by Allison Kelly | Sep 27, 2010 | New Markets Tax Credits
New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) Program, Supported by the Recovery Act, Cited for Creating Jobs and Sustaining Pike Place Businesses The Pike Place Market renovation project came in at #99 in Vice President Joe Biden’s recent report, “100 Recovery Act Projects that are...
by Allison Kelly | Sep 22, 2010 | Small Business Lending
GAF Meets a Critical Need for Early Development Services in Seaside, CA Shannan Watkins started Early Development Services, Inc. (EDS) in 1998. With a vision and plenty of elbow grease, she and her team of volunteers worked for months to transform a condemned house...
by Allison Kelly | Sep 21, 2010 | Small Business Lending
The Grow Tacoma Fund, a small business revolving loan fund administered by NDC’s Grow America Fund and seeded with a $2.0 million investment from the City, has to date made 31 loans, financed $13 million in project costs (leveraging the City’s investment six times...
by Allison Kelly | Sep 21, 2010 | New Markets Tax Credits
Creative New Markets Tax Credits Financing Helps Make It Happen The newly-constructed Artspace Commons celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony on September 17. A mixed-use development on a remediated brownfield just a few blocks from downtown Salt...
by Allison Kelly | Sep 10, 2010 | Social Infrastructure
On Thursday, September 9, 2010, Tacoma’s Center for Urban Watersofficially opened its doors. Governor Chris Gregoire, Congressman Norm Dicks and Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland were the featured speakers at the Center’s grand opening celebration and open house. Jim...