September 2015 Stories and Data

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Small businesses are the backbone of the US economy. One estimate is that Small businesses

-Rhonda Harrison, Assets Lancaster, Lancaster, PA

CDFIs are the oil in the engine of our economy. They support small businesses with patient flexible capital, when they need it the most; when they are starting out. Without support for these institutions, small businesses will be blocked by high fees, high interest rates, demand payments, and other predatory behavior that impedes and tanks their efforts to grow the US economy.

-Rebecca Davidson-Wagner, Invest PGH Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

CDFIs provide an important unique opportunity support communities by creating opportunities for underbanked companies and individuals to pull themselves up by their bootstrap by creating new businesses, housing and strengthening financial composites

-Kevin FItzgerald, OppFund, East Lansing, MI