October 28, 2013 Stories and Data

October 28, 2013 Stories

Built to Scale: Designing a Business with Scale in Mind
St. John Manor
Catonsville CO-OP brings together food, community, and local businesses
A Grand Opening Like No Other

October 28, 2013 Fact Sheet

Testimonials

CDFIs work results in invaluable benefits to communities, including jobs, housing, tax revenue, and vitality.

-Amy Szabo, Friedman Associates LLC, Iowa City, IA

CDFIs stand in the gap for communities that have long been overlooked, offering the tools, capital, and support that empower people to lift themselves up by their bootstraps. From revitalizing main streets to helping families buy their first homes, CDFIs turn potential into progress. With timely and full support from the Treasury Department, these institutions can continue delivering measurable impact, fueling self-reliance, entrepreneurship, and generational change in America’s most underinvested communities

-Kevin FItzgerald, Opportunity Resource Fund, East Lansing, MI

These funds are vital to increase the capacity to serve low to moderate income families and their purchase of safe, fit, and affordable housing.

-Rebecca Cartee, Columbus Housing Initiative, Inc., Columbus, GA

Map of October 28, 2013 CDFI Branches and Stories