Small Business Finance Publications

• Role of RDOs in Business Development Finance

  Posted on: January 20th, 2012 by Matthew Chase

  This report highlights the innovative approaches being taken by five regional development organizations (RDO) in Colorado, Oregon, Texas, and Wisconsin to spur job growth through new business startups or existing business expansions.

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• Public Sector Business Loan Funds: Views and Recommendations from Practitioners

  Posted on: May 23rd, 2011 by Laurie Thompson

  In an effort to improve the understanding of the public business loan fund industry, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation and the Development District Association of Appalachia (DDAA) sponsored a convening of the nation’s leading loan fund...

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• Getting Started in Regional Energy and Fuels Planning: Sharing the Land-of-Sky Experience

  Posted on: August 31st, 2010 by Jonathan

  This report examines how the Land-of-Sky Regional Council in Asheville, North Carolina worked with its local governments and other partners to design a framework for a regional clean energy and alternative fuels planning and business development project. The report was...

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