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This case study highlights the Pacific Gateway Center, a Hawaii-based nonprofit organization that helps to serve the needs of Vietnamese and other refugees.
Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) is one of the oldest community development corporations in the country, founded in 1977. It serves a large swath of rural Maine from its headquarters in the coastal town of Wiscasset. CEI and its leadership have long believed in building an economy that would use the state’s resources to create jobs and services without unduly stressing the area’s natural beauty. Thus, CEI has supported small fishermen and fishing facilities, value-added lumber industries, agriculture, and similar industry sectors.
This is the home page for the Lessons from the Field Resource. It contains the resource's background, lessons learned, and a case study library of CED projects.
Since its creation in 1994, the CDFI Fund has awarded more than $1.9 billion to CDFIs, community development organizations, and financial institutions. In FY 2015, the Healthy Food Financing Initiative will serve as a supplemental funding opportunity through CDFIs for healthy food-focused financing activities. This webinar is an opportunity to meet and hear from a panel of CDFI experts and grantees about HFFI funding and how CDFIs can support your communities and projects.
This page highlights the positive impact CED projects have made to revitalize their communities through job and business creation for individuals with low income.