CED Map Current Grant Recipient Locations FY23

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This map and project summaries show all of the active traditional Community Economic Development (CED) grants as of Fiscal Year 2023.

Alabama

Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama
Location: 117 Southcrest Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209
Phone Number: 205-942-5505
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1356
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.hicaalabama.org
Authorizing Official: Carlos Aleman, Chief Executive Officer
Project Description: The Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (¡HICA!) will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Jefferson County, Alabama. Jefferson County is an economically distressed region in Alabama with a sizeable Latino population that grapples with limited English proficiency, racial and gender inequities, and a poverty rate that is higher than the poverty rate of the white population in Alabama. To address these issues and develop equitable economic opportunities, ¡HICA! will use CED planning funds to establish a centralized resource center and business incubator to help create and expand small, immigrant-owned businesses. CED planning funds will be used hire a Community Development Specialist as well as pay for project-related supplies, fringe benefits, travel costs, and consulting services for data collection and technical assistance provision. Planning activities working with local stakeholders, developing a comprehensive business plan, conducting data collection, building and expanding partnerships, conducting community outreach, and identifying additional funding sources. Ultimately, ¡HICA! will develop a traditional CED job creation project to establish the centralized resource center and small business incubator for immigrant-owned businesses, which will promote local entrepreneurship and create new, full-time jobs in Jefferson County.

Alaska

Alaska does not currently have any active CED grants.

Arizona

Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.
Location: 1112 East Buckeye Road, Phoenix, AZ 85034
Phone Number: 602-257-0700
Grant Type: CED Social Enterprise
Grant Number: 90EE1249
Project Period: 9/30/2019 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.cplc.org
Authorizing Official: Sylvia Rebozo, Senior Resource Development Specialist
Project Description: Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (CPLC) will use CED Social Enterprise funds to support its Social Enterprise Empowerment Initiative in Maricopa County, Arizona. CED Social Enterprise Funds will help establish the Social Enterprise Empowerment Fund to support the creation and expansion of social enterprises and provide incubation, technical assistance, wraparound services, and health and human services. Through the incubation program, women-owned social enterprises will have access to free, shared space, technical support and trainings in individual or group settings, online, in-person and on demand providing flexibility, and equipment and child care and transportation subsidies. CPLC aims to recruit 30 social enterprises to apply to participate in the incubator.
85 jobs to be created

Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.
Location: 1112 East Buckeye Road, Phoenix, AZ 85034
Phone Number: 602-257-0700
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1271
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.cplc.org
Authorizing Official: Sylvia Rebozo, Senior Resource Development Specialist
Project Description: Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the start-up of Lake Havasu Community Health Center (LHCHC), which will provide basic healthcare, specialty care, and advance medical technology to residents with limited healthcare options in Lake Havasu City in Phoenix, Arizona. CPLC will provide capital in the form of a loan to Community Health Development Partners, LLC to purchase high technology imaging equipment for LHCHC. CPLC will also provide workforce development, job readiness, retention follow-up, financial education, and other supportive services to low-income employees in Lake Havasu City. This project will create 40 new, full-time jobs, 30 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 30 - Total number of jobs to be created: 40 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.
Location: 1112 East Buckeye Road, Phoenix, AZ 85034
Phone Number: 602-257-0700
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1328
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.cplc.org
Authorizing Official: Sylvia Rebozo, Senior Resource Development Specialist
Project Description: Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to Kind Faz LLC in Phoenix, Arizona. Kind Faz LLC is a hospitality service provider specializing in franchises, licenses, and brand operations. Kind Faz LLC recently secured a deal with Fazoli’s, a fast casual Italian restaurant chain serving baked pastas, sandwiches, pizza, and salad, to open nine locations in Arizona. The loan will be used to finance the establishment of a new Fazoli’s restaurant location in Mesa, Arizona, by providing start-up operations capital. The new Fazoli’s will create career opportunities for local community members in hospitality, management, and cuisine. These positions will provide employees with a reliable income above minimum wage and opportunities to access benefits. Employees hired by Fazoli’s will also have access to supportive services offered by CPLC Workforce Solutions and its partners, including financial education, job readiness skills training, and behavioral health counseling. CPLC also plans to partner with Centro de la Familia Clinic to offer employees counseling and case management services. This project will create 32 jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Total number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Arkansas

FRIENDS Foundation
Location: 183 College Drive, De Queen, AR 71832
Phone Number: 870-784-6483
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1344
Grant Amount: $147,031
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Authorizing Official: Tiffany Maurer, Director
Project Description: FRIENDS Foundation will use $147,031 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Sevier County, Arkansas. Sevier is an economically distressed county in the southwestern part of Arkansas with a high poverty rate of 24.7% as well as limited availability of affordable capital and subsequent barriers to employment. FRIENDS Foundation will create the Empowering Sevier County’s Entrepreneurs (ESCE) program, which will implement a comprehensive planning and data collection process to identify community-wide strategies to support business and economic development for small and medium-sized enterprises in Sevier County. CED planning funds will be used for staff and consultant time, fringe benefits, travel, and supplies for planning activities. Planning activities include convening community stakeholders, conducting a comprehensive needs assessment, developing marketing strategies to raise awareness and community buy-in, identifying a strategic plan for connecting local businesses and potential entrepreneurs with the necessary resources to invest in their operations, and establishing an implementation strategy that includes mechanisms for ongoing evaluation and monitoring of the business development program. Each objective will contribute to the success of the ESCE program and position FRIENDS Foundation to develop a viable, equitable, and sustainable project that can compete for future CED grant funding.

California

Coalition for Responsible Community Development
Location: 3101 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone Number: 213-743-6193
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1327
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.coalitionrcd.org
Authorizing Official: Mark Wilson, President and CEO
Project Description: The Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the expansion of CRCD Enterprises in Los Angeles, California. CRCD Enterprises is CRCD’s for-profit subsidiary and a social enterprise construction company. CED funds will be used for a loan to purchase equipment for construction and urban infrastructure projects. The project will create cement mason, carpenter, and painter job positions that will offer competitive wages, health and dental benefits, and access to support services and career advancement opportunities. Participants will include TANF recipients, South Los Angeles residents with low income referred through CRCD’s America’s Job Center, and at-risk youth referred through CRCD’s Youth Build and CRCD Academy initiative. CRCD will also partner with All Peoples Community Center, Amity Foundation, Los Angeles Trade-Tech College, and the California Community Economic Development Association to develop business, marketing, and branding plans as well as refer individuals with low income for employment, and provide barrier reduction and support services including education, childcare, substance abuse treatment, financial literacy, and job training. This project will create 32 new jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Coalition for Responsible Community Development
Location: 3101 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone Number: 213-743-6193
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1291
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.coalitionrcd.org
Authorizing Official: Mark Wilson, President and CEO
Project Description: Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to help expand its social enterprise subsidiary, CRCD Enterprises, in South Los Angeles, California. The loan will be used to purchase equipment needed to execute urban infrastructure projects and provide working capital to support hiring program participants. The expansion of CRCD Enterprises will create jobs in the maintenance and construction industries, including jobs installing and maintaining street improvements, repairing sidewalks, renovating housing, building new apartments, and maintaining private housing and public streets and sidewalks. In addition, CRCD will contract with the California Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA) to provide social enterprise technical assistance and third-party evaluation services. The project will create 32 new, full-time jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

El Pajaro Community Development Corporation
Location: 23 East Beach Street, Suite 209, Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone Number: 831-722-1224
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1263
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.elpajarocdc.org
Authorizing Official: Carmen Herrera-Mansir, Executive Director
Project Description: El Pájaro Community Development Corporation (EPCDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to establish a revolving loan funds to finance five expanding small businesses and agricultural entrepreneurs in Watsonville, California. The five businesses are HP Green Vivarium Inc, an organic greenhouse operations, Sun Valley Produce, which prepares, plants, harvests and processes certified organic produce, Trujillo Tax Services, Inc., an accountant and tax preparation company, Watsonville Diesel Services and Parts LLC, an authorized service operator for heavy, medium, and light trucks providing equipment service, maintenance and parts, and King Car Wash and Audio, a car wash business. EPCDC will also provide technical assistance and capacity building support to assist the businesses receiving the loans. EPCDC has partnered with Santa Cruz Workforce Development Board and Santa Cruz County Community Ventures to provide career training and job placement programs to support the businesses creating new jobs. The project will leverage an additional $146,450. The project will create 40 new, full-time jobs, 30 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 30 - Number of jobs to be created: 40 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 5 - Amount to be Leveraged: $146,450

Initiating Change in Our Neighborhoods CDC
Location: 14553 Delano Street, Suite 212, Van Nuys, CA 91411
Phone Number: 818-616-4118
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1324
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.iconcdc.org
Authorizing Official: Raul Bocanegra, Managing Director
Project Description: Initiating Change in Our Neighborhoods CDC (ICON CDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to expand Northeast Graffiti Busters (NEGB) in Van Nuys, California. NEGB provides a variety of neighborhood beautification services in the San Fernando valley including graffiti abatement, refuse collection, and street sweeping. NEGB will use CED funds to purchase equipment and pay wages for the newly created positions. Purchasing additional equipment and hiring more employees will allow NEGB to scale operations and accept more contracts. As part of this project, NEGB will hire community members to work in their management, maintenance, and administrative divisions. NEGB will provide employees with a suite of benefits including healthcare, paid time off, and flexible schedules. Additionally, ICON CDC plans to partner with four community partners, El Proyecto del Barrio, Champions in Change, The San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, and Mission College, to provide employees with a wide range of supportive services including educational opportunities, mental health counseling, and case management. ICON CDC will place special emphasis on hiring and supporting residents who face additional barriers to employment, such as immigrants and justice-involved individuals by helping employees access English classes and recidivism services. This project will create 32 new jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Main Street Launch
Location: 2101 Webster Street Suite 1200, Oakland, CA 94612
Phone Number: 510-763-4297
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1297
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.mainstreetlaunch.org
Authorizing Official: Jacob Singer, President and CEO
Project Description: Main Street Launch will use $800,000 in CED funds to finance the Business Resilience Loan Fund, targeted to expand two local restaurants in Oakland, California. CED funds will be used to provide low interest loans and technical assistance to two restaurants to assist them in adapting their business models and diversifying their revenue streams in light of recent economic challenges. The additional capital will allow restaurant businesses to expand their operations to include activities such as wholesale, catering, curbside takeout and outdoor dining. Two restaurants, Calabash and Reem’s California, have been selected for initial loans and have developed expansion plans that will create new full-time full-year positions, and the remaining funds will be used for loans to 2-3 additional restaurants in the future. Main Street Launch will partner with La Cocina, a local nonprofit that supports food entrepreneurs, to assist in identifying local businesses for the loans and providing technical assistance. Oakland Workforce Board and Laney College also have agreements with Main Street Launch to assist with matching low-income individuals with the newly created jobs and support job training and education for new employees. Main Street Launch’s partner Unity Council will provide wraparound services for new employees including affordable housing, food distribution, financial coaching, early childhood education and tax preparation assistance. This project will create 39 new jobs, 29 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 29 - Number of jobs to be created: 39 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 2 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Main Street Launch
Location: 2101 Webster Street Suite 1200, Oakland, CA 94612
Phone Number: 510-763-4297
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1326
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: mainstreetlaunch.org
Authorizing Official: Jacob Singer, President and CEO
Project Description: Main Street Launch will use $800,000 in CED funds to establish a revolving loan fund in San Francisco, California. CED funds will be used to support the creation and expansion of three local restaurants economically recovering from the pandemic. Poppy, a women-owned breakfast and lunch restaurant opening in the Mission district, will use CED funds as working capital for their initial operating expenses and to purchase furniture, fixtures, and equipment. Afandi Shawarma and Falafel, a quick stop and takeout Mediterranean restaurant opening in San Francisco’s Downtown, will also use CED funds for working capital. Hungry Kitchens, a food hospitality business with a focus on retail activation, will use CED funds to support its expansion to the Levi Strauss kitchen and café, where they will serve Levi Strauss employees and prepare food for their Bayview café and catering operations. Main Street Launch will partner with the San Francisco Workforce Development Division, Laney College Culinary Arts, San Francisco-Peninsula Energy Services, and Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center to provide recruitment assistance, referral and job placement, employment readiness and coaching, culinary education and training, utility bill assistance, customized small business technical assistance, workshops and mentorship, and other wraparound support services. This project will create 32 new jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 3 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Mandela Partners
Location: 1364 7th Street, Oakland, CA 94607-2177
Phone Number: 510-433-0659
Grant Type: Community Economic Development (CED)
Grant Number: 90EE1257
Grant Amount: $600,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2023
Website: www.mandelapartners.org
Authorizing Official: Mariela Cedeno, Executive Director
Project Description: Mandela Partners will use $600,000 in CED funds to expand Mandela Local Food Commerce Initiative, its existing produce distribution hub, into a full-scale kitchen and processing center in Oakland, California. CED funds will be used for equipment, supplies, and operating expenses for the expansion. The expansion will increase the distribution center’s capacity to package and distribute value-added fresh food products with client institutions and emerging food e-commerce companies that are primed for local growth in the post-pandemic economy (Good Eggs and Fare Resources). The project will leverage an additional $510,189. The project will create 30 new, full-time jobs, 22 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 22 - Number of jobs to be created: 30 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $510,189

Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment
Location: 1055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1475, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone Number: 213-353-3982
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1295
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.pacela.org
Authorizing Official: Mimi Cheung, Interim Director of Development
Project Description: Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide an equity investment in a subsidiary business, ECE Link, to directly employ and provide early childhood education teacher credentialing and assignment services in Los Angeles, California. CED funds will be used for start-up expenses and subsidize the expenses attributed to staffing. To ensure opportunity goes to low-income jobseekers, PACE Employment’s 3E team will administer intake services and connect trained participants with ECE Link. ECE Link will provide comprehensive fringe benefits including paid holidays, paid vacation/paid time off (PTO), health insurance, life insurance, long term care insurance, dental and vision insurance and more for its employees. This project will create 32 new jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment
Location: 1055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1475, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone Number: 213-353-3982
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1270
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.pacela.org
Authorizing Official: Kerry Doi, President
Project Description: Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to IDLogiq, a telehealth and remote patient monitoring business in Los Angeles, California. The loan will allow IDLogiq to expand operations and hire new staff. IDLogiq is revolutionizing the remote patient monitoring industry with its proprietary, patented software that turns smart phones into a patient-centric, connected health care platform to enable continuous real time physiological data monitoring for chronically ill patients. The jobs created by IDLogiq will benefit the entire Los Angeles area by making access to health care safer, more convenient, and more affordable, especially for those with chronic diseases that require medical monitoring. This project will create 40 new, full-time jobs, 30 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 30 - Number of jobs to be created: 40 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $9,000

Partnership for Environmental Progress
Location: 4283 El Cajon Blvd., Ste. 110, San Diego, CA
Phone Number: 619-674-8222
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1280
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: http://www.sdpep.org/
Authorizing Official: Dawn Diskin, Executive Director
Project Description: Partnership for Environmental Progress (PEP) will use $800,000 in CED funds to make a loan to REG Associates LLC, dba La Mesa Work Center (LMWC) for the expansion of operations by increasing number of client placements for Adult Day Care, adding Client Behavioral Management services, and establishing an Employee Development & Wellness Center to assist with staff retention and upward mobility in San Diego County, California. LMWC will expand its operations through hiring and training staff, facility expansion, technology and equipment upgrades, and additional licensing for behavioral management. PEP will partner with the local TANF agency, San Diego Work Force Partnership, nearby community college, Able-Disabled Advocacy and East County Economic Development Center to identify residents to fill the new positions created from this project. This project will leverage $420,000. The project will create 32 new, full-time jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $420,000

