communities through grants that will create community capacity BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES

  4. Requires coalition of local governments and other parties Everyone can participate BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES

  5. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS Eligible applicants include every local government (municipality or county) unincorporated areas within a county, or census tracts that are collaborating

  6. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS • At least TWO local eligible applicants must collaborate on the project

  7. At least ONE of the local governments must have chronic distress: As indicated by… APPLICANTS

  8. APPLICANTS • An unemployment rate which exceeds the statewide average unemployment rate; • A per capita income below the statewide average per capita income; or

  9. A population loss between the two most recent federal decennial censuses (#3 is new wording passed in LB1003 effective 3/6/06) APPLICANTS 1990 2000

  10. Provide education and technical assistance to energize small business development and entrepreneurship Provide technical assistance to facilitate small business transfer ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES

  11. Build community business capacity and leadership programs Generate opportunities that will attract and retain young people and families ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES

  12. MORE ACTIVITIES • Provide education about philanthropy and intergenerational transfer of wealth, and • Build community endowments to support these activities

  13. Maximum amount for an award per collaboration project is $75,000. FUNDING LEVELS

  14. Grant recipients will have two (2) years to expend the grant funds from the date of the grant award. FUNDING LEVELS

  15. No municipality or county shall receive funding for more than one project. Check this point carefully when building coalitions to avoid being disqualified. FUNDING LEVELS

  16. FUNDING DOLLAR FOR DOLLARCASH match is required Match may not be from other state or federal funds

  17. BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES Application available online at www.ruralnebraska.info

  18. BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES • Recipients of Round One funding: Cambridge-McCook Chase-Perkins County Cherry County Cheyenne County Frontier County Furnas-Harlan County Knox County Scotts Bluff County Valley County

  19. BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES • Recipients of Round Two funding: Butler County Garfield County Grand Island/Omaha Holt County Knox County Logan County Nebraska City-Auburn and Tecumseh Phelps-Kearney County Thayer County Wayne County

  20. For assistance contact: Linda Fettig Rural Development Commission 308-749-2291 (phone and cell) 308-749-2223 (fax) linda.fettig@ded.ne.gov

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