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Our Department administers a wide range of grant and economic development incentive programs. If you're managing a grant that we've previously awarded, or you're interested in applying for one of our grant programs, you'll find a variety of helpful documents in this section.
Browse the entire library below, or use the search tools to filter your results by program type (e.g. CDBG), or funding source (federal or state), document type (e.g.: application) or even by keyword.
Document Title | Description | Document File (Click to Open) | Type (or Category) of Document | Last Updated |
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Guidelines | Project Descriptions from Round 1, Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program (smBIZ) | Review descriptions of the first round of projects that were awarded a grant |
25_30_06_SmBIZ_Press-Release_Project-Descriptions_Round1_asPublished_070325.pdf | Criteria or Guidelines, Disaster Recovery, Public Infrastructure, State Funded (Rural Grants) | |
Guidelines | Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program (SmBIZ) | Guidelines for the North Carolina Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program (SmBIZ), administered by the North Carolina Department of Commerce's Rural Economic Development Division. | Guidelines_SmBiz FINAL_0.pdf | Criteria or Guidelines, State Funded (Rural Grants), Disaster Recovery, Public Infrastructure | |
Sample | Local Government Resolution for the Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program (smBIZ) | This document can be adapted and used to officially approve, at the local level, an application for a grant from the Small Business Infrastructure Grant (smBIZ) program and is required to participate in the program. | SmBIZ_Sample_ Local_ Government_ Resolution_0.pdf | Pre-Application, Compliance, State Funded (Rural Grants), Disaster Recovery, Public Infrastructure | |
Compliance | Local Government Certifications Document for the Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program (smBIZ) | This document is used by local government applicants to the North Carolina Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program (smBIZ) to certify that the information attached and included in the application are true, correct, and complete. |
SmBiz-LG-Certifications-Page-FINAL.pdf | Compliance, Pre-Application, State Funded (Rural Grants), Disaster Recovery, Public Infrastructure | |
Compliance | Form Listing Businesses Involved with a Small Business Infrastructure Grant | This document, submitted as part of the application process for a Small Business Infrastructure Grant, provides Commerce staff with the necessary information for each small business involved with the applicant's project. |
Small-Businesses-List-Form-for-SmBIZ-Program.xlsx | Compliance, State Funded (Rural Grants), Disaster Recovery, Public Infrastructure | |
Guidelines | North Carolina IDF Utility Account | Guidelines for North Carolina's Industrial Development Fund - Utility Account, a grant program to help rural communities fund local infrastructure projects. | UA-Program-Guidelines-2024_asPublished_090424.pdf | Criteria or Guidelines, Documents | Utility Account, State Funded (Rural Grants), Public Infrastructure | |
Payment Processing | Payment Request Form, State Rural Grants | Use this form to request payment on your grant from one of the State Rural Grant programs |
Payment-Request-Form-Rural-Grant-Programs.xlsx | Payment Processing, Demolition, State Funded (Rural Grants), Public Infrastructure | |
Application | North Carolina Building Reuse and Economic Infrastructure Programs | Use this application document to apply for grant funding from the state's Rural Grants Program, for Building Reuse or Economic Infrastructure projects in rural areas of North Carolina. |
Rural-BR-and-Inf-App-V10_7.1.24.docx | Application, State Funded (Rural Grants), Building Renovation (Reuse), Public Infrastructure | |
Compliance | Progress and Final Report Form | This document is used by the Rural Grants Program of our Rural Economic Development Division. |
Progress-and-Final-Report-Form-07.03.24.docx | Public Infrastructure, Demolition, Compliance, State Funded (Rural Grants) | |
Guidelines | SAMPLE Contract, Rural Grant Program Economic Infrastructure Grant | People interested in applying for an Economic Infrastructure grant from our Rural Grant Program can review this sample contract for guidance. |
EIP_Sample_Contract - 7.1.24.pdf | Public Infrastructure, Demolition, Payment Processing, State Funded (Rural Grants), Criteria or Guidelines | |
Compliance | Job Certification Form for Rural Grants | Local government grant managers responsible for managing a grant from our Rural Grants Program use this form to report job creation related to their active grant with the Department. |
Job Certification Form_6.14.24.docx | Public Infrastructure, Compliance, State Funded (Rural Grants) | |
Guidelines | Job Verification & Close Out Instructions, State Rural Grants (April 2017) | This report offers guidance regarding the job verification process and final close out procedures for State Rural Grants issued by the Rural Economic Development Division |
Job-Verification-and-Close-Out-Instructions-06.14.24.docx | Criteria or Guidelines, Compliance, State Funded (Rural Grants), Building Renovation (Reuse), Public Infrastructure | |
Payment Processing | Vendor Electronic Payment Form, North Carolina Office of the State Controller (OSC) | This is the Vendor Electronic Payment Form used by the North Carolina Office of the State Controller (OSC) |
Vendor-Electronic-Payment-Form-OSC.doc | Payment Processing, Demolition, State Funded (Rural Grants), Building Renovation (Reuse), Public Infrastructure, Building or Site Preparation | |
Payment Processing | How to Request Payment on your State Rural Grant | This report offers guidance regarding the payment process for grants issued by the Rural Grants section of the Rural Economic Development Division. |
Payment-Request-Requirements-and-Instructions.pdf | Criteria or Guidelines, Payment Processing, Demolition, State Funded (Rural Grants), Building Renovation (Reuse), Public Infrastructure, Building or Site Preparation |