We're excited to announce we have been awarded a new #NMTC allocation to continue our investments that create #Good Jobs at rural manufacturers across the country. And congratulations to our 101 peer allocatees!!

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Congratulations Appalachian Mtn Club on your new transaction to preserve even more of the #Maine Woods for recreation & conservation - we know from experience this will have positive economic benefits as local merchants 'feel the AMC in their cash registers.'

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This day after #LaborDay - we're thinking about how grateful we are to be part of the community of CDFIs helping small and medium-sized businesses build #GoodJobs and increase #JobQuality for their employees.

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Curious how other practitioners manage #NMTC assets? Join us for the next CCML NMTC Roundtable on Tuesday, Sept 5 at 2PM as we discuss site visits, risk ratings, QALICB financial review, red flags, census data updates and more.

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Brett Theodos of the Urban Institute recently told The Daily Yonder “It is harder to make investments into #rural places. That is why it is good there are groups, like CCML, that really know the rural space and focus on them.”

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The The CDFI Fund just released data on the impact of the #NMTC program, and it's good stuff! As of the FY2021 reporting period, NMTC investments have led to the reported creation or retention of >512,200 construction jobs and >344,000 permanent jobs in businesses financed.

“ #Rural communities often have underutilized or non-existent manufacturing facilities that require significant expense. Investors need an incentive, and #NMTC can be the catalyst to bring the capital to these communities.” - CCML CEO Traci Vaine

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To decrease poverty, businesses need to create more than just jobs; they need to create #GoodJobs w/ #LivingWages , benefits and opportunities for advancement - which is why the CEI Good Jobs Framework is foundational to our investment approach.

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Paying workers low wages is actually very expensive for companies. The costs of high turnover, the costs associated w/ low wages like lost sales, lost productivity, mistakes... What great companies do is redirect those costs into investments in people. - Zeynep Ton

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We're excited to fund the expansion of Monogram Foods in Martinsville, Virginia, which will bring an estimated 156 new jobs to the plant - all of which meet the CEI #GoodJobs Framework for wages, benefits and advancement opportunities.

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Did you miss our latest NMTC Roundtable on the State of the Economy and Impacts to Community Investing?

Check out the webinar recording at: youtu.be/TTDIP9pcs48

Mark your calendars to join us for the next CCML NMTC Roundtable on Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 from 2-3 PM ET as we discuss opportunities and challenges in the current economic environment and where NMTCs (and other tools) can make an impact.

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Access to child care is a key barrier to workforce engagement for parents - which is why we are proud to financially support the development of 10 new home-based child care providers in Presidio County, Texas via a #NMTC #CommunityBenefitsAgreement

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Premium Peanut is working to create #GoodJobs in rural Georgia, including building skills in your employees and promoting from within - the kind of career ladders manufacturing companies excel at creating.

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Exciting to see the CEI Family mentioned in the Boston Globe and even more exciting to see CEI's Good Jobs Framework in action - the same framework we use at CEI Capital to ensure that the companies we fund via the #NMTC program are creating #GoodJobs .

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Mark your calendars to join us for the next CCML #NMTC Roundtable on Tuesday, March 7th, 2023 from 2-3 PM ET

We will be covering proposed TLR updates and community benefits agreements.

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We use Community Benefits Agreements to deepen our impact. We are honored to support the work of the Oasis Free Clinics in providing health care services to those most in need, including immigrants and asylum seekers, with respect and compassion.”

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CEI Capital NMTC investment Saddleback Maine isn't just reviving a local economic engine, it's making it a more environmentally sustainable place:

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Even at Russell 1000 companies, ~7.6MM workers aren’t earning a #LivingWage for 1-person & ~11.1MM aren’t making a family-sustaining wage. Our investments prioritize creating #GoodJobs w/ living wages in #rural areas because you shouldn't work full time & be poor.

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Hundreds of leaders and organizations have signed on to the Statement on #GoodJobs (as.pn/goodjobs), which sets forth an evidence-based, shared definition of #jobquality . Here’s a quote from @Ostermanpaul, Professor of MIT Sloan School of Management: aspeninstitute.org/programs/good-…