Source: WRAL TECHWIRE, 6/21/22

The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved 16 grant requests to local governments totaling $3,938,829, Governor Roy Cooper recently announced. The requests include commitments to create a total of 472 jobs, 137 of which were previously announced. The public investment in these projects will attract more than $67 million in private investment. “With the help of these grants, we are able to attract new jobs to rural communities across the state,” Governor Cooper said.

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