The City of Quinter, Kansas, had a groundbreaking ceremony for a new fire station earlier this month. All of the city’s fire equipment will soon be under one roof, which will help improve the fire station’s efficiencies when crews respond to emergencies in its 400 square mile service area. The new station is being built with funding support from USDA and a local electric cooperative.
Earlier this month, the City of Quinter, Kansas, celebrated the groundbreaking of a new fire station with city employees, members of the volunteer fire department, USDA Rural Development staff, and representatives from Midwest Energy and Quinter Manufacturing & Construction (QMC). This photo was taken by a USDA employee.
According to City of Quinter Administrator, Ericka Gillespie, the city of less than 1,000 needed a new fire station because the old facility was not meeting the needs of the community. A larger space was needed for training, storage, and additional fire protection equipment and trucks. The larger fire station will also improve the department’s fire rating, resulting in lower insurance costs. Read more »
“It’s not just about farmers and ranchers for the State Departments of Agriculture. And it’s not just about rural communities for USDA Rural Development,” said Missouri Rural Development State Director Janie Dunning. Dunning and three other State Directors joined together to introduce Rural Development programs to the Midwest Association of State Departments of Agriculture (MASDA) in St. Louis recently.
USDA Rural Development State Directors Janie Dunning, Colleen Landkamer, Colleen Callahan and Patty Clark make a presentation to the Midwest Association of State Departments of Agriculture
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An ethanol plant in Bairstown, Iowa, may soon begin producing fuel from waste materials.
After visiting a cutting-edge biofuels facility in rural Iowa recently, a group of USDA Rural Development state directors are thinking about the tremendous global implications of that plant. Read more »
Tags: Biorefinery Assistance Program, Colleen Landkamer, Craig Stuart-Paul, DOE, EPA, ethanol, Fiberight LLC, Janie Dunning, Maxine Moul, Patty Clark, Rural Development, Rural Development Business and Industry Loan Guarantee
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Tammye Trevino, Rural Development Housing Administrator, joined me in recognizing two Missouri families in a celebration of reaching the American Dream of homeownership on Monday, June 14, 2010. Read more »
Tags: ARRA, Bill Menner, Claire McCaskill, Direct Housing Loans, homeownership, Iowa, Kansas, loan, Maxine Moul, Missouri, Nebraska, Patty Clark, Platte City, Rural Development, Tammye Trevino
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