USDA Feasibility Studies in Washington

Hotel and resort projects in rural Washington serve Mount Rainier, the North Cascades, the Olympic Peninsula, the San Juan Islands, Lake Chelan, and the wine country of the Columbia Valley. Outside the metro cores, these markets sit on eligible rural ground where the Business and Industry program is an established financing path for lodging.

RV park and campground projects in rural Washington draw on the Cascades, Mount Rainier and Olympic national parks, the Columbia River, Lake Chelan, and the coast. These outdoor hospitality assets occupy eligible rural counties across central and eastern Washington and pair naturally with the Business and Industry program.

Rural restaurant and food service projects in Washington anchor orchard and wine-country towns, the Yakima Valley, the Columbia Basin, and the Palouse. As an established Business and Industry asset class, they support the workforce and visitor demand generated by the tree-fruit, wine, and tourism economies across eligible rural counties.

Event venue and agritourism projects in rural Washington combine wedding and corporate event demand with orchard, vineyard, and farm tourism across the Yakima Valley, the Walla Walla wine country, and the Wenatchee and Chelan fruit districts. These projects occupy eligible rural counties and fit the Business and Industry program.

Rural manufacturing projects in Washington span food and fruit-packing equipment, wine and beverage equipment, and supplier plants tied to the state's agricultural and aerospace base. The Business and Industry program finances plant construction, expansion, and equipment across eligible rural counties outside the metro cores.

Food and beverage processing projects in rural Washington operate against the nation's leading tree-fruit state, with deep value added pipelines in apple and cherry packing, juice and cider, frozen potato products in the Columbia Basin, and a fast-growing wine and craft-beverage sector. The Business and Industry program is an established path for processing capacity across eligible rural counties.

Meat and poultry processing projects in rural Washington address cattle and dairy processing capacity across the Columbia Basin and eligible counties. Projects can pair the Business and Industry program with the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program to add capacity.

Winery, distillery, and brewery projects in rural Washington build on the nation's second-largest wine state and its leading hops producer, with the Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley, and Walla Walla wine regions and the Yakima Valley hop district. These producers occupy eligible rural counties and draw on Business and Industry financing and Rural Energy for America Program support for equipment and energy systems.

Sawmill and wood products projects in rural Washington draw on a deep timber base across the Olympic Peninsula, the Cascades, and northeastern Washington. The Business and Industry program finances mills, and the Rural Energy for America Program funds kilns and mill energy systems across eligible counties.

Assisted living and senior care projects in rural Washington address demand across aging rural counties in central and eastern Washington. These facilities are a significant share of Business and Industry healthcare lending and can also draw on Community Facilities financing in eligible rural communities.

Rural medical and dental clinic projects in Washington address access and financial pressures documented nationwide by CHQPR, felt acutely across the eastern farm counties. Clinics qualify for both Community Facilities and Business and Industry pathways across eligible rural counties.

Childcare center projects in rural Washington meet workforce enabling demand in orchard, packing, processing, and farm labor sheds where care capacity is thin. These facilities qualify for both Community Facilities and Business and Industry pathways across eligible rural counties.

Gas station and convenience store projects in rural Washington leverage corridor traffic on I-90, I-82, US-2, and US-97 across eligible counties and are an established Business and Industry asset class. Rural fuel and retail sites have also drawn Rural Energy for America Program energy investment.

Self-storage projects in rural Washington serve growing exurban counties along the I-90 and I-82 corridors and the recreation markets around Lake Chelan and the Cascades. As a stabilized asset class, self-storage is a recognized Business and Industry use across eligible rural counties.

Solar and renewable energy projects in rural Washington are primarily funded through the Rural Energy for America Program for on-farm solar, irrigation efficiency, and cold-storage energy upgrades, supported in Washington by an active Commercial PACER program that also finances seismic and resiliency retrofits. Note the August 2025 changes that narrowed eligibility for certain solar configurations.

Express and tunnel car wash projects in rural Washington address corridor and town-center traffic across eligible counties and have established Business and Industry program evidence as a recognized commercial asset class.

Cold storage and refrigerated warehousing projects in rural Washington are central to the tree-fruit economy, where controlled-atmosphere apple and cherry storage, packing houses, and frozen-potato cold chain define the logistics base. The Business and Industry program finances cold chain capacity across eligible counties.

Marina projects in rural Washington anchor recreational and working-waterfront marine demand on the Puget Sound shoreline, the San Juan Islands, the Columbia River, and Lake Chelan, alongside the Willapa Bay shellfish coast. These assets occupy eligible rural counties and fit the Business and Industry program.