USDA invests $1B+ to strengthen communities across rural KY

U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Kentucky State Director Travis T. Burton recently highlighted over $1 billion in rural community investments across rural Kentucky.

These investments help expand housing and business opportunities and strengthen essential infrastructure.

"Rural Kentucky is the best place to live, work, and raise a family, and USDA Rural Development is doing our part to make sure it stays that way," said Burton. "Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Rollins, we're delivering modern infrastructure, affordable housing, and new economic opportunities in rural communities. These investments help create measurable improvements in access to clean water, reliable power, broadband connectivity, health care facilities, emergency services, and safe, affordable housing, all while bolstering the local economy."

Highlights from across rural Kentucky include:

• Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services Inc. will use a $73.8 million Community Facilities Direct Loan to modernize and create an addition at the hospital. The addition will create 56,000 additional square feet of treatment space.
• West Kentucky Rural Tele Coop Corp will use a $1.3 million Community Connect grant to construct a fiber-to-the-premises system in Carlisle County. The network will deliver symmetrical speeds up to 2 gigabits per second, expanding access to economic, educational, health care and public safety opportunities.
• Campbellsville Hospitality II LLC will use a $9.95 million guaranteed loan to construct an 81-room Hampton Inn hotel.
• The city of Hardinsburg will use a $1.7 million direct loan for wastewater system updates that will improve the operation of the plant and provide emergency power. The project will benefit the entire service area of the city of Hardinsburg and provide a safer, more reliable system.

For more information on USDA Rural Development investments in rural America, visit the Rural Data Gateway. The Rural Data Gateway is an online tool that strengthens USDA Rural Development partnerships with rural people, entrepreneurs, government officials and Congress by making agency investment data accessible to the public.