Ho-Chunk CDC in Nebraska Awarded US Treasury CDFI Technical Assistance Grant
Honolulu, HI – Director Donna J. Gambrell of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced the latest round of technical assistance grants to 35 Native CDFIs. Ho-Chunk in Nebraska will receive $129,483.
Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation (Ho-Chunk CDC) is a non-profit tribal
Sponsoring Entity that is creating a Native CDFI to serve the Winnebago, Santee, and Omaha Indian nations in Nebraska. The new Native CDFI will provide microenterprise and small business loans and related development services to its Native American target market. Ho-Chunk CDC will use its FY 2011 Technical Assistance award to build the capacity of the new organization to serve its target market.
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Micro-Lending in Nebraska Is Up
CBS MoneyWatch - Associated Press Article - July 28, 2011
Nebraska Micro-loans rise when economy tumbles.
Business development programs that offer micro-loans to small Nebraska companies say they're lending more than ever since the recession and have fielded an unprecedented number of requests from entrepreneurs who can't get loans from traditional banks.
The weblink for the full story is here.
http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/news/nebraska-micro-loans-rise-when-economy-tumbles/6267903/
WEBinars
The Virtual Strategic Accelerator for the Silicoan Prairie, VBA-SP, announces a new series of webinars on market overviews and proposal preparation for advanced technology topics of relvance to researchers and companies in the state of Nebraska. There is no charge, but registration is required.
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EDGE Entrepreneur Class Online
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and NxLevel have teamed up to provide you with an online alternative to its award-winning community-based NebraskaEDGE Entrepreneur training program. You can sign up and get started today!
http://cariregistration.unl.edu/CourseStatus.awp?~~EDGEONLINE
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From the Kansas City Federal Reserve – Community Affairs
Economic Development in Underserved Communities: Where Research and Practice Meet
Sept. 9-10, 2010, in Kansas City
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s Community Affairs Department is issuing a call for economic development practitioners to present at a national conference titled, “Economic Development in Underserved Communities: Where Research and Practice Meet,” to be held September 9 – 10, 2010, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. This conference will bring together the latest research and practice in economic development in underserved rural and low-and-moderate-income urban communities. In an effort to foster thinking and action on relevant issues impacting these communities, this conference will highlight best practices in the application of economic development policy.
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