The Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2014 CDFA Ohio Financing Roundtable Excellence Awards and recognize outstanding development finance programs, agencies, leaders, projects and success stories.

The Toledo Blade reports that area businesses affected by Toledo's water crisis may be eligible to draw low-interest loans from the federal government if the region's economic losses were large enough.

The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority and Cleveland International Fund have announced an agreement to provide an EB-5 financing program at the Port Authority. Both organizations are long-standing members of CDFA.

This article from Columbus Business First highlights some recommendations from Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission's "Regional Energy Action Plan," including to launch a regional initiative focused on energy-related economic development and enhance efficiency efforts.

In response to concerns raised by industry participants, the SEC has made three key modifications to its MCDC Initiative, dealing with deadlines, penalties, and pre-EMMA violations.

September 9, 2014 - Columbus, OH
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Join the CDFA Ohio Financing Roundtable for our sixth annual conference focused on "Development Finance Best Practices: Programs and Tools that Work." 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 Ohio's economy forward.

Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) and Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) introduced the Modernizing American Manufacturing Bonds Act (MAMBA) of 2014, H.R. 5319. H.R. 5319, supported by CDFA and hundreds of issuers throughout the country, is a comprehensive package that will modernize and revolutionize manufacturing bonds.

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.

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This report from The Food Trust, made possible by a grant from the Ohio Regional Convergence Partnership and Finance Fund, presents findings on healthy food access along with demographics and public health research in order to stimulate the creation of a fund that will develop supermarkets and other healthy food retail in underserved communities.

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.

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