ROCKY MOUNT – The Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded funding recently to support projects through the Open Grants Program.
The Golden LEAF Board approved $3,119,660 in funding for the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority to administer the Golden LEAF Colleges and University Scholarship. The Golden LEAF Board also awarded $1,869,760 in funding for projects through the Flood Mitigation Program.
A $137,500 grant was awarded to the Town of Selma to develop a stormwater master plan for Selma’s eastern quadrant that experiences flooding during heavy, non-named rain events.
Since 1999, Golden LEAF has funded 2,039 projects totaling $1.2 billion supporting the mission of advancing economic opportunity in North Carolina’s rural, tobacco-dependent, and economically distressed communities.
