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Testimonials

Since its inception, the CDFI Fund has been a staunch supporter of CDFIs like MEDA whose mission is focused on rebuilding and stabilizing some of the most impoverished and underserved communities across the country.

-Dorothy Bridges, Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA), Minneapolis, MN

CDFIs are a great, cost-effective way to support development in rural, suburban and urban communities in a public/private finance model heavily weighted to the private side. In our case in enabled locating our manufacturing plant in an area where people needed jobs.

-Don Leeper, Bookmobile, Minneapolis, MN

We have a critical community project that we are planning to build this year using CDFI funds. It will create new jobs and help small business owners.

-Dana Nelson, Tubman, Minneapolis, MN