Business & Industry Guaranteed Loan Program
Information for LENDERS:
Business & Industry Guaranteed Loan Program
Information for BORROWERS:
Business
and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program:
Rural
Energy for America Program (REAP)
Rural
Business Enterprise Grants (RBEG)
Rural Business
Opportunity Grants (RBOG)
Value-Added
Producer Grants (VAPG)
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For more information on the
Value-Added Producer Grant Program please visit:
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm
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Notice of Withdrawal of Solicitation of Applications
(NOSA) for Value-Added Producer Grant Program. For more information on the
withdrawal notice published in the Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Federal
Register click
here.
Intermediary Relending Program:
Cooperative Programs
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USDA
Rural Development provides technical assistance, research and educational
materials to help improve the performance of rural cooperatives.
Through various information products, it promotes greater public
understanding of the cooperative business system. Research and
Information reports and Rural Cooperative Magazine are available at:
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/newpub.htm
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Cooperative
Development Technical Assistance is available to help rural residents form
new cooperative businesses and improve the operation of existing
cooperatives. Cooperative specialists provide assistance in general
cooperative education, the formation of new cooperatives and board
education. For more information contact
Karen Firestein
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Rural
Cooperative Development Grants are used to facilitate
the creation or retention of jobs in rural areas through the development of
new rural cooperatives, value-added processing and rural businesses.
Grants may be made to nonprofit corporations and institutions of higher
education for the purpose of establishing and operating center for rural
cooperative development. Grants may not be made to public bodies. For
more information visit:
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/rcdg.htm
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Cooperative
Development Regulations
- USDA Releases First-Ever National Study Detailing National Economic Impact
of Cooperatives
To view the news release and a link to the
findings click
here.
Contacts:
Chuck
Clendenin - Program Director
430
G Street, Agency 4169, Davis, CA 95616-4169
Phone: (530) 792-5825 | Fax: (530) 792-5838
Larry
Strong - Business and Cooperative Specialist (Business and Industry
Loan Programs)
251 Auburn Ravine Rd. Ste. 107, Auburn, CA 95603
Phone: (530) 885-7081 x114 | Fax: (530) 823-5504
Karen
Firestein - Business and Cooperative Specialist
(Value-Added Grants, Business Enterprise Grants, Business Opportunity
Grants, Cooperatives)
430 G Street, Agency 4169, Davis, CA 95616-4169
Phone: (530) 792-5829 | Fax: (530) 792-5838
Lee
Takikawa - Rural Development Specialist (Business and Industry Loan
Programs)
4625 W. Jennifer, Suite 126, Fresno, CA 93722-6424
Phone: (559) 276-7494x134 | Fax: (559) 276-1791
Phil Brown - Business and Cooperative Specialist
(Energy Programs)
430 G Street, Agency 4169, Davis, CA 95616-4169
Phone: (530) 792-5811 | Fax: (530) 792-5838
Krista Minges
- Business and Cooperative Technician
430 G Street, Agency 4169, Davis, CA 95616-4169
Phone: (530) 792-5827 | Fax: (530) 792-5838
Additional
Links:
USDA
Rural Development (Rural Business Services -Washington, D.C.)
Center
for Economic Development
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