Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program

Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Announces Small Business Development and Job Creation Support for Rural Pennsylvania

March 23, 2011 Tom Williams, USDA Rural Development State Director for Pennsylvania

Recently, I joined USDA, Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary Cheryl Cook, employees of The Progress Fund, and several of their loan recipients for a funding announcement under Rural Development’s Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP). RMAP was authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill and...

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After 500 Loans, Beadle and Spink Enterprise Community (BASEC) is Still Going Strong

December 21, 2010 Tammi Schone, USDA South Dakota Public Information Officer

Beadle and Spink Enterprise Community (BASEC) just made its 500 th loan and through its revolving loan program has loaned over $16 million dollars to improve the economic and housing climate of part of South Dakota since 1996. BASEC (named after the two counties it serves) has less than a 1 percent...

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