For Immediate Release
Contact: Peter Dugas
(202) 622-8401
For Immediate Release
Contact: Peter Dugas
(202) 622-8401
Washington, DC -- Today the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund announced that approximately $11 million has been awarded to 51 banks and thrifts across the country that provide critically needed financial products and services to economically disadvantaged people and communities.
Portland, ME -- CDFI Fund Director Kimberly A.
The Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund visited the Gulf Coast recently to discuss the area's recovery after Hurricane Katrina, break ground for a housing development made possible through the CDFI Fund's New Markets Tax Credit Program and learn how the Fund could provide further assistance to attract private sector investment.
Sioux City, IA -- Mayor Craig Berenstein (left) and Perry Cantarutti, Vice President of Reservations for Northwest Airlines (right), unveil plans for a new Northwest Airlines call center that will open in downtown Sioux City.