CDFA Pennsylvania Financing Roundtable Newsletter - December 2012

CDFA Pennsylvania Financing Roundtable Newsletter - December 2012
December 25, 2012



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PA Tech Company Receives Ex-Im Loan for Wind Energy Projects A Pennsylvania-based company involved in the wind industry received a $150M loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States to expand its activity in Latin America. PhillyBurbs covers the company and loan. Alternative and Clean Energy Program Guidelines Pennsylvania's Alternative and Clean Energy program guidelines explain purpose, eligibility, requirements, grants, loans, guarantees, application process, and more. Ben Franklin Tech Partner's Challenge Grant and Alternative Energy Development Program Guidelines Pennsylvania's Ben Franklin Technology Partner's Challenge Grant and AEDP program guidelines covering roles and authority, program activities and use of BFTDA funds, regional service responsibilities, accountability, provisions, and schedule of submissions. DCED: Business Site Development Investments Support 100+ New Jobs In this press release the state announced loans to three Pennsylvania manufacturers that will create more than 100 new jobs. In 2012, the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority approved $35.2M in loans.
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Pennsylvania News
Small Town Finds $40K in Savings Through Financing LED Street Lighting Business Wire \| Dec. 21 \| Access to Capital \| Energy Finance \| Green Finance \| Local Finance Program Housing Projects Get Impact Fee Revenue The Times-Tribune \| Dec. 21 \| Community Development \| Infrastructure Finance \| State Finance Program \| Tax Credits MBFA Urges U.S. House & Senate Leadership NOT to Limit Tax-Exemption for Municipal Bonds Municipal Bonds for America \| Dec. 20 \| Legislative \| Bond Finance Clean Energy and Bond Finance Initiative: An Action Plan to Access Capital Markets CE+BFI \| Dec. 17 \| Bond Finance \| Energy Finance \| Green Finance \| CDFA Original Research Establishing a Renewables Tax Credit Fund Novogradac & Co \| Dec. 13 \| Energy Finance \| Green Finance \| Tax Credits \| Federal News Briefs: Renewable Energy Tax Credits Novogradac & Co \| Dec. 13 \| Energy Finance \| Green Finance \| Tax Credits \| Federal Sandy Recovery: The Case For Disaster Bonds Brookings \| Dec. 12 \| Bond Finance \| Infrastructure Finance Health Centers Find Opportunity in Brownfields New York Times \| Dec. 12 \| Brownfield Financing \| Community Development \| Green Finance \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) \| Federal Policy & Incentives Combine to Drive Energy Efficiency Retrofits Business Wire \| Dec. 12 \| Access to Capital \| Energy Finance \| Green Finance \| State Finance Program \| Federal Key Loan Rates Lowered to Spur Business Lehigh Valley Business \| Dec. 10 \| Access to Capital \| Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) \| State Finance Program Saluting Trailblazing Women in Public Finance The Bond Buyer \| Dec. 7 \| Bond Finance \| Member News Design-Build-Finance Model Popular with State Transportation Agencies The Bond Buyer \| Dec. 3 \| Infrastructure Finance \| State Finance Program IRS Gives Issuers Hurt by Sandy More Time to File Bond Forms The Bond Buyer \| Nov. 30 \| Bond Finance \| Internal Revenue Service (IRS) \| Federal USDA Plan to Promote Rural Broadband Networks Drovers CattleNetwork \| Nov. 30 \| Access to Capital \| Infrastructure Finance \| Rural Development \| U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) USDA Program to Help with Sewer or Water Connections The Daily Review \| Nov. 29 \| Access to Capital \| Infrastructure Finance \| Rural Development \| Federal Bonds, Federal Bank, More P3s Needed The Bond Buyer \| Nov. 29 \| Bond Finance \| Infrastructure Finance >>> SEARCH HEADLINES
New Additions to the Online Resource Database
First Industries Agriculture Program Guidelines Access to Capital \| Green Finance \| Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) \| State Finance Program Pennsylvania Dept of Community & Economic Development released the program guidelines for the First Industries Agriculture Programs. The guidelines provide information regarding eligibility, grant purpose, application process, evaluation, requirements, and supplemental information. A Smorgasbord of Innovative Financing Models Access to Capital \| Community Development \| Energy Finance \| Green Finance \| Tax Credits \| U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Affairs (HUD) \| U.S. Dept. of Treasury CDFI Fund \| Internal Revenue Service (IRS) \| Federal Jeffrey Greenberger with Affordable Community Energy presents a unique housing development and energy project that incorporated multiple tax credits and federal development finance tools. Philadelphia Application for Tax Credit for CDC Contribution Community Development \| Local Finance Program \| Tax Credits Philadelphia businesses contributing to Community Development Corporations may be eligible for a tax credit against City tax. This document is an application for the program. Facts About Manufacturing 9th Edition Economic Development \| Reshoring Manufacturing \| International The 9th edition of Facts About Manufacturing is published collaboratively between National Association of Manufacturers, Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation, and The Manufacturing Institute. Together they share tremendous research, data, and outlook on what has become a very popular topic in recent years. >>> SEARCH ONLINE RESOURCE DATABASE
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