On March 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury held an informational webinar on the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Investing in America Small Business Opportunity Program (SBOP). The webinar also had guest speakers from the...

A roadmap for delivering opportunity and investments in rural America. This playbook is intended to help rural communities understand the available funding for infrastructure provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other sources –...

This notice solicits applications for Port Infrastructure Development Program grants. Funds for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 PIDP grant program will be awarded on a competitive basis to make grants for projects for coastal seaports, inland river ports,...

This report reviews the Biden administration’s key efforts and accomplishments to advance equity in its first year and outlines future policies needed to build a better and more dynamic nation that equitably respects the rights and meets the needs...

This FHWA webinar discusses how municipal bonds and debt can be used as a value capture strategy for highway-related projects. The webinar is intended for professionals from States, cities, counties, Tribes, and metropolitan and rural transportation...

This FHWA webinar discusses how infrastructure banks tie into value capture strategies for highway-related projects. The webinar is intended for professionals from States, cities, counties, Tribes, and metropolitan and rural transportation agencies...

This FHWA webinar discusses how public-private partnerships (P3s) can be leveraged as a value capture strategy for highway-related projects. The webinar is intended for professionals from States, cities, counties, Tribes, and metropolitan and rural...

This FHWA webinar discusses how Tax Increment Financing (TIF) can be utilized as a value capture strategy for transportation projects. The webinar is intended for professionals from States, cities, counties, Tribes, and metropolitan and rural...

This table includes all the federal-to-local funding streams in the American Rescue Plan that reach cities and their residents. It does not include appropriations to Tribal Governments or Agency appropriations focused on program operations at the...

This report from Drexel University's Nowak Metro Finance Lab provides a guide to federal funding in the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The authors place a special emphasis on formula funds received by local anchors, competitive grants, and funds...

The federal programs and tools available today to help generate social and economic development in rural communities serve as a reminder of active and broad federal involvement in the 20th century, and the possibilities for federal leadership to...

This resource guide from the Build America Bureau covers the objectives and provides an overview of how the TIFIA and RRIF credit programs operate. This includes details about the required terms for individual credit instruments, how these...

Congress is considering federal funding for infrastructure to revive an economy damaged by COVID-19. Congress previously provided infrastructure funding for economic stimulus in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This Congressional...

This is a Summary of the Supplemental Appropriations included in the Senate's third COVID-19 Stimulus package, the CARES Act. More than 80% of the total $339.855 billion provided in the emergency supplemental appropriations goes to state and local...

CALED knows from its work supporting economic development throughout California that infrastructure financing is a challenge for many rural communities. CALED collaborated with CDFA to develop this guidebook to meet the need for a resource to help...

"Moving America and the Environment Forward" is a House Ways and Means Committee statement of principles on how the committee wants to approach an infrastructure bill. It includes $760 billion of proposals.

The White House Opportunity & Revitalization Council released a list of over 160 federal financing programs that give preference to projects located in Opportunity Zones.

This Public-Private Partnership Procurement Guide (Guidebook) provides advanced guidance on procedures, issues, and considerations involved in public-private partnership (P3) procurement of surface transportation projects, with a focus on highway...

As part of the FAST Act of 2015, Congress asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study of the actions needed to upgrade and restore the Interstate Highway System to fulfill its role as a crucial national...

This evidence-based ACI Policy Brief gives visibility to a specific organizational and management model for airports: the airport network model. Synergistic airport networks that pool revenues, costs, and profits and are built on economies of scale...

Roger Bohnert from the U.S. Department of Transportation provides an overview of the financing programs offered through the Build America Bureau at the 2019 CDFA Federal Policy Conference.

Pete Mancauskas with the Federal Highway Administration presents on various financing tool including GARVEE Bonds, SIBs and TIFIA.

This report by Richard Sherman of The Seneca Group LLC provides an overview of the federal Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan program. The document reviews the purpose of and application process for the program and also...

Peter Mancauskas of the Federal Highway Administration presented on how State Infrastructure Banks (SIB) can be used to support transportation projects.

Peter Mancauskas and Frederick Werner from the Federal High Administration presents on GARVEE Bonds.

