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DocuSign Envelope ID:2F13EA9D-6D15-4887-A37B-EO42FOC1B8A4 <br /> • Duplication of benefits prohibited. No individual business or affiliated owner(s)shall receive in <br /> excess of$10,000 from Orange County's Small Business and Large Business Investment Grant <br /> Programs, the Agriculture Grant Program, and any other County grant awards over a two year <br /> period. This prohibition includes a situation in which the same owner(s) owns multiple <br /> businesses. In such a situation if one or more of the multiple businesses applied for a grant(s) <br /> the maximum available to any one or more of such businesses is$10,000. <br /> • Individuals who have taken legal action against the County in the past 12-months, or have an <br /> active legal case, and who applies for any available County grant program, are ineligible to <br /> apply for and receive grant funding through Orange County Government until the settlement or <br /> dismissal of such legal action. <br /> CONDITIONS OF RECEIVING A GRANT <br /> • Applicant must fill out a grant application and submit required supporting documents through <br /> Submittable. <br /> • Applicant may be asked to provide additional information via email or through a short video <br /> uploaded to the Submittable platform about how grant funds will be used, and to answer any <br /> questions about their business or application. <br /> • Each venture receiving a grant must provide an accounting of how all funds were used and key <br /> milestones reached by the venture within 180 days of the receipt of the grant. This accounting will <br /> include a request for proof of expenditures made including copies of receipts and/or photos of the <br /> equipment or facility upgrades made. If grant funds are used towards employee costs, a copy of <br /> the business' NC Employment Security Commission reports or IRS 941 Payroll quarterly reports <br /> shall be provided to the County as evidence of compliance. <br /> • As a condition of receiving grant funds, Grant recipients may be asked to commit to mentoring <br /> with an experienced business coach or mentor at: <br /> ➢ SCORE Chapel Hill (Service Corps of Retired Executives) <br /> 104 S. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> (919)240-7765 <br /> https://chapelhiI1.score.org/ <br /> Chapelhillinfo(a�scorevolunteer.org <br /> ➢ SBTDC (Small Business & Technology Development Center) <br /> UNC Chapel Hill, 1700 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd <br /> Suite 115/CB# 1823, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br /> (919) 962-0389 <br /> http://www.sbtdc.org/offices/unc/#sthash.UJQ*ZWOL.dpuf <br /> The Small Business Center (Durham Technical Community <br /> College) <br /> The Chesterfield <br /> 701 W. Main Street, Suite 203, Durham, NC 27701 <br /> 919-536-7241 <br /> https://www.durhamtech.edu/small-business-center <br /> ➢ Launch, Inc.(by application) <br /> 321 W Rosemary St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> (919)240-7765 <br /> http://www.launchchapelhill.com/ <br /> info(aMaunchchapelhill.com <br /> ➢ 1789 Venture Lab (by application) <br /> 173'/2 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br /> Revised 4/22 <br />