W.K. Kellogg Foundation Launches $8 Million Program to Spark Rural Entrepreneurship Development
Six Finalists Announced
To commemorate its 75th Anniversary, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation is leading a multi-million dollar project to foster entrepreneurship across rural regions of the country. The foundation contracted with CFED to conduct research on the state of rural entrepreneurship development and to assist in identifying statewide and regional collaboratives that show potential for creating rural Entrepreneurship Development Systems. The foundation recently announced six finalists who will be eligible for investments of up to $2 million each.
The six finalists are
- Northern New Mexico Entrepreneurship Development System, serving Northern New Mexico counties, pueblos, and tribes.
- Connecting Oregon for Rural Entrepreneurship Collaborative, serving Lake County, Lincoln County, Northeast, Southwest, and North Central Oregon.
- Oweesta Collaborative, serving Pine Ridge and Cheyenne River reservations of South Dakota (Lakota Sioux), and the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming (Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapahoe).
- Home Town Competitiveness Collaborative, serving 15 counties in Nebraska and the Winnebago, Omaha, and Santee Sioux Indian reservations
- Advantage Valley Entrepreneurship Development System Collaborative, serving eight counties in West Virginia, Boyd and Greenup counties in Kentucky, and Lawrence county in Ohio.
- North Carolina's Rural Outreach Collaborative, serving 85 rural counties of North Carolina, including seven rural Indian Tribes.
In March 2005, the Kellogg Foundation will announce investments in up to four of these finalists.
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