Graham Revitalization Economic Action Team

Committee Reports - July, 2018

10 Years of Making Graham County GREAT

Economic Development, Business and Industry Committee

Activities/Accomplishments: CFWNC Opportunity Grant with Graham County Schools ($6,900); NC Dropout Prevention Grant ($300,000); 2008 21^{st Century Afterschool Program ($1,200,000); Dolly Parton Imagination Library ($7,100 + 12,699 + 5,940 + 7,785 + 4,918 + 6,382 + 10,372 + 4,965 + 5,557 (2017-18)); Graham County Schools 21st CCLC 2010 Summer Program ($150,000); Alcoa Foundation – Project ESTEME (Engaging in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education ($28,050); North Carolina Energy Office – AARA Funds ($199,380); Golden Leaf Community Assistance Initiative – Technology Project ($175,000); Alcoa Foundation – STEM Project ($26,834); NC Department of Health and Human Services – PREPare for Success/Teen Outreach Program ($300,000); Massey Branch Fitness Trail by RHS Technology Construction Class; Alcoa Foundation – GCS STEM Project II ($20,165); ARC/NC REAL Grant ($33,333); 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant ($1,360,000); Community Foundation of NC – IL Project ($520); Office of Economic Opportunity/CSS – IL Project ($4,000); ARC Laptop Program ($130,103); Toolbox Implementation Fund – RHS Greenway ($14,286); Alcoa Foundation – RHS Greenway ($10,000); Cherokee Preservation Foundation/RTCAR ($23,650); NC Department of Health and Human Services ($107,200); GEAR UP Project; GCS Greenway Project ($18,614); BRNHA – GCS Greenway Project ($13,050); Cherokee Preservation Foundation/RTCAR – RHS Sweetwater Project Phase II ($9,900); Catholic Charities Growing Opportunities Small Grant ($4,000); Duke Energy – FREE Library Project ($800); Cherokee Preservation Foundation/RTCAR ($16,500)}

Activities/Accomplishments: Fit Communities Playground Grant ($60,000); School Based Health Center ($75,000); NC Glaxo Smith Kline Foundation - Ribbon of Hope ($25,000); Access to Health Care – NC Department of Commerce: HealthNet ($65,000); Access to Health Care – ARC ($52,300); Janirve Foundation ($25,000); HealthNet ($87,000); Marshall University/Bristol Myers-Squibb Foundation – STEP UP Diabetes Coalition ($160,000); NC Safe and Drug Free Coalition ($30,000);NC Division of Public Health School Health Center Program ($131,520); HealthNet ($74,000); Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust ($199,798); Winston-Salem Foundation ($142,000); Brookfield Renewable Energy – Food Insecurity ($26,000); Graham Food Distribution Project; NCDHHS – Project REACH ($737,500); Nourishing North Carolina Grant ($3,100); Marshall University ($2,000)

Activities/Accomplishments: Leadership Training ($18,250); Brushy Fork Annual Institute Training; Knights of the Round Table - Cherokee Preservation Foundation Grant ($15,000); Office of Economic Opportunity/CSS – Leadership Program ($4,000); Knights of the Round Table – NC Rural Center New Generation Leaders Program ($20,000); Region A Commission Opt-In Implementation Fund – Graham County Leadership Project ($4,200)

Activities/Accomplishments: Conservation Field Day; Graham County Clean Sweep Project; Partners of Joyce Kilmer – National Forest Foundation ($18,000); NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Recycling Initiative ($71,936); Partners of Joyce Kilmer – Wilderness Ranger ($7,600); Lake Santeetlah Water Quality Forum; DENR Recycling Grant ($51,505); Partners of Joyce Kilmer – Summer Worker ($2,500); Partners of Joyce Kilmer – Summer Worker ($5,000); USFS Trail Maintenance Projects; Partners of Joyce Kilmer – Summer Worker ($3,500); USFS Recreational Trails Project; MountainWise – Joyce Kilmer Sign ($1,500); CCC Camp Trail Restoration Project

Activities/Accomplishments: Verizon and e-NC Authority Grant for DSL ($257,000); NC STEP Program ($125,000); CFWNC Next Step Grant Fund ($12,000); NC Rural Center – Economic Innovation Program ($50,000); NC Rural Center – Building Reuse and Restoration Program ($25,000); Golden LEAF Foundation – UNC-Chapel Hill/Center for Sustainable Community Design ($44,888); Appalachian Regional Commission – Telecommunications Study Project ($15,400); Toolbox Implementation Fund – Comprehensive Planning ($20,000); DNet Wireless Internet Project – Wachacha Bald ($80,000); Streetscape Amenities ($16,450); Asheville Design Center – Community Workshops ($44,090); Toolbox Implementation Fund – Robbinsville Pedestrian Connectivity Project ($14,286); Frontier – Internet Access ($227,775); NCDOT Sidewalk Bridge Project ($140,000); Community Transformation Grant – Santeetlah Bike Trail ($5,860); US 129 Rodney Orr Bypass Streetscape ($600,000); ARC Telecom Project ($225,000); Region A Broadband Initiative

Activities/Accomplishments: Graham County Heritage Center Initiative; Graham County Birding Initiative/Ecotourism Series; Quilt Trail for Graham County; Eco-Tourism Study; Golden Leaf Community Assistance Initiative – Stecoah Valley Center ($55,000); Eastern Carolina University Visitor Tourism Project; Shape Note Singing Convention; Toolbox Implementation Fund – Strategic Tourism Plan ($14,286); Appalachian Gateway Communities Grant ($9,375); Proctor Revival Project; Graham County Asset Map Project ($15,000); Stecoah Valley Center Conceptual Master Plan and Site Design Project ($22,553); ARC – Tourism Strategic Plan Implementation Project ($25,000); Percy B. Ferebee Foundation – Stecoah Play Park Project ($5,000); Frontier – America’s Best Communities Project ($50,000); MountainWise – Wayfinding Project ($10,000)

Activities/Accomplishments: 2009 Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation ($35,000); Graham County Commissioners endorsed GREAT Strategic Plan; Office of Economic Opportunity/CSS: Growing Opportunities Small Grants Program ($2,500); CFWNC – Opportunity Grant ($7,000): Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust Fund ($19,980); CFWNC – Janirve Fund ($20,000); 2012 Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation ($30,000); Volunteer Service (1,787 hours/$34,114 + 895/$18,830 + 750/$16,912 + 900/$20,691 +); Cherokee Preservation Foundation – Native Women Project/Fort Montgomery Project ($21,360); WNC NonProfit Pathways – Capacity Building Project ($7,500); 2013 Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation ($30,000); CFWNC – People in Need Grant ($20,000); Duke Energy Foundation ($2,000); 2014 Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation ($35,000); Cherokee Preservation Foundation – Junaluska Museum Project ($36,476); Duke Energy Foundation ($5,000); 2017 Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation ($35,000); Duke Energy Foundation ($3,500)