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State economic office briefs Grand County on rules and uses for $200,000 county grant and competitive rural funds
Summary
State officials from the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity (GOEO) trained Grand County commissioners and advisory board members on County Economic Opportunity (CEO) board requirements, the annually guaranteed $200,000 Rural County Grant (RCG), and the competitive Rural Communities Opportunity Grant (RCOG), including eligibility tests, reporting deadlines and examples of successful projects.
James Dixon, director of Community Grants at the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, told the Grand County Commission on March 18 that County Economic Opportunity (CEO) advisory boards are established by state statute and are prerequisites to administering two state rural grant programs. "The County Economic Opportunity Advisory Boards, which we call CEO boards, are established by state statute," Dixon said, describing required membership categories and governance rules.
Dixon described three core responsibilities of CEO boards: advising commissioners on applications for the Rural County Grant (RCG) and the Rural Communities Opportunity Grant (RCOG), helping prepare annual reports, and recommending projects appropriate for economic development funding. He said the RCG is "a $200,000 a year grant" guaranteed to counties that meet the statutory criteria and that the board must be operational for the county to receive the pass-through.
On the competitive RCOG program, Dixon said GOEO awarded about $5,400,000 last year across 12 awards from…
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