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News
AML Grants Program Awards Reconnecting McDowell $1 million
Renaissance Village will receive additional funding to complete the building. Gov. Jim Justice announced that $1million from the Abandoned Mine Land grant will be awarded to Reconnecting McDowell. Read the full story here.
USDA Awards $250,000 To Reconnecting McDowell
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Reconnecting McDowell a $250,000 capacity-building grant to support the Go Growcery Project. The project will develop a mobile farmers market that will visit 10 to 15 communities, two senior centersm and all 10 McDowell County schools. Read more in the USDA announcement.
Press releases
Renaissance Village is Awarded $1 million Grant, AFT Press Release (5/28/20)
Latest Reconnecting McDowell Accomplishment: Groundbreaking on Apartments to House W.Va. County’s Teachers, AFT press release (9/9/19)
Reconnecting McDowell Provides 'Care Closets' for Every McDowell County School, AFT press release (9/24/18)
Reconnecting McDowell to Break Ground on Apartment Building in Spring 2019, AFT press release (9/25/18)
Reconnecting McDowell Receives $150,000 Federal Grant, AFT press release (10/27/16)
Progress After First Four Years of Reconnecting McDowell, AFT press release (3/29/16)
Reconnecting McDowell Wins Spot to Attend Workshops To Help Communities Economically Challenged by Flagging Coal Industry, AFT press release (3/27/15)
More news
Still reading and feeding during the pandemic AFT Voices (5/8/20)
Exterior of Renaissance Village is completed Bluefield Daily Telegraph (3/9/20)
Partners tackle poverty in McDowell County Washington Post (10/19/19)
Renaissance Village celebrates construction progress WDTV (9/10/19)