{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-usda-economic-development-investments-in-windham-county-this-year-now-top-31-million", "Leahy: USDA Economic Development Investments In Windham County This Year Now Top $3.1 Million", "2017-12-14", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Patrick Leahy", "L000174", "www.leahy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.14.17\n\t\t\t Leahy: USDA Economic Development Investments In Windham County This Year Now Top $3.1 Million \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSenator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced Thursday that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) economic development investments in Windham County now total more than $3.1 million during fiscal year 2017.\u00a0 Area businesses, nonprofits and municipalities received 16 awards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Rural Development (USDA-RD) to assist with a diverse range of projects that included business assistance, infrastructure upgrades and energy efficiency improvements.\u00a0 The USDA-RD investments leveraged an additional $7 million from other sources for a collective impact of $10.3 million.\r\nLeahy is a leading member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, which oversees USDA and handles the Senate\u2019s work in writing Farm Bills, and he now also is the Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which annually appropriates funds for the USDA.\r\nLeahy said:\u00a0 \u201cThese USDA investments are empowering local organizations and businesses to make our Vermont communities stronger.\u00a0 The diverse nature of Rural Development\u2019s programs mean that federal help can be pre-tailored to address distinct needs for each community. \u00a0As Congress begins writing a new Farm Bill in 2018, I\u2019ll be focused on making sure that USDA-RD continues to have resources like these to invest in Vermont.\u201d\r\nUSDA, through its Rural Development mission area, administers and manages housing, business and community infrastructure programs through a national network of state and local offices. \u00a0These programs are designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers and ranchers to improve the quality of life in rural areas.\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGrant\r\n\r\n\r\nOrganization\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$14,000\r\n\r\n\r\nPost Oil Solutions\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$500,000\r\n\r\n\r\nBrattleboro Development Credit Corporation\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$7,700\r\n\r\n\r\nHolton Home\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$21,000\r\n\r\n\r\nSandglass Theater\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$503,000\r\n\r\n\r\nVillage of Saxtons River\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$375,750\r\n\r\n\r\nWomen's Community Center, Inc.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$26,670\r\n\r\n\r\nFriends of the Brattleboro Music Center, Inc.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$11,700\r\n\r\n\r\nFriends of the Brattleboro Music Center, Inc.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$11,630\r\n\r\n\r\nFriends of the Brattleboro Music Center, Inc.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$27,300\r\n\r\n\r\nHolton Home\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$50,000\r\n\r\n\r\nBrattleboro School District\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$12,020\r\n\r\n\r\nRetreat Farm, Ltd.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$50,000\r\n\r\n\r\nWomen's Community Center, Inc.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$1,500,000\r\n\r\n\r\nSoutheast Vermont Transit\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$65,638\r\n\r\n\r\nNortheast Recycling Council, Inc.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$3,487\r\n\r\n\r\nAmpers and Brockway Mills Hydro LLC\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tDavid Carle: 202-224-3693\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-usda-economic-development-investments-in-windham-county-this-year-now-top-31-million"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4621121808886528, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}