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Summit County readies rural-county grants; applications to open soon, staff says
Summary
County staff said Summit County will soon release reimbursable rural-county grant applications covering broadband, small business, water systems and workforce training; several funding caps, a 40% local match and a job-creation reporting requirement were discussed.
Jeff (county staff member) told the Summit County Economic Development Advisory Board on March 20 that the county is finalizing applications for the annual rural-county grant program and expects to release them shortly.
The grants will be reimbursable and the county intends to make them retroactive to Jan. 1 so qualifying expenses already incurred can be reimbursed. The program requires a 40% local match and the county will reimburse up to 60% of eligible project costs, up to program-specific caps, Jeff said.
Jeff described four program tranches under consideration: a broadband tranche intended for larger infrastructure projects (Jeff said the broadband tranche could run “up to $400,000”), a small-business tranche with a smaller cap (Jeff said a $20,000 per-business cap is expected), a water-systems/infrastructure tranche (Jeff said it could carry a higher cap, cited around $200,000), and a workforce-development tranche (Jeff said the workforce grants would be similar in size to the small-business awards).
Jeff cautioned that his dollar figures were estimates and that he would confirm exact amounts in published application materials. He said the grants will include a point system that awards points for full-time, part-time and contracted jobs; applicants must demonstrate job creation or the projects may not meet the state reporting requirement.
Jeff also said the county is meeting one more time with its software provider to work out bugs before publishing the applications and that staff plans to distribute an information sheet and a press release to local media when the applications go live.
