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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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The Minidoka Spillway

The Minidoka Spillway

The Minidoka Dam’s history seems almost as long as its 2,237 foot long concrete pier and spillway.  Talk of building the dam in south-central Idaho to help early settlers do more than just scratch out a living goes back to the 1880’s, but finally came to fruition after… [Read More]
Idaho
Community Facilities
University of Pikeville to Build Kentucky's First Optometry College

University of Pikeville to Build Kentucky's First Optometry College

“Here we grow again.” City leaders in Pikeville, Ky., are very fond of this expression, and with construction set to begin on another multi-million project in the downtown area, it is apropos for them to begin using it again. Thanks to a $40 million direct loan through USDA’s… [Read More]
Kentucky
Community Facilities
USDA helps Community Improve and Expand Hospital Services in Historic “Dam Town”

USDA helps Community Improve and Expand Hospital Services in Historic “Dam Town”

Outline Of Need: Boulder City Hospital, Inc. is a non-profit located in the historic community of Boulder City, Nevada, home of Hoover Dam. The hospital was built in 1965 and moved to its current location in 1973. After years of service, the critical access hospital located at… [Read More]
Nevada
Community Facilities
USDA Investment Makes a Dangerous Road Safer

USDA Investment Makes a Dangerous Road Safer

U.S. Highway 6 has been named one of America’s Deadliest Highways more than once throughout the past 15 years. It is a long stretch of road that is a favorite of truckers, tourists, and residents for its direct route to the Wasatch Front’s medical centers, shopping, and… [Read More]
Utah
Community Facilities
USDA loan unites school district

USDA loan unites school district

The 2015-2016 school year is the beginning of a new era for thousands of students in Dickenson County, Va. When they walked through the doors on the first day of classes in August, the students became members of the Ridgeview High School and Middle School Wolfpack. Before this… [Read More]
Virginia
Community Facilities
USDA Rural Development Funds Awarded in Dubois County

USDA Rural Development Funds Awarded in Dubois County

USDA Rural Development Funds Awarded in Dubois County The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development is improving the lives of the residents of Dubois, Pike, and Warrick Counties by presenting a $2,171,690 USDA Rural Development Community Facilities low interest… [Read More]
Indiana
Community Facilities
USDA Rural Development Funds New Mental Health Facility

USDA Rural Development Funds New Mental Health Facility

USDA Rural Development Funds New Mental Health Facility  The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development is improving the lives of the residents of LaPorte County and surrounding counties by presenting a $2,000,000 USDA Rural Development Guaranteed Community… [Read More]
Indiana
Community Facilities
Fire station in Gilbert, Iowa

USDA Rural Development Helps City of Gilbert Celebrate Groundbreaking for Fire Station and Multi-Purpose Building

May 16, 2014 - Staff from USDA Rural Development today participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new multi-purpose facility in Gilbert.  The building will house a new fire station, as well as city offices and a community room. USDA Rural Development is providing a $1… [Read More]
Iowa
Community Facilities
USDA Rural Development’s Program Provides Injection for New Hospital

USDA Rural Development’s Program Provides Injection for New Hospital

USDA Rural Development was on hand September 27, 2013, in Tell City, Indiana during a ground breaking ceremony for the new Perry County Hospital.  Utilizing an $40,000,000 Community Facility Direct Loan, Perry County Memorial Hospital has begun construction of an… [Read More]
Indiana
Community Facilities
Bethany Lutheran Home for the Aged LLC

USDA Supported Project Helps South Dakota Seniors Improve Their Quality of Life

Brandon, South Dakota, with a population of about 9,000, has seen significant growth in the last decade, including the area of senior care. There are two assisted living communities in Brandon, but there has never been a nursing home. This has put strain on both patients and… [Read More]
South Dakota
Community Facilities

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