This informative Urban Land Institute (ULI) piece, featuring CDFA President & CEO Toby Rittner and several CDFA members, explores the transformative use of tax increment finance across the country and the reemergence of this tool as key development driver post-recession. Overviews of Chicago, Atlanta and the California story demonstrate the evolving and comprehensive ability of TIF to drive economic development and community transformation.

This Award Book provides an overview of the CDEs awarded in the 2013 round of New Markets Tax Credits from the CDFI Fund, including from New York and New Jersey: Chase New Markets Corp, Civic Builders, GS New Markets Fund, Local Initiatives Support Corp, Morgan Stanley New Markets, New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, and Primary Care Development Corp.

Interested in attending an upcoming CDFA event? Check out our new CDFA Scholarship Program to see if you qualify for assistance in attending State Roundtables, the National Development Finance Summit, or CDFA Training Institute courses.

Standard & Poor's Rating Services has placed its ratings on NJ's general obligation (GO), appropriation-backed, and moral obligation debt on CreditWatch with negative implications, meaning that the state's financial situation may be deteriorating.

Economic Development HQ reports on the first wave of projects under the umbrella of the state's ambitious START-UP NY program, in which fledgling businesses can set up shop near universities and avoid state/local taxes of any kind.

RSF Social Finance highlights one of their Seed Fund grantees to demonstrate its far-reaching impact. Funds were put into a capital access loan program for new farmers and veteran-owned businesses.

September 16 - New York, NY
Join CDFA for the New York/New Jersey Financing Roundtable Conference on September 16, 2014 as we focus on "Reinvestment, Redevelopment and Revitalization in New York and New Jersey." This one-day event will feature a number of economic development finance experts and leaders from both states as they discuss the development finance tools and resources that foster proactive investment in the region's assets and accelerate economic growth.

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The North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center released this report to help small towns create new economic opportunities, learn about successful revitalization strategies, and explore alternative project financing approaches.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation published an article by Evans Paull that explores tax incentives for brownfields redevelopment and how these incentives can be paired with rehabilitation projects.

The Eno Center for Transportation released this report with policy recommendations for making public-private partnerships (P3) an effective means of delivering public infrastructure from the federal and local level.

This guidebook from SSBCI offers best practices for State Venture Capital Programs to stimulate and support private investment over time. Included are recommendations for program design and implementation.

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