CDFA is pleased to announce the launch of the CDFA South Carolina Financing Roundtable. The Roundtable is dedicated to developing a sustainable economic development finance climate in South Carolina by bringing the development finance industry together through education, resource development, research and networking.

Kutak Rock LLP provides information on the SEC MCDC Initiative including when and what must be self-reported, who can self-report, and considerations for issuers and underwriters.

This informative Urban Land Institute (ULI) piece, featuring CDFA President & CEO Toby Rittner and several CDFA members, explores the transformative use of tax increment finance across the country and the reemergence of this tool as key development driver post-recession. Overviews of Chicago, Atlanta and the California story demonstrate the evolving and comprehensive ability of TIF to drive economic development and community transformation.

The South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority (JEDA) announces an issuance of $40M in Series 2014 tax-exempt revenue bonds to help The SEFA Group create a coal fly ash recycling facility in Georgetown.

Area Development Online published a partial listing of South Carolina's incentive programs to initiate new business and commercial investment. Information was provided to Area Development by the state's economic development or commerce agency.

November 6, 2014 - Charleston, SC
Join CDFA and JEDA for the first-ever South Carolina Financing Roundtable Conference as we focus on "Unlocking Development Finance in the Palmetto State." This one-day event will feature a number of economic development finance experts and leaders from around the state discussing new development finance tools, resources and approaches and how these methods can move South Carolina's economy forward.

The Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) is pleased to announce the release of the CDFA Annual Volume Cap Report: An Analysis of 2013 Private Activity Bond & Volume Cap Trends. This report provides the most complete data for the use of volume cap and issuance of cap-subject private activity bonds nationwide.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded CDFA with a $997,572 Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grant. CDFA is one of only four organizations in the nation to receive funding through this opportunity. CDFA's cutting edge program will leverage the Council's vast network to build public-private financing partnerships for brownfield projects and programs nationwide.

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Doug Lamb with McGuireWoods gave this presentation at the South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority 2013 Bond Summit in Charleston, outlining the planning process, deal structuring, market trends and incentives for financing clean energy projects.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation produced a policy report on the states' historic tax credits and what makes a state tax credit work.

This annual CDFA report reviews the use of private activity bond volume cap and the issuance of cap-subject private activity bonds in every state.

This paper from the Northeast-Midwest Institute provides case examples of brownfield financing tools that local governments have used to leverage private dollars, improve the developer's financial position, reduce lender risk, or fund property improvements needed for redevelopment to proceed.

The Eno Center for Transportation released this report with policy recommendations for making public-private partnerships (P3) an effective means of delivering public infrastructure from the federal and local level.

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