Bishop announces latest round of awards to southwest Georgia

The Albany Herald, Ga.
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May 27—WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., the ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, announced several USDA grants and loans awarded for projects across southwest Georgia.

USDA awarded a total of $163,901,800 through a combination of programs — Community Facilities Grants, Emergency Rural Health Care Grants, Community Facilities Direct Loans & Grants, and Electric Infrastructure Loans and Loan Guarantees — to the Early County Board of Commissioners, the Miller County Board of Commissioners, the Early County Hospital Authority, the city of Blakely, Flint River Fresh Inc., Sumter EMC and Georgia Transmission Corporation.

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