COMMUNITY BLUEPRINT
CCLF E-NEWSLETTER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, ISSUES & FEATURES 4th Quarter/2012
2012: Year in Review
With support from our partners, CCLF extended our impact as we continued to help stabilize and revitalize communities throughout Chicagoland. 2012 Highlights: $13.5 million in financing through 29 closed loans Nearly $9 million dollars leveraged Over 100 housing units created or preserved Approximately 280 jobs created or preserved Over 221,000 square feet of community facility or commercial square space created or preserved • Over 90 workshop participants in 10 workshops
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In This Issue 2012 Highlights CCLF Featured in Reuters, Nightly Business Report CCLF Financing Preserves Community Landmark CCLF Joins The Plant for Groundbreaking CCLF Noteworthy CCLF Receives $15,000 Grant from Marquette Bank CCLF Loan Helps Support Healthy Food Alternatives CCLF's 2013 Workshops
CCLF Receives $15,000 Grant from Marquette Bank
In 2012, CCLF's loans impacted 16 communities across Chicagoland. (Photos: Steve Becker)
CCLF Impact Receives National Media Attention Two recent national news features highlighted how CCLF and other CDFIs This December, Marquette are an ideal way to give back to Bank awarded CCLF a underserved Chicago communities. CCLF $15,000 program grant. We was featured in the Nightly Business greatly appreciate when longReport (NBR) and Reuters for the positive term community partners like social impact it has had on Chicagoland's Marquette Bank are in a lower-wealth communities. Read more on position to help us expand our NBR's two-segment piece on social neighborhood stabilization impact investing and the Reuters article work. on CDFI impact by visiting cclfchicago.org.