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<br />In 2002,
<br />Golden LEAF
<br />funded 84 grams
<br />totaling
<br />$16,261,429.56.
<br />HEATT (Heavy Equipment and
<br />Transportation Technology) for Beaufort
<br />County and Eastern North Carolina
<br />Grantee Beaufort County Community College
<br />Amount $182,800
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will be used to
<br />support the Heavy Equipment and
<br />Transport Technology ( HEATT) program
<br />at Beaufort Community College. The
<br />program seeks to prepare students with
<br />skills necessary to fill 50 new positions
<br />that will become available at local
<br />businesses over the next two years.
<br />objectives for the project are: to
<br />strengthen the HEATT /Agricultural
<br />Systems program and implement the
<br />HEATT /Construction Equipment Systems
<br />program as a parallel concentration.
<br />Servicing Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington
<br />Counties
<br />The Carolina Commerce and Technology
<br />Center, Inc. (COMtech)
<br />Grantee Carolina Commerce and Technology
<br />Center, Inc.
<br />Amount $155,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to provide a second year of operating
<br />support to the Carolina Commerce and
<br />Technology Center to assist with
<br />planning, outreach, marketing,
<br />management support, recruiting and
<br />infrastructure development for this
<br />technology -based approach to economic
<br />development in the region.
<br />Servicing Robeson, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland,
<br />Cumberland, Bladen and Columbus
<br />Counties
<br />US Eventing Championships 2003
<br />Grantee Carolina Horse Park Foundation
<br />Amount $50,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to provide operating assistance to
<br />market and host the US Eventing
<br />Championships in the fall of 2003 at the
<br />Hoke County facility.
<br />Servicing Hoke, Moore, Robeson and Scotland
<br />Counties
<br />2002 Awards
<br />Golden LEAF is pleased to announce that the following North Carolina non - profits
<br />and government entities were awarded grants in the last grant cycle (ending
<br />November 2002).
<br />• 30 grants were for projects that are agricultural in nature
<br />• 19 grants were for economic development initiatives
<br />• 35 grants were in the area of education
<br />THE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002 -2003 IS AUGUST 1, 2003
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<br />Gateway Technology Hub facility
<br />Grantee Carolinas Gateway Partnership
<br />Amount $315,120
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to assist with the development of a
<br />Gateway Technology Hub Facility to
<br />meet the needs of local employers and
<br />employees for higher educational
<br />training in business and technology.
<br />Servicing Edgecomebe, Nash, Wilson, Halifax and
<br />Northhampton Counties
<br />MARTEC: 21st Century Job Opportunities
<br />Grantee Carteret Community College
<br />Amount $250,000
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will be used to
<br />purchase equipment for the new Marine
<br />Trade Technology Training Center to be
<br />constructed on the campus of Carteret
<br />Community College over the next two
<br />years. Training programs will be available
<br />to prepare individuals for job
<br />opportunities in all phases of the boating
<br />industry.
<br />Servicing Southeast, Northeast and Eastern
<br />Regions
<br />Homegrown Teaching Scholars
<br />Grantee Catawba Valley Community College
<br />Amount $37,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to provide continued funding for the
<br />"Homegrown Teaching Scholars"
<br />program. The project will support the
<br />following activities: (1) select 12
<br />candidates from Alexander County for
<br />public school teacher education (classes
<br />will begin at CVCC in 2003); (2) initiate
<br />a recruiting campaign through career
<br />exploration activities in middle schools;
<br />(3) conduct summer enrichment
<br />programs; and (4) develop case data to
<br />support the long -term sustainability of
<br />the program.
<br />Servicing Alexander County
<br />HMHEC — Providing Higher Education
<br />Opportunities for Workers and Employers
<br />in Transition
<br />Grantee Catawba Valley Community College
<br />Amount $175,000
<br />Project The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is
<br />to assist Catawba Valley Community
<br />College to work in collaboration with
<br />Appalachian State University and Lenoir -
<br />Rhyne College to provide expanded
<br />learning opportunities for citizens of the
<br />greater Hickory metro area to offset the
<br />loss of manufacturing jobs in Catawba
<br />County. The project will identify higher
<br />education training needs for displaced
<br />workers, target specific training to meet
<br />skills required by existing employers, and
<br />develop 15 training programs for a
<br />minimum of 450 people that will
<br />address the educational needs of workers
<br />and employers.
<br />Servicing Alexander, Burke, Caldwell and Catawba
<br />Counties -
<br />Expanding Small Business Lending
<br />in Tobacco Dependent Counties
<br />Grantee Center for Community Self -Help
<br />Amount $200,000
<br />Project This Golden LEAF grant will provide a
<br />second year of funding to the Center for
<br />Community Self -Help to be used in
<br />continuing a targeted program of
<br />lending to small businesses in rural NC,
<br />particularly those counties most affected
<br />by the decline in the tobacco industry.
<br />Servicing Eastern and Southeast Regions; Warren,
<br />Harnett, Granville, Franklin, Yadkin,
<br />Surry, Stokes, Rockingtham, Guilford,
<br />Caswell, Halifax, Hyde, Martin, Beaufort,
<br />Johnston, Person and Vance Counties
<br />GOLDENLEAF 2002 Annual Report 13
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