Community investment is designed to do the hard things conventional markets don’t do, so its deals tend to be more complex than those in conventional finance. As a critical step toward making such deals more efficient and effective, the Center for Community Investment’s newest resource introduces the process of deal review.
At CCI, we believe that a community’s context—the ecosystem of actors, policies, resource flows, relationships, skills, behaviors, etc.—shapes how community investment functions in that community.
From rising income inequality and aging infrastructure to climate change, communities of all sizes are facing unprecedented challenges that threaten the health and well-being of individuals, families, and local economies.
Low-income communities are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. From flooding to air quality, adverse heat effects, and energy constraints and reliability, our most disadvantaged citizens are among those at highest risk o
In opening remarks to a group assembled for a capital absorption workshop at the Beacon Council on July 11, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava proclaimed, “When we do this right, we will not only have solved transportation problem
