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A Smile Above the Rest – Fine Art Denture Lab

St. George,
Utah

Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund (UMLF)

Fine ART Denture Lab, LLC is a family-owned dental laboratory located in St. George, Utah, dedicated to crafting high-quality dental prosthetics with exceptional fit and aesthetics. With over five decades of experience in the dental laboratory field, founder Bob, a Navy Vietnam veteran, leads the lab alongside his wife, Terri, a certified dental assistant, and their son, Aaron, a 13-year Navy combat veteran.

Ability Wholesale Wins Opportunity Boost Grant from Utah Microloan Fund

Salt Lake City,
Utah

Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund (UMLF)

Ability Wholesale & Distribution, Inc. is a company that specializes in bringing high-quality bed sheet sets to customers at fairs and festivals across the region. With over 20 years of experience in sales, founder Elham Neilsen has built a business that thrives on delivering exceptional products and customer satisfaction. The company is known for its soft, luxurious bed sheets, which have won over countless repeat customers.

Artspace Commons North

Salt Lake City,
Utah

Enterprise Community Loan Fund

Artspace Commons North is a green, mixed-use artist community in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. The development offers 102 affordable rent-to-own apartments and 53,000 sq. ft. of commercial space for offices, art galleries, studios and retail, on the site of a former scrap metal recycling facility. The development involved construction of a three-level commercial building with perimeter parking and an interior courtyard, and a four-story mixed-use building that houses commercial space on the ground floor and residences on the upper floors. Apartments are affordable to households earning up to 70 percent of area median income (AMI). At the end of the seven-year NMTC compliance period, the apartments will be sold as condominiums affordable to households earning up to 80 percent of AMI, with current residents having right of first refusal.

Atmosphere Studios

Salt Lake City,
Utah

Grow America Fund

Atmosphere Studios moved operations to a long-vacant warehouse in Salt Lake City’s Granary District. Following the build-out into the new retail, office and showroom space, the growing design firm felt a severe cash crunch, and turned to NDC Grow American Fund for help.

Bicycle Collective Hub, Inc.

Salt Lake City,
Utah

Montana Community Development Corporation

The construction of a new 16,090 square foot facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. The project will allow the Bicycle Collaborative, a nonprofit providing bicycles and educational programs focusing on children, to significantly expand its services to low-income households in the Salt Lake City area.

Capitol Theater

Salt Lake City,
Utah

Grow America Fund

The restoration of the 75,000 sq. ft. theatre will include an expanded lobby and increased circulation space. The theatre will also be refitted for ADA accessibility and new elevators for easier access. In addition, the project will finance the construction of an adjacent 51,000 sq. ft. dance studio for Ballet West. The new Jessie Eccles Quinney Center for Dance will increase current enrollment to 600 students and triple the number of Dance Acadamy scholarships provided to low-income students. The modernization and restoration of the treasured Capitol Theatre will allow the theatre to continue to serve as a center for the arts in downtown Salt Lake City for generations to come.

Clearinghouse CDFI Helps Fund Native COVID Resilience and Recovery Program

Navajo and Hopi,
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah

Clearinghouse CDFI

Red Feather Development Group's New Native Home Resource Network will Connect Limited Income Families Living on the Hopi and Navajo Nations to Healthy Housing Resources

Constructing Success Together

Salt Lake City,
Utah

Suazo Business Center

Millie’s path to entrepreneurship with Suazo

Everything Utah Wins Utah Microloan Fund Opportunity Boost Grant

Salt Lake City,
Utah

Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund (UMLF)

Mary Lindsey founded Everything Utah in 2017 with a clear mission: to provide locals with the opportunity to enjoy, benefit from, and support the sharing of Utah's unique identity. Her goal has always been to offer items that highlight the beauty of the state, allowing customers to feel a sense of pride in gifting meaningful and tasteful products that tell Utah's story. This story spans the rich history, the present, and the future of Utah. Through careful curation, Mary has worked to honor this objective by showcasing Utah through diverse perspectives.

Goldenwest Breaks Ground on New Mountain Green Branch

Mountain Green,
Utah

Goldenwest Credit Union

Goldenwest Credit Union celebrated a major milestone with the groundbreaking ceremony for its new Mountain Green branch on October 3, 2024. Scheduled to open in May 2025, the full-service location will be situated on Old Highway Road, directly across from Lee’s Supermarket.

Heidi George

Salt Lake City,
Utah

Community Development Fund of Utah

"CDCU was a life saver for me in my home buying process." "As I decided it was time for me to make an investment in my future by buying a home, I…

Kearns Library

Salt Lake City,
Utah

Community Development Finance Alliance

Kearns Library is a 35,000 sq.ft., state-of-the-art, LEED-certified facility which combines traditional book stacks and reading areas with technology assistance, maker space, video/sound labs, co-work tables, community meeting and classroom space, cafe and landscaped pedestrian plaza. Library is key project in a redevelopment effort in the Kearns community.