Planting Justice
Location: 319 105th Ave. Oakland, CA 94603-2956
Phone Number: 510-435-1316
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1265
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2023
Website: https://plantingjustice.org/
Authorizing Official: Gavin Raders, Co-Director
Project Description: Planting Justice (PJ) will use $800,000 in CED funds for the renovation of historic Japanese nursery in Oakland, California. The funds will be used to renovate three acres of greenhouses, two homes, and retail buildings. Production of organic food and edible nursery plants will result in additional job creation in multiple sectors of the food system, including value-added production, marketing, and mail-order and brick-and-mortar retail, leveraging existing assets and social enterprises at PJ. The project will leverage an additional $8.3M. This project will create 32 full-time jobs, 24 of which will filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Total number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $8,356,039

The East Los Angeles Community Union
Location: 5400 E. Olympic Blvd, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA
Phone Number: 323-724-3372
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1279
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2026
Website: https://telacu.com
Authorizing Official: Jose Villalobos, Senior Vice President
Project Description: The East Los Angeles Community Union (TELACU) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the South Atlantic Real Estate Development Project, which will revitalize a commercial building in Los Angeles County, California. CED funds will be used to make an equity investment to TELACU Industries, Inc, to renovate an 11,600 square foot single-story commercial building owned by TELACU to accommodate Soledad Enrichment Action, Inc. (SEA), a nonprofit organization serving at-risk individuals and families in violence-affected communities within Los Angeles County. As a result of the development project, TELACU will be able to lease the improved space to SEA, which will enable them to expand its program services, including establishing a new social enterprise in partnership with Fresh Start Healthy Meals. The project will leverage an additional $545,005. The project will create 27 new, full-time jobs, 21 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 21 - Number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $545,005

Vermont-Slauson, LDC, Inc.
Location: 1130 West Slauson Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90044
Phone Number: 323-753-2335
Grant Type: Community Economic Development (CED)
Grant Number: 90EE1331
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/29/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.vsedc.org
Authorizing Official: Quentin Strode, President and CEO
Project Description: Vermont Slauson Local Development Corporation (VSLDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to establish a revolving loan fund in South Los Angeles, California. CED funds will be used to support the expansion of three local businesses. Rich RNB (dba Sol of LA), a hospitality company providing quality fast-casual food and beverage options at affordable prices, will use CED funds to open a second Sol of LA restaurant location near Downtown LA, acquire a food truck, and hire staff to serve more communities lacking access to affordable restaurants and catering. C&M Cleaning and Maintenance Services, a women-and-minority-owned janitorial and pressure washing company servicing small business and commercial offices, will use CED funds to expand its services to more buildings and offices owned by LA City and LA County government. Specifically, CED funds will be used to acquire a utility truck and three pressure washers as well as for working capital and hiring new staff. Los Angeles Housing Compliance (LAHC), a Section 3-certified women-owned-and-operated business enterprise that provides risk mitigation services to clients working in California’s affordable housing market, will use CED funds as working capital to acquire more contracts, remodel a new office, and hire additional staff. VSEDC will partner with UAW-LETC South Los Angeles WorkSource Center, The Coalition for Responsible Community Development, the Adult Workforce Development Department, and The Watts/Los Angeles WorkSource Center to provide employment opportunity referrals, financial coaching, workforce development and job training, and social services including housing assistance, utility payments, and ongoing case management. The project will leverage an additional $210,000 in applicant-supplied funds. This project will create 32 new jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 3 - Amount to be Leveraged: $210,000

Vermont-Slauson, LDC, Inc.
Location: 1130 West Slauson Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90044
Phone Number: 323-753-2335
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1310
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.vsedc.org
Authorizing Official: Namoch Sokhom, Director of Loan Services
Project Description: Vermont-Slauson LDC, Inc. (VSLDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support a revolving loan fund to benefit local businesses across several industries in Los Angeles, California. CED funds will be used to provide loans for the expansion of three businesses: Think Healthy, Inc., Promises Kept, Inc. and Intuitive Real Estate Solutions. VSLDC will also provide support related to business expansions, recruitment strategies to ensure outreach for hiring of low-income persons, and longitudinal supports to enable business owners to operate profitable, resilient businesses. VSLDC has agreements with community partners to provide job training and social services to new employees of these businesses. The project will leverage an additional $126,731. This project will create 32 new jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 3 - Amount to be Leveraged: $126,731

Colorado

Colorado does not currently have any active CED grants.

Connecticut

Greater Dwight Development Corporation
Location: 230 Edgewood Ave, New Haven, CT
Phone Number: 203-777-7374
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1292
Grant Amount: $600,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2026
Website: http://gddcnh.org/
Authorizing Official: Linda Townsend Maier, Executive Director
Project Description: Greater Dwight Development Corporation (GDDC) will use $600,000 in CED funds to expand the Montessori School on Edgewood (MSOE) infant toddler program in New Haven, Connecticut. CED funds will be used to renovate a GDDC-owned building to create onsite childcare slots for 16 children, as well as the creation of five Family Child Care businesses that will create an additional 30 childcare slots in the Greater Dwight neighborhood. To develop the five family childcare businesses creating additional job opportunities for low-income people, GDDC will partner with All Our Kin (AOK), a nationally recognized expert in home-based childcare businesses, to provide extensive support and resources to become licensed providers running successful home businesses. The project will leverage an additional $2,400,652. The project will create 20 new, full-time education jobs, 15 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 15 - Number of jobs to be created: 20 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 6 - Amount to be Leveraged: $2,400,652

New Opportunities, Inc.
Location: 232 North Elm Street, Waterbury, CT 06702
Phone Number: 203-575-9799
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1343
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.newoppinc.org
Authorizing Official: William Rybczyk, President and CEO
Project Description: New Opportunities, Inc. will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Waterbury, CT. With a poverty rate of 21.7%, Waterbury lacks affordable housing options, jobs that pay a self-sufficiency wage, and businesses that stimulate the local economy. For over 50 years, New Opportunities has been working to address the factors of poverty at the family level and now seeks to scale their efforts by creating a position with a focus on applying for community and economic development funding. CED planning funds will be used to establish a full-time CED Planner position at New Opportunities as well as cover fringe benefits and planning-related travel. Planning activities include recruiting, hiring, and onboarding the CED Planner, identifying and applying for funding opportunities, and collaborating with relevant stakeholders on strategizing economic development projects. Building New Opportunities’ organizational capacity will allow them to develop a traditional CED job creation application that can address gaps in the community’s economic development infrastructure and create new jobs for individuals with low income.

Delaware

Central Baptist Community Development Corporation
Location: 839 North Pine Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone Number: 302-660-8124
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1345
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.centralbaptistcdc.org
Authorizing Official: Terrence Keeling, President and CEO
Project Description: Central Baptist Community Development Corporation (CBCDC) will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Wilmington, DE. The two census tracts that comprise the Eastside neighborhood in Wilmington, DE have poverty rates of 24% and 38%, fewer than half of all residents are employed, and 73% of residents are renters. CBCDC has been working to reduce blight, build affordable housing, and develop workforce training opportunities as part of the Eastside Rising Neighborhood Revitalization Plan since 2010. Now, CBCDC seeks to address community development efforts specifically by development of an Eastside Community Economic Development Plan and identification of a CED project. CED planning funds will be used for staff and contractor time and supplies related to planning activities. Planning activities include developing a community vision for community economic development and identifying viable markets for business development, assessing local economic assets, and identifying existing funding opportunities. CBCDC will engage a wide range of stakeholders including their current partners to identify workforce development needs and opportunities to fill those gaps. This robust approach to neighborhood revitalization will begin to offer job placement opportunities and position CBCDC to develop a CED project that will ultimately reduce poverty and boost employment, household incomes, and overall wellbeing in Wilmington, DE.

District of Columbia

Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington, DC
Location: 1401 Columbia Road NW, Unit C-1, Washington, DC 20009
Phone Number: 202-540-7400
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1330
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.ledcmetro.org
Authorizing Official: Emi Reyes, Executive Director
Project Description: Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington, DC (LEDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to establish the Fund for Restaurant Employment in the DC Metro Area, a revolving loan fund, in Washington, DC. CED funds will be used to provide loans to support the creation and expansion of five local food businesses seeking financial and technical support for growth. Dog Daze DC, a new concept from an established minority-owned restauranter, will use CED funds to open DC’s first ever dog friendly social club and indoor/outdoor restaurant complete with a full-service bar, brick oven for pizza, and 6,500 square foot dog park. Phoenix 78 LLC dba Sprig & Sprout, a minority-owned restaurant offering quick-service, authentic Vietnamese cuisine, will use CED funds to cover build-out and new equipment expenses in a new second location. Los Cuates Restaurant, Inc. will use CED funds to expand, add more tables, and serve more customers at their existing Mexican restaurant known for its modern interpretation of classic dishes. Swizzler, LLC, an established quick service American restaurant headquartered in Navy Yard, will use the capital to purchase specialized equipment that will allow them to expand their menu and meet the demand of their growing consumer base. Comunitario Coffee, LLC dba La Coop, a minority- and family-owned coffeehouse and retail store specializing in fair trade coffee from Guatemala, will use CED funds to construct an expanded dining space. CED funds will cover the costs of permits, architectural drawings, and construction. LEDC will partner with the DC Department of Employment Services, DC Central Kitchen’s Culinary Job Training Program, and the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington to identify, refer, and recruit employees. This project will create 65 new jobs, 49 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 49 - Number of jobs to be created: 65 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 5 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington, DC
Location: 1401 Columbia Rd, NW, Unit C-1, Washington, DC 20009
Phone Number: 866-977-5332
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1299
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.ledcmetro.org
Authorizing Official: Emi Reyes, Executive Director
Project Description: Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington, DC (LEDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds for a small business lending and job creation project in Washington, DC. CED funds will be used to provide no-interest loans to five existing, local small businesses, all owned by veterans, women, and people of color, in the construction industry to continue financial recovery from COVID-19, expand their operations to capture new construction and green construction market shares, increase revenue and stimulate job creation. LEDC will also provide these businesses with Technical Assistance to support post-COVID business resurgence and job creation and recovery. LEDC will partner with the DC Department of Employment Services (DC DOES) to utilize their job referral services to match TANF, custodial parents, and other low-income individuals with the jobs that are created through this project. LEDC, DC DOES and an additional partner, the Baltimore-D.C. Building Trades Council, will provide wraparound services for new employees including affordable housing, financial capability, credit-building, digital literacy, childcare, educational attainment, workplace safety, healthcare, and job training. This project will create 47 new jobs, 35 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 35 - Number of jobs to be created: 47 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 5 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Florida

Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa, Inc.
Location: 1907 East Hillsborough Avenue, Tampa, FL 33610-8253
Phone Number: 813-231-4362
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1313
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.cdcoftampa.org
Authorizing Official: Ernest Coney, Chief Executive Officer
Project Description: Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa, Inc. (CDC of Tampa) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the development of Sankofa on the Deuces, a 40,000 square foot mixed format commercial facility, in St. Petersburg, Florida. The new construction will include retail, office, and food service spaces, alongside coworking space, and a dedicated Digital & Creative Tech Incubator with nine offices, available to 56 standing tenants at affordable prices. CED funds will be used to provide a loan to the Sankofa group used to provide build out allowances to three participating businesses (to be used for furnishings, displays, storage, etc.), invest in technology for tenants and provide workforce support services. CDC of Tampa will work with CareerSource Pinellas, the regional workforce board, to identify low-income job applicants and refer them to newly created positions. The project will implement two opportunity pathway programs to support earnings gains for people with lower incomes: the Sankofa Career Accelerator will support targeted recruitment and retention of workers for new jobs created, and the Sankofa Business Accelerator will centrally coordinate services to entrepreneurs leasing space at Sankofa. CDC of Tampa’s Workforce Development Center will lead the project’s Career Accelerator Program, providing support services for new employees such as short-term childcare subsidies; cash help for energy, food, and housing bills as well as work clothing and tools; and transportation help. The Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corporation (BBIC) will lead the Business Accelerator program to further support the participating entrepreneurs. The project will leverage an additional $16,452,162. The project will create 27 new jobs, 20 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 20 - Total number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $16,452,162

Enterprising Latinas, Inc.
Location: 5128 State Road 674, Wimauma, FL 33598
Phone Number: 813-699-5811
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1355
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.enterprisinglatinas.org
Authorizing Official: Elizabeth Gutierrez, Founder and CEO
Project Description: Enterprising Latinas, Inc. (ELI) will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Hillsborough County, Florida. Residents in majority-minority cities in the Tampa Bay region contend with high poverty rates and low transit mobility, with over 16% of residents not owning a car. The efforts undertaken with CED planning funds will help develop the ARRIBA Transportation Business and Job Creation project, which will expand access to public transportation while also creating new, high-quality jobs in the region. ELI plans to purchase four to six minibuses and develop a transportation network to serve key destinations and neighborhoods in the region. CED planning funds will be used to finance market research efforts, consulting services, staff time to complete planning activities, travel costs, and fringe expenses. Planning activities include ELI working with a contractor to establish logistical and staffing plans for the ARRIBA Transportation business based upon market research. Additionally, ELI will strengthen and develop multiple community partnerships to offer a suite of wraparound services. Lastly, ELI will undertake administrative planning tasks, which encompass conducting analyses and organizing the necessary operational elements. Ultimately, ELI will develop a CED project to implement the ARRIBA Transportation Business and Job Creation project to expand public transportation access and create new jobs.

Georgia

Catalyst Development Corporation
Location: 701 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Savannah, GA 31401
Phone Number: 404-759-5963
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1353
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.catalyst4people.org
Authorizing Official: Robert James II, Executive Director
Project Description: Catalyst Development Corporation (Catalyst) will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Savannah and Atlanta, GA. The cities of Savannah and Atlanta have poverty rates of 18.5% and 19.8% respectively, both of which are higher than the state’s rate of 14%. Catalyst proposes to serve both areas by identifying and providing loans to business development projects that lack capital but can create jobs in low-income neighborhoods. CED planning funds will be used to hire a full-time Executive Director and to work with contractors on the planning initiative. Planning activities include hiring an Executive Director, identifying stakeholders for focus groups, gathering and evaluating data, and identifying potential businesses for future grant applications. By engaging a wide range of stakeholders, developing a business development plan that meets the needs of minority-owned businesses, and utilizing its experience as a lending organization, Catalyst will position itself to submit a traditional CED job creation application to uplift minority-owned businesses and create high quality jobs for individuals with low income.

Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, Inc.
Location: 347 Campbell Avenue SW, Roanoke, VA 24016
Phone Number: 540-345-1184
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1336
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.sercap.org
Authorizing Official: Lauren Mason, Director of Planning and Development
Project Description: Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, Inc. (SERCAP) will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Burke and Wilkes, GA. Burke and Wilkes are high poverty counties with lower access to financial services, limited avenues for pursuing small business loans, and a lack of economic development strategy for business and workforce development agencies. SERCAP is undertaking efforts with CED planning funds to expand its Small Business Development Initiative, which will provide small business loans to underrepresented business owners and entrepreneurs including minority, veteran, and women-owned businesses who otherwise may not be able to obtain funding. CED planning funds will be used for staff time, travel costs, and supplies for planning activities. Planning activities that will be undertaken through this grant include convening stakeholders and conducting meetings with various groups. These meetings help the counties create an economic plan to support existing businesses, create new businesses, and secure and develop partnerships with workforce development agencies. Through engaging stakeholders and partners, SERCAP will be positioned to develop a CED project that increases local business development and creates job opportunities by providing loans to entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Hawaii

Pacific Gateway Center
Location: 83 North King Street, Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone Number: 808-851-7010
Grant Type: CED Social Enterprise
Grant Number: 90EE1252
Project Period: 9/29/2019 - 9/30/2024
Website: www.pacificgatewaycenter.org/
Authorizing Official: Hao Nguyen, Deputy Director Programs
Project Description: Pacific Gateway Center (PGC) will use CED Social Enterprise funds for the PGC Social Enterprise Program (PGC-SEP), which will expand PGC’s efforts to support the start-up and expansion of social enterprise businesses throughout communities in Honolulu, Hawaii. PGC will use CED Social Enterprise funds to create a low-interest micro-loan fund and provide infrastructure improvements (space and equipment) for potential business clients incubated through PGC’s three existing incubators: farm incubator, culinary business incubator, and retail restaurant business incubator (Paradise Enterprise Center Business Incubator), and PGC’s new service center. The project will begin with a focus on expanding PGC’s three existing businesses, The Pig & The Lady (TPL), a pop-up restaurant which is now one of the top 5 restaurants in Honolulu; Grown with Aloha, which extracts beneficial oils and bi-products from farm crop; and HealthChoice, which hires potential PGC referrals and provides informational services to other social service programs. PGC-SEP will use its existing network to recruit new clients to participate in its incubation services. Additionally, CED Social Enterprise Funds will be used to provide technical assistance and trainings on business related principles and addressing challenges, direct social services, access to business assistance opportunities like credit and investment or access to facilities and equipment, and support to help social enterprises thrive with guidance on capacity, coaching, capital, connections and contracts to ensure client’s business plan is on track. This project will serve communities from Kalihi to Chinatown, a high poverty area, 80% of which are located in Hawaii’s Opportunity Zone.
85 jobs to be created

Idaho

Idaho does not currently have any active CED grants.

Illinois

Northwest Side CDC
Location: 5233 West Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL 60639
Phone Number: 773-283-3888
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1350
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.northwestsidecdc.org
Authorizing Official: Emily Kehoe, Grants and Communications Manager
Project Description: Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Belmont Cragin is a Latino neighborhood on Chicago’s northwest side that has been historically impacted by redlining. Residents grapple with gentrification, high poverty rates, and economic hardships worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. CED planning funds will develop a community-driven, adaptive reuse project with spaces for affordable housing, commercial businesses, and community gathering within the neighborhood. CED planning funds will be used to finance staff time to complete planning activities, consulting services to develop a business plan, outreach expenses, and project-related supplies. Planning activities include convening stakeholders, developing and updating existing community economic development visioning statements and planning documents, developing a business plan for an identified business development or economic development opportunity, and identifying existing federal, state, local, and private funding opportunities that can be leveraged to implement the project. NWSCDC will also work with The Lakota Group, an urban design, planning, landscape architecture, and historic preservation firm, to develop a comprehensive business plan for the neighborhood. The plan will form the basis of a future CED application to create jobs for community residents and a permanent central hub for businesses to receive business training and resources. Ultimately, NWSCDC will develop a CED project to transform the Belmont Cragin neighborhood by generating new jobs and creating spaces for commercial and community activities.

Rock Island Economic Growth Corporation
Location: 100 19th Street Suite 109 Rock Island, IL 61201-8022
Phone Number: 309-794-6711
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1308
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2027
Website: www.economicgrowthcorporation.com
Authorizing Official: Alexander Stockwell, Financial Analyst
Project Description: Rock Island Economic Growth Corporation d/b/a Economic Growth Corporation (GROWTH) will use $800,000 in CED funds to redevelop an existing structure into a new daycare location in Mt. Carroll, Carroll County, Illinois. CED funds will be used to build out and add onto an existing building on the former Shimer College campus that will become a new location for the Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA (Sterling YMCA) childcare services and the building will be managed by Home Base Management, LLC, the company that manages the other developing properties on the campus. Both businesses will create new positions to meet the staffing needs of this new location. This project is a component of a larger phased development plan for the vacant campus that includes the creation of affordable housing units, a resource center, and other community gathering locations. In addition to the jobs created, the new daycare would help meet the childcare needs of the new residents. New employees at the daycare will receive referrals for affordable housing in the community and have access to the local resource center’s programming, such as financial literacy training and entrepreneurship/business incubation opportunities. Reciprocally, community residents are encouraged to apply to the entry level positions at the daycare center and the YMCA will provide the necessary pre-training and specialty certifications needed to bridge any skill gaps. Additionally, NW Illinois Economic Development will assist GROWTH by sharing job openings with its employer referral agencies if assistance is needed to match individuals with low incomes to the job opportunities. The project will leverage an additional $581,297.50. This project will create 27 new jobs, 21 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 21 - Total number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 2 - Amount to be Leveraged: $581,298

Indiana

Edna Martin Christian Center
Location: 2605 E 25th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46218
Phone Number: 317-637-3776
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1242
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2019 - 9/29/2024
Website: https://ednamartincc.org/
Authorizing Official: Britt Barato, Executive Director
Project Description: The Edna Martin Christian Center (EMCC) will use $800,000 of CED funds to further the development of the Leadership and Legacy Campus (Campus) in Indianapolis, Indiana. CED funds will support two aspects of the Campus’ development. First, it will expand the Leadership and Legacy Center’s commercial kitchen, child care and early education programs, play space area, and youth and senior services. Second, funds will be used to prepare and improve the two acres of land to be leased to Piper Warehouse, a logistics and warehouse company. The implementation of these strategies for the Center and Piper expansion will enable the Center to increase its capacity to provide high quality programs and services and allow Piper to take on larger projects, resulting in the creation of jobs for low-income neighborhood residents. Additionally, EMCC will offer financial literacy services to individuals who fill jobs created with CED funds. The project will create 36 new, full-time jobs, 31 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 31 - Number of jobs to be created: 36 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 2 - Amount to be Leveraged: $250,000

Englewood Community Development Corporation
Location: 57 North Rural Street, Indianapolis, IN 46201-3207
Phone Number: 317-496-2662
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1289
Grant Amount: $450,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.englewoodcdc.com
Authorizing Official: Michael Bowling, Executive Director
Project Description: Englewood Community Development Corporation (ECDC) will use $450,000 in CED funds to build out an office space to create property management-focused jobs that will target low- to moderate-income individuals in the IndyEast Promise Zone in Indianapolis, Indiana. CED funds will be used to build out and expand the office space in the recently redeveloped PR Mallory Building, an industrial building home to two community schools and other businesses, to create more functional workspace for the entire team. ECDC will partner with John Boner Neighborhood Centers, Employ Indy, and Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership to help provide referrals for job seekers, financial literacy counseling and coaching, housing counseling, savings assistance, emergency savings, and free tax preparation. The project will leverage and additional $162,047. The project will create 15 new, full-time jobs, 12 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 12 - Total number of jobs to be created: 15 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $162,047

The John H. Boner Community Center, Inc.
Location: 2236 East 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46201-2006
Phone Number: 317-633-8210
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1311
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2027
Website: www.jbncenters.org
Authorizing Official: James E. Taylor, Chief Executive Officer
Project Description: John Boner Neighborhood Centers (JBNC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the expansion and renovation of Brookside Building, their community center building in Indianapolis, Indiana. CED funds will be used for construction costs related to renovating the building’s entrances and redesigning underutilized interior spaces. With the expansion of their building facilities, JBNC will be able to create new job opportunities and better serve the community. JBNC will recruit from their existing customer base to fill the new roles, ensuring that individuals with low incomes are aware of the opportunities. Additionally, JBNC will target individuals who have completed an IndyRent application, a program for households facing housing instability, and have indicated job assistance as a needed support. New hires will have access to JBNC case managers and the Individual and Family Development Assessment to determine their needed areas of support outside of work and they will be able to utilize the organization’s existing programs such as financial coaching, tax preparation, adult basic education, early childhood education, housing supports and transportation assistance. JBNC has partnerships with Marion County WIC, People’s Health Center and Metropolitan School District of Washington Township to provide additional services new hires may need that fall outside of JBNC’s reach. The project will leverage an additional $2,686,899. This project will create 27 new jobs, 20 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 20 - Number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $2,686,899

Workforce, Inc.
Location: 1255 Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone Number: 317-532-1367
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1298
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: https://recycleforce.org/
Authorizing Official: Gregg Keesling, President
Project Description: Workforce, Inc. Dba RecycleForce will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand its electronics recycling business in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. CED funds will be used as short-term subsidy for the workforce costs of new full-time staff positions created to meet anticipated increased staffing needs. RecycleForce will be moving into a new facility in early 2023 which will double its capacity to process materials. All new positions will be filled by participants of RecycleForce’s transitional jobs and training program, which receives referrals through partnerships with various criminal justice oversight agencies and serves returning citizens recently released from incarceration and/or individuals experiencing long-term homelessness. In addition to standard benefits, these new employees will have access to ancillary educational services, financial literacy, credit repair, and access to banking services provided by partnerships with the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township and KeyBank. Each employee will also be assigned to a case manager who will assist with goal setting and identify needed resources and services to help the employee achieve said goals. This project will create 32 jobs, all of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 32 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Workforce, Inc.
Location: 1255 Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone Number: 317-532-1367
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1286
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.work-force-inc.com/
Authorizing Official: Gregg Keesling, President
Project Description: Workforce Inc., dba RecycleForce will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand its workforce by targeting opportunities to secure greater volumes of e-waste predominantly from retail returns, consumer recalls, and corporate and medical e-waste, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The funding will support RecycleForce’s increased need for workers, a short-term subsidy for the 32 jobs to be created and provide partial support for a grant manager and contractual recycling representative. The project will leverage an additional $1,178,939. The project will create 32 new, full-time jobs, all of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 32 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $1,178,939

Iowa

Iowa does not currently have any active CED grants.

Kansas

Stafford County Economic Development
Location: 311 N Broadway St, St John, KS 67576
Phone Number: 620-549-3527
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1309
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2027
Website: https://www.staffordecodevo.com/
Authorizing Official: Carolyn Dunn, Executive Director
Project Description: Stafford County Economic Development will use $800,000 in CED funds to construct the Stafford County Industrial Transload Facility, in Stafford County, Kansas. CED funds will be used for a loan to cover the construction costs of a railroad transload facility and track to connect to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) mainline. This project will expand two businesses, Port Authority of Stafford County, which will build and maintain the railway, and WindRiver Grain, which will build out the facility and create new positions to staff it. Stafford County Economic Development will partner with Kansas WorkforceONE to connect individuals with low incomes with the newly created positions. Stafford County Economic Development will also act as a liaison between Kansas WorkforceONE, WindRiver Grain, and an array of community, educational, and economic stability resource entities to provide new employees with wraparound services such as such as immigration, legal, healthcare, specialty medical, mental and behavioral health counseling, child development and educational resources and essential assistance including utility and rent assistance, work clothing, food pantry, and emergency funds. The project will leverage an additional $26,089,732. This project will create 40 new jobs, 30 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 30 - Total number of jobs to be created: 40 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 2 - Amount to be Leveraged: $26,089,732

Kentucky

Community Ventures Corporation
Location: 1450 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40505
Phone Number: 859-231-0054
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1322
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.cvky.org
Authorizing Official: Brian Hutchinson, Chief Development Officer
Project Description: Community Ventures Corporation (CVC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to establish a revolving loan fund in Lexington, Kentucky. The first borrower will be Flash Steelworks, Inc., a private steel manufacturer that specializes in creating a proprietary military-grade plate steel that is both lightweight and blast-resistant. Flash Steelworks, Inc. will use CED funds to support working capital during the startup phase. The company currently has a contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) to produce 50,000 tons of armor annually for the U.S. military. Flash Steelworks, Inc. plans to hire many local community members to fulfill the DoD contract. Employees will receive a range of benefits, including healthcare, retirement, paid time off, on-the-job training, and barrier reduction assistance. Additionally, CVC will partner with the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program and the Bell-Whitley Community Action Agency to offer employees various wraparound services such as child care services, assistance in accessing affordable housing, and soft skills training. The project will leverage an additional $82,549 in private funds. This project will create 42 new jobs, 32 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 32 - Number of jobs to be created: 42 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $82,549

Community Ventures Corporation
Location: 1450 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40505-1632
Phone Number: 859-231-0054
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1301
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.cvky.org
Authorizing Official: Brian Hutchinson, Chief Development Officer
Project Description: Community Ventures Corporation (CV) will use $800,000 in CED funds to capitalize a revolving loan fund supporting businesses in Bourbon County, Kentucky. CED funds will be used for a loan to the first borrower, Square1 Technologies, for financing inventory and equipment acquisition and working capital to launch a new manufacturing facility in Paris, Kentucky. Square1 will use their expanded business capacity to grow their staff. CV will use their existing partnerships with Jubilee Jobs and Bluegrass career center to provide job referrals job skills training. These partners will also provide referrals to the local community action agencies and other social services providers for new hires needing additional supports. Square1 is a committed second chance employer for persons in recovery or who are formerly incarcerated, and their human resources department is prepared to provide referrals to employees needing assistance with those challenges. The project will leverage an additional $143,256. This project will create 32 new jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $143,256

Kentucky Highlands Community Development Corporation
Location: 362 Old Whitley Road, London, KY 40744
Phone Number: 606-864-5175
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1317
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.khic.org
Authorizing Official: Brenda McDaniel, Executive Vice President and CFO
Project Description: Kentucky Highlands Community Development Corporation (KHCDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the expansion of Outdoor Venture Corporation in McCreary County, Kentucky. This project will invest in and benefit a Justice40 Initiative Disadvantaged Community and a Priority Energy Community that has been disproportionately impacted by the decline of the coal industry. McCreary County is a former coal community that ranks among the worst 1% of the nation’s most economically depressed counties. CED funds will be used to provide a loan for working capital to Outdoor Venture Corporation, a supplier of military tent systems, base camp components, and military accessories, to manage production contracts for the U.S. military. CED funds will also be used to provide wraparound support services to employees through partnerships with workforce development and social service providers including an Employer Resource Network contract. The project will leverage an additional $3,664 from applicant-supplied funds. This project will create 32 new jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $3,664

Kentucky Highlands Community Development Corporation
Location: 362 Old Whitley Road, London, KY 40744
Phone Number: 606-864-5175
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1315
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.khic.org
Authorizing Official: Brenda McDaniel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Project Description: Kentucky Highlands Community Development Corporation (KHCDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support a new business, Horizon PACE, LLC, in Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Horizon PACE, LLC, a new business within American Health Management, Inc., the largest adult day care company headquartered in Kentucky, will used CED funds to grow their new Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). CED funds will be used to provide a loan for working capital to support operating costs before sufficient revenues are generated to cover expenses. CED funds will also be used to enter a three-year Employer Resource Network (ERN) contract with its business partner, Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc. (EKCEP). The Kentucky ERN is an innovative model to workforce development that aims to blend the efforts of business, social service, and workforce development agencies to support all employees, but particularly low-wage and entry-level employees, with job retention services, work supports, education, and training. KHCDC will partner with other social services providers to address barriers to self-sufficiency and employment retention. KHCDC will also partner with Human/Economic Appalachian Development Corporation (HEAD), who will provide financial literacy workshops and administer the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The project will leverage an additional $877,921 in private funds and in-kind resources. This project will create 32 new jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $877,921

