The US Department of Agriculture is awarding $421,295 to the towns of Barceloneta and Naguabo, to provide placemaking and planning assistance to help improve social, cultural, and economic structures for people living in rural communities. The agency is making the awards under its Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge (RPIC) and in Puerto Rico, it partnered with […]
The USDA Rural Development has awarded the Municipality of Juncos $23.7 million in grant funding to repair its landfill facilities that were damaged by Hurricane María in 2017, Luis R. García, acting state director for Puerto Rico, announced. The Juncos Municipal Solid Waste Landfill receives approximately 35,105 tons of non-hazardous solid waste every year. Hurricane […]
The US Department of Agriculture announced that it is accepting applications to support economic development and create jobs for people in rural areas. The agency is making this funding available under the Rural Business Development Grant program for eligible entities to support business opportunity and enterprise projects in rural communities. Eligible entities are rural towns, […]
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