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WHAT'S NEW AT USDA RURAL
DEVELOPMENT?
May 30-2008--The Columbia/Adair County
Water Commission hosted a dedication and
ribbon cutting for their new water treatment plant. Pictured left to
right: Bruce Harris,
Intern with Columbia/Adair Chamber of Commerce; Pat Bell, Mayor, City of
Columbia;
Hilda Legg, of Legg Strategies, LLC; Kenneth Slone, State Director of
USDA Rural
Development; Ann Melton, Adair County Judge Executive; (hidden) Larry
Legg,
Adair County Water District Chairman; US Senator Mitch McConnell; Rudy
Higginbotham,
Chairman of Columbia/Adair County Water Commission; Junior Brown,
Commissioner,
Columbia/Adair Co Water Commission; Robert Flowers, Adair County Water
District Secretary;
June Parson; Sue Clark; Mitch Harris, Adair County Water District
Commissioner;
Danny Downey, Adair County Water District Commissioner; Jimmy Harper,
Commissioner
Columbia Utilities; and Lenny Stone, Utility's Manager, Adair County
Water District.
View additional recent RD events.
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Welcome to the USDA Kentucky Rural
Development (RD) website. Rural Development is the primary federal provider of assistance to rural areas.
Our mission
is to promote
sustainable rural communities and to assist the residents of those
communities improve
their quality of life.
Rural Development's Business and Cooperative Programs, Housing Programs,
and Utilities Programs include a number of programs that assist rural communities
and rural
residents develop new or expand existing rural businesses, provide
financing to
purchase or repair single family homes and construct affordable rental
housing, and
fund community water and sewer service or other essential facilities.
Also,
Rural Development offers support and
technical assistance to local officials through its Community Development
Programs
Please take a few minutes to browse our website and learn more about each of these
programs. The links
on the left side of this screen will take
you
to a welcome from the Rural Development State Director for Kentucky and to
additional information regarding each area of Rural Development.
Success
Stories
and Annual Report will relate some examples of the good work we're doing
here in
Kentucky. Office Locations
will allow you to determine which of our area offices service your county and to obtain their
address and phone
number. Links are also available to obtain copies of program regulations
and some
Rural Development forms. Thanks for stopping by!
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