Oct 7 2019

Flex-N-Gate Wins the Novogradac Community Development QLICI of the Year Award

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.

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Oct 3 2019

New Markets Tax Credits Help Finance the Gateway Regional Center

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.

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Aug 24 2019

First Place AZ Earns 2019 Housing Hero Award

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.

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Aug 19 2019

West Bank's marine and military academy boasts sky-high graduation rate and high-performing students

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.

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Jul 19 2019

NMTC Coalition Releases 2019 Progress Report

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.

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Jun 12 2019

Photos show progress of Thomasville Regional Medical Center

Thomasville Regional Medical Center is a 68,320 SF hospital in rural Thomasville, AL which will provide healthcare services to ~40,000 patients/year, including 25,500 LIPS. Currently, residents travel as far as 100 miles for healthcare services.

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May 22 2019

Parkview Warsaw Receives the 2019 Best Places to Work in Healthcare Award

KPC News Service LAGRANGE — Two local hospitals, Parkview LaGrange Hospital and Parkview Noble Hospital, have been named to Modern Healthcare’s list of the 2019 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. Other Parkview hospitals named to the list included Parkview Huntington Hospital, Parkview Wabash Hospital and Parkview Whitley Hospital, which includes Parkview Warsaw. This award program identifies and recognizes outstanding employers in the health care industry nationwide. Modern Healthcare partners with the Best Companies Group on the assessment process, which includes an extensive employee survey.

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May 5 2019

Chobani to help build New Berlin firehouse, community center

The Daily Star, By Sarah Eames - A partnership between Chobani and several Chenango County businesses will provide a new firehouse and community center to the village of New Berlin, according to local officials. “This is a dream come true for the community,” said New Berlin Mayor Terry Potter. The firehouse and adjoining community center is the site of regular Halloween and Christmas activities and the annual harvest dinner, Potter said. Each event requires a delicate orchestration of the department’s trucks, which need to be pulled out, rearranged and strategically placed to accommodate the crowds.

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Apr 18 2019

Briggs & Stratton Corporation Named Manufacturer Of The Year

ATLANTA – April 18, 2019 -- At a luncheon held today, Gov. Brian Kemp named Briggs & Stratton Corporation, located in Statesboro, Ga., the winner of the 2019 Manufacturer of the Year award in the category of Medium Manufacturer with 151 to 500 employees. Briggs & Stratton earned the honor based on a range of criteria, including its economic impact, community involvement and corporate responsibility, and commitment to workforce development and excellence. Companies such as Briggs & Stratton, “have created jobs, proven their commitment, and are critical to our state’s prosperity,” said Gov. Brian Kemp in his keynote address during the awards luncheon. “Today we honor some of the best, most advanced manufacturers who have been thriving here in Georgia for years.” Briggs & Stratton has operated in the Statesboro community since 1995 and employs approximately 430 people at its facility in Statesboro, Ga.

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