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Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Aug 9, 20232 min read
Spokes of the Same Wheel
Collaboration between resource providers impacts outcomes for female small business owners in Western North Carolina.
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Feb 16, 20233 min read
City of Raleigh Program Provides More Than $3 Million to Small Businesses
The City of Raleigh and Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CSBDF) are launching the second round of Oak City Biz Labs, a program that
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Feb 1, 20232 min read
Growth, Equity, & Individual Welfare
A Theoretical Framework for “Moving the Needle” on CDFI Impact Evaluation Research Report and Brief in Collaboration with AltCap ABSTRACT...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Nov 18, 20222 min read
How CDFIs are Shaped by Funders through Data Collection, Impact Measurement, and Evaluation
Conference Paper in Collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,...
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Oct 12, 20222 min read
Extraordinary Times Call for Extraordinary Measures
The financial losses caused by COVID-19 are extraordinary in scope and have affected every facet of the small business ecosystem.
Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Aug 11, 20221 min read
COVID-19 and Local Development Entities: Response, Recovery, and Shifting Priorities
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic will reverberate across North Carolina’s local economy for many years.
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
Feb 15, 20211 min read
CSBDF’s Small Business COVID-19 Lending Programs
Fostering Social Capital and Financial Stability Carolina Small Business Development Fund Report ABSTRACT In times of crisis, investment...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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