NOTICE OF POTENTIAL CHANGES TO ELIGIBLE AREA MAPS FOR
USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS

USDA Rural Development is conducting a review of all areas under its jurisdiction to identify areas that no longer qualify as rural for housing programs. The last rural area reviews were performed in 2017-2018 using 2015 American Community Survey (ACS) data. Rural area designations are reviewed every five years. This review will utilize the 2020 United States decennial census data.

Today's Power, Inc. (TPI) proposes to construct the People’s Electric Solar Facility. The proposed project site is located in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma near the City of Ada.

Final FONSI TPI People's Electric Solar Facility - March 2023

Avellana Power Rural Electric Cooperative proposes to construct a 2.25 Megawatt (MW) solar power generating facility and broadband internet service delivery network on 44.92-acres of private land located approximately 5 miles east of Apple Valley, San Bernardino County, California.

Giving patients the best and most thorough mammography screening experience is so important to a rural community, but the technology doesn’t last forever.

That’s exactly what Winner Regional Health experienced when their aging two-dimensional (2D) mammography imaging wasn’t providing the best experience for their patients and required maintenance more frequently, not to mention struggling to find someone who would service a 2D mammography in rural South Dakota.

When winter arrives in South Dakota, Ravinia citizens rely on the township to clear two miles of local roads. Keeping local roads clear allows residents to get to and from work. When their equipment prevents them from clearing the roads, it makes the morning commute a bit more difficult.

“We had a truck and snowplow from the early 80s that was really falling into disrepair,” said Wade Wright, Ravinia’s mayor. “We were having a difficult time finding parts for the plow and maintenance on the truck was becoming more frequent and expensive.”

The long white ramp leading up to the porch entrance of the home serves vital functions for homeowner John Bryson, Jr. For many years, John ran his own restaurant, but after a lifetime of hard work and medical issues, John had become disabled.

When Ruben Lopez and his wife Katherine moved from Texas to Price, Utah a few years ago, they didn’t have plans to open a restaurant. The idea began with a question Ruben posted on Facebook. “How would y'all like some Texas barbecue out here?” His query received hundreds of positive responses within an hour. Ruben fired up his smoker and started selling plates of food from his driveway, which grew to pop-up events on the weekends and sold out every time.