A total of $1.65 million in funding was approved for 26 new projects, including 19 seed capital matching grant projects, during a meeting of the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) Board in Lebanon, VA, Thursday.Projects were funded in all seven counties in the VCEDA region.
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