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<br />West Farm Site Millard
<br />Grantee Greater Statesville Area Committee
<br />of 100
<br />Amount- $150,000
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will be used for
<br />infrastructure needed for Millard
<br />Refrigerated Services' acquisition and
<br />expansion of the existing Polar Cold
<br />Storage Facility. Millard will offer cold
<br />storage, blast- freezing and distribution
<br />for the poultry industry. The program
<br />will create a minimum of 30 new jobs,
<br />help meet current and increased
<br />demands of business and industry,
<br />provide water backup for industrial
<br />needs, support job creation and
<br />retention initiatives in agri - business, work
<br />with the community college system in
<br />training to meet job market demands,
<br />and develop a workforce partnership to
<br />assure job readiness in rural Iredell and
<br />surrounding communities.
<br />Servicing Iredell, Yadkin, Cabarrus, Guilford, Surry,
<br />Stokes, Rockingham and Alexander
<br />Counties
<br />Thomas Built Buses Training Initiative
<br />Grantee Guilford Technical Community College
<br />Amount $500,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to assist Guilford Technical Community
<br />College with retraining incumbent
<br />workers at Thomas Built Buses. The
<br />project will create 178 new jobs and
<br />retain 1,000 production jobs.
<br />Servicing Alamance, Guilford, Randolph, Davidson,
<br />Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin,
<br />Montgomery and Davie Counties
<br />Harnett County Industrial Park
<br />Certification— Edgerton i
<br />Grantee Harnett County Economic
<br />Development Commission
<br />Amount $1,000
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will enable the
<br />Harnett County Economic Development
<br />Commission to obtain site certification for
<br />the Edgerton I industrial Park, a 47 -acre
<br />tract of land located outside the city limits
<br />of Dunn, NC. Certification of the site will
<br />verify for prospective clients that an in-
<br />depth analysis of the property has been
<br />completed. Site certification will increase
<br />the statewide inventory of certified sites
<br />and offer Harnett County a competitive
<br />edge in industrial recruitment. Upon
<br />certification, the Harnett County
<br />Economic Development Commission will
<br />begin marketing the Edgerton I Industrial
<br />Park as a "shovel- ready" site.
<br />Servicing Harnett County
<br />A Multi- Faceted Approach to Agricultural
<br />and Economic Revitalization
<br />Grantee Haywood County Agriculture
<br />and Activities Center Association, Inc.
<br />Amount $200,000
<br />Project Funds from this Golden LEAF grant are
<br />to be used to complete an all- weather,
<br />multi - purpose facility as a year -round
<br />market outlet for agricultural products
<br />and a regional center for agricultural
<br />events.
<br />Servicing Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
<br />Jackison, Macon and Swain Counties
<br />Opportunities for Work
<br />Grantee Industrial Opportunities, Inc.
<br />Amount $60;000
<br />Project The purpose of this grant is to purchase
<br />equipment to fulfill contracts worth
<br />$1.5 *million to manufacture A -22 cargo
<br />bags and extraction lines for U.S.
<br />military airdrops. The plan is to employ
<br />30 disadvantaged workers. Focusing on
<br />dislocated older workers, this project
<br />will increase job training and variety of
<br />work offered to adults with disabilities.
<br />The project will be sustained from the
<br />sale of goods. The long -term impact is
<br />to offer additional employment
<br />opportunities to a three -county area that
<br />has lost jobs due to loss of textile plants,
<br />a furniture plant and the loss of
<br />productive farms. The equipment will be
<br />used after the life of this contract to
<br />attract other contracts that require this
<br />specialty equipment.
<br />Servicing Cherokee, Clay, Graham and Macon
<br />Counties
<br />Goat Milk Cheese Processing Facility
<br />Cooperative
<br />Grantee Johnston County Goat Producers
<br />Association
<br />Amount $15,000
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant is to support the
<br />development of a feasibility study for a
<br />farmer owned, goat milk cheese -
<br />processing facility in Johnston County.
<br />Servicing Johnston, Harnett, Wake and Wilson
<br />Counties
<br />Clayton Biotechnology and Workforce
<br />Training Center
<br />Grantee Johnston County Industrial
<br />Development Corporation
<br />Amount $241,500
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to assist Johnston County Industrial
<br />Development Corporation with
<br />predevelopment costs associated with
<br />the creation of the Clayton
<br />Biotechnology and Workforce Training
<br />Center.
<br />Servicing Johnston County
<br />Mor/obs— Morganite and /CI Partnering
<br />to Create More fobs!
<br />Grantee Johnston County Industries, Inc.
<br />Amount $150,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to assist Johnston County Industries with
<br />purchasing equipment and training
<br />individuals to manufacture 20,000
<br />commutators per day under contract
<br />with Morganite. The project will create
<br />60 new jobs and generate $16 million in
<br />new revenues for Johnston and Harnett
<br />counties.
<br />Servicing Johnston and Harnett Counties
<br />GOLDENLEAF 2002 Annual Report 15
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