{"id":148624,"date":"2026-04-14T19:45:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148624"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:45:03","slug":"northampton-county-to-accept-applications-for-2026-grow-norco-program-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148624","title":{"rendered":"Northampton County to Accept Applications for 2026 Grow NORCO Program Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"[Northampton County, PA] \u2013\u00a0County Executive Tara Zrinski and the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) announce that the County of Northampton will accept applications for the 2026 Grow NORCO Program from April 20 until 4:00 p.m. on May 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Grow NORCO grants are available to a federally registered nonprofit entity, 501(C)(3) or 501(C)(4) or a municipal entity located within Northampton County. Grant funds can be used for Capital Improvements, Quality of Life Initiatives, Fa\u00e7ade Programs, Operations and Community Planning. Eligible organizations can apply for up to $50,000.<\/p>\n<p>Awards will be announced in December 2026 and all projects must be completed by December 31, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interested organizations can apply by visiting the Northampton County Participant Portal hosted by Neighborly Software at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wo6djquab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001wXchTKnwQuxoBLNPCQD_0nA3j3sNlKL2xTm5nFkS4utGO9tNBYfbhyUI7Gp4s-kkQBIKHsV4mdlO7j9l7h1VojAzTRbMp3h-tOC08zlIgc-jADBssGRiS4LKSVMeWqkfuhLS-1cWWbxZFokNJ4NAyJn6RjrZ0vgRNR1H4iuwryS3WNDcmjyaGXpCgNkJOjdQ5ZnwZXfu3EkAxschifXrpA==&amp;c=9f8L72N0R6R5frRZ39w5qH98mnsOdPwswHGhfVahYn797OWC4Acagw==&amp;ch=ygiV6M0_tNsYUhQGWNtenx8cUfnAj6c6jeEtb34iCkB1_PnjECgwzg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/wo6djquab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001wXchTKnwQuxoBLNPCQD_0nA3j3sNlKL2xTm5nFkS4utGO9tNBYfbhyUI7Gp4s-kkQBIKHsV4mdlO7j9l7h1VojAzTRbMp3h-tOC08zlIgc-jADBssGRiS4LKSVMeWqkfuhLS-1cWWbxZFokNJ4NAyJn6RjrZ0vgRNR1H4iuwryS3WNDcmjyaGXpCgNkJOjdQ5ZnwZXfu3EkAxschifXrpA%3D%3D%26c%3D9f8L72N0R6R5frRZ39w5qH98mnsOdPwswHGhfVahYn797OWC4Acagw%3D%3D%26ch%3DygiV6M0_tNsYUhQGWNtenx8cUfnAj6c6jeEtb34iCkB1_PnjECgwzg%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1776294901360000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3o-JruahMQ5LrwxKx7sIFZ\">https:\/\/portal.<wbr \/>neighborlysoftware.com\/<wbr \/>NORTHAMPTONCOUNTYPA\/<wbr \/>participant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Registration is required on the Participant Portal in order to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Program inquiries should be directed to:<\/p>\n<p>Northampton County Department of Community &amp; Economic Development<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Ortiz<\/p>\n<p>610-829-6308<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sortiz@norcopa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sortiz@norcopa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO<\/strong>: Tara Zrinski and Department of Community and Economic Development<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong>: 2026 Grow NORCO Program Grants for nonprofits and municipalities<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN<\/strong>: Applications open April 20 \u2013 May 29, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Northampton County, PA] \u2013\u00a0County Executive Tara Zrinski and the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) announce that the County of Northampton will accept applications for the 2026 Grow NORCO &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148624\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Northampton County to Accept Applications for 2026 Grow NORCO Program Grants<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,5738,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NC-Northampton.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}