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Smith Island, Maryland

Investing in Wastewater Infrastructure is Key to Preserving Smith Island, Maryland

For the people living on Smith Island, the water matters. But it’s about more than the beautiful views of the Chesapeake Bay from the picturesque island ten miles from the mainland. The multi‐generational residents depend on the surrounding Chesapeake Bay for their livelihoods. For many, crabbing, oystering, and ecotourism are what puts dollars in their bank accounts, and food on their tables. In rural communities…
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Tioga Clinic

New Clinic to Serve Growing Needs of Industry Workers

Economic opportunity in North Dakota’s oil industry has brought an influx of workers to the state while also adding pressure to rural services such as health care. The Tioga Medical Center campus, which serves northwestern North Dakota’s Divide, Williams, Burke and Mountrail… [Read More]
Community Facilities
Byron Library Chairs

New Community Center, New Library, New Outlook

The Village of Byron, a community of 83, was given a grand opportunity to bring new life back into the community. Through a donation from a local resident it was able to build a much needed community center.  This building would also house the Village Hall and the library.  The… [Read More]
Community Facilities
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New Equipment Revitalizes Small Town Library

Rural libraries often serve as community gathering places. Public voting, educational activities, and more take place in public libraries and the historic library in the Town of Minersville is no different.  Located twenty miles from any other town, the Minersville Public… [Read More]
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Checking out their new front porch.

New Home for Family Made Possible

Tyler Vacha and his family made a major life decision when he accepted employment with the Center for Rural Affairs at Lyons, Nebraska. After relocating to the area from Des Moines, they began searching for homes in the Lyons area that would fit their family's needs. After… [Read More]
Homeownership
Photo of Zuni Housing Authority building and sign out front.

New Homes Dedicated at Zuni Pueblo New Mexico

USDA Rural Housing Service Administrator Tony Hernandez joined State Director Terry Brunner to dedicate three homes at Zuni Pueblo and three apartment complexes in Gallup as part of National Homeownership Month celebrations. “Throughout my travels, I’ve seen how rural residents… [Read More]
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New Elva Strum WWTF

New Joint Commission Provides Improved Services to Residents

Residents and businesses in two northwestern Wisconsin communities now enjoy new public water and sewer service thanks to a partnership between the two communities and USDA Rural Development Both the Village of Eleva and the Village of Strum, located in Trempealeau County, were… [Read More]
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New Senior Housing Development in East Tennessee

Senior citizens in the Greeneville, Tennessee area have been eager to call the brand new Barton Greene Apartments home.  “I was lucky enough to be able to move into Barton Greene, back to my home town.  The house I owned in Cleveland, TN was just too much to maintain after I… [Read More]
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Janet Ross of the Four Corners School of Outdoor Education

New Vehicles Help Keep Students Moving for Outdoor Education

For students participating in the Canyon Country Youth Corps (CCYC) at the Four Corners School of Outdoor Education (FCS), a hard hat and shovel prove to be just as useful as a pencil and paper. CCYC is just one of four interrelated programs at the school and participation in it… [Read More]
Community Facilities
Niobrara Valley Hospital in Lynch, Nebraska.

Niobrara Valley Hospital Pursues Building Upgrade

Niobrara Valley Hospital (NVH) is the only hospital located within Boyd County that has served the communities since 1971. NVH is a 20 bed critical access hospital in Lynch, Nebraska, that currently provides physical therapy, respite care, observation stay, acute care, swing bed… [Read More]
Community Facilities
Solar Panel array

North Carolina Leads in Solar Projects

The RUS Electric Program fosters sustainable and vibrant rural communities by investing in expanding and modernizing the electric infrastructure and revitalizing local economic development by unleashing the benefits of renewable resources and energy efficiency.  In FY 2015, the… [Read More]
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