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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 the Downeast community, and Heather was glad to find a rental home to…
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Carter County Presiding Commissioner Ron Kenny

Carter County's New Equipment to Tackle Winter Roads

Carter County ensures winter readinessBy Sierra RuscoCarter County, Missouri, nestled in the southeast region of the beautiful Missouri Ozarks, boasts a population of approximately 5,202 residents. The county’s picturesque landscape features winding, steep roads that can pose… [Read More]
Missouri
Community Facilities
People on staircase cutting a ribbon.

Ohio Celebrates Opening of New Independent Living Facility

Ohio Eastern Star Home gathered with family, friends, community leaders, and partners to cut the ribbon and celebrate opening of the newest addition to its 60-acre Mt. Vernon, Ohio campus. Pine Hill, an apartment complex featuring 40… [Read More]
Ohio
Community FacilitiesHousing
Two men by hospital

Transforming Lives with Quality Healthcare Services in Rural Alabama

Medical West Hospital Authority, an affiliate of University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB Health System, sought financing for a replacement and relocation of their existing hospital from its current Bessemer, Alabama location to rural McCalla, Alabama, in West Jefferson County,… [Read More]
Alabama
Community Facilities
Picture of USDA Rural Development team presenting award poster to YMCA Leadership.

New YMCA Opens in Ottawa, IL: A Boost for Community Health and Wellness

The city of Ottawa warmly welcomed its new YMCA facility in May 2024; a testament to community investment and local collaboration aimed at promoting health, wellness, and social engagement. This state-of-the-art facility represents a $27.5 million investment in the community,… [Read More]
Illinois
Community FacilitiesInfrastructure
People standing in front of a fire truck in a field.

SW Ohio City Breaks Ground on New Fire Station

The City of Loveland, Ohio, gathered on a sun-drenched autumn morning to celebrate the groundbreaking for its new fire station. Local leaders and community partners, led by Loveland Mayor Kathy Bailey, donned helmets of Fire Station 63 and took ceremonial shovels in hand to… [Read More]
Ohio
Community FacilitiesFirst Responders
A vacant lot in Downtown Rutland, VT, turned into an art exhibit

The Innovative Inspiration Behind Rutland’s Evolving Makeover

What makes a place what it is? Not just any place, but a good place? Somewhere people recognize, think about, talk about, hope for, travel through, travel to, work in, and live in? If cornered into summing it up with one sentence, community development guru Lisa Glover… [Read More]
Vermont and New Hampshire
Community Facilities
Oxford Preparatory School utilized $19.6 million in USDA CF loans between 2018 and 2020 to purchase a 38 thousand square ft. building on 11.5 acres of land in Granville County, North Carolina, and construct a new schoolhouse on the grounds to expand their student base to 475 students in grades K-12.

Rural Development & Charter Schools Working Together to Achieve Student Success

RALEIGH, North Carolina--USDA Rural Development North Carolina is a leader in making sure people, no matter where they live, have access to quality opportunities.There is no better example of this than USDA’s investment into four North Carolina charter schools located in rural… [Read More]
North Carolina
Community Facilities
Rural fire station with trucks visible in five open bays.

Rural Ohio Community Celebrates New Public Works Complex

Community members from Washington Township (OH) near Mansfield gather to celebrate the ribbon cutting on their new Fire Station and Road Department Facility. USDA Photo Washington Township, Ohio, rests among rolling hills and farmlands… [Read More]
Ohio
Community Facilities
Goshen Medical Center is, on the road, serving the rural population of 12 North Carolina counties with the assistance of a $1.6 million USDA’s Community Facility Loan and Grant. Goshen used the funds to purchase five heave duty diesel trucks equipped with mobile generators and eight mobile medical trailers.

Goshen Medical is on the Move Serving Rural NC

FAISON, North Carolina—Goshen Medical Center is traveling across Eastern North Carolina providing medical care to rural residents at work, at school and where they live.Goshen took delivery five heave duty diesel trucks equipped with mobile generators and eight mobile medical… [Read More]
North Carolina
Community Facilities

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