Success Stories Archive

RCAC’s programs and services deliver solutions to complex community needs. Our local presence allows us to develop partnerships with communities to identify needs, set goals, and select the best options to meet those goals. RCAC and our partners provide the tools to create change and growth, but the communities chart their own course. Collaboration, plus community effort will equal community change. How can we help you?

RCAC’s Loan Fund is a financial resource for rural communities. The Loan Fund fills financing gaps and serves in unconventional markets. We offer loans for affordable housing development, environmental infrastructure, community facilities and small businesses in rural locations.

Decent housing, safe drinking water, education, financing, jobs, community facilities, leadership, families are the many facets to RCAC's work.

RCAC expands the knowledge base of the rural public through education and training. Our training expertise is in technical, financial, and administrative issues that affect rural communities. We take great pride in our professional trainer team's capacity and effectiveness. Our trainers maximize audience participation to keep trainings relevant and memorable.

RCAC's news and publications are a compilation of timely news, announcements and accomplishments produced for the rural development world.

Sub-standard housing and poverty are commonplace in low-income rural communities. Many of these communities also face daunting challenges to access safe, clean drinking water and to develop other vital infrastructure. These issues are often overlooked in policy because rural communities lack the resources, training or social networks that are found in urban areas. Learn how you can advocate for the under-served population in the West.

Founded in 1978, RCAC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides training, technical and financial resources and advocacy so rural communities can achieve their goals and visions. For more than 40 years, our dedicated staff and active board, coupled with our key values: leadership, collaboration, commitment, quality and integrity, have helped effect positive change in rural communities across the West. Learn more about who we are and how we operate.

Success Stories

Success stories are a compilation of staff written success stories and case studies that highlight our impact in rural communities.

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

M&J Mobile Home Park

Reliable access to clean and safe drinking water remains a major challenge for communities across the rural West. Rising temperatures and persistent drought threaten rural and Indigenous communities’ water supplies, which negatively impacts people’s health and quality of life.
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Quintana’s Music Center

RCAC Re-Emerging Loan Fund (RELieF) borrower Quintana’s Music Center in Gallup, New Mexico is a concrete example of how small rural and Indigenous businesses can survive and prosper despite COVID-19’s lingering economic impact when they receive the right assistance.
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Meadowlark Vista

The housing affordability crunch continues to pose a serious threat to rural people and economies. Businesses across RCAC’s service area express that the lack of low-cost housing undercuts their ability to attract and retain employees, which in turn threatens small-town and rural area economies.
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Palermo Union Elementary School District

More than 10 years ago, California acknowledged that reliable running water is a prerequisite for a healthy, prosperous and happy life when it recognized access to clean, safe and affordable water as a human right.
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Blue Sky Center

RCAC catalyzes economic growth and facilitates rural development through capacity-building partnerships with community-led organizations like Blue Sky Center in New Cuyama, California.
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Success Stories

M&J Mobile Home Park

Quintana’s Music Center

Meadowlark Vista

Palermo Union Elementary School District

Blue Sky Center