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Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Nov 16, 20211 min read
Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Program Evaluation: a Luxury but not a Necessity?
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Published in Community Development ABSTRACT For decades,...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Oct 18, 20215 min read
Theory to Practice: CSBDF Releases FY21 Economic Impact Report
CSBDF releases annual economic impact assessments of its lending activities. In this post, Vice President of Economic Development Policy...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
May 27, 20211 min read
Capacity of Community Development Organizations to Respond to COVID-19
Collaboration with professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ABSTRACT The recovery of COVID-19 will truly require...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Mar 31, 20211 min read
Promoting Economic Development in Rural North Carolina: Five Complimentary Strategies
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report and Executive Summary ABSTRACT Like many other states, North Carolina’s...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Feb 20, 20211 min read
City of Raleigh COVID-19 Relief Fund: Survey of Beneficiaries
Evaluation of Agency Contract Outputs FINDINGS SUMMARY On behalf of the City of Raleigh, Carolina Small Business (CSBDF) administered a...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Jan 10, 20211 min read
Piedmont Community College: Partnering to Help Small Businesses
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report and Brief ABSTRACT North Carolina’s community college system is a vital...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act’s Section 1071 on Small Business Data
Comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Request for Stakeholder Feedback) ABSTRACT Section 1071 of the Dodd Frank Act was...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Strategic Capacity Building in Community Development Organizations Post COVID-19
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Aug 5, 20201 min read
Changes to Data Reporting Requirements for Certified CDFIs
Comments to Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (OMB #1559-0046) OUR POSITION The Community Development Financial...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Jun 1, 20201 min read
Community Development in the Southeast: Regional Economic Indicators
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report ABSTRACT Community development is inherently place-based: the geographic...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Apr 15, 20201 min read
Social Capital in the Era of Social Distancing: Community Development Responses to COVID-19
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ABSTRACT As local economic systems continue to reel from...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Apr 1, 20201 min read
Assessing the Early Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on North Carolina’s Small Business Community
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report and Brief ABSTRACT In April 2020 much data suggested the economic effects of...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Feb 17, 20201 min read
Community Reinvestment Act Regulations Proposed Rulemaking
Comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (#OCC-2018-0008) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (RIN #3064-AF22)...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Dec 1, 20191 min read
Assessing Public, Private, and Philanthropic Support for CDFIs
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Report and Brief ABSTRACT Community-based financial institutions play a large role in...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Nov 19, 20192 min read
Beyond Bridging and Bonding: A Multilevel Approach to Describing Social Capital
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Jun 28, 20191 min read
Everything but the Kitchen Sink? Factors Associated with Local Economic Development Strategy Use
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Published in Economic Development Quarterly ABSTRACT...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
May 10, 20192 min read
Building Bonds and Bridges (and Leveraging Links)
Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Biannual Federal Reserve Community Development Research...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
May 1, 20191 min read
The Community Development Financial Institution Program’s Grant Process
Comments to Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (OMB #1559-0021) OUR POSITION As part of its efforts to support community...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Jan 2, 20191 min read
Understanding the Importance of North Carolina’s Social Capital
Carolina Small Business Development Fund Research Spotlight ABSTRACT In recent years, the idea that business relationships between...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Nov 17, 20181 min read
Reforming the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Regulatory Framework
Comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (Docket #OCC-2018-008) OUR POSITION The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) has...
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