Grant opportunities available for green businesses
Attention entrepreneurs: North Carolina will soon accept applications for $950,000 in grants available next year through a state Green Business Fund.
The fund awards competitive grants to North Carolina organizations with innovative projects focused on the following areas: development and commercialization of the biofuels industry; development and commercialization of the green building industry; attraction and leverage of private sector investments; and entrepreneurial growth in environmentally conscious clean technology and renewable energy products and businesses.
Businesses with fewer than 100 employees are eligible to apply for a maximum of $100,000 per company. Fiscal Year 2009 solicitation will be available in mid-December. Workshops on grant writing for this program will be held at the following locations:
Dec. 1 - 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cape Fear Community College North Campus Auditorium in Wilmington. The event is free but requires attendees to register.
Dec. 2 - Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College - Enka Campus from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Haynes Building. Please contact Abby Gage at agage@abtech.edu or (828) 254-1921 ext. 5858 to register.
Dec. 8 - Vance-Granville Community College in Building 7 Room # 7107 from 6-9 p.m.Please contact Diane Finch at (252) 492-2061 ext. 3275 or 3240 to register.
Dec. 13 - Western Wake Technical Community College from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room #118. The event is free; but limited to 80 seats. To register for the workshop, please send an e-mail to caroix@waketech.edu.
For more information, contact Rikard at rvrikard@nccommerce.com, (919) 716-0110.
You can also find out information about grants to recycling programs here.
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