SustainFloyd Awarded Tourism Grant for Artisan Trail

Posted on Jan 10, 2011 in General News | 0 comments

SustainFloyd Awarded Tourism Grant for Artisan Trail

SustainFloyd is excited to announce plans for the first Floyd Artisan Trail Tour in June 2011 and to announce a grant award of $ 5,000 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation to assist in marketing the event. The Floyd Artisan Trail Tour is a week-long event featuring ‘Round the Mountain Artisan Trail sites of Floyd County, with activities at artisan home-studios, farms and farm stores, galleries and shops, and lodging sites and restaurants. While town-based trail sites will be participating, the event will...

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SustainFloyd Wins Two Federal Grants

Posted on Oct 27, 2010 in General News | 0 comments

SustainFloyd Wins Two Federal Grants

PRESS RELEASE / October 25, 2010 SustainFloyd Wins Two Federal Grants to Increase Opportunities for Floyd Farmers Group to Receive $29,850 for Feasibility Study of a Floyd County Food Processing Plant & $36,840 to Help Farmers Market Floyd, Virginia – SustainFloyd (www.sustainfloyd.org) has won two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants to increase opportunities for Floyd farmers.  A nonprofit community group dedicated to cultivating a resilient local economy, SustainFloyd will receive a USDA...

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