CDFA - 2017 National Development Finance Summit - Awards

CDFA Excellence in Development Finance Awards

The CDFA Excellence in Development Finance Awards recognize outstanding development finance programs, agencies, leaders, projects and success stories. These awards, presented to award winners annually at the CDFA National Development Finance Summit, honor excellence in the use of financing tools for economic development, as well as the individuals who champion these efforts. Organizations may nominate themselves and/or their projects for one or more of these categories. Individuals may also nominate themselves or be nominated by their peers and colleagues.

The CDFA Excellence in Development Finance Awards cover a wide variety of financing tools and provide for both the public and private sector to be honored. Creative and innovative entries are highly welcomed, and the private sector is strongly encouraged to collaborate with their public sector partners on submissions. These awards honor excellence, leadership and the creative use of development finance tools such as bonds, TIF, tax credits and access to capital. The awards also honor the cutting edge use of development finance tools to support innovation and energy development. These awards honor individuals and agencies alike to build a distinguished and recognized development finance industry.

>>> 2017 CDFA Award Winners

CDFA Distinguished Development Finance Agency Award (State Agency)

The CDFA Distinguished Development Finance Agency Award (State Agency) is presented to an outstanding state development finance agency. This honor is bestowed on a state agency that has tackled particularly complex and challenging financing concerns, revolutionized financing tools or affected the development finance markets in the past two years. In order to be eligible, the state agency must have achieved recent success in the way development finance programs are operated, managed and administered. The goal of granting the award is to make the excellent work done by state development finance agencies in our industry more widely known and to recognize the impact that these groups have on our national economy.

CDFA Distinguished Development Finance Agency Award (Local Agency)

The CDFA Distinguished Development Finance Agency Award (Local Agency) is presented to an outstanding local development finance agency. This honor is bestowed on a local agency that has tackled particularly complex and challenging financing concerns, revolutionized financing tools or affected the development finance markets in the past two years. In order to be eligible, the local agency must have achieved recent success in the way development finance programs are operated, managed and administered. The goal of granting the award is to make the excellent work done by local development finance agencies in our industry more widely known and to recognize the impact that these groups have on our national economy.

CDFA Excellence in Development Finance Project Award

The CDFA Excellence in Development Finance Project Award is presented to a development finance agency that has implemented a specific project that has used finance to be transformative. In order to be eligible, the agency must have achieved recent success in enhancing investment, redevelopment, or economic activity. The goal of granting the award is to make the projects completed by development finance agencies in our industry more widely known.

CDFA Excellence in Development Finance Program Award

The CDFA Excellence in Development Finance Program Award is presented to a development finance agency that has implemented an innovative new or particularly successful program. In order to be eligible, the agency must have achieved recent success in the way development finance programs are operated, managed and administered. The goal of granting the award is to make the groundbreaking work done by development finance agencies in our industry more widely known.

For more information about the CDFA Excellence in Development Finance Awards, contact CDFA.

Past Recipients

>>> 2016 CDFA Award Winners

>>> 2015 CDFA Award Winners
>>> 2014 CDFA Award Winners
>>> 2013 CDFA Award Winners
>>> 2012 CDFA Award Winners



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