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Small Business Investment Grant <br /> Article 46 annual funding: $100,000 or 8% of total <br /> Approved Grants: <br /> • Carrboro Community Acupuncture (Kim Calandra — business expansion) <br /> • Tempeh Girl (Beth May— sales expansion) <br /> • Woman Craft (Katherine Palomba — promotional <br /> activities) <br /> • Trill Financial (Simon Jung — computer testing equipment) <br /> • MasterPeace Barber (Mark Holt— repairs to business location) <br /> • Regulator Brewing (Anna McDonald Dobbs — marketing) <br /> • Seal The Seasons (Patrick Mateer & Will Collins — machinery) <br /> • The Accidental Baker (Kevin Mason — new bakery equipment) <br /> Agricultural Investment Grant <br /> Article 46 annual funding: $60,000 or 5% of total <br /> Summary of Awards to date: <br /> • Grant program was approved by the BOCC in March 2015. <br /> • 7 initial agriculture grants totaling $57,987.00 were recently approved in the program's <br /> first quarterly round of applicant reviews. <br /> • Grant program is funded by up to $60,000.00 annually from Article 46 proceeds. <br /> Agricultural Investment Grant <br /> Article 46 annual funding: $60,000 or 5% of total <br /> Approved Grants (first quarterly review): <br /> • Taylor Fish Farm (Valee Taylor—tilapia fish farming) <br /> • BoxCarr Farm (Austin Genke —fencing for milk goats) <br /> • ColorFields Farm (Kelly Morrison — greenhouses) <br /> • Four Leaf Farm (Tim McCaller— greenhouses) <br /> • Smith Family Farm (Dawn Denson —well for irrigation) <br /> • Dawn Breaker Farms (Ben Grimes — poultry processing equipment) <br /> • Sweet Retreat Orchards (Aniko Redmon — irrigation system) <br /> Agricultural Investment Grant <br /> Article 46 annual funding: $60,000 or 5% of total <br /> New Proposed Agriculture Grants: <br /> (scheduled for second quarterly review on Nov. 18, 2015): <br /> • 3 new applications have been received. <br /> • 6 additional applications are anticipated to be submitted. <br /> • $60,000 in total awards is forecast for the upcoming second quarterly review of new <br /> applications. <br /> • Initial marketing round included radio and newspaper ads; most recent marketing effort <br /> had 800 post cards mailed out in Sept. 2015 to County-wide farms & agricultural- <br /> related small firms <br />