State Awards Grants to Rural Communities to Attract 153 New Jobs and More Than $69 Million in Private Investment

From Catawba County EDC reports

The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 11 grant requests to local governments totaling $4,127,500, N.C. Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland announced today. The requests include commitments to create a total of 460 jobs, 307 of which were previously announced. The public investment in these projects will attract more than $69 million in private investment.

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