Appalachian Ohio Energy Grants
March 21, 2008
Funding Agency: Appalachian Regional Commission
Contact: Melissa Zoller
Appalachian Ohio Energy Grants Now Available!
At the Appalachian Ohio Energy Economic Development Summit, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the Governor's Office of Appalachia (GOA) announced their intention to make available $120,000 in grant funding to support energy-related economic development in Appalachian Ohio.
Grants of up to $40,000 will be provided to assist communities who are interested in pursing energy related activities that meet at least one of the three strategic objectives of the Energizing Appalachia Blueprint that has been adopted by the Appalachian Regional Commission: Projects that meet the following objectives are strongly encouraged:
1) Promote energy efficiency
2) Increase the use of renewable resources
3) Support for conventional sources of energy (i.e. Clean Coal).
All applicants must be a unit of government or a not for profit organization. Projects focused on energy-related activities that create and/or retain private sector jobs will receive priority for funding consideration.
Pre-applications for Strategic Planning projects may be submitted but will be reviewed by the local development districts and the Governor's Office of Appalachia to determine eligibility.
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Pre-applications must be submitted to your Local Development District no later than 4pm on Friday, March 21, 2008.
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Full applications will be due back to the Local Development District May 2, 2008
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Review and awards made approximately July 2008
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The guidelines are posted both on the GOA website at http://firstohio.com/Goa/Default.aspx
and on the Appalachian Ohio Energy Economic Development Summit website at http://ce3.ohio.edu/page/Energy_Summit.aspx