The Roadmap Report provides financing strategies for the future Wharf St. Mary's, a redevelopment of the former Gilman Paper Mill. Suggestions are intended to facilitate the development of a mixed-use wharf, including dry dock storage, a boatyard, docking facilities and boat repair facilities, along with commercial and residential components.

Goldman Sachs is racing to make use of Opportunity Zones and potentially popularize it on Wall Street. Days after the legislation passed, Goldman Sachs created an opportunity fund to invest in a project that will add affordable housing to New York's Jamaica neighborhood.

The $6 million redevelopment, with over half for renovations, is financed through a private/public partnership between the city of Dallas, Dallas County, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, Frost Bank, private donors, and Catholic Housing Initiative equity contributions.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on its website inviting public comment on ways to transform or modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). 

In this webinar, Enterprise's Rachel Reilly, Zack Patton, and CDFA's Katie Kramer provide an update on Opportunity Zones. They discuss who's launching Opportunity Funds, provide updates from the Hill and the latest on additional guidance from the IRS; and how cities, regions, and states are planning for investment.

Under amendments recently adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, municipal bond issuers and obligated persons will soon see additions to their continuing disclosure undertakings related to Rule 15c2-12. Also, broker-dealers will need to have systems in place to ensure compliance with those new undertakings.

Houston-area voters have approved the issuance of $2.5 billion in bonds that will fund critical flood-control projects.The measure will fund projects that may include buyouts of homes in flood-prone areas, the expansion of local bayous and the construction of additional stormwater detention basins.

 Greenprint Partners – formerly known as Fresh Coast Capital – is breaking new ground by financing fresh solutions for green stormwater infrastructure. It is using a combination of municipal, private and government resources. Its goals are to create a replicable model and expand the market.

The U.S. EPA has issued a $699 million loan to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to help finance its innovative Southeast Treatment Plant Biosolids Digester Facilities Project. The loan has been issued through the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York has had a lively year after surviving an effort in Congress to eliminate one of its major missions. DASNY finished the first half of 2018 as the nation's second largest issuer with $3.2 billion in bonds sold through 12 deals, according to Thomson Reuters data.

Private activity bonds issued to finance water and sewer infrastructure projects would be exempted from state PAB volume caps under a bipartisan bill introduced this week by two Senators. The "Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act" (S. 3358) was introduced by Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho.

During this course, attendees will walk through the entire brownfields redevelopment process from understanding the basics of brownfields and legal and regulatory challenges to unearthing the myriad financing tools available to both clean-up and build-up these contaminated or polluted sites.

The Council of Development Finance Agencies seeks a motivated, well-organized and energetic individual to fill the position of Coordinator, Administration. This position is responsible for assisting with CDFA's day-to-day and programmatic operational elements including human resources, vender management and event administration.

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