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From right to
left at the groundbreaking ceremony are- Carol Woodcock, State Office
Representative, Office of Senator Susan M. Collins; Rosemary Winslow,
District Director, Office of Congressman Michael H. Michaud; Elton Jones,
Director of Eastern Woodlands Office of Native American Programs Grants
Management Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Andrew
Varisco, Maine Staff Assistant, Office of Senator Olympia J. Snowe; Rear
Admiral Richie Grinnell, Area Director, Indian Health Service; Cathy
Chambers, Facilities Manager, Maine Indian Education- Bureau of Indian
Affairs; Margo Fraser, Development Program Manager, Department of Economic
and Community Development; Robert L. Newell, Governor, Passamaquoddy Tribe
at Indian Township; Curtis M. Anderson, Deputy Administrator for Utility
Programs, USDA Rural Development |
May 18, 2006
Groundbreaking
Ceremony Held to Celebrate $7 Million Water and Waste Treatment Upgrade
USDA Rural Development
Deputy Administrator for the Utilities Programs Curtis M. Anderson
gathered with funding partners, congressional representatives, and
members of the community at Indian Township to recognize the important
upgrades being made to their water and waste system.
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May 11, 2006
USDA Rural
Development Announces Expanding Homeownership Opportunities
USDA Rural Development
State Director Michael W. Aube has announced new income limits for the
Direct and Guaranteed Single Family Housing Programs.
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Pictured from
left to right are: MPBN Vice President of Media Services
Joe Riley; Office of Senator Olympia J. Snowe State Director Gail Kelly;
MPBN President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Dowe; Office of Senator Susan
M. Collins State Office Representative Carol Woodcock; and USDA Rural
Development Business Programs Director Michael W. Grondin |
May 3, 2006
Maine Public
Broadcasting Network Announces New Series
At a Press Conference
in Bangor, Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) President and Chief
Executive Officer Jim Dowe announced the Network's new series, entitled
"Hometown Economies," which will air in September and October of 2006.
USDA Rural Development funds
in the amount of $396,800 will be used to
launch the series, which spotlights six cities
and towns in Maine - Limestone, Lincoln, Rockland, Waterville, Wilton,
and the sister cities of Bangor and Brewer. Each community has been
working to define and implement strategies leading to longer-term
economic vibrancy. Their stories, lessons learned, successes, and
continuing challenges are of importance to Maine, and especially to the
communities that we each call home.
MPBN received a Fiscal Year 2006 TV
Demonstration Grant in the amount of $396,000.
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USDA Rural
Development Area Specialist Alton (Swede) Wedberg, at left, stands with
Executive Director of Elmhurst, Inc. Darlene MacKinnon |
March 28, 2006
Elmhurst, Inc.
Breaks Ground on New Administrative Building
Many smiling faces
watched as officials broke ground on the site of what will be Elmhurst
Inc.'s new administrative and programming facility. Although at the time
of groundbreaking it was an open dusty field, the land, located in Bath,
holds the promise of an improved facility the
organization and its clients will cherish. The new facility will
provide a fully accessible structure, which will benefit the special
needs of the clients they assist.
The mission of
Elmhurst, Inc is to
encourage increased independence and to promote and support responsible
choice making by people with developmental disabilities and/or mental
illness in the mid-coast area. USDA Rural
Development has invested $1 million through its
Community Facilities Programs in the facility
since 2005, creating ten jobs and saving one hundred.
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Pictured From
left to right:
USDA Rural Development State Director Michael W. Aube; Maine Senator Olympia
J. Snowe; President of Mainely Trusses Michael Boulet; and Kennebec Valley
Council of Governments Economic Development Director Vic Reinfelds
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March 23, 2006
Senator Olympia J.
Snowe Visits Mainely Trusses, Inc.
USDA Rural Development State Director
Michael W. Aube joined Senator Olympia J. Snowe on her recent visit to
Mainely Trusses, Inc., in Fairfield. Mainely
Trusses, Inc., employs 47 people at its facility, and
is one of only four companies specializing in the
industry in Maine. USDA Rural Development
invested $468,592 in Kennebec Valley Council of Governments through an
Intermediary Relending Program Loan to establish
a revolving loan fund that benefits area businesses such as Mainely
Trusses.
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Pictured
from left to right: Community Programs
Director Ronald C. Lambert; Housing Programs Director Dale D. Holmes; State
Director Michael W. Aube; Consul General of Mexico in Boston Porfirio T.
Munoz-Ledo; Assistance to Mexican Nationals for Consulate General of Mexico
German Murguia-Mier; and Business and Cooperatives Programs Director Michael
W. Grondin |
March 14, 2006
USDA Rural
Development Welcomes Mexican Consulate of Boston
USDA Rural Development
and organizations supporting Maine's minority communities met with the
Mexican Consulate of Boston at the Rural Development State Office in
Bangor. The Mexican Consulate learned more about Rural Development's
programs and how they could bassist Maine's Hispanic and Mexican
population.
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Tatsiana Fields
holds one-year old daughter Nicola as she talks about how the new home will
improve their lives
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February 28, 2006
Groundbreaking
Ceremony Held to Celebrate Replacement Home for the Fields Family of
Etna
USDA Rural Development
and community partners gathered to celebrate a new beginning for the
Fields family, who are overjoyed as they plan a future in their new
home.
Read their Story
Pictures from the Groundbreaking
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February 14, 2006
USDA Rural
Development and Oak Ridge Apartments Recognize Sharon and Richard Gibbs
as "Longest Married Couple."
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Read their Story
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From left to right: Candy Guerrette,
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce; Jonathan
Daniels, President of
Eastern Maine Development Commission; Dale Salisbury,
Eastern Maine Development
Commission Board Chair;
Congressman Michael H.
Michaud; USDA Rural Development
State Director Michael W. Aube; Tom Palmer,
Bangor Region Chamber
of Commerce Board Chair;
David Doolittle, Bar Harbor Bank and Trust;
Carol Woodcock, Office of
Senator Susan M. Collins;
and Gail Kelly, Office of Senator Olympia J. Snowe |
February 10, 2006
Open House Held for
New Eastern Maine Development Commission Headquarters
Officials gathered at
a
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Eastern Maine Development
Commission's new headquarters
located in Norumbega Hall, at 40 Harlow Street
in Bangor. Rural Development helped make
the accomplishment
possible, providing a Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan of
$2,038,000 with Bar Harbor Bank
& Trust.
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February 10, 2006
USDA Rural
Development State Director Michael W. Aube Announces $3.75 Million to
Six Maine Communities
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January 5, 2006
USDA Rural
Development Announces $19.5 Million Available Nationwide for Value-Added
Business Ventures
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