Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms has been awarded a $1 million Seeding Solutions grant from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. The foundation is a nonprofit organization established in the 2014 farm bill, according to a news release, and the grant was celebrated by research and industry leaders at a Sept. 7 function at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Memphis community gathered for the grand opening celebration of Crosstown Concourse, scheduled nearly 90 years to the day of the original Sears Crosstown grand opening in August 1927. This celebration of history and rebirth showcased the organizations and businesses that courageously believed in and dedicated themselves to the creation of this one-of-a-kind vertical urban village. Beyond the steel and the stone, the community discovered and…
Winston Medical Center is Mississippi Hospital Association's 2017 Outstanding Small Rural Hospital. "It's just a testament to all the hard work that the employees and everyone related to Winston Medical Center does," says CEO Paul Black. The Mississippi Hospital Association presented the award, saying Winston Medical couldn't be more deserving, after being destroyed by a tornado and still providing quality health care.
WEST POINT, Miss. — Yokohama Tire Corp. (YTC) and KaBOOM!, a national non-profit dedicated to providing safe and reliable playground equipment for children living in underserved communities, are teaming up to build new, eco-friendly playground equipment at Marshall Park in West Point, home to YTC's 1 million-sq.-ft. truck tire plant, which came on stream in 2015.
Wall Street Journal - Urban farming isn’t easy. It can require significant investment, and there are bureaucratic hurdles to overcome. Many companies have yet to turn a profit, experts say. A few companies have already failed, and urban-farming experts say many more will be weeded out in the coming years. But commercial vertical farms are well beyond experimental. Companies such as AeroFarms, owned by Dream Holdings Inc., and Urban Produce LLC…
Tax reform is on the horizon. While proponents are cautiously optimistic that investor-based tax credit programs (e.g., the low-income housing tax credit, the historic rehabilitation tax credit, new markets tax credit and renewable energy tax credits) will survive tax reform, there is a question of whether tax reform will negatively impact the amount of available tax credit equity for these highly successful and popular programs. There is also…
May 2, 2017 - East Main Redevelopment today received the Governor's Award for Historic Preservation. The East Main Redevelopment project, a catalyst for revitalization of the primarily vacant block of East Main Street, has changed the face of downtown Milan. The project is the redevelopment of four historic buildings (constructed between 1845 and 1892) into a mixed-use project that includes fifteen new apartments and eight storefronts restored to…
WJTV - It’s been three years since 23 tornadoes ripped through parts of Mississippi, leaving communities devastated from lives lost and buildings destroyed. The county hardest hit by a twister on April 28, 2014, was Winston.
Dudley Ventures was proud to participate in the Financing the Rehabilitation of Historic Real Estate Development in Arizona seminar at Snell & Wilmer on January 24, 2017. Attendees learned about the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits (HTC) program and how to access it for real estate development projects, which to date, has helped developers and business owners gain access to a major source of capital to solve a portion of their financing needs…