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January 16, 2024
Crain’s Cleveland Business: How CDFIs Are Helping Northeast Ohio Thrive
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January 01, 2024
December 2023 Loan Round-up
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December 19, 2023
Second Wave Michigan: Report Highlights Need for More Equitable Early Childhood Care and Education
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November 20, 2023
A $50 Million Healthy Living Campus Aims to Address Historic Inequities in West Dayton
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November 09, 2023
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Chicago-based Lender Helps Cleveland Nonprofits Secure Capital to Achieve Their Mission
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November 08, 2023
Columbus Business First: Columbus Foundation Grants More Than $2 Million to Nonprofits for Capital Improvements
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November 04, 2023
Petoskey News-Review: Lofts at Lumber Square Breaks Ground in Petoskey
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November 03, 2023
WGVU’s The Shelley Irwin Show: How Uneven Access to Affordable Child Care Divides Kent County
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November 03, 2023
The Columbus Foundation Announces $2.6 Million in Capital Improvement Grants
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November 02, 2023
Fox 17 West Michigan: School Safety and Housing Among Topics of Focus During Kent County’s State of the County Address
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November 01, 2023
October 2023 Loan Round-up
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October 25, 2023
Michigan Initiative Helping to Build More Quality, Inspiring Child Care Spaces
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October 16, 2023
Commentary: Hope Starts Here Marks Progress in Detroit, Kellogg and Kresge recommit their support
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October 13, 2023
WGVU: New Study Finds Demand for Early Childcare Slots in Kent County Falls Thousands Short
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October 01, 2023
September 2023 Loan Round-up
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September 25, 2023
A New Community Hub Helps Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton Neighborhood Pivot Toward a Fresh Start
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September 01, 2023
August 2023 Loan Round-up
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August 26, 2023
Northern Express: Where the Teacher Shortage and the Housing Crisis Meet
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August 23, 2023
WHTC-AM: Regional Non-Profit Funder Gets Financial Boost from Lansing
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August 22, 2023
MLive: Michigan Awards Millions to Build More Rental Housing Across the State
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August 22, 2023
WOOD-TV: $10M Housing Loan Fund Created for Allegan, Ottawa, Kent Counties
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August 22, 2023
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Nonprofit Receives $10M State Loan to Invest in West Michigan Housing Projects
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August 11, 2023
WGVU: Kent County Sets Parameters for New Affordable Housing Loan Fund, Enters Partnership with IFF
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August 11, 2023
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Kent County to launch affordable housing revolving loan fund with initial $58M
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August 10, 2023
Fox 2 Detroit: Gov. Whitmer’s new state budget includes $254M expanding free pre-K for up to 5,600 children
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August 10, 2023
WOOD-TV: Kent Co. approves framework for affordable housing fund
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August 10, 2023
MLive: Kent County launching $58M affordable housing loan program
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July 19, 2023
A Historic Cornerstone of Columbus’ Black Community to “Rise from the Ashes” with $3.4 Million Revitalization
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June 21, 2023
“Live Here, Create Here, Sell Here”: Two Detroiters Team Up to Create a $30 Million Haven for the Arts in a Historic Auto Factory
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June 21, 2023
Honoring Culture’s Influence on Early Childhood Education and Spaces 
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