County to offer Rural Development Grants

The Board of County Commissioners has given the Lincoln County Economic Development Council the go ahead to administer a 2015 round of Rural Development Fund grants. Commissioners approved updated program guidelines at their regular meeting August 3, setting the process in motion.

The Rural Development Fund comes from a portion of sales and use tax that the state allows rural counties to spend on public facilities serving economic development purposes. Lincoln County chooses to disburse much of their tax through a grant program. All eight of Lincoln County’s incorporated municipalities are eli...