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News Releases - FY 2008 |
USDA Rural Development in Colorado provides programs and services to promote new opportunities and greater economic growth for Colorado's rural communities.
Click below to view news releases on Rural Development activities for Colorado.
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| June 2008 |
| Southeast Colorado Power Association to receive a Grant from USDA Rural Development |
Walsh,
CO - Mike Bennett, State Director (front, first from
left)
along with Joe Kost, Northeastern Area Director (back row,
first from left) presents a check in the amount of $160,000
Rural Economic Development loan |
| ICast receives Grant from USDA Rural Development |
Ordway,
CO - Mike Bennett, State Director (front row, first from
left)
presents a check in the amount of $20,000 for a Rural Business
Enterprise Grant (RBEG) the funding will be used for a business
plan for the Ordway Feed yard |
| Olathe Fire Protection District receives Grant from USDA Rural Development |
Springfield,
CO - Mike Bennett, State Director (signing the check)
presents a check in the amount of $65,000 for two Rural Business
Enterprise Grants (RBEG) the funding will be used to conduct a
feasibility study to determine the viability of rural based
renewable business production of strawboard building material in
Southeast Colorado |
| May 2008 |
| Olathe Fire Protection District receives Grant from USDA Rural Development |
Olathe,
CO - Mike Bennett, State Director (first from right)
along with Pattie Snidow, Southwest Area Director (second
from left) and David Carter, Business & Community
Development Specialist, (first from left) presents a
check to the Olathe Fire Protection District in the amount of
$25,000 to purchase new equipment. |
| Rio Grande Library District receives Grant from USDA Rural Development |
Monte Vista,
CO - Mike Bennett, State Director (first from right)
along with Bill Burns, Business & Community Development
Specialist, Alamosa (center) presents a check to Carol
Dugan and other staff members in the amount of $25,000 |
| April 2008 |
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Rural Development celebrates "Earth Day" Presents a check to Brush in the amount of $7.9 million |
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Also Announced.........
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| Prince Preferred, LLC to purchase Holiday Inn Express |
La Junta,
CO - Mike Bennett, State Director (first from right)
along with Joe Kost, Eastern Area Director (second from left)
and Lennece Saracino, Area Specialist (middle)
presents a Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan that has been
funded by Rural Development and Beach Business Bank in the amount of
$3,447,200 |
| February 2008 |
| Value Added Producer Grant receives funding from USDA Rural Development |
CO - Mike Bennett, State Director (first from left) presents a check to the Colorado Cooperative Council in the amount of $70,000 for a Value Added Producer Grant. The entity will use the funding for a marketing and feasibility study on using sugar beets for ethanol. |
| Tri County Housing, Inc., receives funding from USDA Rural Development |
 Fowler,
CO - Tri County will receive a $26,000 Housing Preservation
Grant (HPG) from USDA, Rural Development. These funds will
enable the entity to remove or correct health and safety
hazards, make repairs to improve general living conditions and
improve accessibility for disabled households. Mike Bennett,
State Director (first from
right) along with Joe Kost, Southeast Area Director
(second row, first from right) and Nicky Foster, Rural Development
Specialist,
(first from left) presenting a check to a group of
representatives. |
| January 2008 |
| Southeast Colorado Entities receives funding from USDA Rural Development |
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Lakewood,
CO - Three entities in Southeast Colorado have received
grant funding, Southeast Colorado Power Association Inc.,
received $743,281, South Central Council of Government received
$21,560.90 and the Town of Branson received a Community Facility
Grant in the amount of $25,000
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| Prowers Medical Center receives funding from USDA Rural Development |
 Lamar,
CO - Prowers Medical center will be able to complete their
Electronic Medial Records filing system, thanks to USDA Rural
Development who provided a loan and grant in the amount of
$308,460, Mike Bennett (first from
right) along with Joe Kost, Southeast Area Director
(second from right) and Lennece Saracino, Rural Development
Specialist,
(second from left) presenting a check to a group of
representatives. |
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Southeastern
Colorado Board of Cooperative Educational Services (SEBOCES) receives funding from USDA Rural Development |
 Lamar,
CO - Nearly 1,000 students in 12 rural school districts in
Southeastern Colorado will have the opportunity to participate
in college preparatory, advanced placement and vocational
courses via distance learning network, the amount of the check
is for $355,924, Mike Bennett Colorado State Director, (frontrow
third from
left) along with Joe Kost, Southeast Area Director
(frontrow second from right) and Lennece Saracino, Rural
Development Specialist,
(back row, third from left) presenting a check to a group of
representatives. |
| November 2007 |
| San Luis Entities receive funding from from USDA Rural Development |
Alamosa,
CO - U.S. Congressman John T. Salazar joined Mike Bennett
Colorado USDA Rural Development State Director in presenting
three ceremonial checks totaling over $1.1 million to the San
Luis Valley Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Council,
Colorado Rural Housing Development Corporation (CRHDC), and
Colorado Housing Enterprises, LLC.
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 San
Luis, CO - U.S. Congressman John Salazar
(first from left) joined USDA Rural Development
Colorado State Director Mike Bennett (second from left)
in presenting a check in the amount of $154,222 to a group of
representatives from the Rio Culebra Cooperative program |
| October 2007 |
| Region 9 Economic Development District receives funding from USDA Rural Development |
 Durango,
CO - USDA Rural Development Colorado State Director Mike
Bennett (first from left) along with Charles Thompson
Southwest Area Director and Duane Dale (third from left),
Rural Development Loan Specialist, Cortez, presents a check in
the amount of $250,000 in Intermediary Relending Loan Program (IRP). |
| Solar Energy International to receive Grant from USDA Rural Development |
 Paonia,
CO - USDA Rural Development Colorado State Director Mike
Bennett (first from left) presents a check in the amount
of $33,000 the Solar Energy International |
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Lake City
Downtown improvement & Revitalization Team (DIRT) receives a Grant from USDA Rural Development |
 Lake
City,
CO - USDA Rural Development Colorado State Director Mike
Bennett (front row, first from left) presents a check to
a group from Lake City Colorado in the amount of $21,500 |
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Lakewood,
CO - Mike Bennett, State Director (front row second from
left), along with Dolores Sanchez-Maes, Director, Business &
Community Programs (front row second from right) and
Cheryl Scofield, Northeast Area Director (second row, first
from right) presenting a check to a group of representatives
in the amount of 7.9 million to replace the existing wastewater
treatment facility that was built in1965.
