RCAC's Housing and Community Conference
By Bruce Newman, RCAC homeownership options manager
Have you registered yet?
We invite you to join us May 13 – 15 at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. This year’s conference theme, Strengthening Our Roots: Building People, Places and Community, embodies the spirit of the work we do building capacity in people, organizations and communities to improve quality of life and access to affordable housing. Read more>>
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Yoneo Ono nominations deadline is approaching
Do you know a rural volunteer? Nominate them for RCAC's Yoneo Ono award. The 2014 honoree will receive an award, a reception in his/her honor and $4,000 to donate to a charitable organization of her/his choice.
Nominations are due April 13, 2014. Read more>>
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Desalination: A drought-resistant water option for California
By Sarah Buck, RCAC project coordinator
As California scrambles to find interim and long-term drought solutions, desalination rises to the surface as one possible answer. Desalination removes dissolved salt from seawater or brackish water. Already, one successful desalination plant exists that has been online since 2010 in Sand City, California. Read more>>
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CHIP extends former Mercy Housing self-help project
By Angela Terry, RCAC PR communications coordinator
Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) extends a self-help home construction project in Linda, California that was originally developed by Mercy Housing in the early 2000s. Read more>>
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Fairbanks, Alaska nonprofit retrofit pilot
Alaska based Rasmuson Foundation awarded RCAC’s Loan Fund up to $2.5 million in low-interest lending capital, and a $25,000 startup grant for the Fairbanks Nonprofit Retrofit Pilot (FNRP) to retrofit nonprofit and tribally owned buildings in Alaska for energy efficiency. Read more>>
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Are you a friend of rural America?
RCAC is part of 10,000 Friends of Rural America, a partnership coordianted by Stand Up for Rural America. It was formed to speak up and combat their growing marginalization of rural America. Join now>>
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