The Rural Communities Opportunity Grant empowers rural communities to take responsibility for economic development planning, projects, and activities, and to manage their unique opportunities.
Donor Name: Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity
State: Utah
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/31/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The grant addresses the economic development needs of rural communities, which include:
- Business recruitment, development, and expansion
- Workforce training and development
- Infrastructure, industrial building development, and capital facilities improvements for business development
Funding Information
Grant funding is competitive and requires matching funds from awardees. A municipality, city, town, metro township, county, or AOG may receive up to $600,000. Rural counties may receive grant funds from the RCOG exceeding the $200,000 distributed to counties under the Rural County Grant (RCG), but counties may not receive more than $800,000 of state funds per fiscal year.
Criteria
Eligible rural communities include:
- Counties of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth class
- Cities, towns, and metro townships located within those counties
- Municipalities with a population of 10,000 or less in counties of the second class
- Associations of Governments
For more information, visit Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity.
