Verizon Awards Local Teacher With A $10,000 Technology Makeover Grant

Rosemary Smith, a 4th grade teacher from Stanhope, New Jersey has won a $10,000 technology makeover grant for her classroom from the Verizon Thinkfinity Home Run Sweepstakes.

Nearly 2,000 teachers in the New York City area competed for the grant via a month-long contest.

Smith will be presented with the grant at Citi Field prior to the New York Mets' hosting the Minnesota Twins. 50 free tickets to the game will go to her students and their parents so that they can be on hand when she is presented with the check.

Business Grants For Black Women In Atlanta Area

African American women in Gwinett County Georgia, a county in the Atlanta metropolitan area, are eligible to apply for two $1,000 business grants. The program is called "Economic Success = Partnership Grant", and the funding will be awarded as a joint effort from the Upsilon Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and The Gwinnett Pearls of Service Foundation.

Designed to enhance the prosperity of start-up and newly established African American women-owned businesses, the grants will be awarded to non-traditional entrepreneurs in an effort to help them reach their greatest potential and achieve goals in delivering quality products to the Gwinnett County community and beyond.

Salt Lake City to Offer $10K Business Grants

The state of Utah is back in the news, but this time it's not about Gary Coleman. The state's capital, Salt Lake City, has announced a $10,000 matching fund for neighborhood business districts through their economic development assistance program.

The fund is designed to assist business districts in organizing or meeting individual district needs such as beautification or public safety projects, repairs to roads or sidewalks, collective marketing tools, or creating collateral to benefit their businesses.