News Archives
2011
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It’s a breath of FRESH air as supermarket breaks ground
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg broke ground yesterday on a 9,000-square-foot Key Food supermarket in South Beach, the latest in a series of new or expanded supermarkets that have been created around the city with the goal of bringing fresh fruits, vegetables and healthier food choices to underserved neighborhoods.…
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LIIF Joins Mayor Bloomberg at Staten Island Grocery Ground Breaking
LIIF joined Mayor Bloomberg to celebrate the ground breaking of a grocery store in Staten Island. The store owner is receiving a $3.8 million loan from the Healthy Food & Healthy Communities Fund as well as support from the City’s FRESH program. The funds will enable the store to expand from 6,000 to 9,000 square […]…
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Latino owners open supermarket and help create jobs in Highland Falls, New York
State and local officials joined the residents of Highland Falls to celebrate the grand opening of My Town Supermarket. This is the town’s new and only full-service large grocery store. The store received financing from the New York Healthy Food & Healthy Communities Fund. Read the full…
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LIIF Receives $5.5 Million from Bank of America to Finance Energy Efficient Building Retrofits
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“Health Affairs” Article Explores Community Development & Health Sector Collaboration
The November issue of Health Affairs features an article co-authored by LIIF President & CEO Nancy O. Andrews and David Erickson of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on community development strategies to improve health outcomes for low income people.…
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Marketplace Officially Opens
News of the Highlands covered the October 28 ribbon cutting ceremony for MyTown Marketplace, the new grocery store opened with support from the New York Healthy Food & Healthy Communities Fund. The event was attended by New York Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets Darrel Aubertine, Town Supervisor Ed Magryta and Village Mayor Joseph D’Onofrio.…
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LIIF Joins Starbucks & OFN to Create Jobs
The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) is excited to announce that it was named as one of the first community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to receive a capital grant from the Create Jobs for USA Fund, a collaboration between Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Network (OFN). The Create Jobs for USA funds will help LIIF to […]…
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Mid-Hudson Valley Community Celebrates New Supermarket & New Jobs
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New LIIF-Enterprise Partnership to Push for TOD
Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) and Enterprise are forming a partnership to advance the cause of transit-oriented development (TOD) nationally. The partners will formally announce this new partnership, as well as an assortment of financing strategies for TOD projects, at the Rail-Volution conference this week in Washington, D.C.…
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Transit-Oriented Development Partnership Goes National
Enterprise Community Partners and the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) are expanding efforts to build transit-oriented development (TOD) to a national scale. The groups announced their partnership at the Rail-Volution conference Oct. 17 in Washington, DC. The effort builds on earlier TOD efforts in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the latter area work resulting in […]…
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