The CDFI Fund recently announced the Development Fund of the Western Reserve (DFWR) has been allocated $45 New Markets Tax Credits to spur economic investments in low-income communities of Northeast Ohio.

According to Bricker & Eckler, recently introduced Senate Bill 185 could simplify PACE financing in Ohio by providing property owners with an alternative option to creating or joining an Energy Special Improvement District (ESID) in order to use PACE financing.

Ohio University is looking into the possibility of private-public partnerships to fund future renovation and building on The Ridges, according to The Athens NEWS.

Preservationists and businesspeople applauded the decision by State Senate Republicans to back off plans for a two-year freeze on historic-preservation tax credits that are used to fund major restoration projects across the state, the Columbus Dispatch reports.

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.

September 1, 2015 - Columbus, OH
Join the CDFA Ohio Financing Roundtable, in partnership with OEDA, this September 1, 2015, for the seventh annual conference focused on development finance. This one-day event will feature a number of economic development finance experts from around the state discussing new development finance tools, authorities, resources and approaches, and how these methods can affect the Ohio economy going forward. 

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.

For more information:
>>> Read The Bond Buyer Article
>>> CDFA MAMBA Press Release
>>> MAMBA Memo
>>> MAMBA Full Description

CDFA is actively seeking co-sponsors for H.R. 2890. CDFA requests that all interested parties send letters today asking your House representative to co-sponsor H.R. 2890. CDFA has prepared a sample letter that can be used to contact your Congressional members.

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