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On February 19th I participated in a conference call in which senior Treasury officials provided remarks preceding a press release and fact sheet further supporting the inclusion of a New Markets Tax Credit program extension for 2010 & 2011 in the President’s proposed budget. “As part of the Administration’s strategy to restore prosperity and create [...]
“Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost.” – Napoleon Bonaparte It was a busy week for our government leaders. President Obama made a stop here in the [...]
This is a pretty important day in the history of Finance Fund. We learned this morning that we have been awarded $50 million in New Markets Tax Credits from the CDFI Fund in the U.S. Department of Treasury. The funding will be used to offer low-interest financing for projects that revitalize both urban and rural low-income [...]
Driving through many neighborhoods across the state of Ohio is more like driving through ghost towns. Vacant, abandoned properties litter the once-thriving communities, reminding passers-by of the crisis facing us all and the disparity of resource allocation in our country. As the Wall Street Journal recently reported, more than 1.5 million properties received a foreclosure [...]
New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) was designed to stimulate investments in commercial real estate and business ventures located in low income urban and rural areas.
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