Success Stories

Brad and Amy Thompson upgraded their grain drying operations with help from the Rural Energy for America Program. Thompson Family Farm is a family-owned farming operation that harvests and dries grain at its facility in Donalsonville, Seminole County, GA. This project will save… [Read More]

"Every time it would rain, I just felt dread," said Ms. Cynthia Veal, a homeowner in Hull, Georgia. Her family home was in desperate need of repairs. She sought help for a new roof. There wasn’t just one place the roof leaked during rainy weather, the entire flat roof was… [Read More]

Nicholson hosts the annual Daisy Festival and is centrally located off Hwy 441 driving to the heart of Athens Georgia, home of the Georgia Bulldogs. The city lacks a downtown district and a central place to gather.  Benton Elementary School is a bastion to the city of Nicholson… [Read More]

Ms. Dearing sought help for extensive home improvements; her local Rural Development housing team delivered. “Program knowledge and experience was key in this case,” recalls Wesley Sparks, loan specialist.  The structure was badly in need of work to bring it to safe, decent and… [Read More]

Established in 1988, Atlanta Gear Works Inc. inspects, rebuilds and re-machines critical gear boxes for various industries. To remain competitive and to grow, they needed to purchase additional machinery and equipment and refinance debt. In 2010, USDA Rural Development provided… [Read More]

Clean Energy Biofuels, a Down to Earth Energy Company, is a full circle biodiesel company operating in Georgia and Tennessee that provides all the services under one company – collecting waste cooking oil, producing the biodiesel, blending the biodiesel, delivering bulk… [Read More]

Graduates of Vocational and Technical education programs have a cutting edge advantage in today’s competitive job market. They are equipped with specific skills for joining the workforce and their specialized knowledge gains them quality, well-paying jobs. USDA Rural Development… [Read More]

Healthy Families, Chatsworth is a community-based Federally Qualified Health Center providing health care services in an underserved area of rural north Georgia.  In 2018, with funds from the Health Resources & Services Administration, the center remodeled and reconfigured… [Read More]

Petroleum-based plastics are the topic of increasing environmental concerns and legislative pressure for dumping of non-biodegradable plastics in landfills and the increasing costs of petroleum.  Out of concern for the environment, Danimer Scientific, a biotechnology company in… [Read More]

Tucked away in Comer, Georgia is 3 Porch Farm, a sustainably-grown flower and fruit farm owned and managed by Steve and Mandy O’Shea. They specialize in delighting locals at the farmers markets in Atlanta and Marietta and Athens, Georgia with a variety of value-added products… [Read More]