MONTPELIER, Vt. – On July 28, the Agency of Commerce and Community Development released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) and the application for the first round ($2 million) of the funds made available by an agreement between the State of Vermont and Entergy for the Windham County Economic Development Program.
The funds will be distributed through a competitive application process to projects that promote economic development in Windham County. Eligible applicants for the grant program include municipalities, non-profit organizations and governmental agencies. Applications from businesses will be considered for financing via the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA).
The Agency of Commerce and Community Development will hold two application workshops for prospective applicants on Tuesday, August 19, 2014:
Townshend Town Hall
2006 Vermont Route 30
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
and
Vernon Elementary School
381 Governor Hunt Road
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Attendance at one of the application workshops is mandatory to file an application. A principal from the organization or the person completing the application should attend. Applicants can register for a workshop by emailing their name, organization/business, email address, phone number, and workshop choice to ACCD.WCGP@state.vt.us. Specific questions applicants would like addressed at the workshop may also be included in the registration email. Registration deadline is 4:00 p.m. Monday August 18.
Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on September 23, 2014. For more information and application documents, go to GoWindham.Vermont.Gov.
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Contact: Fred Kenney, Executive Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council
Fred.Kenney@State.vt.us 802-777-8192 (Cell) or 802-828-5256
GoWindham.Vermont.Gov
