News Archives
2010
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Funding to Build More Grocery Stores
To deal with the lack of access to healthy foods, Governor David A. Paterson recently announced that the New York Healthy Good & Healthy Communities (HFHC) Fund will make $30 million available to finance the building of food markets in underserved communities.…
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Long Island Organizations Host Healthy Food Meeting
Empire State Development (ESD) and Sustainable Long Island held an informational meeting last week at Farmingdale State College regarding the New York Healthy Food & Healthy Communities Fund. The coalition, joined by representatives from the Town of Brookhaven, NYS Department of Labor, LIPA, and more discussed the funding opportunity, which will increase access to healthy […]…
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LIIF’s 2010 Annual Report
LIIF’s 2010 Annual Report: Investing in Places. Investing in People. provides stories about the people and places LIIF supports. Through our investments, LIIF transforms houses into homes, storefronts into jobs and street blocks into neighborhoods.…
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N.Y. Retailers Explore Food Desert Options
A number of food retailer companies of varying sizes met last month to find out about how to receive publicly supported grants and loans that would help them build or improve stores in underserved neighborhoods in New York state — so-called “food deserts” that lack access to fresh foods.…
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CDEs, Individuals Honored for Community Development Contributions
The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) took the top spot in the Operating Business QLICI category for providing an $8.8 million NMTC allocation to Part of the Solution (POTS), a multiservice agency that offers meals, clothing, legal assistance, and medical and social services to extremely low-income persons in the Bronx, N.Y.…
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First Capital Magnet Funds Awarded
LIIF was one of 23 organizations that received $80 million in grants to finance affordable housing under the new Capital Magnet Fund.…
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LIIF & Federal Reserve Issue Paper on CDFIs & TOD
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a critical tool to build healthy communities and create economic opportunity for low income people. LIIF commissioned a paper, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco…
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LIIF-Financed Schools Achieve Academic Success
LIIF has invested in some of the nation’s highest performing charter schools that serve low income communities. Recently, several LIIF-financed schools have been recognized for their outstanding academic achievements. …
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Connect with LIIF at the 2010 Opportunity Finance Network Conference
LIIF is a Bay Area Co-Host for the 2010 Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) Conference, “Capital Justice: If Not Now, When?” in San Francisco. …
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LIIF Supports Child Care & Education Facilities during California Budget Crisis
LIIF issued over $6 million in emergency repayable grants to child care programs waiting for payments through the support of the City and County of San Francisco, First 5 San Francisco and First 5 Alameda/Every Child Counts. These funds kept 3,700 children in quality child care programs…
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