Tracie Shelton is bringing business mentorship and healthier eats to her Alamo City neighborhood.
Tracie Shelton is the founding force behind Alamo Kitchens, a culinary co-working space in San Antonio, Texas. Shelton was already motivated... Read more
In small-town Montana, Big Sky Cafe attracts a loyal following.
In April 2020, as many small businesses scrambled to figure out how to keep the lights on during the sudden onset of COVID-19, Suzanne Racine was instead laying the... Read more
Small businesses find success, community at SeaTac International Mall.
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
