Photos from Golden Belt Telephone's post FRS Grant Available!
GBT is proud to sponsor the 2020 Foundation for Rural Service Community Grants Program to support local efforts to build and sustain a high quality of life in rural America.This is the 5th year for our participation, and with a track record of 4 winning projects to date, we encourage all non-profits to apply, as this may be your year!
Being a GBT Customer not only allows you access to this nation-wide grant program, it gives you the expertise of a grant writer who will review submitted applications to improve your project’s chances for winning!
Grants range from $250 to $5,000. Contact Kara Jecha for a grant application guide at 785-372-4236 or email kjecha@gbtlive.com. All proposals must be received by August 14, 2020, via email, USPS mail, or at any of our GBT offices.
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Pictured below is the Stafford County Economic Development who won the FRS Grant in 2016.
"The $5000 grant from the Foundation for Rural Service paid for technology installation at downtown building we renovated to be used as a business incubator/shared workspace/remote work facility, including the installation of the wiring within the building as well as equipment. (https://www.staffordecodevo.com/business-incubator-and-remote-work-space.html)
We now have 16 workstations that have access to the 10 Gig high speed fiber optic connection, ensuring that anyone in Stafford County can have access to a high speed internet connection in order to do remote work. Our facility also has a conference room with smart TV that can be used by the public for video conferences.
We have long seen an advantage to helping people access job opportunities and markets that exist outside this geographic region, but in the current environment remote work is all the more relevant. We are thankful for the grant support that makes the technology in this public facility available. This summer we have two AmeriCorps VISTAs and two interns based in this facility, as well two full time permanent staff and participants who are utilizing our remote work training programs and shared workspace.
This center would not function without good technology and especially without high speed internet, and we are thankful for the support that helped launch it!" -Carolyn Dunn, Stafford County Economic Development executive director ... See more
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