The White House proposal seeks to provide $200 billion in federal funds to spur $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investments with state, local and private partners over the next 10 years. CDFA's Tim Fisher is quoted in the piece.

Bond financing facilitated by WHEFA will be used to help Upland Hills Health, Inc. finance costs associated with the acquisition, construction and equipping of an addition and renovations to the 25-bed critical access hospital.

The CDFI Fund has awarded 73 Community Development Entities $3.5 billion in New Markets Tax Credits. The tax credit allocation awards, made through the calendar year 2017 round of the NMTC Program, will help stimulate investment and economic growth in low-income urban and rural neighborhoods.

The developer of what is now the Rivers Casino and Resort site received nearly $12 million in state tax credits for environmental cleanup of the property, the second largest brownfield credit awarded in the Capital Region in a decade. The company says it spent $47M total on the brownfield project.

Rep. Randy Hultgren (IL-14) welcomed the inclusion of an expansion of PABs in the President's infrastructure proposal. Rep. Hultgren has sponsored CDFA legislation, the Modernizing American Manufacturing Bonds Act (MAMBA) of 2017, H.R. 1115, to expand the use of the key financing tools for manufacturers.

This article from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lays out what the new federal budget deal means for American agriculture.

Tax credits for nuclear power, carbon sequestration and small natural gas and renewable energy technologies were included in a Congressional budget deal that passed in the early hours of Friday morning and was later signed by President Trump.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced that the New York Job Development Authority will launch an Agriculture Loan Fund Program to address and help alleviate the economic barriers faced by many New York State small agribusiness owners.

The Kansas City, Mo., City Council cleared the path for the city to take the next steps in a public-private partnership with Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate LLC on a $1 billion terminal overhaul at Kansas City International Airport.

The Vermont Housing Finance Agency's $37 million negotiated bond deal priced Jan. 12 generated $2 million more in proceeds that projected aided by support from banks. The 20-year bonds are backed with revenue from the Vermont Property Transfer Tax.

The CDFA Federal Financing Webinar Series is an exclusive, five-part online offering that will convene finance experts, federal agencies, and local practitioners to discuss the development finance programs offered by the federal government.

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