Finance leaders win CDFI Excellence Awards.Four community development finance leaders from across the U.S.--including two in the NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City area--are being recognized this week with the sixth annual Wachovia CDFI CDFI Community Development Financial Institutions Excellence Awards Presented by the National Community Capital Association. Honored for their outstanding efforts to provide jobs, affordable housing and vitally needed community facilities in "communities of opportunity" across America, the 2005 recipients of the Award are: Leviticus Alternative Fund, Yonkers, NY for Advocacy; Seedco, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY, for Community Impact; Low Income Investment Fund, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA, for Financing; and New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). Community Loan Fund, Concord, NH, for Innovation. The Wachovia CDFI Excellence Awards presented by the National Community Capital Association focus attention on those leaders in the field of community development who have demonstrated excellence in their efforts to service communities of opportunity. The Wachovia CDFI Excellence Awards Presented by the National Community Capital Association salute outstanding efforts in the following areas: Advocacy, Community Impact, Financing, and Innovation. "These four organizations exemplify outstanding work that community development financial institutions are doing all across the country--in emerging urban, rural and reservation-based markets," said NCCA NCCA National Commission for Certifying Agencies NCCA National Commission for Culture and the Arts (Philippines) NCCA National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (Ireland) President Mark Pinsky. "We congratulate them for contributing so much to their communities and to the future of our industry. They are great leaders and great examples." "We're proud to sponsor these awards, which recognize the important role that CDFIs play in making our communities stronger," said Wachovia Director of Community Relations 1. The relationship between military and civilian communities. 2. Those public affairs programs that address issues of interest to the general public, business, academia, veterans, Service organizations, military-related associations, and other non-news media entities. Mike Rizer. Yonkers-based Leviticus Alternative Fund provides financing for affordable housing, child care centers, and other community facilities in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Leviticus was awarded the CDFI Excellence Award for Advocacy due to its tireless leadership in advocating for issues of concern to the CDFI industry. In 2005, they were instrumental in organizing support among the New York State delegation in the House of Representatives to support restoring funding for the CDFI Fund. With offices in Manhattan, Seedco (the Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation) is a national community development operating intermediary that creates opportunities for low-wage workers and their families through workforce development, small businesses assistance, and asset building promotion for residents and businesses in economically distressed communities. Seedco won the CDFI Excellence Award for Community Impact for its work in integrating small business lending and workforce development first in response to 9-11 in Lower Manhattan and now in their Neighborhood Economies Initiative in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Memphis, and Alabama. |
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