Kentucky Highlands Community Development Corporation
Location: 362 Old Whitley Road, London, KY 40744
Phone Number: 606-864-5175
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1276
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.khic.org
Authorizing Official: Jerry Rickett, President
Project Description: Kentucky Highlands Community Development Corporation (KHCDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to make a loan to Bear Precision Coatings, LLC (BPC), to launch a new manufacturing business involved in painting aluminum and other metal parts for the automotive industry in Jackson County, Kentucky. KHCDC will also use CED funds for wraparound support services to enter a 3-year Employer Resource Network (ERN) contract with its business partner, Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program (EKCEP). The Kentucky ERN is an innovative workforce development model that aims to blend the efforts of business, social service, and workforce development agencies to support all employees, but particularly low-wage and entry-level employees, with job retention services, work supports, education, and training. KHCDC will partner with multiple social service providers to address barriers for low-income individuals to achieve self-sufficiency, including providing on-the-job training and wraparound support services to help address barriers to employment retention. KHCDC and BPC will also partner with Human/Economic Appalachian Development Corporation, which will provide financial literacy workshops and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, which increases access to the Earned Income Tax Credit. The project will leverage an additional $3,205,561. The project will create 55 new, full-time jobs, 43 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 43 - Number of jobs to be created: 55 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $3,205,561

Kentucky Highlands Community Development Corporation
Location: 362 Old Whitley Road, London, KY 40744
Phone Number: 606-864-5175
Grant Type: CED Social Enterprise
Grant Number: 90EE1248
Project Period: 9/30/2019 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.khic.org
Authorizing Official: Brenda McDaniel, Vice President and CFO
Project Description: Kentucky Highlands Community Development Corporation (KHCDC) will use CED Social Enterprise funds to expand its existing incubator, Kentucky Highlands Innovation Center for Social Enterprises, resulting in the creation and expansion of social enterprises in the Appalachian region of southeastern Kentucky. The Kentucky Highlands Innovation Center for Social Enterprises project will recruit new and existing social enterprises and deliver business development services and technical assistance to grow viable enterprises that address local needs, and to provide social support and business loans to viable social enterprises that can create and sustain new full-time jobs for low-income individuals and help the target population overcome barriers to achieve self-sufficiency. Specifically, CED Social Enterprise funds will be used to provide loans to participating social enterprises, provide incubator services, capitalize the Self-Sufficiency Loan Fund (SSLF) for employees facing barriers, support a full-time credit union counselor to manage the SSLF, and support staff providing direct services to the social enterprises. The first social enterprise to be assisted will be American Health Management, Inc., the second largest provider of adult daycare services in Kentucky. Additionally, they allow low-income seniors to live at home with a higher quality of life, allow family members to pursue employment efforts, create job opportunities for individuals with low income, and provide services to reduce barriers to employment. The project will serve 22 rural counties, including 20 Persistent Poverty Counties and 28 designated Opportunity Zone census tracts.
85 jobs to be created

Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission, Inc.
Location: 717 Madison Avenue, Covington, KY 41011
Phone Number: 859-581-6607
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1349
Grant Amount: $148,688
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: https://nkcac.org/
Authorizing Official: Amber Decker, Grant Writer
Project Description: Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission, Inc. (NKCAC) will use $148,688 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in an eight-county region in Northern Kentucky. Northern Kentucky is an economically distressed region that struggles with higher rates of poverty and unemployment than the state. Twenty percent of black-owned businesses in Northern Kentucky did not survive the COVID-19 pandemic, and 40 percent are struggling to stay open. NKCAC will use planning funds to bolster local minority entrepreneurship by assisting established small businesses to remain operational and aiding new entrepreneurs in launching their ventures. CED planning funds will be used to finance staff time to complete planning activities, travel costs, and project-related supplies. Planning activities include convening stakeholders in Northern Kentucky to strategize on economic development efforts, identifying additional funding activities, developing and securing partnerships with local social service providers, and conducting data collection efforts to determine viable markets for business development. Through these planning activities, NKCAC will develop a CED project designed to bolster local black-owned businesses and foster job creation.

Louisiana

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership
Location: 1626 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, Suite A, New Orleans, LA 70113
Phone Number: 504-525-2599
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1325
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2027
Website: www.gchp.net
Authorizing Official: Kathleen Laborde, President and CEO
Project Description: Gulf Coast Housing Partnership (GCHP) will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand the DePaul Community Health Center (DPHC) in New Orleans, Louisiana. DPHC is a healthcare provider group that has locations throughout New Orleans Parish. GCHP will use CED funds to complete construction of the DePaul Community Health Worker Training Center. CED funds will be used to fill a gap in funding for the construction project. Once construction is complete, DPHC will use the center to expand its Community Health Worker program. As part of this program, DPHC will hire local community members to begin their careers as Community Health Navigators. Employees will serve as liaisons between patients and all the services offered by the DPHC network, while also helping patients access insurance and social resources. In addition to creating jobs, this project will fulfill a critical need in the community by helping supply affordable and accessible medical care. The jobs created by this project will provide employees with a suite of benefits including career development opportunities, healthcare, and paid time off. Additionally, DPHC and GCHP will work with the Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana to provide employees with food access support. The project will leverage an additional $7,230,372 in loans, equity, and applicant-supplied funding. This project will create 27 new jobs, 21 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 21 - Total number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $7,230,372

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership
Location: 1626 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70113
Phone Number: 504-525-2505
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1306
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2027
Website: www.gchp.net
Authorizing Official: Kathleen Laborde, President and Chief Executive Officer
Project Description: Gulf Coast Housing Partnership, Inc. (GCHP) will use $800,000 in CED funds to develop a new location for CrescentCare, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in New Orleans, Louisiana. CED funds will contribute to the construction costs of rehabilitating and redeveloping a historic building as a new campus for CrescentCare’s health providers. A new location will expand CrescentCare’s capacity for providing high quality healthcare services to a greater number of patients, in a more efficient physical space, and with a broader scope of services. New staff will be needed to fulfill the needs of the expanded business. To ensure opportunity goes to low-income jobseekers, GCHP and CrescentCare have partnered with a well-established workforce training organization, Resilience Force, to train, place, and support low-income job seekers. CrescentCare provides a variety of supports to their staff including workforce development services, mental and behavioral health support and wellness screenings. The project will leverage an additional $11.6 million. This project will create 27 new jobs, 21 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 21 - Total number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $11,651,306

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership
Location: 1626 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70113
Phone Number: 504-525-2505
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1290
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.gchp.net
Authorizing Official: Kevin Krejci, Chief Capitalization Officer
Project Description: Gulf Coast Housing Partnership, Inc. (GCHP) will use $800,000 in CED funds for the construction of the Pearl Community Health Clinic, a new community health center that will be operated by the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center (JHCHC) in Jackson, Mississippi. The federally qualified health center will be constructed at the vacant site of a former hotel on a key commercial corridor in Jackson and will provide high quality, culturally competent, and community-based health care services to residents. JHCHC will also provide employees with financial literacy services from its partner Midtown Partners, and workforce development services from Midtown Partners and the Jackson Medical Mall Foundation. The project will leverage an additional $4,508,750. The project will create 28 new, full-time jobs, 21 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 21 - Total number of jobs to be created: 28 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $4,508,750

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership
Location: 1614B Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70113
Phone Number: 504-525-2505
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1228
Grant Amount: $760,416
Project Period: 9/30/2018 - 9/29/2023
Website: www.gchp.net
Authorizing Official: Kathleen Laborde, President and CEO
Project Description: Gulf Coast Housing Partnership (GCHP) will use $760,416 in CED funds to rehabilitate and redevelop Odyssey House Louisiana’s (OHL) Tonti Campus, in New Orleans, Louisiana. OHL is a nonprofit behavioral healthcare provider focused on addiction recovery and substance abuse treatment. CED funds will be used in conjunction with other leveraged funds to provide a loan to OHL to reconstruct the Tonti Campus facility, a historic facility, to increase exam rooms and efficiency of operations. This expansion will allow OHL to increase the number of low-income patients served each month from 900 to 2,100. This project will address the community’s need for employment opportunities and behavioral healthcare services for substance abuse and addiction. This project will create 32 new, full-time health care jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Total number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $9,200,000

Home by Hand, Inc.
Location: 6323 Franklin Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70122
Phone Number: 504-529-3522
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1318
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2027
Website: www.phplusnola.org
Authorizing Official: Oji Alexander, Executive Director
Project Description: Home by Hand, Inc. (HbH) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the creation of two early learning centers in New Orleans, Louisiana. CED funds will be used to construct two new locations of currently operational childcare businesses. Specifically, CED will partially finance construction costs for the redevelopment of a historic, blighted firehouse to become Inquisitive Thinkers Early Learning Academy. Wilcox Academy of Early Learning Central City will be built on a vacant lot, and CED funds will be used to make an equity investment in the business toward the construction costs. Construction of these academies will create early learning opportunities for 210 children, which will provide opportunities for more parents to work. Jobs created at these facilities will offer employees reliable income, career development opportunities, paid time off, and more. Additionally, employees will have access to a suite of wraparound services offered by employers and HbH such as free or discounted childcare, financial support services, and affordable housing. For example, Wilcox Academy offers financial services to all employees through FinFit. The project will leverage an additional $7,913,966 in loans, equity, tax credits, and applicant-supplied funds. This project will create 32 jobs, 26 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 26 - Total number of jobs to be created: 34 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 2 - Amount to be Leveraged: $7,913,966

Maine

Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
Location: 30 Federal Street, Brunswick, ME 04011
Phone Number: 207-504-5900
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1319
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.ceimaine.org
Authorizing Official: Jennifer Sporzynski, Senior Vice President
Project Description: Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to Origin, an apparel and footwear retailer in Brunswick, Maine. Origin started as a martial arts apparel producer but has since expanded into producing clothing and footwear for an expansive range of activities. CED funds will be used to provide a loan that will allow Origin to scale up production and meet increasing demand by purchasing capital and hiring local community members for the footwear division. The loan will be CEI’s first in a new revolving loan fund, Better Occupational Options through Training and Supports program (BOOTS). Origin will use the loan to integrate production line equipment, purchase replace parts and efficient manufacturing equipment, develop standard operating procedures, hire workers, and complete facility improvements. Residents will benefit from the career opportunities provided by Origin’s expansion of operations. In addition to reliable income and benefits, local community members hired by Origin will have access to various wraparound services, such as financial counseling and educational opportunities. CEI will provide financial services in-house and plans to partner with Spruce Mountain Adult Education and Franklin County Adult Education to offer educational opportunities related to Origin career paths. Additionally, CEI will work with Fedcap, Maine’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) provider, to place special emphasis on hiring parents that are currently receiving TANF assistance. This project will create 32 new jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
Location: 30 Federal St, Brunswick, ME 04011
Phone Number: 207-504-5900
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1303
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.ceimaine.org
Authorizing Official: Jennifer Sporzynski, Senior Vice President
Project Description: Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the Green Jobs for New Mainers project, by helping expand Springworks Farm Maine, Inc., a local agriculture small business, in Androscoggin County, Maine. CED funds will be used to provide a loan to Springworks for working capital to support job creation opportunities, limited job-specific training for newly hired workers, and to support project management, financial wellness education, travel, and technical assistance. The newly created position will be high-quality jobs with benefits and opportunities for advancement. New employees will receive additional support in the form of job training programs, personalized financial counseling and other wraparound services provided by training partners, including Lewiston Adult Education, Workforce Investment Boards and Maine Community College System Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce. The project will largely benefit people with low incomes, immigrants and individuals receiving public assistance, with a special focus on hiring parents enrolled in the TANF program; CEI will support this goal through its job referral system. This project will create 32 new jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
Location: 30 Federal St, Brunswick, ME 04011
Phone Number: 207-504-5900
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1278
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.ceimaine.org
Authorizing Official: Jennifer Sporzynski, Senior Vice President
Project Description: Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the Innovating in Maine to Create Good Jobs Initiative, that will finance two small businesses, one a wood products business and the other is an agriculture/food systems business in Brunswick, Maine. CED funds will be used to make a loan to these two businesses and provide job specific training and project management assistance. These businesses will create high-quality jobs for people in rural Maine in rapidly growing business sectors with which the workers have familiarity. Support services will help the new workers build skills and increase their earnings, putting them on a path to self-sufficiency. The project will largely benefit people with low incomes, people receiving public assistance and those not participating in the workforce with special focus on hiring parents enrolled in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which provides a full range of support services designed to help families achieve economic self-sufficiency. CEI will partner with Workforce Investment Boards, Maine Community College System Put ME to Work Program, Manufacturer’s Association of Maine, and Maine Department of Labor SafetyWorks! Program. The project will leverage an additional $85,182. The project will create 32 new, full-time jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 2 - Amount to be Leveraged: $85,182

Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
Location: 30 Federal Street, Brunswick, ME 04011
Phone Number: 207-504-5900
Grant Type: CED Social Enterprise
Grant Number: 90EE1251
Project Period: 9/29/2019- 9/29/2024
Website: www.ceimaine.org
Authorizing Official: Jennifer Sporzynski, Senior Vice President
Project Description: Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) will used CED Social Enterprise funds to support the Incubating Child Care Businesses in Rural Maine Initiative in Maine. The Incubating Child Care Businesses in Rural Maine Initiative will provide capital and business start-up and services training for child care owners and their employees. In addition, new child care owners will receive business advising, child care management training, project management, financial wellness education, travel, and technical assistance Child care businesses are social enterprises that eliminate a barrier many parents face when wanting to work, provide critical early education for children, and serve as employers themselves. Together, the 10-15 new child care social enterprises will add 400 to 550 new child care slots, enabling at least 350 more Maine parents to work full-time. The incubator will also provide opportunities to bring child care entrepreneurs together physically at CEI’s Waterville, Maine office and will also offer virtual capabilities. The Incubating Child Care Businesses in Rural Maine Initiative will create jobs and businesses in Maine’s most distressed rural counties with high rates of poverty, unemployment and substance abuse.
85 jobs to be created

The Iris Network
Location: 189 Park Avenue, Portland, ME 04102
Phone Number: 207-774-6273
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1333
Grant Amount: $100,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.theiris.org
Authorizing Official: Jessica Siderio, Director of Development and Communication
Project Description: The Iris Network (Iris) will use $100,000 in CED funds to acquire and relocate DRAF Industries, Inc. to Portland, ME. DRAF Industries, Inc. (DRAF) is a military vehicle and equipment manufacturing company that receives orders from the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and other government end users. Iris will acquire DRAF as a donation from its sole shareholder. DRAF will be relocated from Altadena, CA to Portland, ME to create manufacturing, packaging, logistics, and administrative job opportunities. CED funds will be used for startup costs, employee supports, and equipment. Iris will create a for-profit subsidiary to provide job opportunities for their target applicants — individuals with vision impairment, barriers to employment, and low income. Iris will provide job coaching, training, and individual supports such as vision rehabilitation therapy to the targeted DRAF employees. The project will leverage an additional $1,030,600 in applicant-supplied funds . This project will create 4 new jobs, 3 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 3 - Number of jobs to be created: 4 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $1,030,600

