Linking development finance and food systems can be a daunting undertaking for any community. Research on the current ecosystem of food systems finance has positioned CDFA to identify key strategies for the path ahead in this work. The Food Systems Finance Best Practices Guidebook defines how traditional development finance tools can be used to launch and expand food and agricultural-related businesses and projects and create successful food systems finance programs at the local and regional levels.

Join us on December 7 & 8 for the Intro Brownfields Finance Course, the industry's only comprehensive training curriculum that helps economic developers, policymakers, and real estate professionals master the financing strategies for the lifecycle of a brownfield property. Learn the basics of brownfields, the legal and regulatory challenges, and the financing tools available to clean up and build up these sites.

Massive economic opportunities are available for rural energy communities according to Gayle Manchin, the co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). Increases in funding are anticipated for everything from water and sewage projects, to brownfield cleanup.

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $240,000 Brownfields grant to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ). The funding was provided by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

The EPA announced Requests for Applications for $57M in funding that is available for two new Brownfields technical assistance opportunities: one for new Brownfields Technical Assistance and Research cooperative agreements, and another for Technical Assistance to Brownfields communities. Both funding opportunities will help provide technical assistance for expansion of community-driven planning for assessment, cleanup, and reuse of Brownfield sites across the country, while creating good-paying jobs and supporting local economies.

One year after President Biden signed a bill sending $1 trillion to states and municipalities to fix the nation's ailing infrastructure, Gov. Tom Wolf says the law will be a "game changer" as money continues to flow toward projects in Pennsylvania.

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced $703 million in grant awards for the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), a greater amount than any year in the program's history. Many of these planned seaport projects are on brownfield sites.

Governor Phil Scott and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) announced that seven additional awards and another $2.15M have been committed to remediate brownfields sites across Vermont. Since the Brownfields Revitalization Fund (BRF)opened, more than $6.8 million in cleanup funding has been awarded to 20 projects in seven counties.

CDFA-Bricker Webinar Series: Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act on Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Projects
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Eastern

CDFA Federal Financing Webinar Series: Tools for Economic Growth with Treasury and SBA
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern

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