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37175 Transylvania County, N.C.

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U.S. North Carolina Transylvania
Population 308,745,538 9,535,483 33,094
Total recovery funding $522,082,377,600 $15,205,543,291 $22,360,970
Funding per Capita $1,691 $1,595 $676
Unemployment
7/2008
6.2
6.5
5.6
7/2009
+3.6
9.8
+4.6
11.1
+3.2
8.8
7/2010
-0.2
9.6
-1.2
9.9
-0.3
8.5
7/2011
-0.6
9.0
+1.0
10.9
+1.6
10.1
7/2012
-0.9
8.1
-1.1
9.8
-0.5
9.6
Unemployment Rate, 7/08 – 7/12

This site was updated in September 2012. It includes recipient-reported data through the second quarter of 2012, which was released in July 2012.

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Funding by Federal Agency and Department

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Transportation, Department of $5,197,484
Education, Department of $3,759,244
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management $3,692,000
Agriculture, Department of $3,131,401
Small Business Administration $2,428,200
Social Security Administration $2,325,250
National Science Foundation $1,434,574
Housing and Urban Development, Department of $340,316
Justice, Department of $52,500

Projects

Stimulus contracts, grants and loans in Transylvania County, N.C. Data last updated on September 2012.
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Note: For some programs where states do not report where money will be distributed across the state, we do not have the allocation for individual counties. Those programs include: Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Those amounts are included in the totals for where the state agency receiving that money is located.

Amount refers to both the amount of stimulus funding going toward the project and the face value of the loan.

