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The Department of Economic Development stimulates business development and job creation. The department assists through support in financing, licensing, business recruitment, and marketing services. The Department of Tourism and Marketing promotes Vermont as a travel destination through the mediums of print, television, radio and the World Wide ...
The first BID was the Bloor West Village Business Improvement Area, established in Toronto in 1970 as an initiative by local private business. [2] The first BID in the United States was the Downtown Development District in New Orleans established in 1974, and there were 1,200 across the country by 2011. [3]
LISC made its first loans and grants to 27 community organizations in December 1980. The initial grantees were a diverse group, including housing developers in New York City, child-care facilities in California and economic development organizations in rural Appalachia. [10] By 1985, LISC had raised $100 million and was active in 20 cities.
The Vermont Council on Rural Development is a non-profit, federally supported, state rural development council that combines public and private resources to fund programs that improve the rural communities of Vermont, a largely rural American state. [1] The organization was created in 1992. [1]
The Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 is intended to improve development in economically distressed areas of the United States. The law offers "tax incentives for businesses to locate and hire residents in urban and rural areas that have not experienced recent economic expansion." [2] Both rural and urban areas are eligible.
The governor also designated $100 million in borrowing for the state’s Rural Development Fund, $100 million for the Seaport Economic Council, and $100 million for Local Economic Development Grants.
The first Community Action Agency in the Northeast Kingdom was the Orleans County Council of Social Agencies (OCCSA), created in a June 20, 1968 Executive Order by the Governor of Vermont. [1] It was headquartered at the Old Customs building on Main Street in Newport. [ 8 ]
In the United States, federal grants are economic aid issued by the United States government out of the general federal revenue. A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States.