Opportunities from Plumas County

markus-winkler-jF1CqFpE62k-unsplashPlumas County often has grant opportunities available its to community based organizations and small businesses. Click below for more information:

Current Opportunities

2021 Dixie Fire Recovery For-Profit BUSINESsES
Economic Development Grant Program

JULY 22, 2024 PRESS RELEASE
GRANT INFO FLYER
AUGUST 19, 2024 PRESS RELEASE

FINAL GRANT GUIDELINES (PDF)
APPLICATION (PDF)

Grant Guidelines and Application are subject to change at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors

For questions or clarifications on the Program, contact:
Tracey Ferguson
Plumas County Planning Department
Planning Director
530-283-6214
traceyferguson@countyofplumas.com

Prospective applicants can find supportive business technical assistance resources by contacting the following:
Sierra Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Clint Koble, Advisor 
 530-375-0126
clint.koble@gmail.com

The County of Plumas is launching the 2021 Dixie Fire Recovery For-Profit Businesses Economic Development Grant Program (Program) which will provide grants to eligible businesses located within the County of Plumas. The Program is in response to the devastation and destruction resulting from the 2021 Dixie Fire that burned approximately 1 million acres of land, including 768,130 acres as well as numerous structures within the County of Plumas. 

The Program will provide grants to eligible businesses using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and will be administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Eligible businesses involve businesses located in the “Grant Eligibility Zone,” which are areas within Greenville, Crescent Mills, Taylorsville, and the Highway 70 Canyon that provide goods or services available to all residents in Plumas County.

To determine if a business location is eligible for the 2021 Dixie Fire Recovery For-Profit Economic Development Grant Program, please go to the Plumas County Grant Eligibility Zone Online Mapping Tool at:

https://bit.ly/3WcCWjU.  

The purpose of the Program is to offset business costs, promote economic activity, and provide relief by way of financial grant assistance to established businesses directly or indirectly impacted by the 2021 Dixie Fire as well as start-up businesses established post-Dixie Fire with a physical business location in the Grant Eligibility Zone. 

In addition, businesses must be fully registered with SAM.gov. 

Eligible activities permitted under the Program include: 

  1. Equipment and Supplies (i.e., machinery and tools, office equipment and software, and furniture and fixtures) and
  2. Future payments of up to six (6) months of Operating Capital Expenses in support of the business (i.e., payroll, insurance, utilities [internet, cable, phone, water, sewer, and power], and rent/mortgage). 

  • Grants to any one business will be no more than $20,000; however, if any one business maximizes the $20,000 grant with at least 50 percent (or $10,000 worth or more) of eligible activities purchased from a business located in Plumas County, then an additional incentive increase of $2,700 in funding may be granted. Therefore, the maximum grant award amount will not exceed $22,700.

    The total grant funding available is $567,500. The number of beneficiaries under the County's grant funding objective is to assist no fewer than twenty-five (25) grant recipients.

    POST-APPLICATION GRANT WORKSHOPS - TO COME

    PRE-APPLICATION GRANT WORKSHOPS

    GRANT WORKSHOPS FLYER
    WORKSHOP PRESENTATION - July 24, 2024
    WORKSHOP PRESENTATION - August 7, 2024

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