Valley Economic Development Partners Stories and Data

Valley Economic Development Partners Stories

KB Flower Farm – Kim Baker
Rural Flower Farmer Expands Sustainable Agriculture With CDFI Support
Crossroad Health Center
The site acquisition, construction/rehab and equipping of an outdated recreational center into a new 21,000 sq. ft. building for Crossroad Health Center (a FQHC) to expand integrated healthcare, food security, housing placement/referrals and other supportive services, as well as a pharmacy, to 6.5K people/year.
OFN Story: Ohio Veterans Expand Healthcare Access in Their Community With CDFI Investment
OFN Story: Rural CDFI Uses Innovative Financing to Scale Local Manufacturing Business
A rural manufacturing business received CDFI financing to purchase more equipment and hire additional staff to meet the demand of new contracts.

Map of Valley Economic Development Partners CDFI Branches and Stories

Thank you to our partners at Inclusive and CDBA for sharing data on CDFI Bank and CDFI Credit Union branch locations. In addition, about 100 of our CDFI Stories come from OFN’s story database.

Valley Economic Development Partners Investment Map

CDFI Investment Map

Mapped CDFI investment data (2005-2023), via the CDFI Coalition's partnership with CDFI Friendly America.

CDFI Advocacy App

Want more state data? Check out CDFI Friendly America's mobile-friendly CDFI Advocacy App for impacts from 2005-2023.

Valley Economic Development Partners Fact Sheet

Testimonials

CDFIs have been critical to successfully completing community and economic development projects in distressed and under-resourced communities like Youngstown and Warren, Ohio.

Sarah Lown, Western Reserve Port Authority, Youngstown, OH

Our CDFI improves the quality of the communities we serve by creating quality jobs through the small business that we support.

Julie Jurosic, Anchor Financial Services, Perrysburg, OH

As a CDFI, we are able to provide loans and investments to borrowers for projects that improve the quality of life in our community’s low to moderate income census tracts. Frequently, these transactions are not supported by financial institutions directly under competitive terms and conditions that we as a CDFI can make.

Dan Kane, Dayton Region New Market Fund, Kettering, OH

CDFIs were a critical component to our funding stacking. Allowing us to triple our occupancy and better meet our vision of a world where every family has what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children.

Rita Cyr, RMHC Dayton, Dayton, OH