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Published: Nov. 6, 2024 at 5:39 PM CST|Updated: 24 hours ago
An organization called Region A.H.E.A.D. has fundraised over half a million dollars for grants supporting small businesses in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
The investments will help the businesses and farms expand their use of wind, solar, geothermal, and small hydrothermal energy.
AND THE 80S. WELL, VANDALISM IS A BIG ISSUE IN ALBUQUERQUE AND BUSINESSES ARE SUFFERING, BUT THE CITY SAYS IT MAY HAVE A SOLUTION. JULIAN PETTUS SPOKE WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS GETTING INVOLVED. THATS RIGHT GUYS. SO ITS CALLED THE WINDOW TO OPPORTUNITIES. GRANT. A WINDOW TO OPPORTUNITY. SPECIFICALLY, THE GOAL OF IT IS TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY VANDALISM, EVEN IF IT IS TO HELP WITH SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A BROKEN WINDOW. I FIRST MOVED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I BUILT THIS BUILDING ABOUT 20 YEARS, 25 YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS A GREAT LOCATION. ITS A GOOD LOCATION, BUT IN THOSE TWO DECADES, ROBERT GORMAN SAYS HES BEEN A VICTIM OF VANDALISM TIME AND TIME AGAIN. IVE HAD THIS WINDOW OVER HERE BROKEN, THAT WINDOW OVER THERE BROKEN, HE SAYS. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF PEOPLE SLEEPING ON HIS PROPERTY AND BREAKING WINDOWS, AND UNFORTUNATE TREND. MANY ALBUQUERQUE BUSINESSES ARE EXPERIENCING. IM FRIENDS WITH MANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ACROSS THE CITY, AND DOESNT MATTER WHAT NECK OF THE WOODS WERE IN, WHAT PART OF THE CITY YOURE IN, THIS STUFF IS HAPPENING NOW. THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS STEPPING IN TO HELP WITH THE WINDOW TO OPPORTUNITY GRANT A REIMBURSEMENT INITIATIVE TO EASE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN. VANDALISM HAS ON BUSINESS OWNERS. WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF ISSUES THAT COME UP, AND YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT THE CITY IS AWARE AND AND RESPONDING, AND THIS IS ONE PROGRAM WHERE THEY ARE DOING THAT. THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE SAYS 34 BUSINESSES HAVE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, AND SO FAR THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE OUT MORE THAN $12,000 TO REPAIR DAMAGES. ALTHOUGH PEOPLE LIKE GORMAN APPRECIATE THE ACTION BEING TAKEN, HE BELIEVES MORE CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THESE CRIMES FROM HAPPENING. BE BETTER IF WE COULD AVOID THE PROBLEM ALTOGETHER AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES THAT NEED THE ASSISTANCE MORE THAN OTHERS, RIGHT NOW, THERE IS STILL $100,000 IN ASSISTANCE FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING TO GET SOME HELP. IN ALBUQUERQUE, JULIAN PARRAS, BACK TO YOU. THREE BUSINESSES WIL
Crest Ridge High School needs your help. The school is in the running for a multi-million dollar grant from T-Mobile to redo its outdated football field and facilities.The field was lovingly created by farmers in the community in 1982. Its used up to six nights a week by the entire community, but it desperately needs space and safety upgrades.Crest Ridge quarterback Wesley Taylor and cheerleader Elaina Wilhite showed some of the issues to KMBC on Thursday.There is a three-foot difference between the sideline and the middle of the field. The cinder track, compact stands, press box, and weight room are in need of significant upgrades, too.If you’re in the middle of the field and you’re trying to throw an out to the sideline, youve got to take in the hill, Taylor said about the hump in the middle of the field.The rocks are not ideal to cheer on at all, Wilhite said about the track. Currently, we’re not able to hold track meets here, or anything really, just football games.Crest Ridge has become one of 16 finalist schools across the country for a multi-million dollar upgrade from T-Mobile to its football field and facilities. On Thursday, the school received a $25,000 gift from T-Mobile for becoming a finalist, in addition to smaller previous grants from the company.To get something like this would just be huge for our community, said Katie Woolsey, a teacher and coach at Crest Ridge High School, whos helped organize the contest effort. It’s great because we have great pride and great support, but financially sometimes we don’t get the support in the big towns, so we have to do contests like this.Its a contest to help this small community football field see the entire game.We’re due, Taylor said. Were due.I think that it would uplift the community a lot and help the school tremendously, said Wilhite.It’s very easy to vote to help the school.Click here to like the schools video on Instagram.The more likes they get, the higher their chances of winning.
THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE TEND TO SEE A LOT OF VISITORS IN OUR REGION. AND IT’S NO WONDER… SINCE WE’RE SURROUNDED BY NATURAL BEAUTY. BUT A LOT OF WHAT MAKES VERMONT SO UNIQUE… MIGHT NOT BE HERE TODAY… IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE DETERMINED TO PROTECT OUR MOUNTAINS, FORESTS, AND WATERWAYS. I SPOKE WITH A FEW OF THEM… ABOUT WHAT INSPIRES THEIR STEWARDSHIP… IN TODAY’S THIS IS OUR HOME. LOOKING UP AT THE ICONIC PEAK OF CAMEL’S HUMP… YOU’LL KNOW YOU’VE MADE IT TO DUXBURY VERMONT. VERMONT’S THIRD-TALLEST MOUNTAIN… IS PRACTICALLY IN SHERRY WINNIE’S BACKYARD. FOR SHERRY, IT’S FOR SHERRY, IT’S THE PERFECT PLACE… TO EMBRACE THE OUTDOORS. AND IT INSPIRED HER TO START THE BUSINESS SHE RUNS OUT OF HER HOME TODAY. MAKING ORGANIC TRAIL BARS, FRESH FROM HER KITCHEN. LOCALLY AND ETHICALLY SOURCED.
So youve been awarded a federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant to support your R&D efforts; what now? Join experts Candi Avery and Jen Keller of Clark Nuber, a venerable accounting and consulting firm, for essential insights into navigating the complexities of grant management. Youll learn about practical strategies for compliance with government regulations, necessary tools to optimize your grant, how to identify and avoid pitfalls, and tips for steering your project toward success.
My interest in him is, I would say, almost zero, GP said. The money is a very small part of it for me, but hes been a complete malcontent for the better part of a couple of years, and I dont think they run an offense where hes gonna eat.
Six months after the Key Bridge collapse, more than 5,500 companies most of them in transportation and warehousing have applied for SBA loans.
REDI awarded 10 minority small businesses owners $5,000.
REDI awarded 10 minority small business owners $5,000.