CDFA and King County, Washington are excited to announce the completion of a strategic food systems financing plan! This plan includes a set of recommendations that position King County to be the leader in supporting the further restoration of the local and regional food system, and focuses on how development finance tools can be used to unlock capital for food and agriculture-related businesses, projects, and infrastructure.

The Connecticut Green Bank is excited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that advances the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, as authorized in the Inflation Reduction Act, including the establishment of a national climate bank based on the model proven successful in Connecticut.

CDFA is excited to kick off the 2023 Food Systems Finance Webinar Series on Tuesday, February 28 at 2:00 PM ET with our first installment - Bonds & Food Systems. During this session, experts take a deeper look at a method of financing that has been building infrastructure, industry, and agriculture for over a century and explore its applications within the food system. Register today!

Property Assessed Clean Energy financing programs have been in existence since the early 2010s including three bordering states with very active programs: Kentucky, Virginia, and Missouri. Over 40 states have passed state-enabling legislation but only about 30 states have actively administered programs. In 2021, the Tennessee State legislature passed PACE enabling legislation HB 667, allowing counties or cities to establish PACE programs.

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced $825 million in funding for new affordable and permanent supportive housing developments across the state. The money, which will go toward 58 communities and create a total of 9,550 new homes, comes through a new streamlined application process geared toward accelerating new projects and cutting costs.

A new charter school is heading to Mott Haven after a $209 million tax-exempt bond agreement was reached between the KIPP NYC and the city's Build NYC Resource Corporation, expanding the borough's charter school network. Hoping to open before the 2025-2026 school year, the new charter school will be KIPP's second high school charter in NYC and aims to serve a total of 2,800 high school students in the city.

The Ohio Department of Development recently announced that $11 million in funding is still available to support minority- and women-owned businesses in the state. This funding is available through the Women's Business Enterprise Loan Program and Ohio Micro-Loan Program.

The Erie County Redevelopment Authority has been in the business of making loans since 2002, when Erie County gave the authority an $8 million grant to establish a revolving loan fund. The authority has since expanded by establishing what it calls a one-stop shop for lending that administers multiple revolving loan funds from which the authority has closed on 100 loans worth $17.6 million over the past two years.

NDC seeks to add a full-time CDFI Technical Assistance Coordinator whose work will focus on expanding the impact and capacity of our partner CDFIs implementing small business-centric finance initiatives in NDC communities across the United States. The ideal candidate is a capable, experienced, vibrant and engaging professional with excellent organizational and implementation skills, who is customer-obsessed, shares NDC's mission, and will excel within the CDFI industry and NDC's entrepreneurial culture.

The Asset Manager's primary responsibility will be to provide asset management/project management services for the Northeast portfolio. Providing customer service and client support to our government and other public sector Sponsors for which the projects are operated will be the role's main objective in addition to project management support for new transactions during pre-development and construction.

The Field Director delivers NDC's core services, including technical advisory services and capacity building, to local governments and non-profit corporations. NDC Field Directors provide expert technical advisory and development services for commercial and residential development and small business expansion.

The Project Manager will work on project management assignments related to the design, financing, construction, and operations of social infrastructure assets. These projects are typically sponsored by other nonprofit organizations and/or municipalities which request NDC to serve as project manager, and sometimes as financier and owner of the asset.

The Revenue and Grants Analyst's responsibilities will include working with a team of professionals to ensure quarterly and year-end reporting is complete, accurate, and timely. Those responsibilities include preparing invoices and ensuring collections, preparing and reviewing internal accounting records and schedules, managing detailed grant budgets, as well as providing support to program management team members.

The Small Business Lending Manager will service a region covering multiple states and communities with deals to be sourced, at any given time, from NDC small business lending's east, central, or west regions. These communities may change, as necessitated, within the normal course of business. Furthermore, the job involves some travel to visit potential borrowers and to attend internal meetings.

We are looking for a small business loans officer who is responsible for refining our loan process, conducting business development, and loan underwriting with direction and support provided as needed by internal team members as well as our financial advisory firm and legal counsel. Contact Susan P. Baker (susanpaigebaker@gmail.com) if you are interested.

This position assists in managing the day-to-day operations of the Division of Community Development Administration. Provides diverse administrative and program support to the CDA teams. Primary duties entail managing and controlling a large volume of incoming calls and scheduling meetings and interviews. Provides document management support in areas of correspondence, mail distribution, merged mailings, and special projects.

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