{"id":408077,"date":"2024-04-24T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=408077"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"USDA-Rural-Development-to-host-community-outreach-event-at-UOG","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/USDA-Rural-Development-to-host-community-outreach-event-at-UOG\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA Rural Development to host community outreach event at UOG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HILO, Hawaii\u2014<\/strong>On Tuesday, April 23, 2024 USDA Rural Development Hawaii\/Western Pacific State director Chris Kanazawa, Rural Housing Service administrator Joaquin Altoro, and USDA RD program representatives will provide an overview of loans and grants available for rural area residents, businesses and cooperatives in Guam and Western Pacific in an outreach event at the University of Guam.<\/p>\n<p>Kanazawa said the event will provide an excellent opportunity to meet with government and business leaders to address concerns and needs for Guam and Western Pacific. \u201cLiving on remote island communities always presents unique challenges and barriers to the access of resources readily available in rural communities on the mainland,\u201d Kanazawa stated. \u201cRecognition of this distinction requires Rural Development to tailor its menu of programs to meet these special needs of our communities in Hawaii, Guam, and the Western Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Altoro, it\u2019s important to make the trip from Washington, D.C. to see firsthand how USDA Rual Development can help with rural areas throughout the Western Pacific. \u201cAs RHS Administrator, two of my key priorities consist of working diligently with our staff to ensure we are implementing necessary policy changes and expanding the reach of our programs and resources to all communities across the nation\u2014including underserved rural residents in the U.S. Pacific Islands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Altoro added that USDA Rural Development is a vital housing asset. \u201cUSDA Rural Housing is an important partner in the planning, design, and financing of community and housing infrastructure in rural communities. We are an important resource provider, and my hope is to continue to being a committed partner for rural communities in Guam and neighboring U.S. territories to address their unique housing and community infrastructure needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, visit w<a href=\"http:\/\/ww.usda.gov\/hi\" target=\"_blank\">ww.usda.gov\/hi<\/a>. <strong><em>(PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/13fb49d17565f9f7390b7eea38f53e58.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><br \/>USDA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HILO, Hawaii\u2014On Tuesday, April 23, 2024 USDA Rural Development Hawaii\/Western Pacific State director Chris Kanazawa,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}