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CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series: Risk Management and the Bond Credit Rating Evolution
July 15, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern

CDFA-TEDC Webinar: Harnessing PACE Financing to Empower a Resilient Future
July 16, 2025
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT

CDFA Advocacy Briefing - First Look at Opportunity Zones 2.0
July 18, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern

CDFA-Bricker Graydon Webinar Series: Strategies for Housing Project Funding
July 22, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern

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  • Toby Rittner

    MAMBA Introduced in U.S. Senate


    President & CEO
    CDFA’s Bipartisan Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act Introduced in U.S. Senate!

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  • Noelle Sheets

    CDFA Launches Mentorship Program in Collaboration with U.S. Bank and CHFA


    Vice President, CDFA and Executive Director, CDFA Foundation
    Join this member-exclusive initiative to foster personal & professional growth in the development finance community. Apply today!

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  • Fawn Zimmerman

    2025 CDFA National Development Finance Summit Topics Announced!


    Managing Director, CDFA Advisory Services
    Learn about Summit, our discussion topics, how to register, and the conference location—San Juan, PR!

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Development Finance Headlines

7 Financial Resources for SNAP Recipients Amid Big Beautiful Bill Cuts
US News | Jul. 8 | Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance | Rural Development
U.S. Rural Economies at Risk: Study Shows Corn Refining Cuts Could Cost $5B in Farm Revenue
Brownfield | Jul. 8 | Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance | Resiliency | Rural Development
How will Bond Investors Assess The Impact of OBBBA?
UBS | Jul. 7 | Access to Capital | Bond Finance | Infrastructure Finance | U.S. Dept. of Treasury
Trump Tax Bill Averts Default, But Deepens Debt and Risk
Reuters | Jul. 7 | Access to Capital | Bond Finance | Economic Development | Infrastructure Finance | U.S. Dept. of Treasury
Portland Considers Social Housing to Address Affordability and Prevent Homelessness
Street Roots | Jul. 7 | Housing Finance | Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) | Social Finance
Stifel Public Finance Welcomes Emily Metzler
Stifel Public Finance | Jul. 7
MstreetX, FYC Labs and NORCAL SBDC Finance Center Launch Fintech Platform Connecting Capital with Entrepreneurs
NORCAL SBDC | Jul. 7 | Access to Capital
Ochsner Innovation Fund Fuels Healthcare and Economic Growth in Louisiana
Biz New Orleans | Jul. 3 | Healthcare | Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) | State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)
MI Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD) Investing $5M Over Five Years in Water Quality Monitoring
Alliance for the Great Lakes | Jul. 2 | Agriculture Finance | Rural Development | Water Finance
U.S. Farmers Face Rising Debt & Defaults in 2025: What Producers & Lenders Need to Know
Morning AgClips | Jul. 2 | Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance
Riceland Foods in Stuttgart, AK Pays $4M in New Water-Savings Program
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Jul. 2 | Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance
Join us for the 2025 CDFA Summer Institute on August 4-8!
CDFA | Jul. 2 | Access to Capital | Bond Finance | Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) | Tax Credits | Tax Increment Finance (TIF)
‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Would Be A Disaster for Clean Energy
canarymedia.com | Jul. 1 | Energy Finance | Federal | Green Finance | Legislative
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