Federal, state, and local funding for transportation is woefully inadequate to cover the costs of maintenance and improvements needed. Although this subject is often discussed on a national level, it often remains a local issue for local communities...

The Center for Innovative Finance Support summarizes GARVEEs as debt-financing instruments repaid with future Federal-aid funds. As of December 2016, 25 States and 3 territories have issued over $20.4 billion in GARVEEs. Projects financed with...

To highlight the benefits of infrastructure investment and its potential impact on the economy, Treasury, on behalf of the Build America Investment Initiative, commissioned a study identifying 40 proposed transportation and water infrastructure...

This month’s CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series on the post-election development finance landscape featured Toby Rittner of CDFA, Eric Silva of North South Government Strategies, George Friedlander of George Friedlander...

Rich Frampton from Illinois Finance Authority provides insight into the use of US DOT private activity bonds for surface freight transfer facilities.

This guide to federal programs is intended to help communities identify resources available to support their efforts to promote livable and sustainable communities. The Partnership agencies administer grants, programs, and technical assistance...

This study from Partnership for Sustainable Communities examines how brownfields projects in Milwaukee, WI can be transformed into opportunities for urban redevelopment. The North End and Park East Corridor projects are examples of how to leverage...

Craig Davis (Spencer Fane Britt & Browne), Laura Radcliffe (Stifel Public Finance), and Debbie Rush (Thompson Coburn LLP) provide several examples of successful redevelopment projects in Missouri.

In this report by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the potential benefits of public-private partnerships (P3s)in infrastructure investment. This paper presents three alternative incentive structures for P3 contracts.

This case study from Partnership for Sustainable Communities highlights the Healthline system in Cleveland, OH along the Euclid corridor where redevelopment and revitalization efforts were challenged by environmental contaminants.

This study from Partnership for Sustainable Communities highlights the Indianapolis Cultural Trails and the successful efforts to increase brownfield redevelopment along the trail and encompassing neighborhoods. The city utilized an EPA assessment...

This case study from Partnership for Sustainable Communities highlights a brownfield redevelopment project on the West Side of Greenville, SC that relied heavily on Brownfield Site Assessment Grants to identify reuse opportunities within the project...

This study from Partnership for Sustainable Communities examines the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail that included 18 brownfield site assessment in the underserved communities along the trail. The project utilized a collaborative...

This guide to HUD, DOT, EPA, and USDA programs highlights federal resources rural communities can use to promote economic competitiveness, protect healthy environments, and enhance quality of life.

In this handbook by Smart Growth America and the State Smart Transportation Initiative, transportation funding and innovative ideas are examined. Various case studies are also featured.

U.S. Dept. of the Treasury released this report, outlining the economic case for expanding the sources of investment in our nation's infrastructure by increasing public private partnership (P3) in infrastructure development and financing.

The report noted that Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans and Private Activity Bonds (PABs) are a critical elements of P3 financing for infrastructure because they lower the cost of capital for projects, making...

Jim Snyder with Ice Miller presents on infrastructure finance in Illinois, and how the demand for projects - both rural and urban - can be met with creative financing packages.

This guide from Bricker & Eckler and Argus Growth Consultants outlines the array of tools with which Ohio economic development practitioners can stimulate development to occur in their communities.

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a guide to financial resources for clean energy to serve state, local and tribal leaders seeking to build a robust, clean energy economy. This guide provides a snapshot of the federal finance facilities...

Autodesk & CGLA Infrastructure released a report on solving our national infrastructure crisis. This report lays out a six-point plan for regaining America’s infrastructure leadership.

The Council of Development Finance Agencies released the Federal Financing Reference Guide with generous sponsorship support from Stifel Nicolaus and additional support from Business Oregon and the City of Minneapolis. The Federal Financing...

Steve Strnisha and Brian Cooper presented this case study of the Flats East Bank project in Cleveland, Ohio. The financing sources for this project included tax increment finance, bonds, grants, and more.

This presentation from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation Federal Highway Administration provides an overview of the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA). TIFIA provides several forms of credit assistance to infrastructure...

The Program Guide for the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) provides a detailed review of the financing options made available through this legislation. These options include direct loans, loan guarantees, and lines of...