CDE: Forward Community Investments

To all NMTC Coalition Members: If you would like to add projects, a description of your CDE, or anything else to this page, contact Paul Anderson.

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Project Profiles and Stories

Lac Courte Oreilles Community Health

FQHCs, Healthcare, Indian Country

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments, IFF, Impact Seven, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, USBCDE

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin builds a tribal state-of-the-art clinic addressing healthcare, behavioral health, dental and pharmaceutical needs

Chequamegon Food Co-op

Ashland,
WI
(2015)

Indian Country, Manufacturing

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments

The Chequamegon Food Co-op is a member-owned grocery in Ashland on Lake Superior’s south shore. The co-op relocated and expanded thanks to financing from a community revolving loan from the

One City Broadway

Madison,
WI
(2022)

Healthcare, Schools

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments, IFF, Old National CDE Corporation

Acquisition, rehabilitation and expansion of a former office facility to serve 888 K-12 students through the One City nonprofit public charter elementary and secondary education programs in a severely distressed

Boys and Girls Club of Dane County

Fitchburg,
WI
(2022)

Boys and Girls Clubs, Recreation

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments, USBCDE

This transaction will finance the renovation of a vacant building near Madison, WI into a 21,500 sq. ft. building that will serve as the McKenzie Regional Workforce Center to educate

Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy (High School)

Milwaukee,
WI
(2023)

Schools

CDE(s): Civic Builders, Forward Community Investments

Ground up construction of a 65,009 sq.ft., 500 student charter high school.

Lac Courte Oreilles Community Health Center

Hayward,
WI
(2023)

FQHCs, Indian Country

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments, IFF, Impact Seven, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, USBCDE

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin builds a tribal state-of-the-art clinic addressing healthcare, behavioral health, dental and pharmaceutical needs

Beaver Dam Community Food Pantry Mixed Use

Beaver Dam,
WI
(2015)

Food Bank or Pantry, Mixed-use

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments

NMTC financing supported a mixed-use project that included the Beaver Dam Community Food Pantry.

EagleKnit

Milwaukee,
WI
(2019)

Incubator

CDE(s): First-Ring Industrial Redevelopment Enterprise, Forward Community Investments, USBCDE

Rehabilitation of historic building into a 107,500 sq. ft. mixed-use innovation hub.

Children’s Museum of Eau Claire

Eau Claire,
WI
(2022)

Children's Museum

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments

NMTC financing for the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire to construct a multi-use community facility that will house a state-of-the-art children’s museum and additional space to provide quality early education

Sixteenth Street Community Health Center

Milwaukee,
WI
(2021)

Behavioral Health, Community, FQHCs

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments

A critically important Mental Health Support Center including a full continuum of behavioral health services co-located with the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Department.

Battered Women’s Shelter

Milwaukee,
WI
(2014)

Community, FQHCs, Healthcare, Shelters and Community Food

CDE(s): Consortium America, Forward Community Investments, IFF

Milwaukee Women’s Center, a domestic violence organization that’s provided supportive services and emergency shelter since 1980, stepped in to save the safe haven. With a $625,000 loan from IFF, a

Cristo Rey – Milwaukee

Milwaukee,
WI
(2019)

Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, FQHCs, Grocery and Fresh Food, Healthcare, HFFI, Private School, Racial Equity, Religious Organizations, Retail, Retail and Commercial, Schools, Targeted Populations, Youth and Families, Youth Program

CDE(s): First-Ring Industrial Redevelopment Enterprise, Forward Community Investments, Raza Development Fund, USBCDE

Construction of a 106,369 sq. ft. educational facility on donated property.

Milwaukee Youth Arts Center

Milwaukee,
WI
(2020)

Arts, Community

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments

Renovation and expansion of a 97,520-square-foot facility opened in 2005 and used to provide performing arts and musical education to a diverse youth population.

St. Croix Chippewa Indians

Webster,
WI
(2018)

Community, Indian Country, Infrastructure, Municipal Facilities, Rural, Targeted Populations

CDE(s): Bremer CDE, Forward Community Investments, WHEDA

The St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin used NMTCs for a new judicial center.

St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care

Milwaukee,
WI
(2014)

Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Disability Services, Healthcare, Youth and Families

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments, IFF, PNC

Milwaukee's St. Ann's Center for Intergenerational Care is copying its successful south side facility with a second location on the north side, where the rates of poverty and infant mortality

Milwaukee Rescue Mission’s North Campus

Milwaukee,
WI
(2017)

Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Homeless Services, Mixed-use, Recreation, Youth and Families

CDE(s): Chase, Forward Community Investments

Acquire and construct new buildings for expanded space for school and childcare center.

Greater Galilee

Milwaukee,
WI
(2017)

Adult Daycare, Arts, Community, Community Center, Daycare and Early Childhood, Food Bank or Pantry, Healthcare, Mixed-use, Nonprofit Hub, Nursing Homes and Hospice, Shelters and Community Food, Youth and Families

CDE(s): Forward Community Investments, IFF

Construction of community center: The new 20,000-sq. ft. facility houses wellness and health programs; meals and nutrition programs; financial services; creative arts and recreation programs; senior adult day care services;

Marshfield Area YMCA

Marshfield,
WI
(2017)

Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Head Start, Healthcare, Recreation, Rural, YMCAs and YWCAs, Youth and Families

CDE(s): Cinnaire New Markets, Forward Community Investments

Cinnaire provided a $7.2M NMTC allocation to support the expansion and rehabilitation of the Marshfield Area YMCA.

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Breaks Ground On New $33 Million School

Community, Schools, Youth and Families

CDE(s): First-Ring Industrial Redevelopment Enterprise, Forward Community Investments, Raza Development Fund, USBCDE

Construction of a 106,369 sq. ft. educational facility on donated property.