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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 3, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-d <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Projects for Golden LEAF Foundation's Community Based <br /> Grantsmaking Initiative <br /> DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office, Economic <br /> Development <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Community Based Grantsmaking Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager, <br /> Initiative (CBGI) FY 2018 Proposed 919-245-2308 <br /> Project Summary Steve Brantley, Economic Development, <br /> 2) Golden LEAF Community Based 919-245-2326 <br /> Grantsmaking Initiative PowerPoint <br /> 3) September 26, 2017 Letter from Town <br /> of Carrboro Mayor <br /> UNDER SEPARATE COVER <br /> 4) Additional Grant Application <br /> Information — Only Available <br /> Electronically at: <br /> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xof3dc6ov0 <br /> cu1m1/AA p5axq CzOl OU116myo <br /> Za?d1=0 <br /> PURPOSE: To review and select up to three grant proposals, totaling no more than $1.5 million <br /> for all three proposals, and authorize the County Manager to submit by October 20th to the <br /> Golden LEAF Foundation's FY2018 Community Based Grantsmaking Initiative. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Golden LEAF Foundation is North Carolina's designated tobacco <br /> settlement trust agency that makes grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofits and governmental entities <br /> across North Carolina. Approved grants focus on three core priorities: agriculture, economic <br /> development job growth and retention, and workforce preparedness. Projects that focus on <br /> other opportunities to support and develop economic strength in tobacco-dependent, <br /> economically distressed, and/or rural communities are considered. The Foundation's mission is <br /> to transform the economy of rural, tobacco-dependent and economically distressed areas of the <br /> state. In calendar year 2016, the Golden LEAF Foundation Board of Directors awarded over <br /> $105 million in grants. <br /> On August 7th County staff attended a presentation by Golden LEAF Foundation President Dan <br /> Gerlach, who outlined the agency's "Community Based Grantsmaking Initiative" for FY 17-18 <br /> that is now focusing on the 15-county North Central Region of the North Carolina. The <br />