Go-Biz Launches New California Business Portal as part of an ongoing effort to provide more online tools to businesses. According to Fox & Hounds, the business portal provides information on starting a new business, permits and licenses, incentives, local resources, and more.

The Bridge Strategic Partners is now managing the California Statewide Communities Development Authority (CSCDA), who will be bringing bond financing and new markets tax credits to the state.

The USDA Secretary, the Interior Deputy Secretary, and the California Secretary for Natural Resources announced a new partnership focused on conserving and restoring the Sierra-Cascade California Headwaters.

The West Coast Infrastructure Exchange and Stanford University are co-sponsoring an Executive Education program October 28-29, 2015 on public-private partnerships (P3s) in the water sector. Topics include best practices in evaluating and implementing P3s for drinking water supply and treatment, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. Presenters will be a combination of professors and private and public sector representatives with direct, water-related P3 experience; enrollment is limited to public-sector officials.

GOVERNING writes on CDFA's recent webcast on municipal credit ratings. Representatives from the Big Three credit rating agencies were guests on CDFA's webcast and provided the audience with insight of the rating industry.

November 19, 2015
Join CDFA and CALED for the California Financing Roundtable Conference on November 19, 2015. This one-day event will feature economic development finance experts and leaders from around the state discussing innovative development finance tools and projects, emerging resources and approaches, and how these methods can catalyze investment in the California economy.

August 10-14, 2015 - St. Louis, MO
CDFA Summer School is a week long series of courses presented by the CDFA Training Institute. These courses qualify for the Development Finance Certified Professional (DFCP) Program. Join us in St. Louis, and start down the road to personal and professional advancement. Courses include: Fundamentals of Economic Development Finance, Intro Tax Increment Finance, Intro Public-Private Partnership (P3) Finance, Intro Bond Finance, and Intro Rural Finance.

Rep. Hultgren (R-IL) and Rep. Neal (D-MA) introduced the Modernizing American Manufacturing Bonds Act (MAMBA) of 2015. H.R. 2890, supported by CDFA and hundreds of issuers throughout the country, is a comprehensive package that will modernize and revolutionize manufacturing bonds.

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