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Loudoun County launches outdoor seating grants
While COVID-19 cases run high and outside temperatures run low, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has allocated $250,000 in federal CARES Act funding to offset costs for outdoor dining, including seating, tents, heating systems and heating fuel, Loudoun Economic Development announced Thursday. The Loudoun Is Ready Outdoor Seating Grant will provide up to $5,000 […]
$1.2M grant approved for Dickenson County industrial site
A grant for up to $1.2 million in infrastructure improvements to the Red Onion Industrial Site in Dickenson County was recently approved by Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority board. The funds, which will be given to the Dickenson County Industrial Development Authority, will be used to help finance site grading, site development, access road construction […]
Carilion receives nearly $1M USDA telehealth grant
Roanoke-based Carilion Clinic announced Monday it received a nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its Telemedicine Expansion and Optimization Project. The USDA awarded Carilion Clinic a $947,983 grant through its 2020 distance learning and telemedicine grant program. The grant will fund virtual care centers, teleneurology service access and portable […]
Roanoke regional accelerator receives nearly $1M federal grant
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Monday it has awarded nearly $1 million in grant funding to the Valleys Innovation Council (VIC) for its Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program (RAMP), which is targeted at helping to grow startup companies in the Roanoke and New River Valley region. “This grant will give us the runway we […]
Richmond nonprofit wins $2.99M National Science Foundation grant
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Richmond-based nonprofit CodeVA a four-year, $2.99 million project award to develop a computer science program for teaching history to underserved communities in Virginia. This is CodeVA’s first federal grant award. CodeVA was awarded the Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program grant for its proposal “Reaching Across the Hallway: An [&h[...]
Playing it safe
The Virginia Tourism Corp.’s DMO WanderLove Recovery Grant Program will award $866,000 in grants to 90 destination marketing organizations that were heavily impacted by the pandemic, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. Each recipient will receive a maximum grant of $10,000, which can be used for efforts including participating in VTC co-ops, local advertising and out-of-state […[...]
Floyd County EDA receives $2.3M federal grant for growth center
The Floyd County Economic Development Authority announced this week it has received a $2.3 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to construct the first building for the Floyd Growth Center, a shared space in the Floyd Regional Commerce Center for small industrial companies. Different from a small business incubator, the center will allow […]
