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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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Pine Ridge EMT Photo

Enhanced Fire Protection Service is Essential for the Pine Ridge Reservation

Founded in 1885, the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (SD Mines) is a public institution of higher learning in Rapid City, South Dakota. Through a USDA Rural Development Community Facility Technical Assistance and Training grant, SD Mines has partnered with Banner… [Read More]
South Dakota
Community Facilities
Kylie Beckman Photo

Greater Future Envisioned Becomes Reality for New Rural South Dakota Homeowner

Kylie Beckman had been renting a townhouse in Madison, SD.  Oftentimes, she found herself tossing around the idea of becoming a homeowner. One defining day, she woke up and decided that it was time to take steps toward that greater future she’d envisioned by pursuing… [Read More]
South Dakota
HomeownershipHousing
Staff w/ Holiday Inn Express, Evanston, WY 07-2019

Hotel Construction Builds Economic Growth, Partnership

Evanston, Wyoming, a small town located along Interstate 80, serves as a stopping point for travelers, and energy development employees. The nature of its location and industry has not allowed for a lot of growth. Many residents must leave town to find steady employment.… [Read More]
Wyoming
Business
Steel Crfeek Galvanizing Company Open House Event

Steel Creek Galvanizing Company LLC Holds Open House Event

Steel Creek Galvanizing Company LLC recently held an Open House Event on July 16, 2019.  This event included tours of the recently completed fabricated steel products plant which is projected to bring $14.1 million in new capital investment in the area as well as the… [Read More]
South Carolina
Community Facilities
Bluff View Senior Living

A Safe Place to Live

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 Highway… [Read More]
Texas
Community Facilities
Eureka Hospital photo

New Look, Same Tradition of Care for Eureka Community Health Services Avera

A new facility has been built to house the hospital, clinic, and assisted living facility in Eureka, South Dakota in order to continue to provide different levels of healthcare services for this rural community of 848 residents and surrounding rural area. The new one-level… [Read More]
South Dakota
Community Facilities
Wilmot Care Cente photo

Providing Care Close to Home in a Rural South Dakota Community

As many communities have experienced the loss of assisted living and nursing home facilities over the past 3-5 years, the Wilmot Care Center has found a way to help with the growing need for elderly care in their small, rural community in northeast South Dakota located in… [Read More]
South Dakota
Community Facilities
Tribal elders Mary and Abbie Van Pelt were able to have their roof re-paired with help from a USDA grant.

Repairs Improve the Safety of Tribal Elders’ Homes

Every time the south winds blew through the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), Mary and Abbie Van Pelt had problems with their roof. Each time, Abbie would climb on the roof to try and fix the issue. When CTUIR received a Housing Preservation Grant… [Read More]
Oregon
Home RepairHousing
Hernandez Homeownership

Pursuing Dreams through Partnerships

Yaramis (Yara) Ramos Hernandez a single mother from Cuba who recently achieved U.S. Citizenship last December. Responsible for both her 9 year-old daughter and elderly mother, Yara reached out to Pinnacle Bank, long-time lending partner of USDA Rural Development, to learn more… [Read More]
Nebraska
HomeownershipHousingRural Development
Precision Prefinishing installed energy-efficient lighting at its Harrisburg facility with help from a USDA grant.

A Rural Business is Reaping the Rewards of Increased Energy Efficiency

Precision Prefinishing may be a small business, but it needs a large space to conduct its work of custom finishing panels for cabinets, siding, and other construction products. Its 130,000-square-foot facility in the rural town of Harrisburg in western Oregon was lit with… [Read More]
Oregon
EnergyREAP

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