SOUTH CAROLINA (WCIV) — Saundra Glover, the state director of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development South Carolina announced on Dec. 12 over $587,000 in grant projects ...

RALEIGH – Nearly 200 economic development projects were announced by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper in 2022 in yet another record-breaking year for the state. Across 182 announced business ...

The Linn County Board of Supervisors this week approved the creation of a rural economic development director position within ...

USDA Rural Development has served as a conduit for getting federal funds into “some of our smallest communities and rural small businesses,” said Erin Oban, state director for USDA Rural Development.

Illinois Farm Bureau is accepting applications for its 2025-2026 Rural Development Grant Program, with $120,000 available to support projects that strengthen rural communities across Illinois.

Elkin is among 13 rural North Carolina communities selected to participate in the N.C. Commerce Department’s program to increase their capacity to plan, implement and manage economic development ...

How do we build thriving rural communities in the 21st century? The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Six East Tennessee sites received multi-thousand-dollar grants to support economic development projects in rural areas, Gov. Bill Lee announced Wednesday. Each grant was awarded by ...

Once considered the domain of urban tech hubs and university labs, makerspaces have quietly found fertile ground in rural communities. These collaborative spaces are reshaping how rural residents ...

Today, Thursday, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Supply, Engineer Yaarub Al-Qudah, sponsored the closure of the second phase ...

The Alaska Federation of Natives and Denali Commission launched the ARCTIC Project to gather opinions on resource and energy ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — The North Dakota Department of Commerce is launching a new grant meant to drive economic growth in rural parts of the state. The Rural Catalyst Grant is being launched after the ...