CDE: Rural Development Partners

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

Louisiana Forestlands

Port Barre,
LA
(2008)

Katrina, Manufacturing, Rural, Timber and Agriculture

CDE(s): Rural Development Partners

The Forestland Group utilized NMTCs to complete the purchase of 82,000 acres of hardwood forests in Louisiana, in addition to a hardwood sawmill and processing plant near LeMoyen, LA; 200

Super-Pufft

Perry,
FL
(2019)

Business Development, Manufacturing, Rural

CDE(s): Rural Development Partners

Snack manufacturer partners with CDE to create or save 397 jobs in a community on the precipice of economic disaster.

Mid River Terminal

Osceola,
AR
(2015)

Business Development, Manufacturing, Rural, Transportation and Ports, Warehouse and Wholesale

CDE(s): Chase, Enhanced Capital, Rural Development Partners

NMTCS are helping to revive a rural community in Northeastern Arkansas, providing the necessary capital for a highly distressed river town to turn the corner.

LHF Lopiwa

O'Oakala,
HI
(2009)

Energy, Manufacturing, Rural, Timber and Agriculture

CDE(s): CEI Capital Management, Rural Community Investment Fund, Rural Development Partners

The construction of a new, state-of-the-art veneer mill and the conversion to biomass fuel of two oil-fired electric generation plants.

Monogram Snack

Martinsville,
VA
(2015)

Business Development, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Rural

CDE(s): Greenline Ventures, Rural Development Partners

NMTCs enabled Monogram Snacks to expand their facility in Martinsville, VA by 56,000 sq. ft. and renovate space in the original production plant.

Trotter Fertilizer

Litchfield,
NE
(2013)

Business Development, Manufacturing, Rural, Warehouse and Wholesale

CDE(s): Rural Development Partners

Financing for a fertilizer facility and community greenhouse.

Orthman Manufacturing, Inc

Lexington,
NE
(2014)

Business Development, Manufacturing, Rural

CDE(s): Rural Development Partners

A short line manufacturer of farm equipment and implements.

Sherwood Forest Camp

Lesterville,
MO
(2018)

Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Recreation, Rural, Youth and Families

CDE(s): Rural Development Partners

Unique summer program expands impact and school-year outreach to children from low-income families in the St. Louis area.

Coastal Carolina Clean Power

Kenansville,
NC
(2010)

Community, Energy, Manufacturing, Rural

CDE(s): AMCREF Community Capital, Rural Development Partners

Kenansville was originally developed and constructed as a coal-fired generating facility; new ownership converted the plant to a biomass-fired facility.

DOT Foods

Dyersburg,
TN
(2013)

Business Development, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Rural, Warehouse and Wholesale

CDE(s): CAHEC, River Gorge Capital, Rural Development Partners

NMTCs helped Dot Foods revitalize a rural community that lost more than 3,000 manufacturing jobs between 2010-2013.

Watonwan Farm Service

Delavan,
MN
(2011)

Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Plastics and Chemicals, Rural, Timber and Agriculture, Transportation and Ports

CDE(s): Rural Development Partners

The construction of a new high-speed working grain shuttle house and rail terminal facility.

Allegheny Forestland

Clay,
WV
(2009)

Katrina, Manufacturing, Timber and Agriculture

CDE(s): CEI Capital Management, Rural Development Partners

Financing for Allegheny Wood Products, Inc. an operator of six sawmills in three states.

URSA Cooperative – Canton, MO

Canton,
MO
(2012)

Business Development, Manufacturing, Rural, Warehouse and Wholesale

CDE(s): Rural Development Partners

Construction of a grain elevator that now serves as a high-speed throughput load-out facility for barges on the Mississippi River.

West Virginia Great Barrel Company

Caldwell,
WV
(2018)

Business Development, Disaster Recovery, Floods, Manufacturing, Rural

CDE(s): Grow America, Rural Development Partners

Rural Development Partners and the National Development Council used the NMTC to help West Virginia Great Barrel Company (WVGBC) construct a new barrel manufacturing facility in White Sulphur Springs, WV.

Cascades fka Orchids Paper

Barnwell,
SC
(2015)

Business Development, Manufacturing, Rural

CDE(s): Rural Development Partners, USBCDE

NMTC funding helped solidify the construction of a new integrated production facility near Barnwell, SC, providing jobs to a community that lost more than 600 jobs.

Coastal Growers

Atmore,
AL
(2021)

Business Development, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Rural

CDE(s): MuniStrategies, National Impact Fund, Rural Development Partners, United Bank of Alabama, Waveland Community Development

A new 475,000-sq. ft. facility sources peanuts within a 200 mile radius from farms in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida and creates 130 permanent jobs with training and career advancement

SafeRack

Andrews,
SC
(2015)

Business Development, Floods, Manufacturing, Rural

CDE(s): CCG Community Partners, Rural Development Partners

NMTCs were leveraged to build a new 100,000 sq. ft. innovative manufacturing facility that uses precision welding, laser cutting, and robotic assembly technologies to manufacture fall protection and loading/unloading systems

American Processing Inc

Alpena,
MI
(2011)

Community, Energy, Manufacturing, Rural, Waste Management, Water Management

CDE(s): CEI Capital Management, Rural Development Partners

American Process, Inc., utilized NMTCs to create 20 new jobs for a biorefinery project at its Alpena, Michigan plant site.

Westervelt Pellets

Aliceville,
AL
(2012)

Manufacturing

CDE(s): CEI Capital Management, Rural Development Partners, Wells Fargo, WNC National Community Development Advisors

The NMTC helped the Westervelt Company to build a new wood pellet manufacturing facility in Aliceville, Ala.