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EAST JORDAN — More than $2 million in federal money will help East Jordan upgrade water and sewer systems.
East Jordan will receive $1.7 million to improve the municipal water system by replacing about 9,000 feet of water mains. Additionally, East Jordan will receive $675,000 to improve the existing sanitary sewer system by extending it by 4,100 feet.
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was founded in 1953 and since its inception; small businesses interest has been aided, counseled, assisted and protected by it. No doubt SBA provides considerable financial support to small businessmen but it’s role in providing assistance to those affected by natural as well as man made or other disasters declared by the government is notwithstanding very important.
The largest grant-funded service delivery network of SBA is The Small Business Development Center Program, creating opportunity for small businessmen to avail various provisions and schemes being launched by it from time to time.
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A recent grant award will help local job seekers develop skills necessary for service jobs.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a $94,000 grant to the Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency for a training program last week. The grant, under the Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program, is a piece of $15.3 million in funding announced July 28 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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The Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency was awarded $94,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business Enterprise Grant program, part of stimulus funding.
JCIDA will use the money to institute an evening adult training program in computer, service and workplace readiness skills in Watertown.
Small businesses hiding in the rural swaths of Mississippi will have a chance to consider money-saving upgrades once a Brookhaven improvement agency begins paying for their energy consultation expenses.
Southwest Mississippi Resource Conservation and Development, a non-profit group designed to spur economic growth in rural areas, has been awarded a $99,990 grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Business Enterprise Grant program, funded by the federal economic stimulus bill.
Southwest Mississippi Resource Conservation and Development, a nonprofit based in Brookhaven, will receive almost $100,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to start or expand businesses in rural communities.
It was among the 145 recipients Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today would share in more than $15.3 million in grants through the USDA Rural Development’s Rural Business Enterprise Grant program designed to “increase economic opportunities in rural America.”
LISBON – Area residents may hear the familiar tunes of their childhood in the air as The Ice Box ice cream truck rolls its way into their neighborhood, full of familiar treats and new novelties featuring SpongeBob and Dora the Explorer.
“We get people running every direction when we come out,” owner Jennifer Mackall said.
Mackall and her husband Jason used a loan of $18,890 from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Business Enterprise Grant program operated by the Community Action Agency of Columbiana County, along with an additional loan of $3,000 from the Alexander Shashaty Family Trust Revolving Loan Fund and some of their own money to start the business July 1.
Small businesses and family farms are the backbone of our economy. They are creating 80 percent of the new jobs today and serve as important anchors in our communities. In a time when we are working through the most difficult economic environment since the Great Depression, it is important to listen to these local businesses and continue to support their needs. I believe it is these community businesses that will pull us out of this recession.
I recently held a small business forum at the Hudson Government Center with Eric Ness, Director of the Small Business Administration of Wisconsin; Jeff Hudson, USDA Rural Development Loan Specialist; and Steve DeWald, Director of UW-River Falls Small Business Development Center; where we discussed programs available to support small businesses and family farmers.
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