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We help families and businesses weather the storm

Navigating an application for assistance can be daunting, especially in times of crisis. Building and improving affordable rental housing in rural areas can be pretty complicated as well. Two USDA RD staffers make the process a lot easier on individuals and small business customers, helping them with hands on assistance in the communities they also call home.

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Six East Tennessee projects receive USDA funds

Water service improving for Campbell County homes and businesses

Water service improving for North Stewart homes and businesses

Rural Development helps find alternative energy solutions in Lauderdale County

Rural Development invests Elkton business promotion

USDA partners to preserve Titanic memories and create jobs in Tennessee
Since opening the doors on 20 galleries of priceless artifacts, interactive exhibits and exact replicas of rooms on board the legendary ship, the Titanic Museum has exceeded initial projections of visitors and jobs created.

Rural Broadband Access Project
70 public libraries across the state provide new or improved access to workforce development and expanded educational opportunities for more than a million Tennesseans.

Grants spur Tennessee farms, businesses to try solar energy
For the past seven months, the owners of Hardscuffle Farm in Dickson County have watched one number climb higher and higher — the amount of money the power company will pay them for contributing energy into the grid.

Renewable energy & local food systems top list of questions from TN H.S. students.
Sec. Vilsack met with students and faculty from Whites Creek High School’s Public Service Academy and Glencliff H.S. before leading a Town Hall Meeting, "Blueprint for a Rural America Built to Last," live on Rural TV.

Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food
The Know Your Farmer Compass is an electronic resource to showcase USDA's accomplishments related to local and regional food systems over the last three years.

	What does that stand for? Commonly Used Acronyms with Links
	2012 Program Guide with FY 2011 Progress Report for investments in Tennessee.
	Links to presentation materials from the 2012 Rural Development Conference.
	USDA Rural Development Approved Home Loan Lenders in Tennessee.
	Working for Rural Communities FY 2010 and the Recovery Act in Tennessee