Unlocking the Development Finance Toolbox in Rural America
The Rural Financing Best Practices by CDFA explores how rural communities can leverage a wide range of tools and approaches to build on their assets, protect their resources, and make strategic investments that offer long-term benefits for residents and local businesses.
Fiber-Optic Network Construction in Salinas Valley, CA
Local stakeholders pitched their plan to representatives of the USDA Rural Development to extend the Sunesys broadband project. According to Digital Communities, the estimated cost of the project would be between $20 million and $30 million, half of which the USDA could provide a long-term loan.
USDA Investments Make Big Impact in 2015
The USDA Rural Development 2015 Progress Report details the tangible results across rural America that stemmed from investments by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development team in local businesses, community infrastructure, housing, etc. in 2015.
Q&A: Center for Rural Affairs
This Q&A with Traci Bruckner, Senior Policy Associate, addresses resources available for beginning, small- and mid-sized farms through federal agricultural policy. According to UC Food Observer, the Center for Rural Affairs is important to generate creative approaches to economic development.
Rural KY Deal to Improve Energy Efficiency
Greystone Affordable Housing Initiatives' preservation group, the Kentucky offices of the USDA Rural Housing Service (RHS), and the Kentucky Housing Corp. (KHC) are combining tax-exempt bonds, tax credits, and USDA-guarenteed loans for recapitalization and rehab of at-risk housing.
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