Appalachian Community Capital Receives Grant from the Truist Charitable Fund for Redevelopment Projects in Central Appalachia
Christiansburg, VA., Feb. 27, 2024 – Appalachian Community Capital (ACC) today announced that it received a $350,000 matching grant from the Truist Charitable Fund, a donor-advised fund administered by The Winston-Salem Foundation. The funds will be used as part of a match for a recent $1.5 million grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for Opportunity Appalachia (OA), an initiative to build local opportunity and wealth through capital and technical assistance aiding development projects in six Central Appalachian states: North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky.