Sandy Resource Update: Design Assistance and Funding Sources

In our never-ending effort to keep you up to date on Sandy rebuilding developments, you should know that we just revised the Sandy Resources on PolycreteUSA.com. We added a comprehensive list of licensed New Jersey Architects who are qualified to design your rebuilding project to stand up to Mother Nature with Polycrete ICFs.

  

We also want to let you know that Bank of America and Provident Bank are helping to make low interest loans available to small businesses hammered by Hurricane Sandy. 

They’ve made a combined $2.25 Million available to a number of Community Development Financial Institutions in New York and New Jersey. These CDFI loans are not huge, but they're designed to get your business back on its feet quickly. The loans are fast and affordable.  

According to a report from NJBiz,  Bank of America has made $2 million available to CDFIs at zero interest, and the CDFIs are loaning it out at 3% or so. Provident Bank Foundation is making $250,000 available to the CDFIs and is also making grants of up to $25,000 to organizations providing relief to small businesses.

Community Development Financial Institutions provide credit and financial services to underserved markets and populations. CDFIs are certified by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund from the US Treasury Department. CDFIs are funded by the US Treasury, banks, private investors and non-profit organizations.

Here’s a list of CDFIs in this program and the contact information to get you started.

Organization (CDFI)	Contact
Accion USA	Phone: 866-245-0783 www.accionusa.org
Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE)	Phone: 212-979-8988 www.aafe.org
Cooperative Business Assistance Corporation (CBAC)	Phone: 856-966-8181 www.cbaclenders.com
CDC of Long Island	Phone: 631-471-1215 www.cdcli.org
New Jersey Community Capital	Phone: 732-640-2061 www.newjerseycommunitycapital.org
Enterprise Community Partners	Phone: 212-284-7121 www.enterprisecommunity.com
Grow America Fund	Phone: 212-682-1106 www.nationaldevelopmentcouncil.org
LISC	Phone: 212-455-9800 www.lisc.org
Low Income Investment Fund	Phone: 212-509-5509 www.liifund.org
New York Business Development Corp	Phone 800-923-2504 www.nybdc.org
Nonprofit Finance Fund	Phone: 212-868-6710 Phone: 973-642-2500 www.nonprofitfinancefund.org
Renaissance EDC	Phone: 212-964-6022 www.renaissance-ny.org
UCEDC	Phone: 908-527-1166 www.ucedc.com

Please call our experts with your questions -- Basic or technical. We know what you're dealing with, and we want to make it as easy for you as possible. If we don't have the answer, we'll find someone who does. 1-800-570-4313

Coming very soon is a list of AIA Architects in New York who are willing and able to design your Polycrete rebuild and general contractors across the region who can build with Polycrete Insulated Concrete Forms and give you a fair deal.

 
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