TIF is helping reshape Pittsburgh's skyline as construction begins on a $100 million development Downtown. City economic development leaders said Downtown's rebirth would not have been possible without public help and investment firms.

With assists from the state and county, a New Jersey defense contractor will move its Phillipsburg operation to the Bethlehem Commerce Center, bringing 95 high-paying engineering and manufacturing jobs across the Delaware River to the Lehigh Valley.

Community First Fund Board members approved a $3.3M allocation for New Market Tax Credits to construct a bilingual vocational training center. A second allocation was also approved for a charter school in York. "Community First Fund is looking for projects that will have a significant impact on communities," said board member Gerald Meck.

Jean DeBellis with Portfol and PIDC provides an overview of Philadelphia's economic development corporation, PIDC resources, partnerships, financial tools, CDFIs, and their Portfol software designed for economic development.

Anita Molino with Bostonia Partners discusses Energy Efficiency (EE) & Renewable Energy (RE) financing best practices including energy financing basics, issues with aggregation, markets, cost of capital, public-private partnerships, and case studies.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Join the CDFA Pennsylvania Financing Roundtable this October 30, for our annual conference focused on "Financing Industry, Infrastructure & Redevelopment through Creative Approaches". This one-day conference will feature a number of economic development finance experts and leaders from around the state discussing new development finance tools, resources, authorities, and approaches and how these methods can move Pennsylvania's economy forward. Topics to be discussed include energy, infrastructure, redevelopment, loan funds, innovation capital, federal funding and much more.

>>> SEARCH HEADLINES   

Evans Paull with Redevelopment Economics presents TIF trends, the often conflicted relationship between TIF and brownfields, solutions to using TIF for brownfields redevelopment, and case studies from around the country.

Preston Bryant with McGuireWoods Consulting discusses Virginia's P3 law and legislative history, how the Virginia law works and how it has influenced other states' P3 initiatives, as well as what P3 legislation has been passed or is being considered in other states.

Robert Ardolino with Urban Innovations presents complex, major case studies to highlight to elements of transit-oriented development financing. Ardolino explores sources of financing, public and private roles, challenges to implementation, structuring and more.

>>> SEARCH ONLINE RESOURCE DATABASE   

Annual Roundtable Sponsor

Conference Supporting Sponsor