I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the USDA Rural Development Website for the state of Maine. Rural Development is a diverse mission area of the United States Department of Agriculture comprised of the Rural Utilities Service, the Rural Business and Cooperative Service, and the Rural Housing Service. These three Agencies provide a variety of financial services to communities and individuals in the state of Maine.

We have offices in Bangor, Lewiston, and Presque Isle to administer the loan and grant programs for Rural Development in the state. Our goal is to work with other federal, state, and local groups to enhance the quality of life in rural Maine. Our dedicated employees work diligently to assist the people of rural Maine and to develop sustainable rural communities. We measure our success by the impact on the lives of the people that we serve.

Our water and sewer loan and grant programs financed improvements in numerous communities servicing thousands of households and providing them with safe drinking water and modern sewage disposal systems. Hundreds of families have become homeowners, most for the first time. Businesses have received financing that allowed them to expand, creating and savings rural employment opportunities. Fire, rescue, and medical services, as well as daycare centers and nursing homes, have benefited from USDA Rural Development programs.