Through loans, grants, and partnerships, USDA Rural Development provides tools and resources to improve the lives of people in rural Alabama, and rural America.
We call rural #Alabama home. Covering the state from Shoals to Shores, see how we can help improve the quality of life in your #RurAL community. https://t.co/6sVMJg0SGm
Meet our Rural Utilities Service (RUS) staff! USDA's RUS provides financing for the infrastructure that keeps rural towns running. Whether it's for water and wastewater, telecom or electric, RUS focusses on low-interest loans and affordable user rates: https://t.co/sDfOyQEhQA
RD Under Secretary Basil Gooden and Alabama State Director Nivory Gordon joined Congresswoman Terri Sewell for a tour of the recently opened UAB Medical West Hospital in Jefferson County, Alabama. Rural Development invested $409 million in this 200 bed state of the art facility!
"The People's Department provides safety nets to farmers, nutrition assistance to some of our country's most vulnerable citizen's, support for renewable clean energy, firefighters to keep our communities safe, food safety inspections-and much, much more." - USDA Secretary Vilsack
Nivory Gordon, Jr. announces $233K ERHC Grant benefitting J. Paul Jones Hospital : "Make no mistake, if not for the existence of the J. Paul Jones Hospital and their wonderful staff, I would not be making this announcement here today." Read more: https://t.co/Kd7PAkYv33
Reliable wastewater infrastructure is vital to rural health. @RD_Alabama staff have been meeting with local community leaders across Alabama as part of The Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative, designed to address challenges to wastewater infrastructure.
USDA is awarding $700,000 in co-op agreements to 3 organizations under the Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge in AL! These agreements will help leaders in #RurAL create quality places where people will want to live, work, visit and learn. Read more: https://t.co/J2r8k65eNJ
Despite having an intense travel day, @RD_Alabama State Director Nivory Gordon made time to have lunch with employees of our Tuscaloosa Area Office while passing through. Our office culture makes us a great place to launch or continue your career. Join us: https://t.co/xVNItkLOxL
Rural Development’s Community Facilities Programs support health care-related improvements, emergency response services, & more to ensure people of rural America have access to critical resources & essential health care infrastructure: https://t.co/VEdOtxzP0o #PowerOfRural
#ICYMI Yesterday, @RD_Alabama State Director Nivory Gordon and staff celebrated the groundbreaking of a new $4.1 mil fire station in Southside, AL! The new station will greatly improve the department's ability to serve the community/save lives. Read more: https://t.co/CVzfjWhW6C
#ICYMI Yesterday, @RD_Alabama State Director Nivory Gordon and staff celebrated the groundbreaking of a new $4.1 mil fire station in Southside, AL! The new station will greatly improve the department's ability to serve the community/save lives. Read more: https://t.co/CVzfjWhW6C
This morning @RD_Alabama State Director Nivory Gordon and staff are attending a collaborative session with @EPA, ADEM, and community leaders in Boligee, Alabama to discuss water issues in Greene County. Partnerships like these help us to better serve rural Alabama!
Had the pleasure of attending the 80th Anniversary of the Professional Agricultural Workers Conference hosted by @TuskegeeUniv where I also met with the university's 1890s scholars and USDA state leaders