Grant Noland for County Board 2022
Grant Noland is a Republican candidate for County Board District 2 in the 2022 General Election and will be on the ballot in Macon County, Illinois.
- Party: Republican
- District: 2
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Written by Reed Sutman on Oct 13, 2022
Grant Noland is a Republican running for Macon County Board, District 2. He has no platform information available online and is not on Facebook or Twitter. He was appointed to the County Board in 2015, then won the county board election in 2016 by 2,368 votes, with a total of 4,148 votes. Since 2009, he serves as the treasurer of his family's Noland Farms Inc. He opposed the graduated tax amendment, had concerns about the Trump tariffs on China, but seemed to support Trump's efforts. He supported the partisan redistricting of the Macon County Board, which eliminated two voting districts, and reduced the County Board from 21 members to 15. He was absent for a vote about rezoning land for a Recycling Center, which would have cost over $7 million and could have handled large items, household waste, and potentially had other benefits.
Grant has served as a Director of the Illinois Corn Growers Association (2012-2017), co-chair of Rodney Davis's Ag-Advisory Board (2016), and as a member of the Macon County Farm Bureau (2012). Grant has a Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. He is a graduate of The Executive Program for Agricultural Producers (TEPAP), according to his about me, and a graduate of Illinois Ag Leadership Program (2016). He was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, according to linkedin.
Sponsors can read my research notes, from which this article is written. I tried to schedule an interview with Grant. I called him on July 19th, 2022, left a voicemail, and sent a follow up email, but never received a reply. On August 30th, I emailed him offering to send him an online questionnaire and did not receive a reply.
Noland Farms received PPP Loans of $75,000 in April 2020 and $67,087 in January 2021, reporting that 7 jobs were retained with each loan. Grant Noland, self-employed, received a $8,619.00 PPP Loan in April, 2021. Noland Farms Transport Inc received PPP Loans for $30,000 in April 2020 and $30,333 in February 2021. All of these loans are reported by FederalPay.org as 'paid in full or forgiven'. FederalPay.org estimates Noland Farms's payroll expenses to be about $360,000. LookupCompanyRevenue.com estimates Noland Farms's annual revenue at around $1.3 million, based upon payroll and employee data and "specific industry productivity rates".
Noland Farms held about 3,000 acres in 2011 and about 6,000 acres in 2018. Noland Farms has existed since 1833, was incorporated in Illinois in 1979, and is currently in good standing with the Secretary of State. Noland Farms Transportation was incorporated in 2016 and is in good standing.
Grant had a traffic case in 2002 and another traffic case in 2004. He is named as a defendent in a lawsuit against the Macon County Board, pertaining to wind farms, which Grant and all but one County Board member voted to approve.
Regarding the Graduated Tax Amendment, Herald & Review reports Grant saying "If the Springfield politicians were serious about these rates, they would be baked into the amendment. They are not. If approved, the tax hike amendment would give the politicians the power to change the rates and brackets the day after the election." The amendment to the Illinois Constitution was not approved by voters. If it had been approved, another already approved bill, would have increased tax rates only for those earning over $250,000. The Illinois Legislature has and already had the power to change tax rates. The amendment being voted down by voters means that, regardless of rate changes, the income tax rate is the same across all income brackets.
Duane Noland, Grant's father, is the Secretary of Noland Farms, served as an Illinois Legislature with four terms in the IL House & two terms in the IL Senate, and is the CEO of the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives. Grant's mother Tina Noland served as Executive Director of Partners in Education (2005), which "builds partnerships between the Decatur and Macon County business community and its schools to improve student achievement."
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Grant Noland is a Republican running for Macon County Board, District 2. He has no platform information available online and is not on Facebook or Twitter. He was appointed to the County Board in 2015, then won the county board election in 2016 by 2,368 votes, with a total of 4,148 votes. Since 2009, he serves as the treasurer of his family's Noland Farms Inc. He opposed the graduated tax amendment, had concerns about the Trump tariffs on China, but seemed to support Trump's efforts. He supported the partisan redistricting of the Macon County Board, which eliminated two voting districts, and reduced the County Board from 21 members to 15. He was absent for a vote about rezoning land for a Recycling Center, which would have cost over $7 million and could have handled large items, household waste, and potentially had other benefits.
Grant has served as a Director of the Illinois Corn Growers Association (2012-2017), co-chair of Rodney Davis's Ag-Advisory Board (2016), and as a member of the Macon County Farm Bureau (2012). Grant has a Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. He is a graduate of The Executive Program for Agricultural Producers (TEPAP), according to his about me, and a graduate of Illinois Ag Leadership Program (2016). He was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, according to linkedin.
Sponsors can read my research notes, from which this article is written. I tried to schedule an interview with Grant. I called him on July 19th, 2022, left a voicemail, and sent a follow up email, but never received a reply. On August 30th, I emailed him offering to send him an online questionnaire and did not receive a reply.
Noland Farms received PPP Loans of $75,000 in April 2020 and $67,087 in January 2021, reporting that 7 jobs were retained with each loan. Grant Noland, self-employed, received a $8,619.00 PPP Loan in April, 2021. Noland Farms Transport Inc received PPP Loans for $30,000 in April 2020 and $30,333 in February 2021. All of these loans are reported by FederalPay.org as 'paid in full or forgiven'. FederalPay.org estimates Noland Farms's payroll expenses to be about $360,000. LookupCompanyRevenue.com estimates Noland Farms's annual revenue at around $1.3 million, based upon payroll and employee data and "specific industry productivity rates".
Noland Farms held about 3,000 acres in 2011 and about 6,000 acres in 2018. Noland Farms has existed since 1833, was incorporated in Illinois in 1979, and is currently in good standing with the Secretary of State. Noland Farms Transportation was incorporated in 2016 and is in good standing.
Grant had a traffic case in 2002 and another traffic case in 2004. He is named as a defendent in a lawsuit against the Macon County Board, pertaining to wind farms, which Grant and all but one County Board member voted to approve.
Regarding the Graduated Tax Amendment, Herald & Review reports Grant saying "If the Springfield politicians were serious about these rates, they would be baked into the amendment. They are not. If approved, the tax hike amendment would give the politicians the power to change the rates and brackets the day after the election." The amendment to the Illinois Constitution was not approved by voters. If it had been approved, another already approved bill, would have increased tax rates only for those earning over $250,000. The Illinois Legislature has and already had the power to change tax rates. The amendment being voted down by voters means that, regardless of rate changes, the income tax rate is the same across all income brackets.
Duane Noland, Grant's father, is the Secretary of Noland Farms, served as an Illinois Legislature with four terms in the IL House & two terms in the IL Senate, and is the CEO of the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives. Grant's mother Tina Noland served as Executive Director of Partners in Education (2005), which "builds partnerships between the Decatur and Macon County business community and its schools to improve student achievement."