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Our Mission: Add new wealth to the economy by creating, retaining, and expanding rural cooperatives and other primary sector business enterprises.

Homegrown Revolution

The Rural Electric and Telecommunications Development Center has been providing federally-supported technical assistance to rural areas since 1994. Operating under the umbrella of NDAREC and the North Dakota Association of Telecommunications Cooperatives (NDATC), the Center has come to be recognized as a major development player in North Dakota. We are networked with 16 electric cooperatives and 12 telecommunications co-ops in a statewide effort focusing on sustaining and growing rural areas. The local cooperatives assist the Center with rural development activities and community outreach. North Dakota’s rural electric and telecommunications cooperatives have been providing matching funds for the Center since 1994.

We promote and support development of cooperatives and economic development through consultation, technical assistance, financing programs and education.

Our Sponsors

Sponsored by the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives. 

Financially sponsored by:

  • North Dakota’s rural electric cooperatives

  • North Dakota’s telecommunications cooperatives

  • USDA Rural Development

Our Services

  • Provide organizational and business development guidance
  • Business development analysis
  • Cooperative development strategies
  • Assist in obtaining start-up funds for research and development activities
  • Provide start-up administrative services
  • Provide professional referrals
  • Sponsor conferences and seminars for business cooperative directors and managers
  • Coordinate local and state rural development efforts

Our Partners

Economic Development & Finance
www.business.nd.gov

Ag Products Utilization Commission
www.business.nd.gov/apuc

Manufacturing Technology Partnership
www.business.nd.gov/manufacturing

ND Development Fund
www.business.nd.gov/development_fund

Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives
www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/qbcc

Ag Research Fund
www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/sbare

Marketplace of Ideas
www.marketplaceofideas.org

North Dakota Coordinating Council for
Cooperatives (NDCCC)

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  • About Us
    • Directors
    • Employees
    • 2020 REC/RTC Directory
    • Association Dates
    • NDAREC
    • Contact Us
    • 2019 NDAREC Annual Report
  • Members
    • Associate Members
    • N.D. Distribution Cooperatives
    • Generation & Transmission Cooperatives
  • Public Affairs
    • News
    • REPAC
    • Network Facts
  • Rural Development
  • Safety Services
    • AT&S Conference
    • Public Safety
    • Request For Proposal
    • Storm Center
    • Downloadable Forms
  • Co-op Careers
    • General Co-op Careers
    • Lineworker Careers
  • Communications
    • Touchstone Energy Cooperatives
    • Cooperative Principles
    • News
    • North Dakota Living
  • Education
  • Youth Tour