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UW Center for Cooperatives Celebrates 60 Years of Serving the Co-op Community
As National Cooperative Month 2022 ends, we would like to highlight a special anniversary in the co-op world. The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives (UWCC), the oldest university-based cooperative center in the nation, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.… [Read More]
10.27.2022

USDA Rural Development helps Boys and Girls Club in Oroville open new Teen Center
The Boys and Girls Club of the North Valley (BGCNV) fills a critical need in Oroville and surrounding communities, providing after-school social services and enrichment opportunities for low-income children and youth. About 79 percent of those served live below the poverty line… [Read More]
10.21.2022

St. Helena College and Career Academy: Touchdown Loan
St. Helena College and Career Academy in rural Greensburg, Louisiana is home to the Mighty Hawks. In the small parish of 11,000, football is one of the main ways that the community comes together, and St. Helena is their only public high school. But, St. Helena's previous… [Read More]
04.13.2022

Advancing Artistic Expression
The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is located just a few miles southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Located on 140 acres in Santa Fe it is arguably one of the best locations in the state for an art school. To put it simply the place is inspiring. The campus is in a… [Read More]
04.13.2022
Community Excels in Engineering
What happens when businesses are eager to hire local employees, but an equally eager workforce lacks the necessary skills for employment? A stalemate.
South Hill and its surrounding region have suffered this dilemma for the last five years with an unemployment rate ranging from… [Read More]
08.06.2019

Rural School District Sprints to the Finish Line with Major Track Repair
In the rural town of Mapleton in western Oregon, students attend high school on a campus sandwiched between the Siuslaw River on one side and the Coast Range on the other. Nestled in the forest, the high school track is distinctive with its triangular shape and 300-meter length… [Read More]
03.26.2019