The last piece of this business expansion puzzle must be USDA Rural Development. Excel Boats, LLC determined in Fall 2017 they wanted to expand their business.  At the time, the company was building aluminum boats at their only manufacturing plant in Mountain View, Ark. Prior to needing the last piece of the puzzle, a tremendous amount of work had been done.  The company visited several states in the Southeast Region but eventually landed on a site in Northwest Tenn. 

Single mother of three girls Crystal Dahl was determined to make her dream of homeownership a reality. She and the girls were living in an apartment that lacked adequate space and comfort.

Crystal began looking at several homes through a realtor and she finally found one she fell in love with. The house is a beautiful four-bedroom, two bathroom, ranch style home with a double garage, huge fenced in yard and a shed in a beautiful new development area.

When you open the tap on the kitchen sink, you expect to be able to fill your empty glass with cool, refreshing, clean water. Few of us give much thought to where that water came from or how it got there.

All Utah-based USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program (SFHGLP) loan processing and activity transferred to the SFHGLP Origination and Processing Division as part of a new, nationally-integrated model.

Lenders with application-specific questions for loans on properties located in the state of Utah should email: SFHGLPONE@usda.gov.

Those with general inquiries not related to a specific application or file, please email: sfhgld.program@usda.gov.

USDA recently unveiled a one-stop-shop of federal programs that can be used by rural communities, organizations and individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide (PDF, 349 KB) is a first-of-its-kind resource for rural leaders looking for federal funding and partnership opportunities to help address this pandemic.

USDA Rural Development has taken a number of immediate actions to help rural residents, businesses, and communities affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Rural Development will keep our customers, partners, and stakeholders continuously updated as more actions are taken to better serve rural America. Please visit USDA Rural Development's Coronavirus Response page for the latest information and notices on how Rural Development is supporting its stakeholders.

As Kentucky does its best to battle the spread of COVID-19, state and medical providers are looking for ways to answer the increasing need for medical personal protective equipment. One of those responding in a big way is a somewhat unlikely source: Somerset Community College, which is making over 100 protective face shields per day.