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Wisconsin Stories

Bay Bank
Bay Bank Celebrates 30 Years of Commitment and Community Local, Native-Owned Financial Institution Marks Milestone Anniversary
Greater Green Bay Community Foundation launches Impact Investing Fund
Housing investment initiates a cycle of returns for continuous impact
Milwaukee Mall
Former discount retail center in Milwaukee’s Park West neighborhood. Former home of a Sears department store, which closed in 1981. The city’s taxkey for the property also includes a 18,813 single-story building used for retail and an auto repair business (built in 1923). In addition, a one-story day care center is included at 5,624 sq. ft. (built in 1960). The complex sits on a 6.182 acre lot.
Saz’s Catering Inc/Saz’s Festivals LLC
Saz’s has been a Milwaukee staple since owner Steve Sazama opened Saz’s State House in 1976. Since the restaurant’s inception, Saz’s has also grown into the state’s largest off-premise catering company via Saz’s Catering, Inc. In 2015, Saz’s had the opportunity to purchase and renovate a 28,000 sq.. building in Walker’s Point to house the operations of Saz’s Catering, Inc. and Saz’s Festivals, LLC. e new property has multiple functions, serving as a commercial kitchen and providing over 16,000 sq. of warehouse and storage space. e property was also renovated to include 7,000 sq.. of office space. MEDC and Bank Mutual financed the property purchase and renovations. Globally, Saz’s employs 215 people with plans to hire 35 moreemployees in the coming years.

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This is greater than just the CDFI Fund. There are countless of small businesses that cannot get financial support in a traditional lending institution.

-Terese M. Caro, Legacy Redevelopment Corporation, Milwaukee, WI

Our Native communities are very close knit and culturally dependent upon the community to hold those sacred ways in place. Our communities need the CDFIs as they better understand and serve the community members in a way that is critical to the success of home ownership, small business support and primarily teaching the outside world’s credit system and how it affects each member. We strive to strengthen the financial wellbeing of our communities where government and the outside world falls short.

-Becky Albert-Breed, First Nations Community Financial, Black River Falls, WI

CDFIs make our urban and rural economies healthy working alongside financial institutions and providing that responsible capital!

-Wendy K. Baumann, WWBIC, Mequon, WI

Map of Wisconsin CDFI Branches and Stories