A comprehensive list of available funding, requirements, project types, and contact information for federal funding of brownfield redevelopment projects.

In this document the Department of Commerce explains brownfields, challenges, strategies, and cost.

Overview information on four federal finance programs, one each from the EPA, USDA, SBA, and Commerce, are presented by Erin Tehan of CDFA in this article from Development Finance Perspectives, Issue 2 | 2012.

This report, written by David A. Lewis, Elsie Harper-Anderson, and Lawrence A. Molnar on behalf of the U.S. Economic Development Administration, reviews recommended practices in business incubators. The report discusses different types of incubators...

This article featuring four federal innovation finance programs was written by Erin Tehan for the third issue of CDFA's magazine, Development Finance Perspectives.

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...

This report to Secretary Locke was created by the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The report provides policy recommendations for incentivizing early- and later-stage access to capital for high-growth companies.

The South Central Kansas Economic Development District uses a variety of different tools to provide access to capital for business and industry. They offer SBA loans, an EDA-funded RLF, loan guarantees and other options.

Rick Palank of the St. Louis County Economic Council discusses their line of access to capital tools in this presentation.

The City of Newport, RI has established an economic development revolving loan fund with a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. This document outlines the criteria and policies for the program.

This document summarizes the rules and regulations for local administrators of revolving loan funds using Economic Development Administration grant funding.

Maureen Klovers with the Economic Development Administration gives an overview of the EDA and the process and requirements of their grants programs.

This resource created by Urban Capital Solutions lists several federal, state, and private RLF capitalization sources with links to their specific programs. Examples of agencies listed include the EPA, HUD, USDA and the MacArthur Foundation.

Robert Olson, Regional Director with the Economic Development Administration explains the agency's investment priorities, policy guidelines and programs. The presentation also provides general information about the EDA and its regional offices.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has identified 254 federal programs that provide services to support the business sector. This report highlights these programs and distinguishes them by agency and highlights the programs available. ...

The U.S. Economic Development Administration funded a study to develop a database and methodology to help rural areas in the U.S. assess their regional economic competitiveness to support growth and development strategies. Principal partners were...

The EPA has made available a guidebook for the Brownfield Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund (BCRLF). The handbook provides a resource to better understand the terms and conditions of the BCRLF.

This resource provides a road map to follow when establishing and implementing a Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund (BCRLF) marketing plan. Developing a marketing plan helps to ensure that your community takes the best advantage of BCRLF...

A comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS) is designed to bring together the public and private sectors in the creation of an economic roadmap to diversify and strengthen regional economies. The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic...

Presentation by Sam Spearman from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration – Austin Region on the EDA's funding for the creation of revolving loan funds. This is a very large file and may take a few minutes to open and/or...

A primer on the results and impacts of the Economic Development Administration's Revolving Loan Fund program.

Charlie Bartsch from the Northeast Midwest Institute provides an overview of brownfield financing programs as presented during the 2005 CDFA Annual Conference.