Every electric cooperative in Iowa has in one way or another worked with the USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) through the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program (REDL&G). This program touches our communities, and is a hugely important funding source for one of our country’s most important economic development tools.
Thanks to this program our state:
- Has been awarded over 250 REDL&G awards
- Over $90 Million has been awarded to Iowa projects
- These awards have leveraged nearly $800 million in additional project investment
- These REDL&G projects and the revolving loan funds created through repayment have helped create and retain over 25,000 jobs in Iowa
This program is designed to promote rural economic
development and job creation, and it is doing just that in Iowa!
The following is a list of projects that illustrates the
variety of ways and places where REDL&G awards have helped all around our
great state.
- John Wayne Birthplace Museum - Winterset
- Child Care Facility - Keosauqua
- Cardinal Glass Company - Greenfield
- Adams County Opera House - Corning
- Southwestern Community College Residence Facilities- Creston
- Kossuth Regional Health Center - Algona
- Puck Custom Enterprises - Manning
- Franklin General Hospital - Hampton
- Davis County School - Bloomfield
- Osage Hotel and Suites - Osage
- Iowa Lakes Community College - Estherville
- Center for Performing Arts - Holstein
- Aquatic Center - Stuart
- Osceola Community Hospital - Sibley
- Featherlite Manufacturing - Cresco
- Cambridge Investment Research - Fairfield
- Iowa Valley Community College Dormitory - Marshalltown
- Clarke County Hospital - Osceola
- Industrial Park - Wilton
The list above is meant merely to illustrate how RUS has
helped Iowa's rural electric cooperatives help their communities build
businesses, child care centers, clinics, community colleges, hotels, hospitals,
industries and schools.
Why does all this matter? Because, while in D.C. for Youth
Tour the students will meet with the RUS Administrator Brandon
McBride. I’m excited that we will get to hear a bit more about the history and
programs of the Rural Utilities Service (including REDL&G), meet its
leadership and learn about projects in Iowa that impact the communities we live
in.
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