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This RLF program is intended to stimulate business development and expansion, encourage private investment, promote economic development, and enhance neighborhood vitality in Salt Lake City by making low-interest loans available to businesses. Both established businesses and start-ups may apply for financing.

The South Central Kansas Economic Development District uses a variety of different tools to provide access to capital for business and industry. They offer SBA loans, an EDA-funded RLF, loan guarantees and other options.

This report by the National Association of State Energy Officials examines the use of revolving loan funds by states to finance energy projects and highlights the RLF programs of six states.

This is a city-wide program for fixed-asset financing which is administered by the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation. Applicants for loans from the fund will be evaluated by the DEGC based upon the proposed borrower’s ability to repay and the potential impact of the proposed project on Detroit’s economy.

This document is the manual covering policies and procedures for the Manitowoc, WI Commercial Revolving Loan Fund

The Greenworks Loan Fund seeks to make energy efficiency financing an ordinary part of the lending process for either the rehabilitation of existing commercial buildings or the construction of new ones. This new revolving loan fund, which is capitalized through a combination of federal stimulus and private funding, will finance energy projects that show a 25% reduction in energy use.

This fact sheet covers the Montgomery County Home Energy Loan Program, a property assessed clean energy (PACE) revolving loan fund.

Mike Martin gives on overview of access to capital lending tools and the Wyoming Business Council's revolving loan fund and loan guarantee programs.

Toby Rittner, CDFA President & CEO, discusses the toolbox approach to economic development finance in this presentation.

This website features information from Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality pertaining to Brownfields financing options.

The RLF Program administered by the East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission (EARPDC) provides gap financing for business and industry that are financially healthy and growing, but cannot obtain adequate financing to expand or start-up a project.

The St. Lawrence County Local Development Corporation (NY) runs this microenterprise revolving loan fund for companies with five or fewer employees and loans up to $20,000.

Rick Palank of the St. Louis County Economic Council discusses their line of access to capital tools in this presentation.

The City of Newport, RI has established an economic development revolving loan fund with a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. This document outlines the criteria and policies for the program.

This document summarizes the rules and regulations for local administrators of revolving loan funds using Economic Development Administration grant funding.

The Department of Energy has released this guidance for recipients of DOE State Energy Program funds. It explains how funds can be used for capitalizing revolving loan funds, interest rate buy down, loan loss reserves and other development finance tools and programs.

The Department of Energy has released this guidance pertaining to the use of Energy Efficiency and Block Grant (EEBCG) funds. It explains how funds can be used for capitalizing revolving loan funds, interest rate buy down, loan loss reserves and other development finance tools and programs.

This document summarizes all of the approved EPA Brownfields Assessment, Clean-Up and Revolving Loan Grants for fiscal year 2010.

This brochure highlights Iowa City's Energy Conservation Opportunity Revolving Loan Fund (ECO-RLF). The ECO-RLF provides low-interest loans to assist with local energy efficiency projects that will provide ongoing utility cost savings for city businesses. The revolving loan mechanism allows borrowers to repay loans through the cost savings realized from their projects.

This fact sheet outlines the criteria and guidelines for the Houston County, MN Revolving Loan Fund.

The Connecticut Economic Resource Center ProgramFinder is a comprehensive database of business programs and services offered in the state. ProgramFinder contains information from both the public and private sectors, as well as from federal, state and local levels.

The Home Energy Assistance Loan (HEAL) pilot program will provide four Arkansas businesses (one in each Congressional District) with facility audits and zero interest retrofit financing of energy efficiency improvements for their facilities. Following commitment of these commercial retrofit measures, HEAL, which is administered by the Energy Office of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, will provide home audit and retrofit opportunities for up to 100 employees of each participating business. The businesses agree to use a portion of their facility energy savings to develop a zero interest employee loan fund to finance the identified residential improvements for their employees.

This presentation given by David Blaszkiewicz, President of the Detroit Investment Fund, at the CDFA Michigan Financing Roundtable 2010 Economic Development Finance Conference discusses different types of access to capital including loan funds and gap financing.

This loan fund is a $10 million program for Arkansas industries to implement energy efficiency projects. This program is authorized through ARRA, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and administered by the Arkansas Energy Office, a division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.

This article by economist Timothy Bartik looks at the various tools to encourage economic development at the state level.