Part of a $55 million initiative to support long-term small business recovery across western North Carolina.
As part of a recent round of grant awards from NC Department of Commerce, Buncombe County was awarded $979,000 from the Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program for sidewalks in Swannanoa.
Using the funds from the NC Department of Commerce, this project will repair the damaged existing sidewalk along Whitson Avenue and extend the sidewalk through the commercial area of Beacon Village.
Administered by the Commerce Department’s Rural Economic Development Division (REDD), the SmBIZ (Small Business) program is part of a $55 million initiative established by Governor Josh Stein in partnership with the General Assembly to support long-term small business recovery across western North Carolina…