Emergence of a New Growth

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President's Note
The last twelve months have brought more than their share of heartburn, stress, and sleepless nights. The entire affordable housing and community development industry has been hit with historical changes and impacts to its business models. The collapse of the capital markets and subsequent economic declines across the country caught most by surprise... Read full story

Emergence of a New Growth
The enormous challenges to the financial markets, the banking system and the nation's economy have placed a great deal of stress on the real estate industry and on the affordable housing industry in particular. Hear how GLCF is adapting during these times... Read full story

Cultivating Powerful Communities: Capital Allocation Group Expands Products
Great Lakes Capital Fund is essentially a community development finance organization. We raise capital, allocate financial capital, and manage human capital and services. It is just that simple, but yet very powerful in achieving our mission of supporting healthy, vibrant and sustainable communities through the creation of capital. Read full story

Helping Shovel Ready Projects
Tom Edmiston, Senior VP-Capital Group, discusses New Markets Tax Credits, as well as Historic and Brownfield Credits, encouraging partners to "Take Credit for Investing in Great Places to Live"! Read full story

Green With Equity
Dennis Quinn, Senior VP-Private Equity, introduces GLCF's Triple Bottom Line Fund, which delivers a competetive rate of return, investment in low-moderate income communities and green, sustainable buildings... Read full story

Reinvigorated Lending
Great Lakes Capital Fund has offered mortgage lending, acquisition lending, and pre-development lending for many years. To help our development partners these programs have been reinvigorated and made as user friendly as possible. Read full story

Real Estate Organization
The Real Estate Organization explores a number of business opportunities that position properties for future syndication, preserve affordable housing and/or dispose of limited partner interests. This is accomplished through several initiatives... Read full story

Do No Harm
Ed Bobinchak, VP-Sustainable Communities discusses resources provided by GLCF to developers to produce sustainable communities... Read full story

Community & Business Services
Jennifer Everhart, Executive VP of GLCF's Community & Business Services, discusses her department's role in furthering the company's mission... Read full story

Harvesting Leadership
Great Lakes Capital Fund's Community Leadership efforts will empower, educate and support all people in our communities to create visions for the future and for themselves and for their communities. We will help our residents to have the knowledge, ability and means to pursue their visions through GLCF's leadership programming... Read full story

Consulting Services
Great Lakes Capital Fund currently provides consulting, technical assistance and training services to our partners. We are able to offer help with LIHTC applications and Placed in Service applications, training on LIHTC compliance and more... Read full story

Real Estate Services
As lending services and investing becomes more competitive, forward thinking organizations have formed strategic partnerships within the industry that create multiple revenue streams for the parent organization. Great Lakes Capital Fund is looking to create a more simplified "One Stop" approach for its customers by offering integrated services... Read full story

Events & Happenings
Art of Leadership Nominated for Governor's Award, GLCF Becomes Green Community Technical Assistant and more... Read full story

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