An online resource provided by the office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The webpage contains reports and tools on community development initiatives focused on healthy food access.
More than a third of Baltimore neighborhoods don't have ready access to healthy foods, leaving one in five residents to rely on high-fat, high-calorie meals from corner stores and carryout restaurants, a new assessment shows. City officials and other groups already are launching programs to provide healthier eating options for Baltimoreans.
An archive of webinars created by CDS Consulting Co-op. They are outlined according to topic: Organizing, Feasibility and Planning, and Implementation.
San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar announces that he would introduce legislation that aims to form an incentive program for city food retailers to market and sell fresh food, especially more produce, and cut back on high fat and sugar items and tobacco and alcohol products.
Supervisor Eric Mar has a new proposal to establish a Healthy Food Incentive Program to encourage small corner stores to stock fresh produce in San Francisco. He hasn’t settled on what the incentives might be to encourage merchants to sell more fresh food, but it might include small business loans or some hands-on assistance from the city to make the switch to fresh produce.
The report provides a framework to better understand the landscape of current and emerging impact investing opportunities which will ultimately aid in the reform of the domestic food system. Geared towards investors, it discusses the current state of the industry how to create high-impact social, environmental and economic change.
Case profile of supermarket and retail center built in North Philadelphia financed with New Market Tax Credits.
Outlines the primary financial products and services most commonly used by value-added food businesses, using financial products to structure a loan deal, developing relationships between depository and non-depository institutions, and innovations related to financial products.
Defines the range of financing options for Mid-Tier Food Chain Enterprises and provides multiple case studies. It also addresses sources and uses of financing, assessing feasibility, loan underwriting, and key financial ratios relevant to food-related businesses.
The legislative bill for the Nebraska Healthy Food Financing Initiative Act. This would create a fund to provide funding; to change the tax credit limit under the Community Development Assistance Act.