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Rural Development Officials to Speak at 2017 Annual NCMA Conference

Name
Vicki Schurman
Email
vicki.schurman@ne.usda.gov
Phone
(402) 437-5563
City
Broken Bow
Release Date

USDA Rural Development’s Multi-Family Housing Program Director Paul Bartlett and Community Programs Specialist Natalie Furrow will speak on ‘USDA Resources for Rural Communities’ at the 2017 Annual NCMA Conference.  Bartlett and Furrow will be available at the USDA display booth to provide information on more than 40 programs available through Rural Development.  Stop by and see if Rural Development can help your rural community with its needs.

Topics of Discussion also include:

· What Happened in Ferguson, Missouri? (Former Ferguson City Manager, John Shaw)

· Sustainable Communities (Dr. Leighter, Creighton University)

· Ethics Training (Karen Daly, ICMA)

· Rural Transit Project (Dr. Blair & Dr. Diechert, UNO)

· Human Trafficking Awareness (Leticia Bonifas, Central Nebraska Trafficking & Immigration Outreach; Meredith McDowell, Mental Health Therapist; and Leeann Nielsen, Salvation Army’s Safe-T Specialist)

· NCMA Visioning & Strategic Planning Session (Jeff Ray, JEO Consulting Group, Inc.)

  The 2017 Annual NCMA Conference will be held June 12-14, 2017 at the Nebraska One Box Convention Center, 2750 South 27th Avenue in Broken Bow, NE.  

  USDA Rural Development is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in rural America. Through Rural Development programs, rural Americans are helped in many ways:

  • Offers loans, grants and loan guarantees to support essential services such as housing, economic development, health care, first responder services and equipment, and water, electric and communications infrastructure.

  • Promotes economic development by supporting loans to businesses through banks, credit unions and community-managed lending pools.

  • Provides technical assistance and information to help agricultural producers and cooperatives get started and improve the effectiveness of their operations.

  • Assist with technical assistance to help communities undertake community empowerment programs. Helps rural residents buy or rent safe, affordable housing and make health and safety repairs to their homes.