Location priorities Sample Clauses

Location priorities. The priority score for location will be the score for the highest-ranked category in which the project fits. If the location does not fit one of these categories, its receives no points for location. The categories, and their point scores, are: (A) Located in a city or area under 25,000 population (10 points). (B) Located in a city or area under 25,000 population that is in an area of high unemployment as of the date of application (20 points). (C) Located in an area of high unem- ployment as of the date of application, provided the borrower certifies in writ- ing to the State Director in simple nar- rative or letter form that the project will employ on a permanent, full-time basis (providing at its own cost such training or retraining as may be need- ed) persons (numbering no fewer than 25 percent of the project’s employment) who are members of displaced farm families which recently derived from farming or ranching the majority of their combined incomes but are no longer actively engaged in farming or ranching as operators or employees (35 points).