The U.S. Department of Transportation's Build America Bureau, which coordinates federal financing for state and local transportation projects, has a $30 billion pipeline for the next two years, much of which is for non-highway projects.

Housing leaders are using a mix of public financing and private capital to preserve and build affordable housing from scratch, leveraging the growing interest in ESG investing to help them solve problems difficult to tackle through traditional means.

Since the origins of PACE financing in the early 2010s, PACE lenders have been primarily non-traditional lending institutions. However, with the explosive growth of PACE across the country, the traditional lending world has begun to enter the PACE market. In this session, attendees will get an overview of the PACE lending history and the influx of traditional lending institutions across the country.

One of the goals of the IIJA is to foster an equitable economy by investing in historically underserved and under-resourced communities. Infrastructure challenges in these areas range from public transportation to digital access to online information. Speakers on this final installation will cover the variety of problems experienced across different communities - including those in urban, mid-sized, rural, and tribal communities - to discuss how IIJA funds can best be deployed.

This session will highlight the resources available at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Small Business Administration to finance economic growth in distressed communities. Featured programs include the State Small Business Credit Initiative, the CDFI Fund, New Market Tax Credits, and other small business financing programs like SBA 504 and 7a.