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November 2011

November 14, 2011

28 CARS™-Rated CDFIs Awarded Grants from Create Jobs for USA Fund

Top-Rated Responsible and Transparent CDFIs Receive First-Round Grants from Prestigious New Initiative Launched by Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Network®

CARS™, the CDFI Assessment and Ratings System, is pleased to announce that 28 of its top-rated CDFIs are the first recipients of capital grants from Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Network’s (OFN) Create Jobs for USA program.

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November 4, 2011

STATE, COUNTY SLAM VEGAS WATER GRAB STUDY

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management failed to take a “hard look” at the possible negative impacts on Utah and the Wasatch Front of the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s proposed groundwater pumping and pipeline project ...

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November 2, 2011

RCAC Loan Fund lends more than $7.7 million in rural communities

In its fourth quarter ending September 30, RCAC lent more than $7.7 million to rural communities in California, Idaho, New Mexico, Utah and Washington ...

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November 2, 2011

NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS TO GRADUATE SATURDAY

On Saturday, November 5, a fresh, newly energized group of community leaders will graduate from an extensive leadership development training program. The graduation ceremony and reception will take place at 3:30 p.m. at the La Mesa Community Center, La Mesa, New Mexico ...

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November 1, 2011

RCAC Receives Grant from Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Network’s “Create Jobs for USA” Program

Local CDFI Receives First Round Capital Grant in New Initiative to Spur Job Creation in the US

A local community lender today received a $231,000 capital grant from the Create Jobs for USA Fund, a collaboration between Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Network (OFN).

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