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5 <br /> 1 Carrboro Community Acupuncture (Kim Calandra— business expansion) <br /> 2 Tempeh Girl (Beth May—sales expansion) <br /> 3 Woman Craft (Katherine Palomba — promotional <br /> 4 activities) <br /> 5 Trill Financial (Simon Jung —computer testing equipment) <br /> 6 MasterPeace Barber (Mark Holt— repairs to business location) <br /> 7 Regulator Brewing (Anna McDonald Dobbs — marketing) <br /> 8 Seal The Seasons (Patrick Mateer & Will Collins — machinery) <br /> 9 The Accidental Baker (Kevin Mason — new bakery equipment) <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Agricultural Investment Grant <br /> 12 Article 46 annual funding: $60,000 or 5% of total <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Summary of Awards to date: <br /> 15 • Grant program was approved by the BOCC in March 2015. <br /> 16 • 7 initial agriculture grants totaling $57,987.00 were recently approved in the program's <br /> 17 first quarterly round of applicant reviews. <br /> 18 • Grant program is funded by up to $60,000.00 annually from Article 46 proceeds. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Agricultural Investment Grant <br /> 21 Article 46 annual funding: $60,000 or 5% of total <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Approved Grants (first quarterly review): <br /> 24 • Taylor Fish Farm (Valee Taylor—tilapia fish farming) <br /> 25 • BoxCarr Farm (Austin Genke —fencing for milk goats) <br /> 26 • ColorFields Farm (Kelly Morrison — greenhouses) <br /> 27 • Four Leaf Farm (Tim McCaller— greenhouses) <br /> 28 • Smith Family Farm (Dawn Denson —well for irrigation) <br /> 29 • Dawn Breaker Farms (Ben Grimes — poultry processing equipment) <br /> 30 • Sweet Retreat Orchards (Aniko Redmon — irrigation system) <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Agricultural Investment Grant <br /> 33 Article 46 annual funding: $60,000 or 5% of total <br /> 34 <br /> 35 New Proposed Agriculture Grants: <br /> 36 (scheduled for second quarterly review on Nov. 18, 2015): <br /> 37 • 3 new applications have been received. <br /> 38 • 6 additional applications are anticipated to be submitted. <br /> 39 • $60,000 in total awards is forecast for the upcoming second quarterly review of new <br /> 40 applications. <br /> 41 • Initial marketing round included radio and newspaper ads; most recent marketing effort <br /> 42 had 800 post cards mailed out in Sept. 2015 to County-wide farms & agricultural-related <br /> 43 small firms <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Marketing & Collaborative Outreach <br /> 46 Article 46 annual funding: $20,000 or 1.5% of total <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Examples of Use: <br />