Success Stories

City of La Feria officials celebrated the Grand Re-Opening of the Bailey H. Dunlap Memorial Public Library. The City of la Feria has a population of 7,302 who will now have access to a state of the art computer lab and community meeting/training room. Mayor Pro-Tem Esmeralda… [Read More]

A $300,000 Distance and Learning  Telemedicine Grant from USDA Rural Development has provided a rural Gonzales hospital with cutting edge radiology technology not usually available in rural Texas hospitals. With the equipment upgrade, the Gonzales   Hospital becomes the only… [Read More]

Gale Carr, GSC Chipotle Texas, Ltd. received a Value-Added Producer Grant in 2014. Working capital grant funds are being used to cover costs of labor, utilities, packaging, labeling, marketing, promotion and processing of rare and popular chile pepper cultivars. Carr and his… [Read More]

As we are becoming more conscious of our environment and the food we eat, more people are turning to organic foods. Organic foods have become a widely sought commodity in the past few years. There is a growing cluster of organic farmers in South Texas. Unfortunately, it seems… [Read More]

The Miller Family Farm has been in operation for three generations in the rural Crawford/McGregor area of McLennan County, just west of Waco, Texas. Grandpa Miller began milking cows during World War II and the tradition continues to this day through his grandson, Craig Miller,… [Read More]

Hydroelectric power RUS Electric Program approved $73 million in loan funds to finance ETEC’s R. C. Thomas Hydroelectric Station (R.C. Thomas Station), formally known as the Lake Livingston Hydro-electric Station, located near the City of Lake Livingston in Polk County, Texas.… [Read More]

Biomass RUS Electric Program partnered with borrower, East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ETEC) in order to fund the recently completed Woodville Woody Biomass Project located near Woodville Texas. Woodville is a 49.9 MW carbon neutral renewable energy facility that will burn… [Read More]

In September 2013, Ms. Anne Hall, 71 years of age, applied for a USDA Rural Development Section 504 loan and grant to install a handicap ramp to her home in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas. The grant was approved and construction commenced. A typical grant, a typical USDA RD… [Read More]

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… [Read More]

Cactus Health Services, Inc., is a Federally Qualified Health Center in operation since 2003.  Cactus Health provides services to the low income,          uninsured, and underserved populations of Brewster, Terrell and Pecos counties.  The organization       operated its primary… [Read More]