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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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Webster's Fire Hall

Infrastructure Shelters Equipment and Provides Enhanced Training Opportunities

Rural communities need volunteers to thrive and help provide services larger municipalities offer through paid personnel, such as a fire department. The volunteer fire department in Webster, SD, understands this need and the facilities and training needed in order to respond to… [Read More]
Community Facilities
East Point Academy

New School to Serve Nearly 550 Students

Rural Development funds were used to purchase and renovate an existing school facility and for expansion of the Elementary School’s campus. An existing building, on Leaphart Street, was purchased and repurposed as the Middle School campus for grades 6th through 8th. Facility… [Read More]
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Pine Ridge EMT Photo

Enhanced Fire Protection Service is Essential for the Pine Ridge Reservation

Founded in 1885, the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (SD Mines) is a public institution of higher learning in Rapid City, South Dakota. Through a USDA Rural Development Community Facility Technical Assistance and Training grant, SD Mines has partnered with Banner… [Read More]
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Steel Crfeek Galvanizing Company Open House Event

Steel Creek Galvanizing Company LLC Holds Open House Event

Steel Creek Galvanizing Company LLC recently held an Open House Event on July 16, 2019.  This event included tours of the recently completed fabricated steel products plant which is projected to bring $14.1 million in new capital investment in the area as well as the… [Read More]
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A Safe Place to Live

Rental rates in North Texas continue to climb. Housing costs are through the roof….literally. But Crandall, Texas might be the place to move for senior living in Kaufman County thanks to the newly constructed Bluff View Senior Village. This project is located just off of Highway… [Read More]
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Eureka Hospital photo

New Look, Same Tradition of Care for Eureka Community Health Services Avera

A new facility has been built to house the hospital, clinic, and assisted living facility in Eureka, South Dakota in order to continue to provide different levels of healthcare services for this rural community of 848 residents and surrounding rural area. The new one-level… [Read More]
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Wilmot Care Cente photo

Providing Care Close to Home in a Rural South Dakota Community

As many communities have experienced the loss of assisted living and nursing home facilities over the past 3-5 years, the Wilmot Care Center has found a way to help with the growing need for elderly care in their small, rural community in northeast South Dakota located in… [Read More]
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Cane Bay Fire Station

RD Community Facility Loan Funds Will Be Utilized to Construct New Fire Station

A ground-breaking ceremony was held on May 22, 2019 for the highly anticipated Cane Bay Fire Station. Local leaders and members of the community gathered at the site to celebrate the official ground breaking for the Whitesville Fire and Rescue Headquarters Fire Station. The 5,… [Read More]
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Loader Equipment

New Equipment Provides Much Needed Service to Rural Community of 85 Residents

Davis is a town located in Turner County, South Dakota.  It got its name from a first settler back in 1893.  The community needed equipment to assist with year-round street maintenance and winter snow removal.  The lone piece of equipment presently owned by the… [Read More]
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Dupree Fire Truck Photo

Reliable Equipment Provides for a Greater Peace of Mind

Ask any fire fighter, they will likely tell you that providing protection and other emergency services is demanding.  Having efficient, operable equipment that can withstand rugged terrain and extreme conditions is a real asset when it comes to providing fire protection and… [Read More]
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