Maryland

Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.
Location: 25 E. 20th Street, Suite 170, Baltimore, MD
Phone Number: 410-327-1200
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1287
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2026
Website: https://www.nhsbaltimore.org/
Authorizing Official: Daniel T. Ellis, Executive Director
Project Description: Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand seven businesses and construct a food hall in Baltimore City, Maryland. The funding will support construction costs to build out The Mill, a fully licensed food hall, to serve the business and labor needs of participating vendors by providing an affordable retail space with lower barriers to entry and cash requirements than a traditional stand-alone restaurant. The Mill will create a location for seven food entrepreneurs to operate their businesses in a supportive environment that provides healthy food options and catalyzes further investment in the community. The project will leverage an additional $2,731,000. The project will create 28 new, full-time jobs, 21 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 21 - Number of jobs to be created: 28 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 7 - Amount to be Leveraged: $2,731,000

Massachusetts

Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Inc.
Location: 305 Essex St, Lawrence, MA 01840
Phone Number: 978-681-4900
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1267
Grant Amount: $400,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.glcac.org
Project Description: Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Inc. (GLCAC) will use $400,000 in CED funds to make an equity investment to GLCAC Child Care Center LLC in Lawrence, Massachusetts. GLCAC will develop a two-story 30,000 square foot educational facility that is needed to replace GLCAC’s existing child care center. The new center will reduce waiting lists for subsidized affordable childcare by increasing enrollment, provide better equipped classrooms, and expand the kitchen for staff to prepare healthy meals and snacks. GLCAC’s Financial Literacy Program and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) will be delivered to employees to increase access to the Earned Income Tax Credit and further advance economic mobility. The project will leverage an additional $10,656,914. The project will create 16 new, full-time jobs, 12 of which will be filled by individuals with low income. .
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 12 - Total number of jobs to be created: 16 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $10,656,914

Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation
Location: 56 Warren Street, Suite 200, Roxbury, MA 02119-3236
Phone Number: 617-427-3599
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1181
Grant Amount: $488,000
Project Period: 9/30/2017 - 9/29/2023
Website: nuestracdc.org
Authorizing Official: David Price, Executive Director
Project Description: The Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation (Nuestra) will provide a loan to Barlett B NMTC, LLC to support a major development project on a former brownfield site located in the heart of one of most impoverished neighborhoods in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Funds will support the build-out of a new 86,000 square foot building comprised of 12,150 square feet of ground-floor retail. The project will revitalize a low-income neighborhood by replacing a vacant, blighted property with new mixed-income rental housing (including 38 affordable housing units) and a quality grocery store, Good Food Market, which will provide needed goods and services. Through the commercial growth and expansion of this once vacant site, Nuestra will reduce the high poverty and crime rates in this area. This project will create at least 20 full-time, full year jobs with living wages and benefits comprised of payroll taxes, health insurance, family and medical leave, 401K retirement, and transit benefits.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 15 - Total number of jobs to be created: 20 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $32,355,825

Michigan

Alture Community Development Corporation
Location: 22641 Lakeland St, St. Clair Shores, MI 48081
Phone Number: 248-225-1597
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1305
Grant Amount: $360,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2027
Website: www.alture.org
Authorizing Official: Catherine Abad, Executive Director
Project Description: Alture Community Development Corporation will use $360,000 in CED funds to construct a manufacturing facility expansion for Sheltron, Incorporated, an Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Manufacturing Facility to build electric vehicle chargers in Pontiac, Michigan. CED funds will be used to cover the costs of interior furnishing that is required to complete the state-of-the-art Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging manufacturing facility. To recruit and develop careers for low-income job seekers, Alture will partner with Oakland County Michigan Works! and Workforce Development Michigan Works! in a statewide, unified workforce development system. Alture reduces barriers to employment by providing credit counseling, housing counseling, financial literacy, health insurance services, substance abuse treatment, job training, reliable transportation, healthy living services, and leadership and management support to Sheltron, Inc. The project is leveraging an additional $1,000,000. This project will create 12 new jobs, 10 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 10 - Number of jobs to be created: 12 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $1,000,000

Amplify GR
Location: 1480 Kalamazoo Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507
Phone Number: 616-279-3936
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1323
Grant Amount: $691,098
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.amplifygr.org
Authorizing Official: Jon Ippel, Executive Director
Project Description: Amplify GR will use $691,098 in CED funds to expand the Madison/Boston Square Innovation District in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Amplify GR will partner with three local businesses to create jobs in the area: MCPC, a technology service provider, 2Gen Manufacturing, a plastic parts manufacturer, and Boston Square Community Hub, a community center with multiple amenities including a clinic, event space, and a food hall. Growing these businesses will create career opportunities for community members in various fields including information technology, manufacturing, event planning, and social service provision. Positions created at these businesses will provide employees with a reliable income and benefits including paid time off and health insurance. In addition to the employer-supplied benefits, Amplify GR will provide supportive services to both new and existing employees including basic needs assistance and education. Amplify GR will partner with The Source to provide employees with a range of supportive services. Through The Source, employees can access a dedicated resource navigator and case manager for assistance in acquiring social services and addressing basic needs. Additionally, each employee will have access to $1,000 annually for basic needs through the StoreHouse of Community Resources. The project will leverage an additional $308,859 in funds from Amplify GR. The project will create 29 new jobs, 22 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 22 - Number of jobs to be created: 29 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 3 - Amount to be Leveraged: $308,859

Amplify GR
Location: 1480 Kalamazoo Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507
Phone Number: 616-279-3936
Grant Type: Community Economic Development (CED)
Grant Number: 90EE1264
Grant Amount: $799,256
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2023
Website: www.amplifygr.org
Authorizing Official: Jon Ippel, Executive Director
Project Description: Amplify GR will use $799,256 in CED funds to support the Madison/Cottage Grove Innovation District project, which will provide low-interest loans to small businesses in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Additionally, renovations to four facilities will strengthen the neighborhood commercial corridor while providing access to 48,766 square feet of low-cost commercial incubator and event space. Amplify GR, in collaboration with Bethany Christian Services, local businesses, and social service providers, will retain and build capacity for existing businesses; scale and develop existing business to retain and create new jobs; and attract new businesses, serving as a catalyst project to draw more economic activity. The project will leverage an additional $255,261. The project will create 40 new, full-time jobs, 30 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 30 - Number of jobs to be created: 40 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 5 - Amount to be Leveraged: $255,261

Mel Trotter Ministries
Location: 225 Commerce Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone Number: 616-454-8249
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1341
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.meltrotter.org
Authorizing Official: Gordon Oosting, Chief Financial Officer
Project Description: Mel Trotter Ministries (MTM) will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The project area in downtown Grand Rapids has a historic lack of employment opportunities, support services, and consistent housing, contributing to a poverty rate of 23.1% compared to the 15.7% poverty rate of Grand Rapids at large. MTM will create a revolving loan fund capable of strategically identifying, assessing, and funding impact-driven job creators to create sustainable, full-time jobs for individuals with low income. To develop the revolving loan fund, MTM will assess and plan for local community infrastructure needs. CED planning funds will be used for staff time, software, travel, and legal expenses of planning activities. Planning activities include identifying viable markets for business development, securing community partnerships, convening stakeholders to bridge gaps between businesses, service providers, and financial institutions, identifying existing funding opportunities at all levels, economic development visioning, community outreach and engagement, and mapping local assets to understand the area’s general business climate. As a result, MTM will be positioned to submit a viable CED application and create lasting jobs for individuals with low income.

Mel Trotter Ministries
Location: 225 Commerce Avenue SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone Number: 616-588-8708
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1329
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.meltrotter.org
Authorizing Official: Gordon Oosting, Chief Financial Officer
Project Description: Mel Trotter Ministries (MTM) will use $800,00 in CED funds to provide a loan to expand Jireh Metal, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jireh Metal is a minority-owned metal stamping business that manufactures metal parts and assemblies with a focus on improving the communities in which it operates. CED funds will be used for a loan to purchase and install equipment to use within its expanding assembly and fabrication operation facility. Expanding Jireh Metal’s capacity by opening a new production facility will create skilled-job opportunities that provide pathways for career advancement in the metalworking industry for individuals with low income. Jireh Metal will leverage MTM’s programs and partnerships to provide support services including essential skills training, job coaching and workforce development coaching, financial literacy training, housing and transportation services, and substance abuse disorder treatment and recovery services. The project will leverage an additional $5,000 in applicant-supplied funds. This project will create 32 new jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $5,000

Mel Trotter Ministries
Location: 225 Commerce Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone Number: 616-454-8249
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1300
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.meltrotter.org
Authorizing Official: Gordon Oosting, Chief Financial Officer
Project Description: Mel Trotter Ministries (MTM) will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand their social enterprise, Mission Thrift in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. CED funds will be used to purchase equipment and fixtures for the new, larger warehouse and three new retail locations, fund minor revision requirements within the new stores, and fund related personnel costs. The expanded warehouse space and additional retail locations are necessary for Mission Thrift to keep up with high levels of demand. With the additional revenue, Mission Thrift will create new full-year, full-time positions to maintain the needed staffing capacity. Mission Thrift has four partners that will assist in connecting individuals with low incomes with the newly created positions: MTM, Dwelling Place, Next Step of West Michigan, and Genesis Nonprofit Housing Corporation. For new employees, MTM will be the sole support service provider, having the capacity, resources and experience to establish 1:1 relationships with newly hired individuals. Key support services provided include but are not limited to workforce development counseling, financial literacy training, housing services, transportation services, and substance abuse disorder treatment and recovery. The 1:1 case management model will ensure that ongoing needs of employees are properly addressed. The project will leverage an additional $5,000. This project will create 32 new jobs, 29 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 29 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $5,000

Mel Trotter Ministries
Location: 225 Commerce Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI
Phone Number: 616-454-8249
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1284
Grant Amount: $525,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: https://www.meltrotter.org/
Authorizing Official: Gordon Oosting, Chief Financial Officer
Project Description: Mel Trotter Ministries will use $525,000 in CED funds to expand Next Step of West Michigan, a social enterprise that will provide jobs to individuals with low income in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The funding will launch the Built to Last project that intends to create new positions that will produce specialized wood products, renovate single-family homes, and provide city services. Mel Trotter Ministries will also help expand the production capacity of Next Step of West Michigan by purchasing additional equipment, funding personnel expenses, and acquiring additional homes for renovation and construction to meet the markets growing demand and create additional sustainable jobs. The project will leverage an additional $5,000. The project will create 21 new, full-time jobs, all of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 21 - Number of jobs to be created: 21 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $5,000

Northern Great Lakes Initiatives
Location: 1401 Presque Isle Ave, Suite 202, Marquette, MI 49855
Phone Number: 906-228-5571
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1285
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: https://northerninitiatives.org/
Authorizing Official: Natasha Koss, Development Coordinator
Project Description: Northern Great Lakes Initiatives, dba Northern Initiatives will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to Snackwerks, a healthy snack food manufacturer, in Battle Creek, Michigan. The funding will support Snackwerks in adding a fourth production line through building improvements, additional equipment, and instillation of the production line. The additional production line will create new positions that have opportunities for career growth and advancement. The project will leverage an additional $160,000. The project will create 27 new, full-time jobs, 20 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 20 - Total number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $160,000

Northern Great Lakes Initiatives
Location: 1401 Presque Isle Ave, Suite 202, Marquette, MI 49855
Phone Number: 906-228-5571
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1268
Grant Amount: $700,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2023
Website: https://northerninitiatives.org/
Authorizing Official: Natasha Koss, Development Coordinator
Project Description: Northern Great Lakes Initiatives, dba Northern Initiatives will use $700,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to PM Power Group of Ontonagon to expand the White Pine Copper Refinery Inc. (WPCR) in Ontonagon, Michigan. WPCR owns and operates an industrial scale copper refinery facility. The loan to PM Power Group will be used to launch Phase II of the expansion, which will include working capital for the increase of copper production and increased utilization of the facility. This project will create 35 new, full-time jobs, 26 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 26 - Total number of jobs to be created: 35 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Southwest Detroit Business Association
Location: 7752 W. Vernor Hwy, Detroit, MI 48209-1516
Phone Number: 313-842-0986
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1307
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: https://southwestdetroit.com/
Authorizing Official: Alicia Ramon, President & CEO
Project Description: Southwest Detroit Business Association (SDBA) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support their Small Business Advocacy Center (SBAC) in Detroit, Michigan. CED funds will be used to support the SBAC’s incubator model that will provide expansion assistance to four local skilled trade businesses: Barrientos Contracting, Bridestock Company, J. Keith Construction, and Rogers Electrical. SBAC will specifically provide proposal and bid support so that these businesses can grow and create new full-time jobs and apprenticeships. SDBA’s community organization partners, Urban Neighborhood Initiatives (UNI) and CoC, will provide job referrals for those interested in the skilled trades industry. For new hires, SDBA will continue to partner with UNI to connect employees with the necessary support services needed to address their individual barriers. This project will create 32 new jobs, all of which will be filled by low-income individuals..
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 32 - Total number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 4 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Minnesota

Hmong American Partnership
Location: 1075 Arcade St, Saint Paul, MN 55106
Phone Number: 651-495-1601
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1269
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.hmong.org
Authorizing Official: May yer Thao, President and CEO
Project Description: Hmong American Partnership (HAP) will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand its revolving business loan fund to provide comprehensive and culturally specific services to microenterprise and small business owners, specifically immigrant and refugee communities in Minnesota’s Twin Cities area in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The proposed services will support small business owners in starting and/or expanding their microenterprises and transition towards economic self-sufficiency. Four loans will be awarded to four start-ups in the retail, food/hospitality, home health care, and transportation industries. Four loans will also be awarded to four existing businesses in the retail, food/hospitality, home health care, and transportation industries to expand their businesses. This project will create 40 new, full-time jobs, 30 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 30 - Total number of jobs to be created: 40 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 8 - Amount to be Leveraged: $600,00

Leech Lake Financial Services, Inc.
Location: 113 Spruce Avenue NE, Cass Lake, MN 56633
Phone Number: 218-339-3940
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1351
Grant Amount: $147,440
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.llfinancial.org
Authorizing Official: Robert Aitken III, Executive Director
Project Description: Leech Lake Financial Services, Inc. (LLFS) will use $147,440 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Cass Lake, Minnesota. The project will serve Leech Lake Reservation (LLR), which is made up of eleven tribal villages across four counties: Cass, Itasca, Beltrami, and Hubbard. LLR has a poverty rate of 46.5% and systemic limitations in housing stock and quality. To address the substandard housing conditions, lack of opportunity for wealth creation through home equity, and subsequent population loss, LLFS will establish the Residential Construction Incubator (RCI) to incubate ten residential construction-based businesses. The RCI will support independent contractors and create 200 new homes in the next 20 years. CED planning funds will be used for staff and contractor time, fringe benefits, supplies, marketing, and general operations expenses related to planning activities. Planning activities include providing training and consultative support to community leaders in LLR communities, hosting informational and educational sessions to build capacity and recruit residential construction contractors and incubator tenants, and developing a business plan to fund and implement the RCI. These efforts will jumpstart the RCI and position LLFS to develop a CED project that will create new jobs, businesses, and ultimately housing for the LLR community.

