A conversation with the founder of Denver-Based Impact Finance Center
By Christopher Williams
Even at the age of 16, Stephanie Gripne regarded money as more than just a means to buy things, but also as an instrument for social good... Read more
“Disability is still very much on the fringe of the whole impact world.”
By Erica Sweeney
About 80% of the 85 employees at Rising Tide Car Wash in southern Florida have autism. The... Read more
37% of this year’s New Market Tax Credit recipients were CDFIs
By Frances McMorris
CDFI helps New Hampshire mobile park communities become resident-owned co-ops.
By Kate Stringer
When it was time for the final vote, Victoria Staunches made a pitch to her neighbors: They needed to vote yes to buy their neighborhood... Read more
Washington, D.C., underwent one of the most dramatic urban revivals of any U.S. city during the past two decades. Newcomers poured in, businesses expanded and developers transformed the area with high-end condos, entertainment and shopping.
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When the pandemic began in March 2020, the economic fallout from lockdowns was immediate. Hundreds of thousands of Americans lost their jobs and fell behind on bills, mortgages and rent. Congress acted by... Read more
Congress recently passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which has tremendous promise for improving roads and bridges ($110 billion allocation) and reconnecting communities divided by transportation infrastructure ($1 billion). Although... Read more
There are not very many issues more pressing in our region than housing and homelessness.
In a recent Crosscut/Elway poll, 79% of respondents said homelessness was one of the issues most important to them, with 54% saying that the... Read more
In his 10 years living in a tent along the L Street NE underpass in NoMa, Mike has been forced to move his stuff plenty of times, usually when D.C. crews would come through to clean up the sidewalks.
But the 51-year-old is far less... Read more
Refugee aid groups are scrambling to find permanent homes for the thousands of Afghan evacuees expected to settle in the Washington region in the coming months, a steep challenge in one of the most expensive housing markets in the country.