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Guilford County Offers Grants For Economic Development Non-Profits

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Guilford County has launched a million-dollar grant program to help economic development and tourism non-profits impacted by the pandemic. 

The program offers immediate financial assistance with one-time grants of up to $50,000. It's aimed at non-profit organizations that support economic growth and development, as well as those that promote tourism to Guilford County venues, attractions and events.

According to a news release, the county has budgeted up to one million dollars in emergency relief funds from the CARES federal stimulus package.

Organizations must be able to show they have been negatively impacted by COVID-19, and that they have not already received more than $50,000 in previous Guilford County assistance programs.

Applications are available through the county website.

With about 600,000 residents, Guilford County has met a minimum population requirement to qualify for tens of millions of dollars in federal assistance through the CARES act.

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Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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