Neighborhood Development Center, Inc.
Location: 663 University Avenue, Suite 200, Saint Paul, MN 55104-5097
Phone Number: 651-291-2480
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1238
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2019 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.ndc-mn.org/
Authorizing Official: Mihailo Temali, Executive Director
Project Description: Neighborhood Development Center, Inc. (NDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to construct a retail and office incubator within a mixed-use development in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The construction will be undertaken by NDC’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Neighborhood Commercial Spaces LLC, and housing co-developer, Wellington Management. The retail and office incubator space will provide coworking stations for neighborhood entrepreneurs as well as retail job opportunities for neighborhood residents with low income. Additionally, entrepreneurs will receive technical assistance from the NDC incubator personnel. The project will create 39 new, full-time jobs, 75% of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 30 - Total number of jobs to be created: 39 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 4 - Amount to be Leveraged: $24,486,418

Mississippi

Midtown Partners, Inc.
Location: 215 McTyere Avenue, Jackson, MS 39202
Phone Number: 601-354-5373
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1352
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.midtownpartners.org
Authorizing Official: Kristi Hendrix, Executive Director
Project Description: Midtown Partners, Inc. (MP) will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Jackson, Mississippi. The neighborhood of Midtown in Jackson suffers from high poverty rates, household incomes well below the state median, and a lack of economic development and job opportunities. Starting in 2009, MP’s Prosperity Center provided families with employment, financial, and other support services until the pandemic forced its closure in 2020. MP is seeking to re-establish the Center and employ a comprehensive family support model. CED planning funds will be used for staff and contractor time, fringe benefits, and project-related supplies. Planning activities include convening community stakeholders and formalizing partnerships, developing a community vision for economic development, assessing local economic assets, and identifying funding opportunities and viable markets for business development. This process will build community ties and infrastructure, strengthen MP’s administrative capacity, and position them to develop a CED job creation project that will re-establish the Prosperity Center and create new jobs in Jackson.

Missouri

Community Builders of Kansas City
Location: 4001 Blue Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64130
Phone Number: 816-627-2140
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1266
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 1/31/2024
Website: www.cb-kc.org
Authorizing Official: Shannon Hesterberg, Director of Real Estate Development
Project Description: Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to invest in Blue Parkway Grocers LLC (BPG LLC) in Kansas City, Missouri. The investment will allow BPG LLC, a grocery store that anchors a shopping center, to expand by increasing the number of products for sale, adding new departments, and offering nutrition and other services to the community as well as purchase equipment and supplies and provide working capital. The project will leverage an additional $800,000. The project will create 43 new, full-time jobs, 32 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 32 - Total number of jobs to be created: 43 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $800,000

East Missouri Action Agency, Inc.
Location: 403 Parkway Drive, P.O. Box 308, Park Hills, MO
Phone Number: 573-431-5191
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1274
Grant Amount: $325,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: https://eastmoaa.org/
Authorizing Official: Keri McCrorey, Executive Director
Project Description: East Missouri Action Agency, Inc. (EMAA) will use $325,000 in CED funds to create the New Foundations Construction Project, a new subsidiary in St. Francois County and Washington County in southeastern Missouri. The CED funds will be used to make an equity investment to EMAA New Foundations Construction, LLC, a to-be-formed subsidiary entity that will provide property maintenance for EMAA-managed properties, home repair services to low-income households through the HeRO Program and will be the construction contractor for EMAA’s affordable housing initiative. The CED grant is needed for start-up equipment and working capital. The project is aligned with regional and state plans that call for increasing the quantity and quality of employment opportunities, increasing the development of affordable housing, improving the quality of housing stock, and linking the production of affordable housing with economic development activities that create new jobs. EMAA will partner with local workforce development entities on job recruitment and construction training, and EMAA will provide a range of support services to the low-income individuals that fill the new jobs, including its financial literacy education program. The project will leverage an additional $1,093,030. The project will create 13 new, full-time jobs, 10 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 10 - Number of jobs to be created: 13 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $1,093,000

Montana

Montana Community Development Corporation
Location: 229 East Main Street, Missoula, MT 59802
Phone Number: 844-728-9234
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1316
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2027
Website: www.mofi.org
Authorizing Official: Dave Glaser, President
Project Description: Montana Community Development Corporation (dba MoFi) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to support the expansion of the Greater Missoula Family YMCA, a nonprofit fitness and community center, in Missoula, Montana. CED funds will be used for a loan to cover construction costs including architecture, engineering, and professional fees, applications, permits, and testing fees, and demolition and construction equipment needed to redevelop and expand the existing facilities. The main building will be renovated and expanded as part of the YMCA’s campus development project to increase accessibility and better address community needs. The project will construct a new early childcare facility with increased capacity, a Youth Innovation center for extracurricular learning, an expanded fitness studio and locker room area, and a drop-in childcare center. MoFi will collaborate with local social service and workforce development partners to provide a range of services including early childhood education training opportunities, financial literacy services, and job retention strategies. Three of these providers (Job Service Missoula, International Rescue Committee, and Human Resource Council) will primarily provide job readiness and support services that address employment barriers prior to recruiting and referring underserved individuals with low income to the new jobs. Another three providers (Child Care Resources, University of Montana, and Salish Kootenai College) provide early childhood education (ECE) workforce development training and will recruit, refer, and train individuals. A seventh provider (Homeword) will provide financial literacy services after employees are hired into the job. The project will leverage an additional $14,123,581 in private funds. This project will create 27 new jobs, 21 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 21 - Total number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $14,123,581

Montana Community Development Corporation
Location: 229 East Main Street, Missoula, MT 59802
Phone Number: 406-728-9234
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1294
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.mofi.org
Authorizing Official: Dave Glaser, President
Project Description: Montana Community Development Corporation dba MoFi will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the creation of The Avery, a new locally owned boutique hotel with two restaurants in Boise, Idaho. CED funds will be used to provide a loan to The Avery to finance a portion of non-construction costs such as furniture, fixtures and equipment. Upon opening, new positions will be available in both hotel operations and the hotel restaurants. MoFi has partnerships with four social service providers to help recruit low-income and underserved individuals for the new jobs. An additional partner, Debt Reduction Services, Inc., is a nonprofit credit counseling organization that will deliver its financial education and counseling services after the low-income individuals are hired into the new jobs created. The project will leverage an additional $16,289,787.00 in public and private funds. This project will create 37 new jobs, 28 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 28 - Total number of jobs to be created: 37 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $16,289,787

Montana Community Development Corporation
Location: 229 East Main Street, Missoula, MT 59802-4423
Phone Number: 406-728-9234
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1275
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.mofi.org
Authorizing Official: Heidi DeArment, Senior Vice President
Project Description: Montana Community Development Corporation (dba MoFi) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support a new restaurant business and create quality jobs for low-income people in Bozeman, Montana. MoFi will make a loan to the new restaurant that will be a full-service, experience-based restaurant, offering bowling, billiards, and gaming machines. The loan will be used for start-up, working capital, and a portion of the furniture and fixture costs. MoFi will work with the restaurant to support retention and career advancement of employees and will promote and encourage the new employees to participate in a range of financial literacy services offered by Human Resource Development Council’s Financial Opportunity Center, to further help the new employees improve their financial stability and achieve career growth. MoFi is partnering with four social service providers to recruit low-income individuals, including Career Transitions, Community Counseling & Correctional Services, Inc. (CCCS), Job Service Bozeman, and Gallatin College Culinary Arts Program. The project will leverage an additional $4,739,594. The project will create 42 new, full-time jobs, 32 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 32 - Total number of jobs to be created: 42 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $4,739,594

Montana Community Development Corporation
Location: 229 East Main Street, Missoula, MT 59802-4423
Phone Number: 406-728-9234
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1256
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.mofi.org
Authorizing Official: Dave Glaser, President
Project Description: Montana Community Development Corporation will use $800,000 in CED funds to supply a loan to support a new hotel franchise business in the Front Street Urban Renewal District in Missoula, Montana. The loan will be used for pre-opening costs and working capital. The project will create jobs with living wages, comprehensive benefits including 401(k) retirement, and career advancement opportunities. The project will leverage an additional $23,124,260. The project will create 32 new, full-time jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Total number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $23,124,260

Montana Community Development Corporation
Location: 229 East Main Street, Missoula, MT 59802
Phone Number: 406-728-9234
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1231
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2019 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.mofi.org
Authorizing Official: Dave Glaser, President
Project Description: Montana Community Development Corporation (MCDC), d.b.a “MoFi”, will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to Good Fish Company (GFC), a new restaurant in Bozeman, Montana. The loan will be used to finance the build out of the 10,500 square foot space, including tenant improvements, purchase equipment, and other start-up costs necessary to open GFC. In addition, CED funds will be used by MoFi for project management activities, including partnering with local workforce development entities devoted to recruiting low-income individuals to fill newly created jobs and for providing financial literacy and credit building services to GFC employees. This project will serve communities in an Opportunity Zone and rural area with high rates of poverty, unemployment, and substance abuse. The project will create 32 new, full-time jobs, 75% of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $1,750,000

Nebraska

Nebraska does not currently have any active CED grants.

Nevada

Community Services Agency
Location: 1090 East Eighth Street, Reno, NV 89512
Phone Number: 775-786-5743
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1342
Grant Amount: $149,974
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.csareno.org
Authorizing Official: Leslie Colbrese, Chief Executive Officer
Project Description: Community Services Agency (CSA) will use $149,974 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Washoe County, Nevada. Washoe County is an economically distressed county that struggles with a lack of affordable and accessible childcare services as well as rates of poverty and unemployment that are higher than the national average. To address these issues, CSA will develop the Childcare Employment and Affordable Access Project with CED planning funds. This project will create Early Childhood Education (ECE) facilities throughout Washoe County that emphasize hiring individuals with low income and expanding access to affordable childcare. CED planning funds will be used to pay for staff time, project-related supplies, travel costs, and consulting services to develop a business plan. Planning activities include developing a business plan including execution of a market analysis to develop viable strategies to open early childhood education facilities, obtaining and expanding community buy-in for the project by building partnerships, and identifying additional funding opportunities. Ultimately, CSA will develop a traditional CED job creation project to implement the Childcare Employment and Affordable Access Project, which will expand access to affordable childcare and education while also creating new, full-time jobs.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire does not currently have any active CED grants.

New Jersey

Latin American Economic Development Association, Inc.
Location: 433 Market Street, Suite 202, Camden, NJ 08102
Phone Number: 856-338-1177
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1338
Grant Amount: $125,978
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.laeda.com
Authorizing Official: Raymond Lamboy, President and CEO
Project Description: Latin American Economic Development Association, Inc. (LAEDA) will use $125,978 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Camden, NJ. Camden is an economically distressed city with a poverty rate of 33.6% as well as chronic and persistent barriers to employment and economic self-sufficiency. LAEDA is undertaking efforts with CED planning funds to establish the Food Business Development Center (FBDC). FBDC is a shared-kitchen facility for low- to moderate-income food entrepreneurs who do not have access to licensed kitchen facilities. CED planning funds will be used for staff and consultant time, travel, and supplies for planning activities. Planning activities that will be undertaken through this grant include convening community stakeholders, developing a community vision for local economic development, assessing community economic assets, identifying existing funding opportunities, and securing architectural drawings and renderings of the FBDC. As a result of stakeholder engagement to address community economic development gaps and other planning activities, LAEDA will be positioned to develop a CED project that supports low- to moderate-income food entrepreneurs and small businesses that will ultimately create new job opportunities.

Northwest New Jersey Community Action Partnership
Location: 350 Marshall Street, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
Phone Number: 908-454-7000
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1348
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.norwescap.org
Authorizing Official: Susan Ludwig, Senior Director of Housing and Community Development
Project Description: Northwest New Jersey Community Action Partnership (NORWESCAP) will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Phillipsburg, NJ. The town of Phillipsburg is the poorest municipality in Warren County and lacks retail and food industries as well as high-quality job opportunities. To address this, NORWESCAP purchased Sullivan’s on the Main, a family-run restaurant and important downtown anchor institution that closed its doors after 22 years in business, to serve as the site and catalyst for a food-related business venture that will create new jobs for residents with low income. CED planning funds will be used for staff and contractor time and supplies for planning activities. Planning activities include conducting outreach to build relationships and partnerships within the food industry, mapping economic assets to identify market opportunities, analyzing the local low-income labor market and what kinds of support services these potential workers may need, developing a business plan, and evaluating other sources of funding. Ultimately, these activities will position NORWESCAP to submit a viable CED application and implement a restaurant development project that will create high-quality jobs for individuals with low income.

New Mexico

YES Housing, Inc.
Location: 901 Pennsylvania Street NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
Phone Number: 505-254-1373
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1332
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2027
Website: www.yeshousing.org
Authorizing Official: Holly Barela, Senior Vice President
Project Description: YES Housing, Inc. (YHI) will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand the Cerca and Calle Cuarta mixed-use sites in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Cerca and Calle Cuarta are adjacent sites that mix residential and commercial spaces to create a lively, bustling neighborhood on the north side of downtown Albuquerque. First, YHI will use CED funds to conduct interior construction on 18 commercial spaces in the Cerca and Calla Cuarta areas. Then, YHI will use the remaining CED funds to provide low-interest business assistance loans to the local businesses that will eventually occupy the 18 commercial spaces. The loans will help these businesses procure critical start-up capital. YHI is working with local consulting companies to identify 18 local entrepreneurs that will enrich the neighborhood, such as restaurant owners, health and fitness professionals, brewers, coffee roasters, aestheticians, and retailers. Anticipated positions include coffee and beer crafters, product retailers, fitness trainers, bakers, chefs, hair stylists, and skin and nail professionals. YHI will ensure that people employed by these 16 businesses will have access to benefits and wraparound services. This will be done by sharing YHI’s benefit infrastructure for new small businesses and requiring that larger businesses provide benefits for employees. YHI will also assign a Social Service Coordinator to the neighborhood. The Social Service Coordinator will assist the employers and employees in accessing services provided by both public and private programs. The project will leverage an additional $30,379,409 in applicant-supplied funds and loans. This project will create 32 jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Total number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 18 - Amount to be Leveraged: $30,379,409

Visiones Collaborativas (Collaborative Visions)
Location: 508 State Highway 518, Mora, NM 87732
Phone Number: 575-387-2031
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1337
Grant Amount: $149,127
Project Period: 9/29/2023 - 9/30/2025
Authorizing Official: Anita LaRan, Executive Director
Project Description: Visiones Collaborativas (Collaborative Visions) will use $149,127 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fund CED project in Mora County, NM. Mora County, which had high levels of poverty, was affected by wildfires in 2022 that destroyed homes and community infrastructure. The Plaza Nueva Project will address impacts from the disaster and support the community’s resilience by expanding employment opportunities and building a new plaza to serve as the economic and social center for the community. CED planning funds will be used to pay for contractor time and supplies for community engagement activities. Planning activities include gathering public input, building community buy-in, designing the new plaza, and developing a business plan. Ultimately, Visiones Collaborativas will have developed a business plan to be able to submit an application for a CED job creation project to increase business development opportunities and jobs for individuals with low income in Mora County.

New York

New York does not currently have any active CED grants.

North Carolina

Eagle Market Streets Development Corporation, CDC
Location: 38 South Market Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone Number: 828-281-1227
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1340
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.eaglemarketsts.org
Authorizing Official: Stephanie Swepson Twitty, President and CEO
Project Description: Eagle Market Street Development Corporation (EMSDC) will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Old Fort, NC. Old Fort is a rural town in McDowell County that is missing a strong economic ecosystem due to major factory closures. EMSDC will use CED planning funds to create the Catawba Vale Innovation Market by transforming a downtown warehouse into retail space to support local entrepreneurs. CED planning funds will be used for staff time, travel costs, supplies, and participant stipends to complete planning activities. Planning work includes expanding the existing Catawba Vale Collaborative, a committed group of community economic developers, national rural economic development program leaders, area businesses, and community organizers. Planning activities undertaken through this grant will include revising their initial business plan, developing a strategic plan, and establishing effective strategies for outreach and promotion to bring multi-sector partners and community members into the Catawba Vale Collaborative. Ultimately, EMSDC and the Catawba Vale Collaborative will develop a plan for a viable CED project that will support the establishment of the Catawba Vale Innovation Market to create job and business opportunities.

