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"When .it'comes to the manufacturing
<br />of biotech products; thk field
<br />"is wide open ..J. his is our dream,
<br />and thjs is bur.. opportunityfor,it to
<br />happen It's all about lobs,, "It's all
<br />about employment."
<br />—Sen. Marc Basnight,
<br />President Pro Tern, N.C. Senate
<br />Golden LEAF Foundation Scholarships
<br />Grantee North Carolina Independent colleges
<br />and Universities
<br />Amount $90,000
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will be used to
<br />establish the Golden LEAF Scholars
<br />Program for North Carolina Independent
<br />Colleges and Universities. Funds will be
<br />used to provide one -year scholarships at
<br />$2,500 each for member schools (36
<br />total scholarships --one scholarship for
<br />each school) covering tuition and fees.
<br />Eligible recipients will be students who
<br />reside in the top tobacco dependent or
<br />Tier I counties in the state. Scholarships
<br />will be need and merit based.
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<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Creating a Statewide Community
<br />Development Credit Union
<br />Grantee North Carolina Minority Support
<br />Center
<br />Amount $100,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to assist the North Carolina Minority
<br />Support Center with equity capital for
<br />personal and commercial lending
<br />through a new community based
<br />financial institution, Generations
<br />Community Credit Union, that will serve
<br />families statewide.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Sowing the Seeds and Cultivating the Soil
<br />of Entrepreneurship
<br />Grantee North Carolina REAL Enterprises, Inc.
<br />Amount $53,806
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to assist North Carolina REAL Enterprises
<br />with expanding its entrepreneurial
<br />training program in seven tobacco
<br />dependent counties to support farmers
<br />and displaced workers who are in
<br />transition and interested in business
<br />ownership and expansion.
<br />Servicing Martin, Madison, Columbus, Granville,
<br />Vance, Warren and Bladen Counties
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<br />Grantee North Carolina Rural Economic
<br />Development Center, Inc.
<br />Amount $3,400,000
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will be used for
<br />the second phase.of the Rural Economic
<br />Development Center's Capital Asset
<br />Program. Phase One of the CAP involved
<br />more than 600 loans worth some $31
<br />million. Working with banks throughout
<br />the state, CAP provides a loan -loss reserve
<br />to allow banks to make loans to small
<br />businesses in rural and economically
<br />distressed areas that might otherwise not
<br />qualify for credit at a reasonable rate.
<br />The Rural Center expects this grant to
<br />leverage nearly $100 million in loans.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Civic Ventures Fund Demonstration —Phase ll
<br />Grantee North Carolina Rural Economic
<br />Development Center, Inc.
<br />Amount $125,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to support the Civic Ventures Fund in
<br />building the capacity of rural counties to
<br />work collaboratively to plan, develop,
<br />implement and evaluate sustainable
<br />development projects that address issues
<br />of local importance and produce clear
<br />returns on Investment.
<br />Servicing AdvantageWest
<br />Improving Marketing Opportunities
<br />for North Carolina Sweet Potatoes
<br />and In -Shell Peanuts
<br />Grantee North Carolina State University
<br />Amount $64,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to expand market opportunities for in-
<br />shell peanuts and sweet potatoes
<br />through directed research that addresses
<br />factors that limit current market
<br />opportunities. The work will identify
<br />strategies that enhance cultivar selection,
<br />consumer appeal and purchase intent.
<br />Servicing Eastern and Southeast Regions
<br />Rapid Development of a Replacement
<br />Cultivar for Sprite Melon
<br />Grantee North Carolina State University
<br />Amount $65,488
<br />Project The primary goal of this Golden LEAF
<br />grant is to develop new specialty melons
<br />for NC growers. Objectives include the
<br />development of inbred lines with
<br />performance at least as good as "Sprite"
<br />and testing of hybrids made by crossing
<br />complementary pairs of inbreds with the
<br />ultimate goal of releasing a replacement
<br />cultivar for the "Sprite" melon with
<br />ownership and control in NC.
<br />Servicing Eastern and Southeast Regions,
<br />Northeast Partnership, Piedmont Triad
<br />and RTR Partnership
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<br />Use of Tobacco Transplant Houses
<br />and Other Types of Greenhouse Structures
<br />to Produce Alternative Crops
<br />Grantee North Carolina State University
<br />Amount $70,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to identify alternative crops for both
<br />tobacco transplant and standard
<br />greenhouses. Funds are to be used to
<br />support the following activities:
<br />(1) identify and test potential contract
<br />crops for wetland restoration and water
<br />garden plants in float bed houses;
<br />(2) experiment with summer and
<br />organic hydroponic production systems
<br />for lettuce and basil; (3) set up
<br />demonstrations comparing various types
<br />of greenhouses, production systems and
<br />alternative crops; and (4) disseminate
<br />findings of the research.
<br />Servicing Yancey, Graham, Wilson, Forsyth,
<br />Stanley, Columbus, Richmond, Robeson,
<br />Sampson, Scotland, Person, Wake,
<br />Moore, Lee, Harnett, Randolph, Palk,
<br />Union, Ashe and Burke Counties
<br />Development of Value -Added Products
<br />and Market Opportunities for North
<br />Carolina Fruits and Their By- Products
<br />Grantee North Carolina State University
<br />Amount $71,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to add value -added products,
<br />technologies and markets for fruit
<br />producers of the state. The project will
<br />improve technologies for blending raw
<br />materials from muscadine grapes,
<br />blueberries, apples, strawberries and
<br />peaches into juices, wines and non-
<br />alcoholic beverages.
<br />Servicing Statewide
<br />Developing New Nursery Crops
<br />for North Carolina
<br />Grantee North Carolina State University
<br />Amount $77,038
<br />Project The purpose of this project is to
<br />continue expedited breeding efforts and
<br />controlled hybridizations for diverse
<br />nursery crops, including redbuds,
<br />dogwoods, birches, rhododendron,
<br />stewartias, styrax, sweetshrubs, stokes
<br />asters, summersweet, barberry and
<br />butterfly bushes.
<br />Servicing Statewide
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