micro ag grants

Business Beat: IDA Announces Funding Opportunities

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By Denise Richardson, Business Beat, May 8, 2015 WANTED: Ag-business projects in Otsego County. The Otsego County IDA is seeking applications in its first round of a recently awarded agricultural micro-enterprise grants program, according to a media release. The goal of the program is to encourage development of new, and help in the expansion of existing, agricultural micro-enterprise businesses within the county, the release from the county Industrial Development Agency said. Applications must be postmarked or hand-delivered by 5 p.m. May 27 to the IDA offices at 189 Main St., Suite 500, Oneonta, NY, 13820. The Agricultural Micro-enterprise Program has … Read More

Otsego IDA Projects Funded Among State REDC Awards

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December 11, 2014 (ONEONTA, NY) – The County of Otsego Industrial Development Agency (the IDA) announced today that it has received numerous grant awards for economic development projects based in Otsego County, totaling more than $700,000. Funding for the projects has been awarded through the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) process. IDA leadership credits the success of any of their funding bids to the backing of NY State Senator James Seward and Assemblyman Bill Magee. “Both Senator Seward and Assemblyman Magee have been tremendously helpful in shepherding these funding bids through the process and we … Read More