March 2016 Stories and Data

March 2016 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

March 2016 Fact Sheet

CDFI funding helps us support homeowners, contractors and others in the housing market. It fills gaps in markets such as ours that other funding simply cannot.

-Karen Schroeder, Home HeadQuarters, Inc., Syracuse, NY

The impact that CDFI credit unions can make in lower income areas by providing financial tools for the community raises the financial independence of individuals in that area and then lessens the amount of ongoing aid that needs to be provided by the government directly to those communities.

-Dave Franke, Alltru Credit Union, Wentzville, MO

CDFI are critical in our outline areas. The focus areas and collaborative efforts with tribal members continue to be a success.

-Eric Shepherd, Sisseton Wahpeton Housing Authority, Sisseton, SD

Map of March 2016 CDFI Branches and Stories