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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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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
This is a photo of Michelle Amrine with team members from Ohio Rural Development.

USDA, Habitat for Humanity partner in first-ever Ohio build

  In commemoration of USDA’s annual Homeownership Month, some industrious Ohio Rural Development team members spent a sunny day at a Habitat for Humanity building site, helping Marysville resident Michelle Amrine and her two children frame out a place to call their own.… [Read More]
Ohio
Homeownership
This photo is from the April 22, 2014 groundbreaking ceremony for a new wastewater treatment project in Erie County, Ohio.

USDA-funded project diverts sewage from Lake Erie watershed

   With nearly 96 percent of the current systems in failure, Erie County Commissioners are using a $5.95 million USDA Rural Development wastewater loan and grant combination to replace on-site waste treatment systems that have been improperly discharging into and… [Read More]
Ohio
Wastewater

Veterinary Clinic Expanding to Meet Industry Needs

The West River Veterinary Clinic (WRVC) is providing essential animal services in the largely agriculture region of southwestern North Dakota. Initially founded as a mobile practice in 1969, the demand for services quickly brought the need to build a permanent clinic. Since then… [Read More]
North Dakota
BusinessEconomic DevelopmentRural Development
new lagoon system

Village of Creston Updates Its Sewer System

The Village of Creston was being served by a sewer system which had a two-cell waste stabilization lagoon system in 1969.  The existing lagoon system lacked sufficient storage capacity and the discharge lines were leaking.  Additionally, the lagoons were constructed in… [Read More]
Nebraska
WastewaterWater
Davey's new retention lagoon

Village of Davey Gets New Lagoons

  Davey’s lagoons were almost 50 years old and needed to be updated as they were out of compliance with the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) E. coli limits. There was also a new NDEQ discharge limit for ammonia which was included.  The Village of… [Read More]
Nebraska
Community FacilitiesWastewaterWater
Walthill Lagoon

Village of Walthill Nebraska Updates Antiquated Wastewater System

The Village of Walthill was issued an Administrative Order from the Environmental Protection Agency that their wastewater system was out of compliance. It was necessary to alleviate the problem, so that the Village did not receive fines but also so that residents would not have… [Read More]
Nebraska
Wastewater
Rural Mississippi

Vital Healthcare Brought to Rural Mississippi via TelEmergency

With the exception of major population areas where patients have nearby access to hospitals and clinics, almost all Mississippi residents who live outside of cities and large towns live in counties that are otherwise rural, and lacking any nearby hospitals or clinics. These… [Read More]
Mississippi
Distance LearningHealth Care
The new lagoon system in Ashton, Nebraska.

Wastewater Rehabilitation in Ashton, Nebraska

The Village of Ashton in Sherman County, Nebraska, had a wastewater system that was in dire need of rehabilitation due to several deficiencies that placed the village in violation of the Clean Water Act. The original collection system was in built in 1955. Areas needing most… [Read More]
Nebraska
Wastewater
AdEdge Arsenic Removal Equipment.

Water System in Stromsburg Now Meets Community Needs

The City of Stromsburg’s water source contained high levels of arsenic that exceeded the minimum requirement mandated by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and needed to be brought back into compliance.  Serving over 1,232 residents, the City also needed to replace… [Read More]
Nebraska
InfrastructureWater

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