For real estate developers, fund sponsors, and investors, the following revised framework supports long-term capital planning and reinforces the QOZ program’s role as a core incentive that can, and ...

T he recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) made the eight-year-old federal Opportunity Zone (OZ) program permanent, although each of the nearly 9,000 Opportunity Zones will be ...

Rural America's health equity is inseparable from its economic well-being, and aligning these two crucial fields is essential for achieving true rural prosperity. The people who know this best are ...

Rural communities across the state will get an economic development boost after 14 projects were awarded nearly $10.5 million in Northern Border Regional Commission grants for New Hampshire, Maine, ...

Iowa will receive an infusion of $152 million in federal money toward 19 rural development projects across the state in what U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins called an "unprecedented" effort ...

Held annually across Idaho’s rural landscapes, The Idaho Rural Success Summit is designed by and for the thriving rural communities of Idaho. This summit is centered around spotlighting successful ...

Iowa will receive $152 million in loans and grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to invest in 19 rural development projects. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the funds ...

Three downtown projects are now complete in Essex County, New York, and the North Country Rural Development Coalition is celebrating the transformation. The coalition showed off three completed ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - Around $11 million has been made available for rural communities in Kansas to make improvements to local facilities. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has announced that 24 rural ...

TOMORROW’S GRANDSTAND HEADLINER. WELL, TODAY WAS A BIG DAY. THREE OF THE IOWA STATE FAIR. THERE WAS A FULL LINEUP OF EVENTS, FROM CONTESTS TO CONCERTS TO POLITICIANS. THAT INCLUDES A VISIT FROM U.S.

WASHINGTON, DC, December 19, 2025 — The World Bank has approved the Paraíba Sustainable Rural Development Project – Phase II to support more inclusive and resilient growth in rural areas of the State ...