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TITLE: USDA/CREES AREC Grant new Era Rural Technology

FUNDING AGENCY:  USDA

AMOUNT:  $297,116

PROJECT DIRECTOR: Jeff Armstrong/Paul Martin

ABSTRACT: The purpose of the Agriculture-based Renewable Energy Center (AREC) is to build a workforce development infrastructure to advance curricula, programs and resources to increase the number of rural students who pursue and complete a two-year postsecondary degree to strengthen their rural economy while helping meet the nation’s energy demands. The targeted audience for the AREC program is ultimately high school and postsecondary students and technicians in the rural areas of the country who wish to complete a degree in agriculture-based renewable energy and the educators who train them.

TITLE: USDA/CREES AREC Grant new Era Rural Technology

FUNDING AGENCY:  USDA

AMOUNT:  $50,000

PROJECT DIRECTOR: Mark Kapfer

ABSTRACT:Rural Business Enterprise Grant – The project supports the development of departments of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas.