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Business Development Assistance Recipients
June 2003

Rural Economic Development Grants

Recipient Project Location Funding
Clarke Electric Cooperative, Inc. Osceola, Iowa $200,000
Allamakee - Clayton Electric Cooperative Postville, Iowa $200,000
Central Iowa Power Cooperative Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa $200,000
Hawkeye Tri-County Electric Cooperative Cresco, Iowa $200,000
Colo Telephone Company Colo, Iowa $189,000
People's Cooperative Services Eyota, Minnesota $200,000
East Central Energy Rush City, Minnesota $200,000
Energy United EMC Stony Point, North Carolina $200,000
Kingsbury Electric Cooperative, Inc. DeSmet, South Dakota $200,000
Moreau Grand Electric Cooperative Timber Lake, South Dakota $40,000

Rural Economic Development Loans

Recipient Project Location Funding
Caddo Electric Cooperative, Inc. Binger, Oklahoma $252,000
Sedgwick County Electric Cooperative, Inc. Cheney, Kansas $360,000
Lumbee River EMC Pembroke, North Carolina $450,000
Mt. Wheeler Power Company, Inc. White Pine County, Nevada $200,000
Garden Valley Telephone Company Erskine, Minnesota $125,000
Garden Valley Telephone Company Erskine, Minnesota $120,800
Kenergy Corp. Uniontown, Kentucky $450,000
Black Hills Electric Cooperative Custer, South Dakota $160,000
Access Energy Cooperative Mt. Pleasant, Iowa $450,000
Corn Belt Power Cooperative Humboldt, Iowa $131,750
Franklin Rural Electric Cooperative Hampton, Iowa $450,000
Grundy County Rural Electric Co-op Grundy Center, Iowa $450,000
Midland Power Cooperative Jefferson, Iowa $245,000
Sully Telephone Association Sully, Iowa $450,000
Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc. Scott City, Kansas $450,000
S & T Telephone Cooperative Association Brewster, Kansas $35,000
Bluestem Electric Cooperative, Inc. Belvue, Kansas $200,000
Bluestem Electric Cooperative, Inc. Belvue, Kansas $450,000
Pioneer Electric Cooperative, Inc. Grant County, Kansas $450,000
S & T Telephone Cooperative Association Brewster, Kansas $136,320
Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative Wewahitchka, Florida $231,660
Quincy Telephone Company Quincy, Florida $450,000
Sumner-Cowley Electric Cooperative Caldwell, Kansas $450,000
Ark Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. Claflin, Kansas $326,000
Clark Electric Cooperative Stanley, Wisconsin $450,000

Rural Business Opportunity Grants (RBOGs) -- Native American Selections

Recipient Project Location Funding
Lake and Peninsula Borough King Salmon, Alaska $20,000
Moenkopi Developers Corporation Tuba City, Coconino, Arizona $47,250
Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo Indians Redwood Valley, California $72,017
Cherokee Nation Tahlequah, Oklahoma $52,000
Pueblo of Tesuque Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico $140,000
Rosebud Economic Development Corporation Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, South Dakota $300,000
Penobscot Indian Nation Old Town, Indian Island, Maine $49,760

RBOGs Within Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities or Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones

Recipient Project Location Funding
Northern Maine Development Commission, Inc. Caribou, Maine $50,000
Northern Maine Development Commission, Inc. Caribou, Maine $50,000
Derby Line Village Derby Line, Vermont $30,000
Women & Technology Bismarck, North Dakota $154,000
Oglala Oyate Woitancan Kyle, South Dakota $39,000
South Kentucky RECC Somerset, Kentucky $50,000
La Jicarita Enterprise Community New Mexico $50,000
Desert Alliance for Community Empowerment Palo Verde Valley, CA $65,000
County of Alexander Cairo, Illinois $62,500
Souris Basin Planning Council Minot, North Dakota $200,000
City of Cairo Cairo, Illinois $50,000
Minot State University Minot, North Dakota $25,000
Shawnee Community College Ullin, Illinois $43,550
Johnson County 2000, Inc. Vienna, Illinois $76,450

Rural Business Enterprise Grants

Recipient Project Location Funding
City of Coachella Coachella, California $99,000
Chiriaco Summit Water District Chiriaco Summit, California $184,700
Beadle and Spink Enterprise Community Yale, South Dakota $50,000
Jackson County Board of County Commissioners Marianna, Florida $180,817
Cordele Crisp Industrial Development Authority Cordele, Georgia $99,999
Wayne County EZ Industrial Development Authority Monticello, Kentucky $499,000
Southernmost Illinois Delta Empowerment Zone, Inc. (SIDEZ) Ullin, Illinois $99,900
Shawnee Community College Ullin, Illinois $35,000
Pulaski County Development Association Grand Chain, Illinois $500,000
Delta Development Council, Inc. Olive Branch, Illinois $153,200
Northern Maine Development Commission, Inc. Caribou, Maine $500,000
Northern Maine Development Commission, Inc. Caribou, Maine $500,000
Town of Easton Easton, Maine $48,000
Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments Lewiston, Maine $99,900
Allen Community Development Authority Allen, Oklahoma $449,000
Fayette County Community Action Agency Fayette County, Pennsylvania $200,000
Family Life Resource Network (FLRN) Oakland, Tennessee $95,000
Jubilee Project, Inc. Sneedville, Tennessee $99,990
East Tennessee Enterprise Partnership Huntsville, Tennessee $60,000
Inland Empire SBDC Riverside County, California $50,000
Pine Ridge Area Chamber of Commerce Kyle, South Dakota $99,990
Vermont Employee Ownership Center, Inc. Burlington, Vermont $94,680
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, Inc. Montpelier, Vermont $95,000
Appalachian Mountain Club Montpelier, Vermont $24,000
Northeastern Vermont Development Association, Inc. St. Johnsbury, Vermont $99,000
Wyoming County Economic Development Authority Pineville, West Virginia $250,000

Rural Business Enterprise Grants -- Native American Selections

Recipient Project Location Funding
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma Miami, Oklahoma $89,981
Northern Cheyenne Social Preservation Project, Inc. Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana $90,000
Chippewa Cree Community Development Corporation Rocky Boy Reservation, Montana $16,000
Lake and Peninsula Borough King Salmon, Alaska $75,000
Native Council of Port Heiden Port Heiden, Alaska $99,825
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Hayward, Wisconsin $140,921
Ho-Chunk Nation Black River Falls, Wisconsin $118,189
Dineh Bi' Ranchers Roundtable and Development, Inc. Chambers, Arizona $99,950
Havasupai Tribe Supai, Arizona $81,665
Penobscot Indian Nation Old Town, Indian Island, Maine $119,850
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians Kelseyville, California $25,700
Hopland Band of Pomo Indians Hopland, California $60,338
Rosebud Economic Development Corporation Mission, South Dakota $99,900
United Sioux Tribes of South Dakota Development Corporation Pierre, South Dakota $444,438

Rural Business Enterprise and Television Demonstration Grant Program

Recipient Project Location Funding
Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc. Fargo, North Dakota $400,000
Vermont ETV, Inc. d/b/a Vermont Public Television (VPT) Colchester, Vermont $397,400
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation State of Maine $397,400
Alaska Public Broadcasting Service State of Alaska $400,000

Intermediary Relending Loan Program

Recipient Project Location Funding
Vermont Community Loan Fund State of Vermont $1,000,000
County of Pulaski Mound City, Illinois $400,000
Wind River Development Fund State of Wyoming $750,000
Northern Community Investment Corporation State of Vermont $750,000
LaJoya Economic Development Corporation LaJoya, Texas $750,000

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