The North Carolina Department of Commerce is accepting applications for its Rural Infrastructure Program.
Donor Name: North Carolina Department of Commerce
State: North Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/07/2027
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Infrastructure Program provides grants to local governments to assist with public infrastructure projects that will lead to the direct creation of new, full-time, private-sector jobs. The program requires a cash match of 5% of the grant request amount.
Eligible Projects
Grants are available to assist with planning, materials, labor, and administration costs to complete public infrastructure improvements, including:
- Construction, upgrade, or repair of public drinking water or wastewater treatment plants
- Construction, upgrade, extension, of repair of public water or sewer lines
- Publicly owned natural gas lines (requires an executed Pipeline Construction, Operating and Resale Agreement)
- Construction of publicly owned access roads not funded or owned by the Department of Transportation
- Construction of public rail spur improvements
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are units of local government located in Tier 1 or Tier 2 counties, or within a rural census tract in a Tier 3 county. As prescribed, a rural census tract is an area having a population density of less than 500 people per square mile in accordance with the most recent decennial federal census.
For more information, visit NCDC.
