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Tag: Sustainability

Anaerobic digester

Chicago Social Enterprise Builds Sustainable Energy Apparatus with CDFI Support

Chicago, IL

January 6, 2021

Client: Bubbly Dynamics Client location: Chicago, IL CDFI: Chicago Community Loan Fund CDFI service area: Illinois CDFI services provided: Financing, with support from the OFN Renewable and Energy Efficiency Financing Grant Program Bubbly Dynamics

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Ringneck Energy, South Dakota

Renewable Energy Business Builds Highway in Rural South Dakota with CDFI Financing

Onida, SD

May 8, 2020

Client – Ringneck Energy Client location – Onida, South Dakota CDFI – Rural Electric Economic Development (REED) Fund CDFI services provided – Financing CDFI service area

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CTI Environmental Inc.

Southern California Engineering Firm Expands with CDFI Loan

Long Beach, CA

January 15, 2020

Robin Thorne is the founder and CEO of CTI Environmental Inc., an engineering and construction consulting firm based in Long Beach, California, that focuses on

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Vault and Vine - Peicha

Philadelphia Florist Expands Location with Support from Local CDFI

Philadelphia, PA

November 15, 2019

Specializing in floral and event design for weddings and special occasions, Philadelphia-based business Vault + Vine was founded in 2009 by Peicha Chang. This minority-

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People Inc. of Virginia

People Incorporated of Virginia Helps to Close Affordable Housing Gap with CDFI Financing

Tappahannock, Culpeper, and Fauquier Counties, VA

October 11, 2019

Affordable housing in Virginia is in high demand, and like other states, is scarce. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the U.S. has a shortage

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Paul Quinn College

HBCU Builds First On-Campus Facility in More Than 40 Years with CDFI Financing

Dallas, TX

October 5, 2019

Founded in 1872 to educate former slaves and their children, Paul Quinn College (PQC) in Dallas, Texas, is one of 102 historically black colleges and universities

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A CDFI Story of Bringing Solar Energy to Power Affordable Housing

Denver, CO

March 8, 2018

In Denver, Colorado, affordable housing got a solar boost when investments made through the Enterprise Community Loan Fund’s Impact Note were used to provide a 15-year loan of

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A #CDFIstory With Oceans of Success

Portland, ME

August 15, 2016

Open ocean kelp farm gets a competitive boost from Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

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On a Hunt for Quality Child Care, an Entrepreneur Fills the Void Herself

Troy, NY

August 7, 2015

Upstate New York CDFI Provides Social Startup Location for Eco Baby Daycare

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