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USDA Expands Access to Four Key Loan Programs

USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced the Department is expanding access to four loan guarantee programs that provide funding to help rural communities create jobs and improve local infrastructure.

Don’t Reverse the Progress Made by ‘Pandemic Streets’ – Outdoor dining and ‘slow streets’ should live on

Here’s one pandemic change that should become a permanent fixture in the urban landscape: Let’s keep the “slow streets,” parklets, temporary bike lanes and outdoor dining areas that have sprung up in cities across the country, rather than return every inch of asphalt to motor vehicles.

Beyond Business: Humanizing ESG (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance)

“It’s really the salience of these different groups that’s going to drive the allocation of resources at the corporate level.”

Bill Gates predicts our work meetings will move to metaverse in 2-3 years

Gates said adoption of metaverse meetings would be slow because many people lack the tools to fully immerse themselves in the experience, such as virtual reality goggles. But he expressed optimism for advances made with three-dimensional avatars and spatial audio to help users feel more connected virtually.

63% Of Millennials Approve Of Automation In The Workplace—And Other Small Business Tech News This Week

Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?

Broadband Grant Programs Public Virtual Listening Sessions

These public virtual listening sessions are designed to collect stakeholder input to help inform program development and implementation.

Broadband Drives Growth in Women-led Rural Entrepreneurship

Access to broadband is essential to start-ups in rural America, and that connection is especially important for female entrepreneurs.

How to solve the rural-urban digital divide

The author of ‘Farm Fresh Broadband’ draws on history to chart a better future for rural internet access.

Research Results: ‘Who Comes Home?’

Rural communities hear a lot about the “brain drain.” But a new study examines commonalities of communities that attract their young people home after college.

The Factory of the Future Is Here–and It’s Run by Americans (and Small Robots)

Robots can power networks of local factories–bringing your manufacturing closer to home and generating American jobs in the process.

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