South Dakota
NEWS RELEASES FOR 2004
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January 5, 2004...Bob Bothwell Retires from Federal Service: 32+ Years of Service Recognized
January 8, 2004...City of Crooks Receives Federal Funding
January 14, 2004...USDA Announces $28 Million in Rural Electric Loans
January 22, 2004...Midstates Community Development Conference Provides Solutions for Rural Communities
January 28, 2004...Federal Officials Award Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant
January 28, 2004...Midstates Community Development Conference Provides Solutions for Rural Communities
January 29, 2004...Federal Officials Award Distance Learning Telemedicine Grant
January 30, 2004...Yankton Sioux Tribe Receives Rural Business Enterprise Grant
February 3, 2004...USDA Rural Development Rural Business Director Named
February 4, 2004...Federal Officials Award Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant
February 20, 2004...USDA Announces $15 Million in Public Television Station Digital Transition Grants
March 2, 2004...Midstates Community Development Conference Announces Keynote Speakers
March 5, 2004...USDA Announces $325 Million Available for Economic Investment in Rural Communities
March 9, 2004...University of South Dakota Receives Business Development Funds
March 10, 2004...USDA Announces $6.8 Million to Spur Rural Economic and Community Development in 18 States
March 15, 2004...Governor Mike Rounds and USDA Announce Low-Interest Loans for Rural Development
March 26, 2004...USDA Rural Development Offers Home Improvement and Repair Assistance (Rapid City)
April 1, 2004...USDA Rural Development Announces Deadlines for the Value-Added Agricultural Product Market Development, Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Grants
April 6, 2004...USDA Announces Investment of $10.9 Million in Business Development Funds for Rural America
April 13, 2004...USDA Rural Development Offers Home Improvement and Repair Assistance (Huron)
April 15, 2004...USDA Awards $14 Million to Help Rural Public Television Stations Convert to Digital Broadcasting
April 15, 2004...USDA Announces $120 Million in Rural Electric Loans
April 16, 2004...USDA Launches Rural Educational Workshop Pilot to Help Faith-Based and Community Organizations Obtain Financing
April 19, 2004...USDA Announces $22 Million in Community Facilities Grants for Depressed Rural Areas
April 19, 2004...USDA Rural Development Offers Home Loans (Huron)
April 19, 2004...Home Ownership is Possible!
April 21, 2004...USDA Invests $15.5 Million in Business Development for Rural America
April 22, 2004...Rural Development Celebrates Earth Day
April 22, 2004...Bright Beginnings Day Care Receives Federal Funding
May 4, 2004...USDA Announces $190 Million in Loans to Support Access to High-Speed Internet Technology (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority)
May 4, 2004...USDA Announces $190 Million in Loans to Support Access to High-Speed Internet Technology (Midstate Communications, Inc.)
May 4, 2004...Veneman Announces $22.8 Million in Grants for Renewable Energy Initiatives
May 6, 2004...USDA Rural Development Launches New Brand
May 10, 2004...USDA Rural Development Offers Home Loans (Aberdeen)
May 10, 2004...USDA Rural Development Offers Home Improvement and Repair Assistance (Aberdeen)
May 17, 2004...USDA Establishes a Pilot Project for Renewable Energy
May 20, 2004...Federal Officials Participate in Funding Presentation: West River Foundation Receives Loan for New and Expanding Local Businesses
May 20, 2004...Federal Officials Participate in Funding Presentation: Deadwood Economic Development Foundation Receives Loan for New and Expanding Local Businesses
May 25, 2004...USDA Announces $22 Million in Community Facilities Grants for Depressed Rural Areas
June 7, 2004...Minority Business Development Agency and USDA Rural Development Enter Into Agreement to Spur Rural Economic Development Among Minorities
June 8, 2004...Town of Letcher Receives Federal Funding
June 8, 2004...Four Bands Community Fund, Inc. Receives Business Development Funds
June 8, 2004...Lakota Fund, Inc. Receives Business Development Funds
June 8, 2004...USDA Announces Investment of $11.8 Million in Business Development Fund for Rural America
June 8, 2004...Oglala Oyate Woitancan Empowerment Zone Receives Business Development Funds
June 8, 2004...Rosebud Economic Development Corporation Receives Business Development Funds
