Timber and Agriculture

The Second Helpings Culinary Job Training Program

Indianapolis,
IN
(2018)

Adult Education, College or Vocational Training, Community, Culinary Entrepreneurship, Daycare and Early Childhood, Manufacturing, Timber and Agriculture, Youth and Families, Youth Program

CDE(s): SCORE

The Second Helpings Culinary Job Training Program promotes productive citizenship and provides an opportunity for individuals to gain industry recognized skills and certifications upon which future successes can be built.

Grand Lake Stream Woodlands

Grand Lake Stream,
ME
(2009)

Affordable Housing, Manufacturing, Rural, Timber and Agriculture

CDE(s): CEI Capital Management

Grand Lake Stream Plantation is a town located in rural Washington County, Maine.

Pure Flavor

Fort Valley,
GA
(2017)

Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Timber and Agriculture

CDE(s): Bluehub, Business Valued Advisor Fund, The Valued Advisor Fund, USBCDE

Construction of an approximately 25 acre greenhouse development to help keep up with demand for hothouse vegetables.

Otter Tail Ag Enterprises

Fergus Falls,
MN
(2007)

Community, Energy, Manufacturing, Rural, Timber and Agriculture

CDE(s): Midwest Minnesota CDC

A group of farmers, ag-related professionals and investors have developed a $127 million ethanol plant near Fergus Falls.

Roseburg Forest Products

Dillard,
OR
(2013)

Manufacturing, Rural, Timber and Agriculture

CDE(s): United Fund Advisors

Manufacturer of wood products obtains working capital for capital improvements needed to remain competitive and retain critical manufacturing jobs.

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.

Almond Bros Lumber Co

Coushatta,
LA
(2014)

Manufacturing, Rural, Timber and Agriculture

CDE(s): Advantage Capital

Financing for a sawmill in Coushatta, Louisiana.

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.

Instituto Health Science Career Academy

Chicago,
IL
(2011)

Community, Schools, Timber and Agriculture

CDE(s): Chicago Development Fund, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Acquisition and conversion of a three-story existing timber loft building and construction of an addition to re-purpose the facility as the home for high school

Urban Growers Collective, Chicago

Chicago,
IL
(2018)

Adult Education, College or Vocational Training, Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Manufacturing, Timber and Agriculture, Youth and Families, Youth Program

CDE(s): SCORE

CTUF received $50,000 to continue its support of public education, teacher professional development, and community and apprenticeship programs through grant-making to community-based organizations.

Meredian Bioplastics

Bainbridge,
GA
(2012)

Business Development, Energy, Manufacturing, Plastics and Chemicals, Rural, Timber and Agriculture

CDE(s): AMCREF Community Capital, TruFund, United Fund Advisors

Manufacturer of environmentally friendly, biodegradable bioplastics relocates to a larger facility and brings significant investment into a low-income community in rural Georgia.

Athens Biomass

Athens,
ME
(2013)

Business Development, Energy, Manufacturing, Rural, Timber and Agriculture

CDE(s): CCG Community Partners

An existing successful vertically-integrated, third-generation family owned white wood pellet manufacturing and timberland business based on a 55-acre site in rural Athens, ME, added a new all-in-one biomass processor, boiler

Abbeville Fiber Sawmill

Abbeyville,
AL
(2018)

Manufacturing, Timber and Agriculture

CDE(s): Truist, United Bank of Alabama, United Fund Advisors

After sitting vacant for more than a decade, the former WestPoint Stevens building in Abbeville is now buzzing with new life and 115 jobs after a $40 million transformation by