Palmetto Goodwill is using a $19.3 million bond issue through the South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority (JEDA) to refinance its growth throughout its coastal territory. The bonds will be used to refinance acquisition costs for eight existing facilities.

Energize Delaware and New Castle County officials announced the launch of an initiative that will allow commercial and industrial property owners to finance energy-efficient and clean energy projects. Projects that qualify under the statewide Delaware Property Assessed Clean Energy (D-PACE) program will be financed through a voluntary assessment on property tax bills.

The National Association of Manufacturers is urging Capitol Hill lawmakers to pass legislation that will provide a long-term reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank before its current charter expires on Sept. 30. Ex-Im Bank has struggled to fully operate in recent years.

Earlier this year, the CDFI Fund issued a Request for Public Comment on the fiscal year (FY) 2020-2022 CDFI Program and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) Application. After reviewing the comments received, the CDFI Fund has decided to proceed with updating the certification requirements to apply for a CDFI Program or NACA Program Financial Assistance award.

A field guide for aspiring food entrepreneurs, from rustling together start-up funding to navigating the sometimes inscrutable worlds of crowdfunding, small business loans, accelerators, and venture capital.

Governor Larry Hogan announced the installation of the first section of Purple Line transit track for the historic $5.6 billion light rail project, which is the largest public-private partnership (P3) transit project in North America.

The Stevens Institute of Technology is scheduled to construct two student residential towers and a three-story university center through $270 million in bonds approved by the NJ Educational Facilities Authority. The NJEFA says the financing is anticipated to include a tax-exempt and a taxable series of bonds, all or a portion of which are authorized to be issued as Green Bonds.

Chesterfield leveraged changes in New Hampshire state laws that let communities issue public bonds to fund broadband networks. The town's partnership with Consolidated Communications to build a town-wide FTTH network could serve as a model for other communities.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, learn from expert speakers as they discuss their plans for the recent allocation of New Markets Tax Credits, past projects, and best practices.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, we will examine the recently released Volume Cap Report in fine detail as well as discuss the fourth-quarter outlook of the capital markets.

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Other systems, including our energy, water, and transportation systems, also fell in line with that ethos; but unlike the food system, these sectors are undertaking 21st-century upgrades that comport better with our modern norms and realities by creating more decentralized systems that are better adapted to local geography and sociology.

Food Commons Fresno is operationalizing the model with wholesale, food box, hub, commissary, and farming businesses managed through a linked for-benefit corporation and a community trust. The lessons from TFC suggest the need
for rapid development of true regenerative capital, deepened networks, and collaborations with similar whole-system, place-based models and communities of practice across sectors.

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