June 8, 2004...Veneman Announces the Availability of $13.2 Million in Grants to Expand Value-Added Agriculture Business Ventures
June 9, 2004...Sancom, Incorporated Receives Federal Funds
June 9, 2004...USDA Rural Development Offers Home Improvement and Repair Assitance
June 9, 2004...USDA Rural Development Offers Free Credit Reports and Prequalifications for Homeownership Loans
June 9, 2004...Veneman Announces the Availability of $6.5 Million in Grants to Improve Economic Conditions in Rural Areas
June 11, 2004...USDA Rural Development Announces $34,213,000 in Rural Electric Loans
June 15, 2004...Second Century, Inc. Receives Business Development Funds
June 17, 2004...USDA Holds Workshops on How to Apply for Broadband Loans
June 18, 2004...USDA Rural Development Supports Homeownership Education Awareness Week
June 18, 2004...Homeownership Month Highlights
June 24, 2004...Partnership Formed During Homeownership Month
June 29, 2004...Federal Funding Approved for the Boys & Girls Club of Yankton Sioux
June 29, 2004...B-Y Water District Receives Federal Funding
June 29, 2004...City of Tyndall Receives Federal Funding
June 29, 2004...Yankton Sioux Tribe Receives Federal Funding
June 30, 2004...Veneman Announces $2 Million Available Funds to be Used in Technical and Supervisory Assistance Grants
July 6, 2004...USDA Announces $100 Million to Assist Rural Emergency Responders
July 12, 2004...Veneman Names Russell T. Davis as Rural Housing Service Administrator
July 13, 2004...USDA Rural Development State Director Visits With Spearfish Canyon Fire Protection District
July 16, 2004...Renovations Will be Made to the Eureka Community Benevolent Hospital
July 16, 2004...Hosmer Fire Protection to Construct New Fire Hall
July 16, 2004...WEB Water Receives Federal Funding
August 3, 2004...Sinte Gleska University Expansion
August 4, 2004...USDA Rural Development Manager Named
August 4, 2004...Lemmon Area Charitable & Economic Development Receives Business Development Funds
August 4, 2004...Renovations Will be Made to the Lemmon Hospital
August 5, 2004...City of Custer Receives Federal Funding
August 5, 2004...Rita Patterson Retires From USDA Rural Development: 40 + Years of Federal Service Recognized
August 9, 2004...Renovations Will be Made to Yankton Area Adjustment Training Center
August 9, 2004...City of Bryant Receives Federal Funding
August 11, 2004...Clark Industrial Development Corporation Receives Federal Funding
August 11, 2004...Enterprise Institute Receives Business Development Funds
August 11, 2004...Willow Lake Water System Improvements
August 16, 2004...Funds Awarded to Economically Troubled Rural Communities (Area I)
August 16, 2004...Funds Awarded to Economically Troubled Rural Communities (Area II)
August 16, 2004...Funds Awarded to Economically Troubled Rural Communities (Area III)
August 17, 2004...City of Ashton Awarded Federal Funding
August 17, 2004...City of Bristol Receives Federal Funding
August 17, 2004...Faith School District Awarded Federal Funding
August 17, 2004...Hill City Awarded Federal Funding
August 17, 2004...City of Mission Awarded Federal Funding
August 17, 2004...Oahe Child Development, Inc. Awarded Federal Funding
August 17, 2004...Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing, Inc. Awarded Federal Funding
August 17, 2004...Town of Pringle Receives Federal Funding
August 17, 2004...USDA Rural Development Honors Housing Site Manager of the Year for South Dakota
August 17, 2004...Town of Vienna Awarded Federal Funding
August 17, 2004...Vivian Fire Department Awarded Federal Funding
August 26, 2004...USDA Announces Investment of $11.3 Million in Business Development Funds for Rural America
September 2, 2004...USDA Rural Development Employees Recognized
September 8, 2004...Gonzalez Names Rodney Hood to Rural Development Post
September 8, 2004...Value-Added Agriculture Development Center Awarded Federal Funds
September 13, 2004...Tea Volunteer Fire Department Gets New Rescue Vehicle
September 14, 2004...Wells Fargo Invests $500,000 in Affordable Housing for South Dakota
September 14, 2004...Veneman Announces Nearly $80 Million to Improve Rural Community Water/Waste Systems
September 20, 2004...Federal Officials Participate in Funding Presentation: Miner County Community Revitalization Receives Loans for New and Expanding Local Businesses
September 20, 2004...Federal Officials Participate in Funding Presentation: South Dakota Value-Added Finance Authority Receives Loans for New and Expanding Local Businesses
