Due to the circumstances surrounding Covid-19, all inquiries, applications, progress reports, and supporting documentation should be submitted via e-mail to RGPreports@nccommerce.com.

The Rural Grant Programs team, part of our Rural Economic Development Division, administers several state-funded grant programs:

The state Rural Building Reuse program
The state Public Infrastructure grants
The state Demolition grants
The special, legislatively directed grants to local governments for downtown revitalization and economic development from 2017, 2018 and 2019
2016 Disaster Recovery funds
The Rural Housing Recovery Infrastructure Program

Rural Grant Programs accepts applications and announce awards for the Building Reuse, Infrastructure and Demolition programs according to the schedule below. Acceptance of applications and the award of grants are subject to funding availability.

Application Deadline	Date of Award
February 25, 2021	April 15, 2021
April 22, 2021	June 17, 2021
June 24, 2021	August 19, 2021
August 26, 2021	October 21, 2021
October 28, 2021	December 9, 2021
January 6, 2022	February 17, 2022
February 24, 2022	April 21, 2022
April 28, 2022	June 16, 2022

Due to the circumstances surrounding Covid-19, all inquiries, applications, progress reports, and supporting documentation should be submitted via e-mail to RGPreports@nccommerce.com.

Application Materials for State Rural Grants

Forms for State Rural Grants

Payment Requests - E-mail payment request forms and supporting documentation to RGPReports@nccommerce.com. Please do not mail, including those over 50 pages.

Payment Request Form
Grantee Electronic Payment Form - NOTE: This form does not come back to N.C. Commerce. Please don't send it to us. You'll find instructions on how to submit it at the top of the form.

Progress Reporting and Job Certification - E-mail progress reporting and job certification forms and supporting documentation to RGPReports@nccommerce.com. Please do not mail.

Sample Contracts