RDDA receives $1,500 Rural Community Grant

The Ritzville Downtown Development Association received a $1,500 Northwest FCS/CoBank Rural Community Grant, which will be used for the Ritz Theatre project.

Ritzville Downtown Development Association President John Rankin expressed gratitude.

“The money allows us to offset costs incurred on renovations that otherwise would have been pulled from our donor pool, which we wish to keep intact for the purchase of digital cinema equipment.”

This year Northwest FCS with the support of CoBank has awarded 34 rural grants totaling over $57,000.

The next rural grant dead line is October 1, more information can be found at northwestfcs.com.

Northwest FCS is part of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of borrower-owned lending institutions that provide approximately $194 billion in loans to rural America.

CoBank is a Farm Credit System cooperative bank providing financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers throughout the United States.