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USDA Rural Development invests $113.1 million in zone since 2015
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program has invested more than $113.1 million in counties of the South Carolina Promise Zone since 2015, according to agency records. Investments included grants and loans to programs that had applied for funding through and outside of the Promise Zone initiative, as well as agricultural and housing grants…
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Better South gets $50,000 training grant
A $50,000 grant for technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will allow the Center for a Better South to develop and implement a new entrepreneurial training program in the S.C. Lowcountry Promise Zone. “What great news this funding is for people who live in the Promise Zone,” said Center President Andy Brack. “It…