FCS awards $3,000 grant to historic Hartline school

Northwest Farm Credit Services is proud to award the Hartline Betterment Organization a $3,000 Northwest FCS Rural Community Grant to be used to renovate the former Hartline School building.

Northwest FCS customer Jerry Dormaier applied for the grant. “How wonderful it is to have been selected to receive the Northwest FCS Rural Grant to aid us in the needed repairs of the historic Hartline School! These funds will enable us to correct problems with the exterior of the red brick building that, if not addressed, would ultimately compromise the integrity of the 1922 structure. With this generous grant, we will be able to move forward with our goal of projecting the use of this building, so important to our community, for another 100 years. Thank you Northwest FCS!”

Northwest FCS is committed to helping rural communities succeed. This year Northwest FCS, with support from CoBank, has awarded 59 grants worth more than $114,000. Since 2007, Northwest FCS has presented more than 191 rural grants totaling more than $420,000. The next Rural Community Grant deadline is October 1, 2012. If you are a Northwest FCS customer and think your rural project may be eligible, visit Farm-Credit.com to find more information.

Northwest FCS provides more than $10 billion in financing and related services to farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses, commercial fishermen, timber producers, rural homeowners and crop insurance customers in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. CoBank is a Farm Credit System cooperative bank providing financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers throughout the United States.