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Matt Raker's Blog – May 2011 Archive (3)
USDA Rural Energy for America Grants up to $100,000
Deadline: 6/20/11
Agency: USDA
Program: Rural Energy for America Program
Description: Energy audits and renewable energy development assistance will allow agriculture producers and rural small businesses to become more energy efficient and use renewable technologies. For all projects, the system must be located in a rural area, must be technically feasible, and must be owned by the applicant
Award Amount: $100,000…
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Local Government Actions to Promote Sustainability: 2010 National Survey Results
Repost from UNC School of Government:
The following is taken from James Svara’s introduction to an International City/County Management Association (ICMA) survey regarding local government efforts to promote sustainability.
The 2010 survey, the first of its kind, undertaken by ICMA in cooperation with the Alliance for Innovation and supported by the Global Institute on Sustainability at Arizona State University, measures how and to what extent local governments are acting to…
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Two WNC women green business entrepreneurs win this year's VERVE-aciously Big Idea Competition!!
The first and second place winners of the VERVE-aciously Big Idea Business Plan competition, sponsored by AdvantageWest, are:
+ 1st place + Kara…
Added by Matt Raker on May 17, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments
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