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USDA Rural Development visits Clermont County to describe loans, grants for water, facilities, broadband and small business

6438239 · August 6, 2025
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USDA Rural Development state director and community-programs loan specialist briefed the Clermont County commissioners on programs that can fund water and sewer, community facilities, broadband, electric, distance learning/telemedicine, and business development, and invited county officials to apply for assistance.

Charles Tassell, the USDA Rural Development state director for Ohio, and Kathy Harmon, community programs loan specialist, briefed the Board of Clermont County Commissioners Aug. 6 on USDA Rural Development programs that provide loans, grants and loan guarantees for rural communities.

Tassell said the agency focuses on three primary areas: housing, community facilities and business and industry. “We are ready to and appreciate the opportunity,” he told the commissioners, describing an “open…

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