September 22, 2004...USDA Announces $405.5 Million in Rural Electric Loans
September 24, 2004...City of Ashton Awarded Federal Funding
September 24, 2004...USDA Rural Development Supports Cavour Day Care
September 24, 2004...City of Miller Awarded Federal Funding to Construct New Fire Hall
September 27, 2004...Badlands/South Central Enterprise Facilitation
September 27, 2004...USDA Awards $100,000 to Murdo for Emergency Repairs
September 27, 2004...Philip Chamber of Commerce Receives Federal Funding
September 28, 2004...Neighborhood Housing Services of the Black Hills Receives Preservation Grant
September 29, 2004...Eagle Butte Volunteer Fire Department Receives Federal Funding
September 29, 2004...USDA Rural Development Awards $325,000 to Eagle Butte for Sewer Extension
September 29, 2004...Faith School District Awarded Federal Funding
September 29, 2004...Glad Valley Volunteer Fire Department to Build New Fire Hall
September 29, 2004...Green Grass Community Development Association Awarded Federal Funding
October 1, 2004...Inter-Lakes Community Action, Inc. Receives Self-Help Grant
October 5, 2004...USDA Rural Development Seeks Public Comment on Renewable Energy Program
October 8, 2004...Horizon Health Care, Inc. in Howard Awarded Federal Funds
October 12, 2004...Horizon Health Care, Inc. in Mission to Build New Clinic
October 12, 2004...City of Mission Awarded Federal Funding
October 13, 2004...Over $13 Million in USDA Rural Development Grants Selected to Spur Economic Growth in 34 States
October 15, 2004...Southeastern Electric Cooperative, Inc. Receives Federal Funding
October 20, 2004...Dakota Farms International, Ltd. Awarded Federal Funding
October 20, 2004...Heartland Grain Fuels, LP Awarded Federal Funding
October 20, 2004...WEB Water Development Association, Inc. Receives Federal Funding
October 25, 2004...Veneman Announces the Availability of Nearly $500 Million in Disaster Assistance to Restore Farmland, Forests
October 25, 2004...USDA Rural Development Reduces Housing Delinquency Rates
October 27, 2004...Veneman Begins Formation of National Rural Development Coordinating Committee
October 28, 2004...Veneman Announces $162,500 in Education Grants to FFA
October 28, 2004...Lower Brule Motor Pool Awarded Federal Funding
October 28, 2004...Vivian Fire Department Awarded Federal Funding
October 29, 2004...Veneman Announces $8.8 Million in Broadband Grants
October 29, 2004...New Funding Source Available for Rural Economic Development
October 29, 2004...RC Communications, Inc. Receives Federal Funding
November 1, 2004...The City of Emery Awarded Federal Funding
November 1, 2004...Ethan Development Corporation Receives $87,000 for Repair and Rehabilitation
November 1, 2004...Prairie View Homes, Inc. Receives $495,000 for Repair and Rehabilitation
November 4, 2004...USDA Rural Housing Specialist Named
November 4, 2004...USDA Rural Development Announces Deadlines for the Solid Waste Management and Technical Assistance and Training Grants
November 19, 2004...Dreams of Affordable Homeownership Opportunities Become Reality for Members of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe on the Lake Traverse Reservation; USDA Makes Available its Section 502 Mortgage Loan
November 19, 2004...Sisseton-Wahpeton College Receives Federal Funding
November 30, 2004...USDA Rural Development Recognizes Top Lenders in South Dakota
December 10, 2004...Clay Rural Water System, Inc. Increases Distribution Capacity
December 10, 2004...Planning & Development District III to Provide Technical Assistance
December 15, 2004...USDA Rural Development Announces the Availability of Funds in the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Loan and Grant Program
December 16, 2004...North Haines Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Awarded Federal Funding
December 16, 2004...Local Rural Development Office Recognized for Overall Program Performance
December 22, 2004...USDA Rural Development Announces Buffalo Office Day
December 21, 2004...Local Rural Development Office Recognized for Overall Customer Service
December 21, 2004...USDA Rural Development and EPA Sign Partnership Agreement for Advancing Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Systems in Rural Areas
December 28, 2004...Bush Administration Officials Outline Rural Development Priorities for 2005
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