Northern Shores Community Development Stories and Data

Northern Shores Community Development Stories

CDFI Credit Unions Lower Interest Rates on Car Loans
OFN Story: Michigan CDFI Finances Family-Owned Automotive Recycling Business
Detroit CDFI coalition amplifies positive outcomes in communities across the city
Lebowsky Center

Northern Shores Community Development Fact Sheet

I have watched how CDFIs support small business owners and home owners where banks and credit unions could not. The amount banks charge is often above what people can pay, CDFIs that are nonprofits even the playing field for them by investing in the people and not company profits.

-Romy Fitschen, Lansing, MI

CDFIs are crucial to affordable housing.

-Braden Wiener, Opportunity Resource Fund, Grand Rapids, MI

CDFIs fill a vital need in Michigan by supporting community and economic development in under-served areas. Continuing to fund CDFIs will allow them to provide financial support for communities that would otherwise be left behind.

-Charlotte J. Smith, Community Economic Development Association of Michigan, Lansing, MI

Map of Northern Shores Community Development CDFI Branches and Stories