Training that translates into lasting community impact
Partner with Grow America, the leader in community development finance training, to bring college-level training to development professionals at your organization or in your community. Together, we’ll create a unique environment to collectively discuss and address local development challenges and opportunities.
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About Grow America sponsored training
In our sponsored training classes, Grow America instructors deliver the skills, case studies and real world experience that have made our training the gold standard in the field. We can present existing certification and professional development courses, or work with you to customize a unique training program that focuses on the capacity building needs and interests of your staff, partners and community.
Key sponsored training benefits:
- Enhance the economic, housing and community development skills of your staff and development partners
- Secure high quality training that’s tailored to your local or organizational needs
- Reduce tuition and travel time expenses by bringing expert trainers to your location
How to get started
To learn more about bringing Grow America training to your state, community, or organization, please contact us at (513) 657-7870 or email training@growamerica.org.
Your community and economic development knowledge base
What you need to know to increase your institution’s growth potential.
From Grow America’s Training Classroom: Using Adjusted Cash Flow to Determine If a Small Business Can Repay a Loan
When a business owner comes to you for a loan, you’re responsible for assessing the four C’s of credit: character, capacity, collateral, and cash flow. Together, these metrics help you determine whether or not a small business can reliably pay back a new loan.
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