MN08 Stories and Data

Minnesota Entrepreneur Grows Childcare Business with Help of Local CDFIs
Braiding Business and Belief
Eagles Healing Nest
Viva Long Prairie

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Testimonials

We have been able to utilize NMTC and without this financing many of the projects we have done in Minneapolis would not have been possible. It’s been a wonderful facility to support small businesses, economic development, and critical services to low-income communities. Please continue these programs, they do make a difference.

-Joshua Howe, Optimistic Partners, Saint Paul, MN

After coming from several years working in for-profit corporations into a CDFI, I’ve come to appreciate the real benefits CDFIs provide to communities at all levels. CDFIs provide consumer, commercial, mortgage loans, housing development, community facilities when needed, and more creative solutions.

-Julia Nelmark, Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation (MMCDC), Detroit Lakes, MN

CDFIs help make our world a better place.

-Jeffry R. Brown, , Edina, MN