Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation, the local nonprofit corporation that holds the state gaming license in Greene County, distributed $1,958,000 to organizations at its 10th Annual Awards Night, conducted in person at Wild Rose Jefferson. Grow Greene County Board says it is the highlight of their year to hand out awards to the neighboring counties’ community foundations, Greene County municipalities, Greene County Community Foundation, schools within the county, economic development, legacy awards and this year’s competitive grants.
This year Grow Greene County received the most grants they have ever received-twenty five with the largest request in funding ever received, $12,400,000.
Under agreement with Wild Rose Entertainment Inc., Grow Greene receives five percent of the local casino’s adjusted gross gaming revenues to distribute to nonprofit, governmental, and charitable organizations. Of that total, 4.1 percent went to projects in Greene County and 0.9 percent was shared equally by the community foundations in the six counties contiguous to Greene County. They include Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Guthrie, and Webster.
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