CDFA Upcoming Events

This report  focuses on smart growth strategies that can help guide growth in rural areas while protecting natural and working lands and preserving the rural character of existing communities. 

The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development has published this factsheet that summarizes the state's renewable energy incentives, which emphasizes a post-performance refundable tax credit for up to 100% of new state tax revenues (includes state corporate, sales and withholding taxes) over the life of the project (typically 5 – 10 years).

November 23, 2010 @ 1:00pm Eastern This free, hour-long webcast will examine the realities of renewable energy financing options and the impact these deals are having throughout the country.

With the growing importance of energy in today's economy, the International Economic Development Council has compiled this report that looks at case studies of individual states and their approaches to fostering new green and renewable energy technologies.

This document from the Delaware Economic Development Office details the options available to Delaware businesses for green projects.

This presentation covers the Portland metro area's approach to smart growth.

Tiffany Sweitzer presents the how the use of smart growth principals were successful in the redevelopment of Portland's Pearl District.

This presentation by Patrick Quinton of the Portland Development Commission highlights their Clean Energy Works Program which helps to finance residential energy efficiency upgrades.

Harvey Rogers of K&L Gates covers the basics of renewable energy financing tools in this presentation.

This handbook looks at double bottom line initiatives and funds and some general guidelines to help better understand this growing field.

This guide to Federal programs is intended to help communities identify resources available to support their efforts to promote livable and sustainable communities.

David Rogers of Bricker & Eckler looks at how solar special improvement districts (SIDs) and other federal programs for renewable energy work in this presentation.

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 link features facts sheets describing the sites where the EPA and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are analyzing the potential for wind, solar, or small hydro development on potentially contaminated sites.

BioOhio and Cleveland State University have released this report that focuses on the growing bioscience business and research occurring in Ohio. The data supports this trend of a expanding bioscience industry in Ohio and exemplifies that, since the year 2000, the bioscience sector in Ohio has added over 8,400 jobs which is a 17.9% increase.

This special publication from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is designed to be a Green Primer, offering answers to many fundamental questions about green development and finance. By describing the basics of green building, the Green Primer is intended to be a handy resource that can be shared with board members, policy makers, loan officers and community stakeholders.

This updated U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report shows a continuing shift in development toward urban neighborhoods in the United States, despite a slow a real estate market. Taking advantage of opportunities to reuse land and to redevelop underused sites is a key smart growth strategy that has contributed to increased urban redevelopment and investment.

This Area Development website offers a look at trends in business incentives in light of recent economic and legislative changes. It features an interactive map that provides links to a summary of each state's business incentives updated through 2009-2010.

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.

Emery McRill of McGuire Woods discusses the various bond financing options available for clean/renewable energy projects.

The City of Columbus created this action plan to outline how the city can support green initiatives. The City of Columbus looks to foster green business, maximize tax incentives for green business, and create a sustainable transportation system.

This book published by the Green Building Finance Consortium, presents findings regarding the valuation and underwriting of sustainable properties. This book covers sustainable property investment decisions, evaluating property sustainability, performance, financial analysis, and underwriting guidelines.

As the United States solar market continues to grow, local governments and states are increasingly considering new policies and incentives. This report looks at recent trends in the solar market and uses current trends to project ahead.

Bricker & Eckler published this article to help local governments implement property assessed clean energy (PACE) and solar special improvement district financing programs.

This Bricker & Eckler website is a collection of resources pertaining to solar SIDs and property assessed clean energy (PACE) legislation.