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Construction of the Riverfront
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NDC’s core service has always been Technical Assistance (TA) working with our clients to take their community development strategies from plan to reality. Everything else we do has grown from TA to meet the changing needs of those clients:professional training; project financing and direct developer services; equity for affordable housing; small business lending.
Technical Assistance is more than consulting. We don’t do abstract studies and we don’t write abstract reports. We do become part of the operating force of our client communities, working with them to design, create and operate the development PROGRAMS they need, and to plan and build the development PROJECTS they need.
NDC’s professional training provides a range of structured, rigorous courses in economic development, housing development and community development finance for development practitioners. NDC offers professional certification programs in both economic development and housing development. See Training for additional information.
Project financing and direct developer services are provided by NDC Housing and Economic Development Corporation (HEDC), NDC’s development arm. HEDC develops affordable housing and other community development projects that cannot feasibly be carried out by private, for-profit developers, as well as public facilities using innovative financing and development techniques.
Equity for affordable housing is provided by NDC Corporate Equity Fund (CEF) using Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits.
Small business lending is the job of our Grow America Fund (GAF). GAF operates as a community development bank, providing SBA-guaranteed credit within participating communities throughout the U.S.
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