Recipient Amount Type Description Federal Dept./Agency Date
GROUP III MGT, INC. $3,692,000 Contract construct new dining hall/cafeteria. Schenck Cafeteria, Pisgah Forest, NC Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management 4/08/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $2,284,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 6/30/2009
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF $2,257,227 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 5/13/2009
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF $2,040,315 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 4/07/2009
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $2,032,283 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act Education Fund- for the support of public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as, applicable, early childhood education programs and services.
This spending item is part of a $1,161,931,564 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/20/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $1,120,845 Loan Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans - Guaranteed Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loans - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 3/31/2009
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $768,184 Grant Special Education Grants to States, Recovery Act Assist States in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities in accordance with Part B of the IDEA.
This spending item is part of a $314,410,039 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 8/31/2009
KEIR MANUFACTURING INC. $753,900 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 3/12/2010
WHITE SQUIRREL CAR WASH LLC $657,300 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 10/29/2010
MAC HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC. $656,956 Grant Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This award will permit the renovation of the Research Building of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI). This facility is located in rural Nort
This spending item is part of a $1,303,324 allocation. See details
National Science Foundation 8/10/2010
Zaxby's $632,000 Loan 504 Certified Development Loans TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS BY PROVIDING LONG TERM FINANCING THROUGH THE SALE OF DEBENTURES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR Small Business Administration 3/25/2010
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF $536,967 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Forest Highway Infrastructure Investment Grant: Available for Use in Any Area (flexible) Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 9/18/2009
DOT CONSTRUCTION, INC. $462,937 Contract Provide design and rehabilitation of a 93 ft span pony truss bridge over the Davidson River. Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 5/28/2010
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $455,851 Grant Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Recovery Act Improve teaching and learning for students most at risk of failing to meet State academic achievement standards
This spending item is part of a $257,444,956 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 8/31/2009
BREVARD ELECTRIC COMPANY $454,550 Grant Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This award will permit the renovation of the Research Building of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI). This facility is located in rural Nort
This spending item is part of a $1,303,324 allocation. See details
National Science Foundation 8/10/2010
DOT CONSTRUCTION, INC. $417,937 Contract Provide design and rehabilitation of a 93 ft span pony truss bridge over the Davidson River. Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 5/28/2010
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $356,343 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Race-to-the-Top Incentive Grants, Recovery Act The purpose of the Race to the Top Fund is to encourage and reward States that are creating the conditions for education innovation and reform; achieving significant improvement in student outcomes; and implementi... Show more
This spending item is part of a $399,465,769 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 9/24/2010
BREVARD HOUSING AUTHORITY $340,316 Grant Public Housing Capital Fund Stimulus (Formula) Recovery Act Funded Balsam Crest and Holly Crest HVAC Modernization. Recovery Act Funds were used to install gas-fired, high-efficiency heat pumps in fifty-seven (57) public housing units. These HVAC units replaced the existing, inefficient heating sys... Show more Housing and Urban Development, Department of 3/18/2009
LAUGHTER, SHANE $315,334 Contract Cradle of Forestry Trail Accessibility Improvements Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 5/25/2010
AUTOMATED TOOL AND MACHINING, INC. $315,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 9/09/2009
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF $292,626 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Forest Highway Infrastructure Investment Grant: Available for Use in Any Area (flexible) Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 2/04/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $275,900 Loan Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans - Direct SECTION 502 SINGLE FAMILY HSNG DIRECT LN - 2009 ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 9/30/2010
THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC $255,785 Grant Recovery Act of 2009: Capital Improvement and Maintenance The award funded services to the Pisgah National Forest and Nantahala Ranger District in North Carolina, from the Student Conservation Association's youth conservation service programs, which recruit and place qualified young people for enviro... Show more Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 12/22/2009
PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE $131,250 Grant Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support This project employs time-intensive radio astronomical observations to study rapidly varying phenomena. The Dedicated Interferometer for Rapid Variability (DIRV) at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) will be used to observe intraday variab
This spending item is part of a $472,103 allocation. See details
National Science Foundation 8/26/2009
SOUTHERN PAINTING & MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS INC $89,300 Grant Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This award will permit the renovation of the Research Building of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI). This facility is located in rural Nort
This spending item is part of a $1,303,324 allocation. See details
National Science Foundation 8/10/2010
BREVARD ACADEMY $80,558 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act Education Fund- for the support of public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as, applicable, early childhood education programs and services.
This spending item is part of a $1,161,931,564 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/20/2009
TRANSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF $70,350 Grant Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas This grant will invest in public transportation by purchasing 141 replacement and 31 expansion vehicles; constructing transit maintenance and administration facilities; purchasing bus shelters; maintenance shop equipment; and technology enhancements for r... Show more
This spending item is part of a $33,055,504 allocation. See details
Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration 8/26/2009
TRAIL DYNAMICS LLC $63,986 Contract Maintenance on 3.2 miles of existing horse, mountain bike and hiking trails in Panthertown Valley, Nantahala NF to bring them up to current USDA FS service trail standards. Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 8/10/2010
TRANSYLVANIA BUILDERS, INC. $63,010 Contract Replacement of roofing material on 4 Cradle Forestry buildings. Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 1/28/2010
AMERICAN COATINGS AND INSULATION SYSTEMS, INC. $60,241 Grant Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This award will permit the renovation of the Research Building of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI). This facility is located in rural Nort
This spending item is part of a $1,303,324 allocation. See details
National Science Foundation 8/10/2010
Ron Hubbard Grading $58,021 Contract Project consists of the replacement of the existing extended aeration wastewater treatment plant, water distribution system and restroom building. The new treatment plant is a 15,000 GPD DUAL TRAIN tertiary treatment above ground unit. The new bath-house
This spending item is part of a $847,025 allocation. See details
Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 5/20/2010
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY $52,500 Grant Recovery Act - Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program The current economic climate negatively affected most all facets of business, government and industry; for-profits and not-for-profits alike are feeling the pinch. Many family units are under some level of financial and/or related duress-... Show more
This spending item is part of a $44,400,000 allocation. See details
Justice, Department of 9/02/2009
PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE $42,277 Grant Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This award will permit the renovation of the Research Building of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI). This facility is located in rural Nort
This spending item is part of a $1,303,324 allocation. See details
National Science Foundation 8/10/2010
BLUE RIDGE QUICK PRINT INC $35,000 Loan America's Recovery Capital Loans ARC GUAR LOANS Small Business Administration 7/12/2010
FALLS LANDING INC. $35,000 Loan America's Recovery Capital Loans ARC GUAR LOANS Small Business Administration 10/28/2009
T A HUDSON CONSTRUCTION CO INC $34,866 Contract PINK BED ENTRANCE AND PICNIC SHELTER REPAIRS Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 5/26/2010
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $30,220 Grant Special Education - Preschool Grants, Recovery Act Assist States to make available special education and related services for children with disabilities age 3 through 5 years, and at a State's discretion, to 2 year old children with disabilities who will reach age three during the school year.
This spending item is part of a $12,071,141 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 8/31/2009
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY $30,000 Grant Recovery Act of 2009: Wildland Fire Management Prime Recipient is North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services - Division of Forest Resources. ARRA funds will restore degraded streambank(s) on State Forest lands to improve water quality (WQ) and improve the watershed. Also, the ARRA ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $246,695 allocation. See details
Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 11/24/2009
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $25,797 Grant Education for Homeless Children and Youth, Recovery Act Ensure that each homeless child and youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as other children and youth.
This spending item is part of a $1,627,010 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 4/10/2009
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $25,031 Grant Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability Funds to School Food Authorities participating in the National School Lunch Program to purchase equipment used in the preparation and service of school meals.
This spending item is part of a $3,313,727 allocation. See details
Agriculture, Department of / Food and Nutrition Service 3/19/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $20,500 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 9/30/2009
BREVARD COLLEGE CORPORATION $10,008 Direct P Federal Work-Study Program CAMPUS-BASED /FWS Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 4/01/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $8,000 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 12/31/2009
HARRIS ARCHITECTS PLLC $7,750 Contract Cultural Resources Survey, Bullpen Bridge Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 2/22/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $4,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 12/31/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $2,500 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 9/30/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $2,500 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 3/31/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $2,250 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 6/30/2010
Econo Lodge $0 Loan 504 Certified Development Loans TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS BY PROVIDING LONG TERM FINANCING THROUGH THE SALE OF DEBENTURES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR Small Business Administration 4/23/2010
White Squirrel Car Wash LLC $0 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 10/18/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $0 Loan Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans - Direct SECTION 502 SINGLE FAMILY HSNG DIRECT LN - 2009 ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 11/30/2009