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The Downtown Kinston Revitalization Board approved $25,000 in funds at its August meeting to support the Building Improvement Façade Grant. This matching grant program is designed to assist property owners within the Municipal Service District (MSD) in making improvements to the exterior of their buildings, encouraging investment and maintaining the appearance of the downtown area.
The Governor's Crime Commission on Sept. 5 voted to approve $3.5 million for grants to provide violence intervention programs. Commissioners also discussed critical challenges facing the state’s crime victim service providers and law enforcement agencies.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has funded a Lenoir County grant application for $1 million as part of the EPA’s Brownfields Coalition Assessment grant program.
Governor Roy Cooper announced $1.3 million in grants to 42 public school districts and public charter schools across North Carolina to expand access to healthy school breakfast for more than 51,000 students. The NC Innovative School Breakfast Grants were funded through federal funds directed by the Governor in October 2023.
RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Transportation is accepting applications for the 2024 Multimodal Planning Grant Program, which provides state planning funds for identifying bike and walking paths and transit connections.
Lenoir County Public Schools has been awarded a $52 million grant for school construction. State Superintendent Catherine Truitt announced LCPS received the grant which will allow the school system to replace E.B. Frink Middle School. Previously, the Lenoir County Commissioners approved a $5 million match necessary to receive the grant.
The State Library of North Carolina announced the 2023-2024 Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awardees today. Neuse Regional Library was awarded two grants.
Senator Jim Perry, (R- Craven, Beaufort, Lenoir) announced the City of Kinston has been awarded a $2,000,000 grant for the Adkin Branch Flood Mitigation phase I construction project during a special round of funding from the North Carolina Land and Water Fund.
NC Farm Bureau “Ag in the Classroom” posted the following on their Facebook page: Christopher Hicks, a teacher from Jones Senior High School in Jones County Public Schools is one of our Fall 2022 Going Local Grant winners.
The 8th Judicial District, which includes Greene, Lenoir and Wayne Counties, has been awarded a $700,000.00 grant by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance to operate an Adult Accountability and Recovery Court (AARC). This Court will serve persons with a substance use disorder who have related criminal charges. Participants will be given the opportunity to participate in treatment and supportive recovery services as opposed to being incarcerated.
Lenoir County Public Schools will use a $282,000 grant from the state to increase the number of school resource officers in the district and to upgrade technology essential for school security.
North Carolina’s Southeast has approved 23 applications from its Product Development Fund. The funds, which will boost the development and enhancement of industrial sites and shell buildings across the Southeast’s 18 counties, stem from a $5 million appropriation last year from the North Carolina General Assembly.
The Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $445,582 in funding to support projects through the Open Grants Program and $1,382,782.18 to support rural broadband to community anchor institutions through MCNC. The Golden LEAF Board approved $127,534 in funding for the NC Rural Center to administer the Rural Internship Initiative as part of the Golden LEAF Scholarship Program. The Golden LEAF Board also awarded $1,365,000 in funding for projects through the Flood Mitigation Program.
The Greene Central High School Band has been selected by The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation to receive new instruments. These new instruments include tubas, euphoniums, French horns, tenor saxophones, alto saxophones, trumpet, trombones, and a bass drum. The total retail value of this donation is over $40,000.
Our Going Local Grant aims to provide North Carolina students with valuable, real-world experiences and education directly related to North Carolina agriculture. These educators will be implementing agricultural projects in schools and classroom across the state!
