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When Eileen Flanagan and John Cochrane moved to Vassalboro, Maine and founded their farm, Junction Garden LLC, they knew they had a lot to learn about diversified agriculture in Maine. As they developed their market farm and growing business, one goal stood out: “We were very clear that we wanted to reduce our carbon footprint and use renewable energy,” says Eileen.
Decoupling Rental Assistance allows eligible USDA Rural Development Multifamily Housing (MFH) direct loan borrowers to continue receiving long-term rental assistance in exchange for agreeing to preserve and operate their multifamily property as affordable rural housing.
Eligible MFH direct loan borrowers whose loans are reaching natural mortgage maturity can enter into Section 521 Stand-Alone Rental Assistance (SARA) contracts after they have made the final payment on their direct loan.
On Aug. 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development announced it had awarded an $85,000 grant to the United Way of the Capital Region through its Rural Business Development Grants Program.
After a dozen years in her Franklin County home, lifelong Mainer Lucille thought she knew what to expect during bad weather. Therefore, when torrential rains struck Western Maine on June 29, 2023, she wasn’t particularly alarmed at first. Her home is located partway up a hill and not near any significant water source. But the rain sheeted down at up to two inches per hour, and suddenly the water started rising toward her house, something she’d never seen happen before.
In 2014, Jeff Davis Hospital in Hazelhurst, Georgia, faced the grim prospect of closure. The hospital, a vital resource for the local community, was outdated, very small, and not equipped to serve the community. Originally built in 1962, Jeff Davis Hospital was last renovated in 1974.
Before the Village of Honor improved its wastewater treatment system in 2022, the team that runs it dealt with frequent maintenance issues.
The system, which includes a series of treatment lagoons and other structures and components that lie at the northeastern edge of the village, functioned fairly well, but some equipment wasn’t up to modern standards. Mechanical arms agitated the lagoons to provide aeration, for example, and they were subject to a lot of problems.
People have been visiting the area surrounding the Village of L’Anse, which means “the cove” in French, to recreate, fish, camp and enjoy the water since long before the village’s founding in the 1870s.
The city of Glenville, West Virginia is a little safer now thanks to assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development. Since 2018, Rural Development has provided a total of $72,950 in grant funding to Glenville State University (GSU) and the city of Glenville to purchase new police cruisers through the Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program.
For Monique DiGiorgio, co-owner of Table to Farm Compost in Durango, Colorado, there is a full circle order to things. What we put out into the world has the potential to directly impact what we receive back.
