Business and Cooperative Programs

Team RD Washington Gathers Feedback From Key Stakeholders To Improve Help In Regulatory Review

August 09, 2011 Phil Eggman, Washington Public Information Officer

How do you garner valuable feedback from key partners and stakeholders from around your state? Just ask and let them speak, which is what USDA Rural Development leadership did in Washington State when they convened a stakeholder outreach meeting in Olympia on July 29 to discuss Rural Development...

Rural

A Louisiana Bank Leverages USDA Rural Development Funds to Build a Hotel and Create Jobs

July 21, 2011 Brittany Schmidt, Intern, USDA Rural Development, Louisiana

Recently, about 150 people came out to show their support for the new Hampton Inn & Suites of Marksville at their grand opening in Avoyelles Parish in Louisiana. USDA Rural Development State Director Clarence W. Hawkins joined Thomas G. Christopoulos (owner) along with representatives from Cenla...

USDA Results Rural

Administrator Judith Canales Speaks To Graduating Class of Texas A&M International University

June 15, 2011 USDA Rural Development Administrator Judith A. Canales

As Administrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture- Rural Development’s Business and Cooperative Programs, I travel throughout the country, promoting the President’s and Secretary’s vision of revitalizing rural America. Of the many talks that I have given this year, one of the most exciting and...

Initiatives Rural

USDA Rural Development Administrator Discusses Renewable Energy Opportunities in Tennessee

February 01, 2011 David Glasgow, Communications Director, USDA Rural Development, Tennessee

USDA Business and Cooperative Programs Administrator Judith Canales convened a roundtable of renewable energy experts from the southeast in Nashville on January 26, to discuss development and marketing of bioenergy technologies and advanced biofuels.

Energy Rural

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