In the spring of 2017, Chad Blase quit his full-time job to go back to work with his parents on their dairy farm. Within months, milk prices were sinking and Chad and his partner Laura Klock, along with Chad’s parents, Amy and Gary Blase, realized it was time to have some difficult conversations about whether the farm could continue to be financially workable for their families during this downturn.

Aligned Climate Capital LLC proposes to construct a solar farm facility on 13.57 acres.  The project site is located in the City of Nashua in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

Environmental Assessment - July 2021

Notice of Availability - July 22, 2021

Finding of No Significant Impacts (FONSI)  - August 18, 2021

A ground-breaking ceremony was held on June 1, 2021 for the expansion of the Sandhills Medical Foundation Inc. (SMF) facility located in Lugoff, S.C.  Local leaders and members of the Foundation gathered at the site to celebrate the official ground-breaking for the nearly 13,000 sq. ft. expansion along with a much needed 125kw backup electricity generator. 

Montana's wildfire season came a little early this year, as a result of drier-than-normal and windy conditions. But, Bridger Aerospace (BA), a company based in Belgrade, Montana, was ready to answer the call with their two new CL-415EAF "Super Scooper" fire suppression aircraft.

The town of Calypso recently celebrated the expansion of two new bays to their fire station.

As the Rural American town continues to grow so does their volunteer fire department of 32 people.

Working with USDA Rural Development in North Carolina the town’s leaders secured a $248 thousand loan/grant combination to expand their firehouse.   

Johanna Diaz was a single mother living in an apartment when she got the opportunity to build her own home in Imperial, Calif.

“It’s easy to buy a house, but to build it with your own hands – it’s amazing,” Diaz exclaimed.

Diaz started building her home in January 2019 and moved in on May 27, 2020. 

“It was hard during summer, because it gets so hot,” she said. “But, we did it!”

Her and her family outgrew the apartment they were living in and needed another solution.

The Carrillo family had outgrown their two-bedroom house and started to look for a home that was more accommodating to their needs.  Jesus and Jasmine had hopes to buy a house in Petersburg where they currently lived and had grown up.  The Carillo's had heard about the USDA Rural Development 502 program and contacted the Lubbock Office to submit an application. 

Candice Hill is a single mother of three children. She was interested in pursuing owning her own home. Through the guidance and assistance received from T-Yamni, a one-stop homeownership program offered by Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate to tribal members, she was on the path to becoming a homeowner. T-Yamni connected her with USDA Rural Development.

It was nearly ten years ago when Jan Riggins suffered a big financial loss with losing her business and her home. In that timeframe, she moved at least seven times from various rental properties because the owners either sold the homes or moved back to live in the properties.