The Humboldt, IA City Council is considering merging two urban renewal areas so that its USDA-sponsored RLF can be used in more ways. The RLF is currently restricted to one renewal area because the city used TIF funds from that district as the match for the USDA funds.

A series of bills to address the New Jersey stormwater situation is up for discussion in the Assembly Environment Committee, including a bill (A-2890), that would ask voter approval for a $50 million bond issue to help local governments manage projects to reduce pollution.

The Development Fund of the Western Reserve has announced the financing of the historic United Building Hotel renovation project. DFWR, a private non-profit affiliated with the Development Financing Authority of Summit County, assisted in financing the project by providing a $1.28M loan.

This policy brief puts forward four principles to guide the selection and development of Opportunity Zones. The principles are designed to enable the greatest job creation potential and the most significant advantages for lower income resident employment, both, inside and outside the eligible zones.

Six Kentucky community banks that could be competing for business have agreed to work together as charter members of the specialty $150 million Commonwealth Infrastructure Fund to finance public-private partnerships (P3) in Kentucky. In the next few months, CIF is expected to reveal one or more inaugural deals.

The Senate has passed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155), a bill that would, among other things, treat investment grade municipal securities that are readily-marketable as level 2B liquid assets

The 2016 Broadband Progress Report adopted by the Federal Communications Commission shows that 39% or rural Americans lack access to broadband speed benchmarks, versus only 4% in urban areas. To address that gap, Governor Kate Brown authorized Business Oregon to use $500,000 from the Strategic Reserve Fund to stand up a grant pilot program to advance rural broadband development.

Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett has invited applications for loan guarantees and grants for Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Projects, which is a part of USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).

CDFA needs your help to source deals, projects and programs and will be accepting submissions for potential deals, projects and program presentations. If selected, each speaker will be given one complimentary registration to attend the CDFA National Summit.

Elon Musk's The Boring Company and a consortium that includes an infrastructure group launched by Chicago-based broker-deal Loop Capital Markets LLC will vie for Chicago's proposed express line from downtown to O'Hare International Airport

A newly updated report by the Congressional Research Service details how Congress has expanded private activity bonds to 27 different uses from their original purpose as industrial revenue bonds.

In this webinar, CDFA will convene transportation and infrastructure experts to discuss the financing tools available through the DOT. The main focus of the webinar will be on the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA), Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grants, and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Program.

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