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Welcome to the quarterly newsletter of USDA Rural Development in Wyoming. Here, you will find updates on funding opportunities and program activities through our Business, Cooperative, Community Facility, Multi-Family and Single-Family Housing programs.
Wyoming State Director
Connie Baker Wolfe
It has been a busy summer at Rural Development. I wanted to share with you some of the faces and special openings, projects and events we have done over the summer.
Our work is very important to all of us at RD and we are proud to be a partner in helping families buy or renovate their homes. We are especially pleased to be helping families in Lusk to rebuild after last year’s devastating flood.
South Big Horn County Hospital reopened earlier this summer – welcome news to residents in that corner of the state. We have honored those who serve and we have recognized excellence in the work place.
As we get closer to the end of the fiscal year, we intend to finish strong!
Come talk to us, share your ideas and your community’s needs.
We want to be your partner.
Connie Baker Wolfe
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 Rural Housing Service Administrator Tony Hernandez and State Director Connie Baker Wolfe stand alongside students from Riverton High School's Geometry in Construction class during a visit by the administrator to celebrate the student's contribution to Habitat for Humanity and the community.
 Rural Housing Service Administrator Tony Hernandez and State Director Connie Baker Wolfe stand with Beau Sheets, teacher, Misty Nebel and family during a visit by the RHS Administrator to celebrate the students' partnership with Habitat for Humanity and their contribution in building Nebel's house.
 Misty Nebel's house being relocated from Riverton High School to its final location. The house was built through Habitat for Humanity and financed with a Single Family Housing Section 502 Direct Housing Loan.
 RHS Administrator Tony Hernandez cuts the ribbon for the grand opening of South Big Horn County Hospital along with State Director Connie Baker Wolfe, Governor Matt Mead, South Big Horn County Hospital Board of Trustees Chairman Jeff Grant and other officials.
 Crystal Cove Apartments Site Manager Don Frame (center) receives the Site Manager of the Year Award from State Director Connie Baker Wolfe (center right), Cody Mayor Nancy Tia Brown (center left), Multi-Family Housing Coordinator Kelly Jones (left) and Tim Brooks, rural housing programs director.
 State Director Connie Baker Wolfe answers questions by Deva Patina, staff writer for the Cody Enterprise at the Site Manager of the Year Award presentation.
 Staff from First Interstate Bank in Sheridan pose with staff from Wyoming's RD office during Wyoming's Champion of Rural Housing Award presentation to the bank for being the state's top lender for 2016. The award is determined by the number of applications, fewest errors and program efficiency.
 Ervin Cox, a United States Marine Corps veteran and retired plumber, and his daughter Dixie Blaney, a former dispatcher with the sheriff’s office, were at home during the floods in Lusk in June 2015 when the floodwaters began rising into their mobile home at a rapid pace. They are using the Section 502 Direct Loan Program to rebuild their home and expect to have the finishing touches completed and ready to move in before October.
 Cox and Blaney contacted the Riverton Office and applied for the home loan. After the loan was approved, construction began with the help of the Mennonite Disaster Service, who is building six houses in the rural community. Construction is almost completed on their new home.
 State Director Connie Baker Wolfe, Rural Housing Programs Director Tim Brooks, Conestoga Village Apartments Community Manager Amie Clark and Judy Sambrano, administrative technician at the apartment's Summer Food Program lunch for children on June 30. The lunch was well attended and provided meals and prizes to 44 children.
 Salina Trujillo has her face painted as a cat at the SFP lunch program. Facepainting is just one of the offerings during Conestoga Village's event.
 Ella Erickson and Brekyn Jensen at the SFP lunch being held at the Conestoga Village Apartments in Douglas, Wyoming.
 Brice Jensen has his face painted as well during Conestoga Village Apartments' SFP luncheon.
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