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Success Stories

“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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YMCA Receives a $3.5 Million USDA Rural Development Community Facilities Grant, Making Health and Medicinal Rehabilitation Services More Accessible in Rural Communities

Champaign, IL, Feb 10th, 2025 - YMCAs are widely known for benefitting communities by offering low-cost wellness centers, kids’ programs, community engagement, and more. Rural areas especially suffer from a lack of these services. … [Read More]
Illinois

Utah-based Internet Provider Reaches Small Colorado Town

When Dealila Huskey, Technology Coordinator for the Dolores County School District, heard high-speed fiber internet was coming to her area in Dove Creek, Colorado, she was skeptical. She’d heard promises of that sort before, and it had become almost a pattern to witness… [Read More]
Colorado, Utah

Rural Development Helps Minnesota Family Find New Home In Time for Holiday Season

In Chisago City, Minnesota, Aliesha Larson faced a daunting challenge as a single mother living with three of her children. Living with her daughter Ali, who uses a wheelchair, and her two sons in a cramped two-bedroom rental was becoming increasingly difficult. The multi-level… [Read More]
Minnesota

Ohio Feed Mill Modernizes with USDA Lending Partnership

The original Gerber & Sons., Inc., feed mill built in 1905 stands at the center of town in Baltic, Ohio. USDA Photo.  Towering over the main intersection of Baltic, Ohio, is the Gerber & Sons, Inc. feed mill. Since it first… [Read More]
Ohio

Carter County's New Equipment to Tackle Winter Roads

Carter County ensures winter readinessBy Sierra RuscoCarter County, Missouri, nestled in the southeast region of the beautiful Missouri Ozarks, boasts a population of approximately 5,202 residents. The county’s picturesque landscape features winding, steep roads that can pose… [Read More]
Missouri

Ohio Celebrates Opening of New Independent Living Facility

Ohio Eastern Star Home gathered with family, friends, community leaders, and partners to cut the ribbon and celebrate opening of the newest addition to its 60-acre Mt. Vernon, Ohio campus. Pine Hill, an apartment complex featuring 40… [Read More]
Ohio

Iconic Maine Farm Returns to its Solar Roots with REAP

Wood Prairie Family Farm (WPFF) is in the far northern town of Bridgewater, Maine, near the Canadian border. The farm is best known for its certified organic table potatoes and Maine certified seed potatoes (sold locally, online, and from a… [Read More]
Maine

High Efficiency Grain Dryer Proves Transformational for Green Thumb Farms

Soil Health, Bottom Line, and Maine Livestock All Benefit from REAP GrantGreen Thumb Farms is a familiar name to many Mainers. The farm’s “Cold River Gold” potatoes are found in abundance in New England supermarkets each fall and winter.  The family-owned farm in the… [Read More]
Maine

Energy Grant Helps Keep Dinner Plates Fresh and Full Year-Round

The Chef's Garden in Huron, Ohio, is a year-round 400-acre production farm that grows more than 800 varieties of fruits, vegetables, and microgreens. USDA Photo.  The Chef’s Garden, Inc., is a year-round 400-acre production farm in… [Read More]
Ohio