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Success Stories

A mother and three daughters pose around a dining room table. There are lace curtains and blue wall in the background and some dishes on the table in the foreground.

“This is Home” – A Family Finds Their Forever Home in Calais, Maine

One of the first rooms Heather Gagne and her daughters began redecorating in their new home is the dining room, shown in the top photo. They have been busy repainting and making other updates. Raising a family in coastal Machias, Maine may sound lovely, but for Heather Gagne recent years proved stressful. There were few housing options in their Downeast community, and Heather was glad to find a rental home to…
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Shrimp boats of coastal southern Louisiana

USDA Agencies Striking to Make a Difference

Rural Development, Farm Service Agency, and Natural Resources and Conservation, USDA agencies in Louisiana, travels across the state to let rural disadvantaged communities know about the StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity Initiative. This initiative is part of a… [Read More]
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Dairy Cows at Kalispell Kreamery in Montana

USDA Assists in Keeping the Value-Added in Flathead Dairy Business

Just about everybody in the Flathead Valley knows about Kalispell Kreamery. The creamery, located only 20 feet from the milking barn of their dairy, bottles milk with as little processing, delay and manipulation as possible. The dairy business is well known for producing local,… [Read More]
Value Added
Sweet Mountain Farm owner and custom hive

USDA Assists Local Honey Producer to Expand Operations and Impact Local Economy

Sweet Mountain Farm, LLC, a honey producer, custom beehive builder, and honeybee breeder on Washington Island, Wis. Washington Island is a 35 square foot island located 7 miles from the northern tip of Wisconsin’s Door County mainland. Since the island is set apart from… [Read More]
Value Added

USDA Assists Single Mother in Becoming a First-Time Homeowner

Sherilyn Cruz is a single mother raising three children on her own. She has been employed with the Department of Education as a teacher’s aide for over 13 years. And for the past 12 years she has been living with assistance from the Guam Housing & Urban Renewal Authority’s (… [Read More]
Homeownership

USDA Funds Help Three Communities in Utuado with an Electronic Library

  Jácanas, Cerro Gordo and Cuchillas Ward are rural and isolated communities. The lack of a library facility limited their students after school learning activities in these areas. As part of their community strategic plan they decided to establish an electronic library.
Education
USDA helps Community Improve and Expand Hospital Services in Historic “Dam Town”

USDA helps Community Improve and Expand Hospital Services in Historic “Dam Town”

Outline Of Need: Boulder City Hospital, Inc. is a non-profit located in the historic community of Boulder City, Nevada, home of Hoover Dam. The hospital was built in 1965 and moved to its current location in 1973. After years of service, the critical access hospital located at… [Read More]
Community Facilities

USDA Investment Makes a Dangerous Road Safer

U.S. Highway 6 has been named one of America’s Deadliest Highways more than once throughout the past 15 years. It is a long stretch of road that is a favorite of truckers, tourists, and residents for its direct route to the Wasatch Front’s medical centers, shopping, and… [Read More]
Community Facilities

USDA loan unites school district

The 2015-2016 school year is the beginning of a new era for thousands of students in Dickenson County, Va. When they walked through the doors on the first day of classes in August, the students became members of the Ridgeview High School and Middle School Wolfpack. Before this… [Read More]
Community Facilities

USDA RD Assists White Farms with Solar Array Purchase

White Farms, a family-owned general partnership that operates a grain farming business in rural Carroll County of McKenzie, Tenn., was interested in producing electricity from solar as a renewable energy source for its farming operation. With the desire to become a “greener”… [Read More]
Solar Energy

USDA RD Partners with HTC to Make Broadband Available

Many of us take access to modern electronic and technological services for granted. But for businesses in Rural America, the lack of high-speed internet connections can make a difference between success and layoffs. In 2009, Highland Telephone Cooperative (HTC) began pursuing… [Read More]
BroadbandCommunity ConnectEconomic DevelopmentTelecommunications

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