Published: October 20, 2022
Governor Cooper Annouces 17 Grants to Rural Communities to Attract 285 New Jobs. N.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority approves more than $5 million in Funding
The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved 17 grant requests to local governments totaling $5,710,255, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The requests include commitments to create a total of 1,382 jobs, 1,097 of which were previously announced. The public investment in these projects involved more than $5 billion in private investment, some of which has been previously announced.