(Austin, TX) – Texas Rural Communities, Inc. (TRC) awards grants to fund community programs in rural areas that advance community development, including but not limited to environmental, economic, or educational programs for the benefit of rural communities. TRC will award numerous grants with a total amount not to exceed $39,000. The average grant award is between $3,100 to the capped amount of $10,000. These grants may not be used for building construction or personnel costs.
Those projects that qualify should apply for the grant before the November 3rd, 2017 deadline.
Applications must be mailed to TRI and postmarked no later than the deadline to:
Texas Rural Communities, Inc.
Attn: Sandra Tenorio
168 Cimarron Park Loop
Buda, TX 78610
Additional information may be found at www.texasrural.org or by contacting info@texasrural.org.
“I encourage our local community projects and programs administrators in Southeast Texas to consider these funds. Our community programs provide many benefits to our Southeast Texans and during this time of hardship it is imperative that we use all the resources available to us,”
said State Rep. James White.
Please do not hesitate to contact either Saul Mendoza, Chief of Staff, or Shawn Dunn, District Director, with questions regarding this release at 512-463-0490 or 409-283-3700.
Author
- Ezra McMullin graduated high school and decided it was time to get to work. Initially, he worked for his grandparents at Huntington Market & Deli or better known as Dean’s in the area. He transition to working as an office clerk in a law firm before making the move to MSGPR as a videographer and content manager. It was an easy switch fueled by passions he pursued in his free time, where he watches plenty of Youtube, and spurred an interest in the video editing world. He's putting passion to work, learning how to shoot and edit videos, and says it’s a lot more fun than he expected. He is studying at Angelina College and enjoys playing golf, hanging with friends and his girlfriend, and staying up past 3am playing X Box telling himself he'll just play one more level before bed.
