The International Board of Credentialing and Continued Education Standards (IBCCES) announced today that Butterfly Wonderland is the second attraction in Arizona—and first butterfly education facility—to become a Certified Autism Center™ (CAC). Sister attraction OdySea Aquarium was the first to become certified in Arizona in 2019.
The Monarch — which opened in November in what was once a 200-stall covered parking structure for the nearby Bigelow Hotel — is now the center of what Fischer, Ogden artists and civic leaders hope will be a bustling creative district, adding luster to a city that long has fought a reputation for crime and urban squalor.
The Bakersfield Californian - Mt. Poso Cogeneration Company, Macpherson Energy Corporation, DTE Biomass and Independence High School’s Energy and Utility Career Academy hosted a ceremony and presentation recognizing Wednesday as National Bioenergy Day in Kern County.
WINSTON COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The Winston Medical Center opened it’s doors to the public on Tuesday morning for its 17th annual health fair. Organizers said it’s all about letting residents in this rural community know they have options when it comes to health care.
Congratulations to Flex-N-Gate on winning the Novogradac & Company LLP JTC Community Development QLICI of the Year Award - Operating Business category. Flex-N-Gate brings much needed, quality jobs to the Detroit community. DV Community Investment is proud to be a CDE partner in this transformative #NMTC project along with Stonehenge Capital, HEDC/National Development Council, National New Markets Fund/Strategic Development Solutions and Wells Fargo Community Development.
New Markets Tax Credits helped finance almost $10,000,000 in below-market loans for the Gateway Regional Center in Portland, Oregon. This impactful project closed last week and brought together Low Income Investment Fund, Prosper Portland, and DV Community Investment, LLC as investment partners in the project.
The Arizona Department of Housing has honored First Place AZ with the 2019 Housing Hero Award for its Innovative Supportive Housing Program and pioneering approach to housing for special populations, specifically for adults with autism. First Place AZ is revolutionizing residential models and creating lasting social impact on a global scale through a visionary goal to ensure that housing and community options are as bountiful for people with autism and other neuro-diversities as they are for everyone else.
New Orleans Advocate, Kandace Graves - One of the West Bank’s best-kept secrets might be the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy, a public charter school where all students are cadets of the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Program (JROTC). The school opened in 2011 to offer military families stationed in New Orleans a high-quality, free education for their children. Enrollment preference is given to military families, but otherwise, enrollment is open to anyone who wants to attend. The school covers eighth to 12th grades.
In 2018, the New Markets Tax Credit created 12,000 manufacturing jobs in distressed communities. Check out additional statistics on the positive impacts that NMTCs have made in the 2019 NMTC Progress Report from the NMTC Coalition.The project profiles truly showcase how beneficial the NMTC is to our rural, underserved and low-income communities.