Success Stories
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Monday, Aug 23, 2021
Navigating income surveys during COVID-19
By Claire Miller Income surveys are tools that funders use to determine a community’s median household income (MHI), which affects . . .
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Thursday, Jul 22, 2021
How RCAC’s RELieF program helped two small businesses recover from their lost summer
In summer 2020, small business owner Michael Blecha had to take a hard look at his business, Kinnon Entertainment. The concert production industry was poised to have its best year ever just a few months earlier. More than 600 venues booked Kinnon through December—a record-breaking year for Blecha.
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Wednesday, Jun 23, 2021
Touching the country’s heart: 502 Direct Loan Program lends more than $116 million since 2012
Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) embarked on its journey in 2012 to help homebuyers access affordable mortgages through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA RD) 502 Direct Loan Program. After nearly a decade RCAC built a powerhouse partnership network across the rural West and beyond.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
“If we had to do it again …” — Water operators share lessons learned from major disaster recovery
After a community lifts fire evacuation orders and it is safe to return home, the real work begins. When a disaster affects a water system, it could be weeks or months before potable water is widely available. The water system’s long to-do list includes public relations, engineering, finances and even relocating meters.
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Wednesday, Apr 28, 2021
RCAC and Pueblo Unido celebrate more than 10 years of impact
It began as a one-time collaboration between Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) and Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation (Pueblo Unido) to provide safe drinking water in the Eastern Coachella Valley. More than a decade later, it blossomed into a relationship that involved nearly every RCAC program
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