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The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) is a federal-state partnership for economic and community development throughout designated counties in its four-state service area within Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Each year, the NBRC provides federal...
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Established in 1998, the Denali Commission is an independent federal agency based in Anchorage, Alaska, that provides critical utilities, infrastructure, and economic inter-agency support to Alaska’s remote communities in America’s largest state.
The Denali...
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The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) works to improve regional economic opportunity by helping to create jobs, build communities, and improve the lives of the 10 million people who reside in the 252 counties and parishes of the eight-state Delta region.
Led by the...
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The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is an economic development partnership agency of the federal government and 13 state governments focusing on 423 counties across the Appalachian Region. ARC’s mission is to innovate, partner, and invest to build community capacity...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) understands that distinct rural character is often connected to stewardship for a community’s natural resources, which can be protected by design as rural areas grow.
USDOT partners with EPA to design practicable...
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) honors current and former members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families by providing them with lifelong benefits, such as healthcare services.
Today, nearly a quarter of U.S. veterans return from active military...
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The U.S Department of Labor (DOL) seeks to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights...
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The mission of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) includes protecting, managing, and studying the nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage, as well as honoring its trust responsibilities to Tribes, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and affiliated island...
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identifies transportation systems as one of its 16 sectors of critical infrastructure. The U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Transportation assist each other to bolster the resiliency of rural areas by improving...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes that rural areas face unique barriers to accessing and creating cost-effective and efficient clean energy.
Together, the U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation are investing in rural energy infrastructure for...