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USDA Invests $3.3 Million in High-Speed Broadband for Rural Beaverhead County

WISDOM, Mont., Feb. 24, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director Charles Robison joined Rep. Greg Gianforte to announce USDA has invested $3.3 million in a high-speed broadband infrastructure project that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for 142...

USDA Launches Interactive Data Tool to Help Rural Communities Address the Opioid Crisis

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched an interactive data tool to help community leaders build grassroots strategies to address the opioid epidemic. “Under the...

We Can’t Wait: Bringing New Investments to Rural Communities by Leveraging Existing Programs

February 21, 2012 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Cross posted from the White House blog: Since the formation of the White House Rural Council in June 2011, we have had a unique opportunity to provide recommendations on how to grow the economy and create jobs in rural America. The feedback we’re providing to the White House, based on our travels...

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Trump Administration Invests Nearly $3 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Missouri

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing nearly $3 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Missouri. This investment is part of the $100 million in grant funding...

Community Members’ Viability, and Support from USDA Advance a South Dakota Rural Community

September 21, 2012 Tammi Schone, South Dakota Public Information Officer

Expertise, vision, and commitment to see a project through are what put Wagner, South Dakota into the forefront. The City of Wagner has a lot to celebrate with the open house for the repair and renovation of the Parkview Villa Apartments, and ribbon cuttings for both the Wagner Community Memorial...

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Trump Administration Invests $462 Million to Modernize Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Rural Communities

WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 3, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $462 million to modernize critical drinking water (PDF, 367 KB) and wastewater infrastructure across rural America. “Upgrading the infrastructure that...

USDA Releases Report on the Growing Importance of Food Hubs in Rural America

NEW ORLEANS, La., February 26, 2013 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced the release of a report which provides a comprehensive look at the economic role, challenges and opportunities for food hubs in the nation's growing local food movement. The announcement was made...

USDA Rural Energy for America Program Funds Cut Energy Costs at a Maine Hotel

June 24, 2010

Written by C. Jeffrey Bergeron, Acting USDA Public Information OfficerUSDA Rural Development Under Secretary Dallas Tonsager and Maine Rural Development State Director Virginia Manuel visited a Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) project in Ogunquit, Maine while attending the 2010 National...

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USDA Partners with Communities to Bring High-Speed Broadband e-Connectivity Infrastructure to Rural Areas

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is investing in infrastructure projects in a dozen states (PDF, 132 KB) to improve e-Connectivity in rural communities. “In the modern economy, rural broadband is a lifeline to quality...

2013 USDOT TIGER Awards Help Rural Communities Thrive

September 09, 2013 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Rural communities are the life blood of our great nation. Here at USDA we work every day to make sure that rural Americans have access to programs that help them create opportunity across America's small towns and communities. Tomorrow, I will sit down with the members of the White House Rural...

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