Department of Agriculture Rural Development Kentucky State Director Travis T. Burton and U.S. Congressman James Comer today announced USDA is investing over $1.6 million in a sewer project in the city of Morganfield.

“Water projects are not the most glamorous, but they’re essential to the prosperity of our rural communities,” said Burton. “Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Rollins, USDA Rural Development is proud to be a partner to water districts across the Commonwealth as they continue providing safe drinking water and sanitary waste disposal.”

Project Description: Construction of a solar electric generation facility that will be sited on approximately 79 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land in Wyoming County, PA.

Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur 
Project Submittal Date: 6/18/2025 
Project Approval Date: 9/18/2025 
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Project Description: Construction of a solar electric generation facility that will be sited on approximately 44 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land in Bradford County, PA.

Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur 
Project Submittal Date: 6/18/2025 
Project Approval Date: 9/18/2025 
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Brief Project Description: Construction of a 1.2 MW solar electric generation facility that will be sited on approximately 11 acres of previously disturbed agricultural land in Bethany Township, Gratiot County, MI.

Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur 
Project Submittal Date: 6/18/2025 
Project Approval Date: 9/17/2025 
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Brief Project Description: Construction of a 3.0-MW solar facility including access roads, fencing, and associated utilities on the site of a capped landfill in Bear Creek Township, Emmet County, MI.

Staff Assignment Name: Maria Tur 
Project Submittal Date: 6/18/2025 
Project Approval Date: 9/18/2025 
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Rural Development’s $11 million investment will assist growing rural community handle waste water

EDENTON, NC, Sept. 18, 2025 — State Director Robert Hosford and members of the USDA Rural Development Team participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony with the town of Edenton today.

USDA Rural Development invested $11 million in USDA Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants to assist in the upgrade Edenton’s Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The renovation project included:

Brief Project Description: The Wild Turkey Solar Project (Project) is a proposed 5-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located on a parcel in the Southwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 102 North, Range 6 West, Town of Caledonia, Houston County, Minnesota that has been previously disturbed for agriculture activities. The current site is a flat, open field that would require minimal grading. The disturbance of land would be limited to the approximately 36-acre Project area during construction.

The project would be a 5 MW hydroelectric facility located on Grant Creek and Grant Lake, near the community of Moose Pass, Alaska, in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, about 25 miles north of Seward, Alaska.

The Project is a proposed 2.5-megawatt solar facility on a 20-acre previously disturbed area. The Project is located in Ringe, Olmsted County, Minnesota.

Staff Assignment Name: Terry Czerwien
Project Submittal Date: 12/4/24
Project Approval Date: 9/15/25
DOE CE Applied: B5.16

Rural Development’s $1.6 million investment will assist local firefighters in their efforts to respond to emergencies

NASHVILLE, N.C., Sept. 13, 2025 — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development (RD) Neal Robbins and RD State Director for North Carolina Robert Hosford participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Nashville Fire Department today.