The North Carolina Community Action Association
Location: 4428 Louisburg Road, Suite 101, Raleigh, NC 27616
Phone Number: 919-790-5757
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1346
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.nccaa.net
Authorizing Official: Sharon Goodson, Executive Director
Project Description: The North Carolina Community Action Association (NCCAA) will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Enfield, NC. Enfield is a rural, majority-minority, and economically distressed town in Halifax County where nearly one in three residents experience poverty. The efforts undertaken with CED planning funds will help develop the Growing Rural Opportunities for Work (G.R.O.W.) initiative, an NCCAA initiative that aims to create jobs for individuals with low income in Enfield. G.R.O.W will focus on affordable tiny home development and distribution, ultimately creating tiny homes to house people experiencing homelessness, veterans, individuals with low income, and entrepreneurs. G.R.O.W. will create job opportunities in construction, electrical, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing, painting, roofing, flooring, and more. CED planning funds will be used to pay for staff time to complete planning activities. Planning activities undertaken through this grant will include a series of in-person and virtual strategic planning sessions, individual consultations, and a community focus group. Families from low-income neighborhoods will participate in a community focus group to share lived experiences and discuss viable economic development opportunities. The NCCAA has established relationships with a cross-sector of local and regional stakeholders and will maintain close communication with the G.R.O.W. planning stakeholders to develop the initiative. This project will create a plan for a CED project that will include a market analysis and strategy, products and services offered, targeted customer base, and a marketing, sales, management, and operations plan as well as the number of jobs this initiative will create.

North Dakota

North Dakota does not currently have any active CED grants.

Ohio

Economic and Community Development Institute
Location: 1655 Old Leonard Avenue, Columbus, OH 43219
Phone Number: 888-210-3039
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1320
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.ecdi.org
Authorizing Official: Inna Kinney, Founder and CEO
Project Description: Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI) will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand Alchemy Restaurant Group in Columbus, Ohio. Alchemy Restaurant Group—an independent food service and corporate catering company—will use CED funds to launch Sweet Billy’s, a full-service casual dining Italian restaurant, at two locations. CED funds will be used for two loans that will provide start up capital for furnishings, licenses and permits, kitchen equipment, cleaning supplies, safety, maintenance, and advertising at Sweet Billy’s new locations. To support Sweet Billy’s growth, Alchemy Restaurant Group will also expand its offsite food prep commissary space, using CED funds to rent and equip 500 square feet of kitchen/commissary space in ECDI’s commercial facility known as Food Fort West. With both restaurants opening in rapidly changing, mixed-income neighborhoods, Alchemy Restaurant Group is committed to hiring long-term residents of the neighborhoods to prevent displacement and advance equitable job growth and will work directly with the Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio (WDBCO), Franklin County Jobs & Family Services, and Franklin County Child Support Enforcement Agency to do so. Alchemy Restaurant Group will also partner with Jewish Family Services, Accompanying Returning Citizens with Hope, Mid-Ohio Benefits Group, Action for Children, Columbus Metropolitan Library, and Apprisen to provide workforce development and supportive services addressing specific personal barriers to employment. This project will create 35 new jobs, 27 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 27 - Total number of jobs to be created: 35 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 2 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Economic and Community Development Institute
Location: 1655 Old Leonard Avenue, Columbus, OH 43219
Phone Number: 888-210-3039
Grant Type: Community Economic Development (CED)
Grant Number: 90EE1302
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2027
Website: www.ecdi.org
Authorizing Official: Inna Kinney, Founder and CEO
Project Description: Economic and Community Development Institute, Inc. (ECDI) will use $800,000 in CED funds for the construction of their Food Fort project in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. CED funds will support the renovation of existing warehouse space into commercial kitchen spaces specifically designed to meet the needs of established businesses who are actively scaling. Initially, two local businesses, Anu Sushi and Winston’s Coffee and Waffles, will use the facility to continue to expand their rapidly growing businesses and grow their staff to meet their new business needs. ECDI will partner with the Franklin County Department of Job & Family Services, the Franklin County Child Support Enforcement Agency, and the Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio to identify TANF eligible and low-income individuals for the new job openings. EDCI has also partnered with eight community organizations to provide wraparound services to new employees including access to childcare, financial coaching, job coaching and continued training, substance abuse treatment, access to housing, connections to benefits, workforce development, wraparound support for refugees, English language education, GED education, and reentry support services. The project will leverage an additional $318,228. This project will create 27 new jobs, 20 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 20 - Total number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 2 - Amount to be Leveraged: $318,228

Economic and Community Development Institute
Location: 1655 Old Leonard Ave., Columbus, OH 43219
Phone Number: 614-559-0106
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1234
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2019 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.ecdi.org
Authorizing Official: Inna Kinney, Founder and CEO
Project Description: Economic and Community Development Institute, Inc. (ECDI) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support construction of the Southside Job Creation Initiative in Columbus, Ohio. This initiative will involve two different activities. Through this initiative, ECDI will provide a loan to Rambling House to move its business into a larger facility allowing for an increase in production and canning. Additionally, ECDI will build out the ECDI Food Truck Kitchen, an additional commercial kitchen to service the Southside. Since Rambling House will not have a kitchen, it will partner with food trucks from ECDI's Food Fort to provide food during business hours. Three food truck businesses have been identified to provide services to Rambling House and rent the food truck kitchen once constructed: Sweet T's Southern Style Food Truck; Nate's Steamed Bagels; the Burrito Bus. ECDI will work with local partners to fill the newly created jobs with individuals with low income. The project will create 35 new, full-time jobs, 75% of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 26 - Total number of jobs to be created: 35 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Economic and Community Development Institute
Location: 1655 Old Leonard Ave., Columbus, OH 43219
Phone Number: 614-559-0106
Grant Type: CED Social Enterprise
Grant Number: 90EE1247
Project Period: 9/30/2019 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.ecdi.org
Authorizing Official: Inna Kinney, Founder and CEO
Project Description: Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI) will use CED Social Enterprise funds to support the Social Enterprise Hub, an incubator that will support the growth of social enterprise businesses in Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio. The Social Enterprise Hub will provide loans to participating social enterprises, provide incubator services, technical assistance, and access to support staff who will provide direct services to the social enterprises. This will allow the social enterprises to become profitable and create jobs for the low-income, target populations. It will incubate for-profit and non-profit enterprises who are committed to 1) reinvesting profits back into the community to solve an issue or help a specific segment of the population, or 2) implementing supportive employment practices that center on inclusivity and upward mobility of populations facing significant barriers to employment and self-sufficiency. Initially, the Social Enterprise Hub will support five social enterprises: First Step, a transitional job placement model that provides wrap-around services, will utilize co-working space and technical assistance; the 21st Century Edu-Care Center, which will utilize loan capital to continue to provide culturally competent child care and early education services to immigrants and refugees; Chateau Hough, an urban vineyard and winery which will utilize loan capitalize and individualized support services; Braids by Brandy, a natural hair salon that will help formerly incarcerated women re-enter their communities with opportunities to gain certification as a natural hair stylist; and Barroluco, an Argentinian food truck that will expand into an event space. This project will serve communities in an Opportunity Zone.
110 Jobs to be Created

Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development
Location: 2511 Clark Ave., Cleveland, OH 44109
Phone Number: 216-281-4422
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1216
Grant Amount: $760,416
Project Period: 9/30/2018 - 9/29/2023
Website: www.hbcenter.org
Authorizing Official: Jenice Contreras, Executive Director
Project Description: Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development (dba Hispanic Business Center) will use $760,416 in CED funds to create El Mercado, a culturally-based public market, in “La Villa Hispana” (Hispanic Village), located within the Clark Fulton neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. CED funds will be used for renovation of the space to accommodate El Mercado, as well as personnel in the first year. The project will transform a vacant factory into 48,352 square feet of space for 21 food entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs providing services. El Mercado businesses will have access to capital, receive culturally appropriate and linguistically relevant training, and be partnered with mentors. El Mercado will also house additional offices and retail for other small businesses, organizations serving the community, a restaurant, and a commercial kitchen. The project will create 60 new, full-time positions, 45 of which will be filled by recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and other individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 45 - Number of jobs to be created: 60 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 21 - Amount to be Leveraged: $2,890,000

Union Miles Development Corporation
Location: 9250 Miles Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44105-5151
Phone Number: 216-341-0757
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1245
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2019 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.unionmiles.org/
Authorizing Official: Roshawn Sample, Executive Director
Project Description: The Union Miles Development Corporation (UMDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the Veteran Housing and Service Center, which will create sustainable employment and business opportunities for low-income individuals and low-income veterans in Cleveland, Ohio. The UMDC Veteran Housing and Service Center includes four key components: 1) Develop six units to accommodate 12 veterans; 2) Training in urban, agriculture, farm management, and construction trades; 3) Micro-entrepreneurship support and development; 4) creation of a Veteran Cooperative made up of three core businesses: farm operations (i.e., micro- greens and basil sales, compost sales, and mulch sales), landscaping (and Snow Removal); and construction. The project will also provide monthly workshops in support of micro-entrepreneurs, micro-businesses, and financial literacy. The project will create 45 new, full-time jobs, 75% of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 34 - Total number of jobs to be created: 45 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Oklahoma

Kiamichi Opportunities Incorporated
Location: 405 North 16th Street, Hugo, OK 74743
Phone Number: 580-326-7549
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1314
Grant Amount: $300,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2027
Website: http://koicares.org
Authorizing Official: William Smith, Executive Director
Project Description: Kiamichi Opportunities, Inc. will use $300,000 in CED funds to expand their residential group home into a new location in Hugo, Oklahoma. CED funds will be used for soft and hard costs for constructing the facility. The new facility will allow for services and residential programs for 10 additional developmentally disabled clients. KOI will work with Oklahoma Works and advertise positions in local media to ensure positions are filled with individuals with low income. Through a partnership with LIFT CAA, employees will be supported in addressing barriers to employment including transportation, housing, child development/early care; substance use disorder prevention/treatment/recovery; prescription and subsistence needs assistance; and victim advocacy/assistance. This project will leverage an additional $135,400. This project will create 10 new jobs, 8 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 8 - Total number of jobs to be created: 10 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $135,400

Rural Enterprises Of Oklahoma, Inc.
Location: 2912 Enterprise Boulevard, P.O. Box 1335, Durrant, OK 74701
Phone Number: 580-924-5094
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1240
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2019 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.ruralenterprises.com
Authorizing Official: Scott Dewald, President and CEO
Project Description: The Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc. (REI Oklahoma) will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand and renovate an existing 10,000 square foot LEED-certified facility in Durant, Oklahoma. The site is located in International Business Park in the southeast quadrant of Oklahoma. The facility is leased to OmniCare365, a growing company providing business process outsourcing services for sales and customer service. The expansion will allow for the construction of an additional 115 parking spaces and interior renovations to accommodate OmniCare365 and provide sufficient parking and office space for the new positions to be created. REI will work with a network of organizations to fill the newly created positions with individuals with low income. This project will serve communities in a rural area with high rates of poverty, unemployment, and substance abuse. The project will create 70 new, full-time jobs, 75% of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 53 - Total number of jobs to be created: 70 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $145,886

South Central Industries, Inc.
Location: 130 N Louisa Ave, Shawnee, OK 74801
Phone Number: 405-275-3851
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1296
Grant Amount: $200,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.southcentralindustriesinc.com
Authorizing Official: Tina Hanna, Executive Director
Project Description: South Central Industries (SCI) will use $200,000 in CED funds to support business expansion of an Adult Day Center to provide daytime care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. This project intends to expand their existing vocational services for individuals with IDD. CED funds will be used to renovate a building currently owned by SCI so that it is compliant with facility requirements to operate an Adult Day Center. This would be the only Adult Day Center in the county and SCI has agreements to serve local tribal organizations as well. Once the building is renovated, the Adult Day Center will be open for business, using furniture and equipment currently owned by SCI. The Central Oklahoma Workforce Innovation Board will process job referrals to connect low-income, qualified applicants with the available new positions. In addition to healthcare and retirement benefits, new employees of the business will have access to supportive services including financial literacy assistance, transportation, and classes on how to recognize and break generational poverty traits. These services are supported by partnerships between SCI and local institutions such as the Central Oklahoma Transit System (transportation services), First United Bank of Shawnee (financial literacy courses), Shawnee Public Library (literacy classes), and Shawnee Bridges Out of Poverty (life skills). The project will leverage an additional $32,735. This project will create 8 new jobs, 6 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes and 2 are community-integrated positions for individuals with IDD.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 6 - Total number of jobs to be created: 8 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $32,735

South Central Industries, Inc.
Location: 130 N Louisa Ave, Shawnee, OK 74801
Phone Number: 405-275-3851
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1261
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.southcentralindustriesinc.com
Authorizing Official: Tina Hanna, Executive Director
Project Description: South Central Industries, Inc. (SCI) will use $800,000 in CED funds to construct a new warehouse facility in Shawnee, OK. SCI sells a wide range of products such as paper towels, toilet paper, trash can liners, copy paper, office supplies, hygiene items, janitorial supplies and chemicals, and food service items, and needs the additional warehouse space to expand its product fulfillment and delivery services. Positions created will include job coaches, drivers, and other support staff as well as positions for developmentally disabled individuals. The project will leverage an additional $56,930 funds. This project will create 32 new full-time jobs, 24 of which will be filled with individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Total number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $56,930

Oregon

Oregon does not currently have any active CED grants.

Pennsylvania

Fayette County Community Action Agency, Inc.
Location: 108 North Beeson Boulevard, Uniontown, PA
Phone Number: 724-437-6050
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1283
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: https://fccaa.org/
Authorizing Official: James Stark, Chief Executive Officer
Project Description: Fayette County Community Action Agency, Inc. (FCCAA) will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand the Republic Food Enterprise Center (RFEC) in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The RFEC is a non-profit subsidiary Food Hub serving western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and parts of Ohio and Maryland, responding to the economic and nutritional needs of the region by stimulating agricultural production, producing value-added products, distributing locally grown produce and products, and developing retail outlets. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RFEC increased its involvement with the emergency food network increasing sales of milk, eggs, produce and meat products for distribution in emergency food boxes. FCCAA will use CED funds to make a loan to RFEC for working capital to fuel the expansion of operations. The expansion is designed to support the stimulation of agriculture and the creation of food service jobs, while providing healthier food options to local communities. The project will leverage an additional $5,797,278. The project will create 32 new, full-time jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be leveraged: $5,797,278

Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation
Location: 301 North 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone Number: 215-922-2156
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1347
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.chinatown-pcdc.org
Authorizing Official: Rachel Mak, Deputy Director
Project Description: Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC) will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The project is concentrated in the Chinatown Commercial District of Philadelphia where residents, who are 45% foreign-born, face barriers to employment such as limited-English proficiency, high poverty rates, and increasingly difficult housing and business economies. The efforts undertaken with CED planning funds will develop the Community Commercial Land Trust (CLT) for Chinatown (CCLTC), which will create an area of protected land that is controlled by the community. Community ownership of the land will increase access to affordable residential and commercial space, spurring community economic development and job creation in Chinatown. CED planning funds will be used to finance staff time and training, legal and translation services, travel costs, project-related supplies, outreach efforts, and research database access. Planning activities include collecting data and conducting research on implementing CLTs, investigating the local market to develop an organizational strategy, convening Chinatown workers, business owners, and property owners, and conducting bilingual outreach to residents and business owners within Chinatown. Ultimately, PCDC will develop a CED project to implement the Community Commercial Land Trust project within Chinatown, which will create community ownership of space, support community-driven revitalization, and spur local business and job creation.

The Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation
Location: 4548 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19139-3601
Phone Number: 215-895-4000
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1312
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2027
Website: www.theenterprisecenter.com
Authorizing Official: Della Clark, President & Chief Executive Officer
Project Description: The Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation (TEC-CDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to rehabilitate and develop a TEC-CDC-owned property for use by Honeysuckle Provisions, a local culinary business and TEC-CDC tenant, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. CED funds will be used to prepare the space for Honeysuckle Provisions’ relocation and expansion, including the creation of grocery and dining space, kitchens, an event venue, greenhouses non-food retail and office space. After a successful relocation, Honeysuckle Provisions will grow its staff to meet increased business capacity. Through a partnership with Families Forward Philadelphia, TANF recipients and other low-income individuals will be referred to the newly created positions. New employees will also have access to supportive services such as on-job training, community housing and shelter, public benefits application assistance, job readiness training, conflict resolution, health education, and occupational therapy. The project will leverage an additional $800,000. This project will create 27 jobs, 20 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 20 - Number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be leveraged: $800,000

Rhode Island

Rhode Island does not currently have any active CED grants.

South Carolina

Metanoia
Location: 2005 Reynolds Ave, North Charleston, SC
Phone Number: (843) 529-3014
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1281
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: https://www.metanoiasc.org/
Authorizing Official: Rev. Bill Stanfield, Chief Executive Officer
Project Description: Metanoia Community Development Corporation (Metanoia) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to The Urban Electric Company, a custom light manufacturing company in North Charleston, SC. The Urban Electric Company will make a low interest loan to Urban Electric Co. Creamery (UECo) to purchase equipment, supplies, and inventory and cover short-term operating expenses during the initial phases of the expansion. CED funds will also be used to provide technical assistance to the company for market and strategic planning and general business technical assistance. The project will leverage an additional $13,500,000. The project will create 35 new, full-time jobs, 26 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 26 - Number of jobs to be created: 35 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $13,500,000

South Dakota

South Dakota does not currently have any active CED grants.

Tennessee

Tennessee does not currently have any active CED grants.

Texas

Texas does not currently have any active CED grants.

Utah

Southeastern Community Action Partnership
Location: 375 South Carbon Avenue, Price, UT 84501
Phone Number: 435-613-0021
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1339
Grant Amount: $149,966
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.seualg.utah.gov
Authorizing Official: Jade Powell, Deputy Director
Project Description: Southeastern Community Action Partnership (SCAP) will use $149,966 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in southeastern Utah. The counties of Carbon, Emery, Grant, and San Juan all experience higher unemployment and poverty rates than the rest of the state. For generations, these communities have relied on coal for economic growth, and the transition to solar energy has led to further unemployment and economic strain. SCAP seeks to support economic development and entrepreneurship in rural southeastern Utah by developing reliable and affordable public transportation to address the transportation barrier to employment for individuals with low income. CED planning funds will be used for personnel and fringe benefits to build the administrative capacity of SCAP. Planning activities include convening core stakeholders, expanding relationships and coordinating with partners, conducting analysis of transportation conditions and needs, and developing a CED project plan. Ultimately, SCAP will apply this information to develop a CED project that will address regional transportation needs and foster economic development in rural southeastern Utah.

Vermont

Vermont does not currently have any active CED grantees.

Virginia

People Incorporated of Virginia
Location: 1173 West Main St, Abingdon, VA
Phone Number: 276-623-9000
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1282
Grant Amount: $760,361
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: https://www.peopleinc.net/
Authorizing Official: Robert Goldsmith, President and CEO
Project Description: People Incorporated of Virginia (People Inc.) will use $760,361 in CED funds to provide a loan to Polycap, LLC, a manufacturing business that makes plastic caps, closures, and personal protective equipment in in Lebanon Virginia. The loan will allow Polycap to purchase the equipment needed to expand business operations, including purchasing a new injection molding machine, four cavity robots that pull parts out of the injection molding machine to decrease manufacturing time. People Inc. has relationships with community partners who will help identify, recruit, and create a pool of eligible workers to fill Polycap’s new positions operating this equipment. The community partners will target public assistance recipients, residents of public housing, veterans, disabled persons, homeless and/or previously incarcerated individuals for these positions. They will also work with TANF agencies, unemployment offices, and workforce development programs to identify good candidates for the jobs. People Inc. will provide access to several wrap-around services to support Polycap’s new low-income hires to help them maintain employment in the long term. These resources will include financial literacy training, job training, consumer loans, childcare, housing support, and referrals for substance abuse treatment as necessary. The project will create 31 new, full-time jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Number of jobs to be created: 31 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $0

Piedmont Housing Alliance
Location: 682 Berkmar Cir, Charlottesville, VA 22901
Phone Number: 434-817-2436
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1260
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2025
Website: https://piedmonthousingalliance.org
Authorizing Official: Erica Johnson, Director of Development
Project Description: Piedmont Housing Alliance (PHA) will use $800,000 in CED funds for the construction of an Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) in Charlottesville, Virginia. The funds will be used for hard costs associated with construction. The ECEC will be located at the Friendship Court (FC) redevelopment, a 150 unit, multi-family Section 8 housing complex located in a severely economically distressed neighborhood. The jobs include over 30 teaching jobs and will help to provided needed child care to the community. The project will leverage nearly $5M additional funds. This project will create 41 full-time jobs, 31 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 31 - Total number of jobs to be created: 41 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $4,978,929

Washington

Rural Community Development Resources
Location: 24 South 3rd Avenue, Yakima, WA 98902
Phone Number: 509-453-5133
Grant Type: CED Planning
Grant Number: 90EE1354
Grant Amount: $150,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.vizionsedc.org
Authorizing Official: Carole DeRoche, Community Fund Development Director
Project Description: Rural Community Development Resources dba Vizions Economic Development Center will use $150,000 in CED planning funds to build the administrative capacity of the community to develop a fundable CED project in Central Washington. The project will serve 11 rural, high-poverty counties with residents facing low educational attainment, high levels of unemployment, and low levels of income. The area has a large immigrant population, who often face language, culture, and educational barriers to employment. Vizions’ Center for Legal Immigration Services (CLS) will add a new division that focuses on supporting immigrant entrepreneurs, especially in the agriculture industry, by building their capacity to apply for business loans. CED planning funds will be used to pay for staff time, travel expenses, and supplies for planning activities. Planning activities include hiring staff and volunteers for the new division, conducting a community needs assessment, and convening stakeholders to build support around economic development activities. Ultimately, Vizions will develop a CED project that supports local entrepreneurs apply for loans to grow businesses in agriculture and create jobs for individuals with low income.

West Virginia

Coalfield Development Corporation
Location: P.O. Box 1133 312 Hall St., Wayne, WV 25570
Phone Number: 304-501-4755
Grant Type: CED Energy Community
Grant Number: 90EE1277
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2026
Website: www.coalfield-development.org/
Authorizing Official: Brandon Dennison, CEO
Project Description: Coalfield Development Corporation (Coalfield) will use $800,000 in CED funds to support the construction and development of the Highwall project, a project to develop lodging accommodations, meeting venues, recreation amenities, and hospitality facilities on a vacant, former coal mine site in Mingo County, West Virginia. The Highwall project will turn an abandoned coal site in Mingo County into a health and wellness resort destination offering rental cabins, wellness programs, and other natural outdoor activities to groups and individuals. The new jobs will offer living wages and opportunities for career advancement and will be filled by residents who are low income and/or in recovery from Substance Use Disorder (SUD), with a commitment of New Market Tax Credit funding. The project will leverage an additional $8,100,000. The project will create 32 new, full-time jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Total number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $8,100,000

Wisconsin

Impact Seven, Inc.
Location: 2961 Decker Dr., Rice Lake, WI 54868-7522
Phone Number: 715-434-1717
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1304
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2022 - 9/29/2027
Website: www.impactseven.org
Authorizing Official: Caroline Loyas, Director of Resource Development
Project Description: Impact Seven, Inc. will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand Omnia Wood Products, LLC, a grill and smoker wood pellets manufacturer in Marinette County, Wisconsin. CED funds will be used to provide a loan for the acquisition of assets of a competitor, purchasing equipment, and the construction of a manufacturing building. Omnia Wood Products will grow its staff to align with the increased business capacity and growing demand for their products. Impact Seven will partner with Forward Service Corporation, a TANF agency, to refer income-eligible individuals and provide services to reduce applicants’ barriers to employment, as well as ongoing supportive services to ensure that employees are able to retain their positions and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Wraparound services include transportation assistance, career counseling, essential skills training and child support partnerships. The project will leverage an additional $4,076,608. This project will create 27 new jobs, 20 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 20 - Total number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $4,076,608

Impact Seven, Inc.
Location: 2961 Decker Dr., Rice Lake, WI 54868-7522
Phone Number: 715-357-6233
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1219
Grant Amount: $760,416
Project Period: 9/30/2018 - 9/1/2024
Website: www.impactseven.org
Authorizing Official: Caroline Loyas, Director of Resource Development
Project Description: Impact Seven, Inc. will use $760,416 in CED funds to support the development of St. Rita’s Square, a 118-unit assisted living, memory care, and apartment community for seniors in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The CED funds will provide the remaining gap financing needed for this $40.4 million project. The project will meet two documented local needs: 1) the creation of entry-level and living wage jobs for city residents in the healthcare sector, and 2) a senior living community in an east side downtown neighborhood. By providing flexible, low-interest financing, the project will result in the creation of at least 32 new, full-time positions in a distressed area of Milwaukee, 75% of which will be filled by individuals with low-income. These positions will includes competitive wages, quality fringe benefits, and advancement opportunities to help low-income individuals and their families achieve self-sufficiency.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Total number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $39,636,474

Northwest Side Community Development Corporation
Location: 4201 North 27th Street, 7th Floor, Milwaukee, WI 53216
Phone Number: 414-444-8200
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1321
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2023 - 9/29/2027
Website: www.nwscdc.org
Authorizing Official: Willie Smith, Executive Director
Project Description: Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to Reynolds Pasties in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Reynolds Pasties is a local food manufacturer specializing in producing meat and vegetable-filled pastries known as pasties. CED funds will be used to provide a loan to support construction build-out costs for a 20,000 square foot food manufacturing space and to finance new equipment. With the expanded facility, Reynolds Pasties will be able to meet growing demand and secure U.S. Department of Agriculture approval to distribute the pasties nationwide. This facility will create jobs in food manufacturing and distribution. These jobs will provide employees with reliable income, benefits, and career development opportunities. Reynolds Pasties has partnered with NWSCDC to provide comprehensive support to all employees, with a special focus on low-wage and entry-level workers. First, Reynolds Pasties will provide employees with a suite of benefits including health insurance, paid time off, and career growth opportunities. Additionally, NWSCDC will partner with two local social service providers, MAXIMUS and the Social Development Commission, to offer employees financial counseling, job readiness workshops, and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA). The project will leverage an additional $1,300,000 in private capital. This project will create 27 new jobs, 21 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 21 - Total number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $1,300,000

Northwest Side Community Development Corporation
Location: 4265 North 27th Street, 7th Floor, Milwaukee, WI 53216
Phone Number: 414-444-8200
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1273
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.nwscdc.org
Authorizing Official: Andrew Haug, Resource Development Manager
Project Description: Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to support the creation of The Right School For Early Education (TRS), an early childhood education business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The loan will finance the construction and start-up operations of a 10,000 square foot facility that will provide space for 134 children over two shifts. This new facility will help address the area’s shortage of high-quality early childhood education spots available to families. NWSCDC will partner with MAXIMUS, the local TANF agency and Employ Milwaukee, the local Workforce Investment Board to ensure individuals will low income are recruited to fill the education jobs created by TRS. These jobs will be accessible by public transit, provide competitive starting wages, wage growth and advancement opportunities, paid time off and dependable hours, and benefits. NWSCDC will also partner with the Social Development Commission’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, which assists financial literacy and building financial security. The project will leverage an additional $900,000. The project will create 27 new, full-time education jobs, 20 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 20 - Total number of jobs to be created: 27 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $900,000

Northwest Side Community Development Corporation
Location: 4265 North 27th Street, 7th Floor, Milwaukee, WI 53216
Phone Number: 414-444-8200
Grant Type: Community Economic Development
Grant Number: 90EE1258
Grant Amount: $800,000
Project Period: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2025
Website: www.nwscdc.org
Authorizing Official: Andrew Haug, Resource Development Manager
Project Description: Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to support the expansion of Care Management Plus (CMP) , a local provider of supported and assisted living, and long-term care management in Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s northwest side. The loan will finance renovation of the existing building and for start-up of operations, allowing the company to bring in additional clients and create new jobs at the facility. NWSCDC will partner with the local TANF agency and Employ Milwaukee, UniteMKE, and the Social Development Commission’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, which will assist the employees hired with financial literacy and building financial security. The project will leverage an additional $1,591,689. The project will create 32 new, permanent full-time healthcare jobs, 24 of which will be filled by individuals with low income.
Proposed Project Outcomes - Number of jobs to be created for individuals with low income: 24 - Total number of jobs to be created: 32 - Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1 - Amount to be Leveraged: $1,591,689

Northwest Side Community Development Corporation
Location: 4201 North 27th Street, 7th Floor, Milwaukee, WI 53216
Phone Number: 414-444-8200
Grant Type: CED Social Enterprise
Grant Number: 90EE1250
Project Period: 9/30/2019 - 9/29/2024
Website: www.nwscdc.org
Authorizing Official: Willie Smith, Executive Director
Project Description: Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) will use CED Social Enterprise funds to launch the NWSCDC Social Enterprise Incubator, which will support minority and women-owned social enterprise businesses throughout Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Funds will be used to provide small business loan financing, business technical assistance, and other key targeted social and economic support services to qualifying social enterprise business expansion projects. Funds will also be used to support a NWSCDC Social Enterprise Incubator Manager, a position which will have primary oversight of the incubator activities and will provide tailored technical assistance to participating businesses. The NWSCDC Social Enterprise Incubator will assist social enterprise businesses to grow new jobs which are accessible by public transit, can be filled by low-income individuals, and that will provide dependable hours, benefits, wage growth and advancement opportunities that will lead to self-sufficiency. NWSCDC will also partner with local TANF agency MAXIMUS, Employ Milwaukee, and Wisconsin Community Services (serving re-entry individuals) to provide social support and wrap-around services. NWSCDC has engaged with prospective social enterprise business partners, and plans to work with 10 participating business for the incubator each year. Initially, the NWSCDC Social Enterprise Incubator will work with six businesses: PepperPot Catering, a Jamaican food takeout and catering service; Abundant Living Services, an adult residential facility; School Bus Services of WI, a three-year-old school bus company; Riley’s Room, a child care center for children with developmental disabilities; PumpFive, an early stage technology logistics company that delivers gasoline directly to vehicles; and Jonco Industries, a veteran-owned manufacturing business (formerly Goodwill Industries). The project will serve low-income individuals in a predominantly African-American and is a very low-income service area, which includes local Opportunity Zones.
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