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Revised 12/25 <br /> <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 />• To guarantee grant funds are utilized for the purposes for which they are approved and issued, <br />grant recipients shall execute and agree to be bound by a personal guaranty of the grant amount <br />prior to disbursement. Failure to utilize grant funds as required may result in collection action <br />against the grant recipient. <br />• As a condition of receiving grant funds, Grant recipients may be asked to commit to mentoring, <br />and if asked shall do so, with an experienced business coach or mentor at one of the following: <br /> <br />➢ SCORE Chapel Hill (Service Corps of Retired Executives) <br />104 S. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />(919) 240-7765 <br />https://chapelhill.score.org/ <br />Chapelhillinfo@scorevolunteer.org <br /> <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.UJQjZW0L.dpuf <br /> <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 /> <br />➢ Launch, Inc. (by application) <br />136 East Rosemary St #100, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br />(919) 244-2474 <br />http://www.launchchapelhill.com/ <br />info@launchchapelhill.com <br /> <br />➢ A mentor approved by the Subcommittee <br /> <br />ELIGIBLE USES OF GRANT PROCEEDS <br />For-Profit Applicants <br />• Marketing and advertising <br />• Inventory and supplies <br />• Purchase of equipment and/or machinery (Tangible items to be reported to the Orange County <br />Tax Office as Business Personal Property.) <br />• Workforce expansion; to include employee salary, at or above the Orange County living wage. <br />New job hires shall be with the intent to become permanent positions. and <br />• Tenant up-fit or leasehold improvements. <br /> <br />Purchase quote(s) and/or invoice(s) must be included in the application and match each of the specific <br />use of grant funds outlined in the application. For workforce expansion, the applicant must include <br />position detail, wage information and total amount of grant funding requested. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 3EDF779F-E61C-4EA1-8093-C2E8274C4E11