During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, CDFA presents this customizable Reframe, Build, and Plan framework and illustrates how it can expand financing and drive capital into local food systems. Speakers explore how...

 During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists tap into the core principles of tax-exempt financing for manufacturers and 501(c)(3) organizations, covering key aspects such as eligible issuers, assets, and...

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series, speakers from various credit rating agencies discuss their rating criteria and methodology. The discussion also encompass factors influencing bond ratings, along with...

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, speakers discuss how tribal governments and their partner organizations are finding new and interesting ways to layer capital for tribal projects.

The CDFA FedFund Briefing provides insights into specific Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) recently announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under its FY 2025 Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grant...

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we look at tax credit programs that allow businesses and investors to claim a tax credit for committing resources to a food system project or business. We also explore how...

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists provide an overview of these two new categories and illustrate how they might be better utilized in communities across the country.

During this installment of the CDFA-Bricker Webinar Series, speakers present the basics of how Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) and special assessments work and provide case studies highlighting how these tools can be paired to create more...

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists discuss how social bonds can be used to provide low-interest loans to high-performing public charter schools to provide transformative educational opportunities...

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists discuss ESG principles, how they have impacted the bond market, what role they play in the larger financial market, and where they see those impacts continuing...

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, panelists explore how tribal communities are investing in affordable housing solutions that meet their residents’ unique needs.

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, experts highlight the innovative ways in which PACE programs are evolving to support the agriculture industry across the country.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists walk through the impact of rate hikes on yield and arbitrage and share best practices for managing these impacts.

During this webinar, CDFA and the U.S. EPA discusses the scope of the NOFO, applicant eligibility, potential project examples, and how to apply.

During this installment of the CDFA-Bricker Graydon Webinar Series, we explore the creative ways to use TIF and how to facilitate the successful financing of high-impact revitalization projects.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists unravel the multifaceted dimensions of AI's role in the municipal market, potential advantages and challenges that arise from embracing AI, and its...

During this webinar, CDFA provides an overview of the Program, which includes applicant eligibility, use of grant funds, and intended Program outcomes. The webinar also provides a general overview of application submission best practices and an...

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, panelists discuss how revolving loan funds can be used to support small businesses, entrepreneurs, and microenterprises to strengthen local and regional food systems. The...

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, practitioners present strategies and highlight finance programs that are helping to increase access to capital and aiding the creation of successful small businesses.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists explore factors that contributed to the challenges these high-profile deals encountered and discuss best practices for development finance practitioners...

During this installment of the CDFA-Bricker Graydon Webinar Series, we focus on how communities are diversifying their capital stacks by using tax increment financing (TIF) and special assessments to reimburse brownfield-related costs incurred while...

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists discuss the importance of bond banks, explore their roles, and focus on how they help communities move forward.

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, speakers explore the potential for leveraging this foundational financing tool to cultivate resilient and thriving local and regional food systems.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists share how communities can use bonds in conjunction with tax increment financing, federal legislative programs, and other development financing tools for...

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, speakers from federal agencies discuss financing tools and programs available to tribal nations to promote community health, restore local economies, and protect our environment. .

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists identify trends shaping national bond markets and discuss the economic opportunities to expect for local projects.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, experts discuss challenges faced in financing childcare facilities and share examples of how bond financing can be used to support such businesses.

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we illustrate the Reframe, Build, Plan framework of critical success factors that are needed to expand financing and drive capital into local food systems. Speakers discuss how...

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, speakers review the latest regulations affecting cannabis financing and the creative financing approaches providing capital to this emerging industry.

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, speakers discuss financing tools and programs that tribal nations are using for healthcare facilities that better serve their unique community needs.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, presenters examine how communities across the country are addressing challenges in financing water infrastructure projects.

During this installment of the CDFA-Bricker Webinar Series, we focus on the activities traditional lending institutions are undertaking in the C-PACE market.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Webcast Series, development finance practitioners highlight the variety of finance tools available for supporting affordable housing projects and discuss best practices for deploying...

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we explore how programs at the state and federal levels can offer unique financing solutions and catalyze investment in local and regional food systems.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists discuss rating agency trends and take a look at new initiatives being implemented that improve municipalities' bond ratings to attract new economic...

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, development finance professionals share creative financing approaches that are being used to reinvest in main street communities around the country.

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, panelists explore how tribal governments are cultivating local food systems with financing solutions that support economic growth and advance community health.

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we highlight unique financing structures that drive food systems investment within a geographic footprint.

During this installment of the CDFA-Bricker Webinar Series, speakers provide insights on the recent advancements in C-PACE financing such as recent state legislative activity, along with innovative market-based solutions throughout all segments of...

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists demonstrate how investment in affordable housing advances equitable economic development with a discussion of innovative financing approaches that can...

CDFA's key legislative issue--The Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act (MAMBA)--was introduced with bipartisan support in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 1. In this legislative briefing, CDFA's Eric Silva and Mitchell Smith...

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, presenters share how charter schools are partnering with private entities to use bond finance and public-private partnership approaches to better provide the...

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, development finance experts highlight a variety of finance programs that are helping to increase access to capital for new and existing small business owners.

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we explore how these tools can be used in strengthening local and regional food systems and address some of the challenges that come with financing this sector.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, TIF experts introduce this financing tool and explore new strategies that local governments are employing to bring investment to otherwise unusable spaces.

During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, speakers discuss how tribal governments and their partner organizations are working collaboratively to drive sustainable economic development.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, speakers break down 501c3 bond finance to demonstrate how this tool can drive investment for nonprofits.

During this installment of the CDFA-Bricker Webinar Series, speakers provide an overview of public incentives and financing programs being developed that continue to drive investments in sustainable building systems along with other energy assets.

During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we take a deeper look at a method of financing that has been building infrastructure, industry, and agriculture for over a century and explore its applications within the food...

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Webcast Series, experts highlight the resources available for financing broadband, discuss navigating the use of P3 for broadband, and share first-hand knowledge of their successes utilizing P3...