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RURAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTS IN VERMONT
USDA Rural Development for Vermont announced that during FY 2004
$50,236,513 was invested in Vermont loans and grants. Rural
Businesses in Vermont received almost $6.5 million in direct and
guaranteed loans from RD affecting approximately 254 jobs. Other
examples include $767,854 in grants to organizations striving to
improve the economic conditions of rural Vermont. Three agricultural
entities received a total of $165,737 in Value Added Market
Development Grants. More info? visit http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/vt
.