written on May 24th, 2011 | by James R. Klein
On May 12, we celebrated with over 200 guests, including partners, investors and legislators, the revitalization work that Finance Fund accomplished in Ohio communities in 2010. The 22nd Annual Reception was an evening full of opportunities to reflect on the past year’s work and look forward to the projects to come. Our theme for 2010 [...]
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written on October 21st, 2009 | by James R. Klein
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 [...]
Tags: economic challenges, Finance Fund, Finance Fund Capital Corporation, Jobs, Low Income Community, neighborhoods, New Markets Tax Credit, Ohio Department of Development, State of Ohio, stimulus
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written on October 5th, 2009 | by James R. Klein
I like to dress up. It’s very seldom that I don’t wear a coat and tie, which I believe is a piece of my past that continually pokes it head through my frame of reference. My maternal grandfather was English and a proper bloke. He came to the States at seventeen years old and never [...]
Tags: Columbus Dispatch, Community, Community Development Entities, Development, Finance Fund, James Klein, neighborhoods, village
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written on March 19th, 2009 | by Jennifer Deuber
Jim was recently selected to sit on the Board of Directors for the CDFI Coalition, a national organization representing community development institutions across the country. These institutions are certified CDFIs by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund.
Tags: CDFI, collaboration, communities, Community Development Entities, Community Development Finance Institution, economic challenges, Finance Fund, neighborhoods
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