U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development will host nine workshops in January to help rural community leaders establish, manage and market revolving loan funds. The workshops will be held Jan. 12-30 in the following communities: Algona, Carroll, Creston, Hiawatha, Iowa Falls, Mount Pleasant, Orange City, Oskaloosa and Postville. Since 2009 more than 700 rural small businesses accessed more than $70 million from the 145 revolving loan funds assisted by USDA Rural Development in Iowa. To learn more about the workshops, click here.