Does anyone have experience with this program for funding their library building project? Thanks. Laurie
Laurie Mahaffey, Deputy Director Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 West 41st Street Austin, Texas 78756 www.ctls.net [email protected] 512-583-0704 x18 800-262-4431 x18 -----Original Message----- From: Shirley Beck [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 10:01 AM To: Laurie Mahaffey Subject: RE: USDA Rural Development Programs Thanks for the information about the USDA Rural Development funds. I just spoke with a man named Jerry in the Area 2 office in Georgetown about this program. He said most of the funding is for loans, not grants. He is going to send me pre-application information, which I will share with our Library Board to see if there is any interest in further pursuit of this funding. My question at this point is this: Do you know of any Texas Libraries that have received either loan or grant funds through this program. If so, which ones and would they be willing to share information with us about how the program worked for them? We are so ready to get moving on construction of our new library. The funding roadblock is very frustrating. I certainly hope that foundation funds are recovering after the past year's problems and they will soon be back to granting monies for projects such as ours.
