States and territories, as well as cities and counties with populations of more than 250,000, will soon be delivering the first of seven annual Recovery Plan Performance Reports to the U.S. Treasury, and those reports are required to be posted on "publicly facing" websites. The reports are unlikely to reveal much about actual performance but will give an initial view of how states and localities are spending the $350 billion in the American Rescue Plan Act.

U.S. states and localities have sold 15 bond deals of at least $1 billion this year, on pace to surpass the total of 18 offered in 2020 and potentially even challenge the record 26 issued in 2018, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The conditions are right: the amount that municipalities are paying to borrow is at rock-bottom generational lows, their credit has never been better, and investor demand is seemingly insatiable.

The CDFI Fund announced $5 billion in New Markets Tax Credits that will spur investment and economic growth in low-income urban and rural communities nationwide. A total of 100 Community Development Entities (CDEs) were awarded tax credit allocations, made through the calendar year 2020 round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has several new broadband financing programs available, as does the USDA. To help bridge the gap communities face when assembling capital to invest in their broadband networks, CDFA will host experts for a discussion on how federal financing tools can be used to fund broadband networks.

The Biden-Harris Administration is announcing a number of steps that will create, preserve, and sell to homeowners and non-profits nearly 100,000 additional affordable homes for homeowners and renters over the next three years, with an emphasis on the lower and middle segments of the market.

IMPACT Community Capital has closed the new $210 million IMPACT Mortgage Opportunity Fund developed in partnership with Rose Community Capital's Bridge Lending Program for affordable housing properties. The loans provide borrowers time to apply for permanent financing and government subsidy programs.

The state-backed fund that drew venture capital to Ohio tech startups is shrinking its reliance on tax credits to make bond payments and still aiming for a big return from its cumulative investments. Ohio Capital Fund LLC will use about $3 million in state tax credits in the next week to augment some $5 million in returns and pay the August principal and interest on its bonds.

The U.S. EPA announced a $131 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Orange County Water District to help remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from drinking water sourced from local groundwater. By helping finance this project, EPA's WIFIA loan will protect public health from PFAS while reducing reliance on imported water for 2.5 million residents in Orange County.

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden announced a bill he said would close a loophole that allows large investors to seek outsized profits in taxpayer-funded affordable housing. If successful, the change would apply to current and future housing deals that use the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit for funding.

The Deputy Chief Financial Officer (DCFO) is responsible for assisting the SVP & CFO with strategic planning, implementing, managing, and controlling financial related activities of Invest Atlanta and its' related entities. The DCFO will assist the SVP & CFO in managing a staff of seven professionals performing financial, real estate and administrative activities.

The Boynton Beach CRA is seeking qualified individuals or firms to perform an independent third-party evaluation of development proposals from the 115 N. Federal Highway Infill Mixed-Use Redevelopment Project Request for Proposals and Developer Qualifications (RFP/RFQ) received by the CRA.

The State of Connecticut's Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for a Principal Budget Specialist position in the Budget and Financial Management Division. This is an exciting opportunity to help develop the capital budget for all of state government and to assist in managing the agenda for the State Bond Commission.

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A Playbook for Scaling Latino-Owned Businesses is designed to support the scaling and continued growth of Latino-owned businesses by offering entrepreneur support organizations, financial institutions, and other stakeholders actions they can take to offer Latino entrepreneurs greater access to financial capital, expanded markets, and support for rapid scale.

Capital budgets and improvement plans present exceptional opportunities for governments to drive equitable outcomes in municipalities, particularly when budgeting for recovery. The significant spending power authorized through capital budgets – multiple billions for some jurisdictions – can allow for increased, targeted spending on geographies that historically lacked investment from the public and private sectors.

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