CDFA is pleased to announce the launch of the CDFA Missouri Financing Roundtable. The Roundtable, through partnership with the Missouri Economic Development Financing Association (MEDFA), is dedicated to bringing the development finance industry together through education, resource development, research and networking.

According to the Kansas City Business Journal, the TIF proposal for the redevelopment of the Power & Light Building is getting backing from TIF bonds of nearby projects that are performing better than expected.

In response to concerns raised by industry participants, the SEC has made three key modifications to its MCDC Initiative, dealing with deadlines, penalties, and pre-EMMA violations.

Kansas City Star reports on the EPA's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program, which is used for low-interest loans for cities, towns and local water districts to make drinking water infrastructure improvements. $60M earmarked for the State of Missouri remained untapped in 2013.

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.

November 18-21, 2014 - Scottsdale, AZ
Hosted by the generous support of the Scottsdale IDA, this year's National Summit will be an amazing, can't-miss event with an in-depth look at development finance in the United States. Designed to educate both novices and seasoned development finance professionals alike, the 2014 National Development Finance Summit will touch on over 25 different financing concepts, tools, programs, strategies, and solutions to the challenges facing our country.

Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) and Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) introduced the Modernizing American Manufacturing Bonds Act (MAMBA) of 2014, H.R. 5319. H.R. 5319, supported by CDFA and hundreds of issuers throughout the country, is a comprehensive package that will modernize and revolutionize manufacturing bonds.

The Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) is pleased to announce the release of the CDFA Annual Volume Cap Report: An Analysis of 2013 Private Activity Bond & Volume Cap Trends. This report provides the most complete data for the use of volume cap and issuance of cap-subject private activity bonds nationwide.

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The National Trust for Historic Preservation produced a policy report on the states' historic tax credits and what makes a state tax credit work.

This annual CDFA report reviews the use of private activity bond volume cap and the issuance of cap-subject private activity bonds in every state.

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.

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