CDFA - Practitioner's Guide to Economic Development Finance

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About the Practitioner's Guide
The Practitioner's Guide to Economic Development Finance is the only comprehensive resource dedicated to building and utilizing the development finance toolbox. The Practitioner's Guide provides the insight and practical information needed to critically understand how economic development is financed and the tools, strategies and techniques used to build strong communities. From bonds, tax increment finance and special districts to tax credits, seed & venture capital, revolving loan funds and much more, this Guide outlines the financing tools required for succeeding in today's competitive economic development climate.

By utilizing the toolbox approach, economic development practitioners, public officials and private sector leaders can harness the full spectrum of the development finance industry to support business growth, build public financing capacity, increase investment and secure redevelopment and development projects. Backed by a series of finance agency case studies, the Practitioner's Guide demonstrates how communities are capitalizing on this toolbox theme and successfully employing these economic development finance concepts and practices.

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Chapter 1: Understanding Development Finance
Covering: What is Development Finance and Why is it Important? Trends in the Industry and the Financing Spectrum

Chapter 2: Building the Development Finance Toolbox
Covering: The Toolbox Approach, Public Policy Goals and Avoiding Failures

Chapter 3: Bedrock Tools
Covering: Bonds and the Basics of Public Finance

Chapter 4: Targeted Tools
Covering: Tax Increment Finance, Special Assessment Districts, Government Districts & Project Specific District Financing

Chapter 5: Investment Tools
Covering: Tax Credits, Seed & Venture Capital and Angel Funds

Chapter 6: Access to Capital Lending Tools
Covering: Revolving Loan Funds, Mezzanine Funds, Loan Guarantees and Microenterprise Finance

Chapter 7: Support Tools
Covering: Federal Economic Development Programs & Tax Abatements

Chapter 8: Implementing the Development Finance Toolbox
Covering: Strategies for Success & Best Practice Case Studies of Agencies Utilizing the Toolbox Approach

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