Kubota names Wayne County Ag Center, in Collinwood, Tennessee, as the winner of the 2021 Kubota “Hometown Proud” grant program. Wayne County will receive a $100,000 grant and loaned equipment from Kubota to help develop the grounds for the county’s first and only dedicated Agricultural Center (Ag Center).
Kubota announced its first-ever community revitalization grant program, “Hometown Proud,” in March 2021, calling on municipalities and nonprofit organizations from across the United States to submit an application for consideration. Nearly 400 grant applications were received from nearly every state in the country. In May, Kubota identified the top five finalists and then called on the public to vote to help determine the winner.
“Kubota is built upon the idea that together we can do more, and through the support of our communities, our customers and our dealers anything is truly possible,” said Todd Stucke, Kubota Senior Vice President, Marketing, Product Support & Strategic Projects. “We called upon the public to vote to help us decide which of these incredibly deserving communities would receive the much-needed funding and hard-working Kubota equipment and we are pleased to award Wayne County with the grand prize. We hope our excavators and tractors will be just the tools needed to bring Wayne County’s vision to life.”
Wayne County is beginning construction of the Ag Center within an existing industrial park that has been used for hay production for more than 30 years. The facility will house the local UT Extension and Soil and Conservation offices, a 125-person training/meeting room, commercial kitchen, and a covered pavilion to provide outdoor classroom and event space. The grounds around this facility will be used for ag-related shows, demonstrations and eventually, community gardens. Local Kubota dealer, Brown Equipment Company, in Loretto, Tennessee, will provide the needed equipment and serve as a resource to the Wayne County Ag Center team as they bring their project to life.
Visit KubotaHometownProud.com to see Wayne County’s video!