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NY1 Unconventional Job Fair Draws Creative Crowd [Article Online] Aug 01, 2010 The Seedco-operated NYC Business Solutions in Lower Manhattan, managed by the New York City Department of Small Business Services, participated in The Working NYC Career Fair that focused on creating jobs through entrepreneurship. |
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Queens Courier Lenders, Officials Outline Financing Options for Small Businesses [Article Online] Jul 27, 2010 Seedco Financial joined Congressmember Nydia M. Velázquez in hosting a affordable financing workshop for small business owners in Queens. |
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle Ground Broken on Brownsville Renovation Project [Article Online] Jul 23, 2010 Seedco Financial and other partners celebrate the groundbreaking of the renovation of the Loew’s Pitkin Theater into a charter school and ground-floor retail store by Westchester-based POKO Partners. |
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Nation Cities Weekly Federal Reserve Convenes Stakeholders, Addresses Small Business Financing Needs [Article Online] Jul 19, 2010 Seedco Financial's president, Lesia Bates Moss, participates in a Federal Reserve forum of national key decision-makers from the public, private and nonprofit sectors in Washington, D.C., to address the immediate and longer-term credit needs of small businesses. |
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Citybizlist New York Seedco Financial Services Receives $750,000 EDA Grant [Article Online] Jun 29, 2010 At a public event in New York City on June 22nd the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) presented a $750,000 grant to Seedco Financial Services, a national Community Development Financial Institution providing loan financing and business support resources to small businesses. |
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Birmingham Business Journal Ensley marching to new ‘BEAT’ [Article Online] Jun 11, 2010 Seedco Financial's Alabama office provides support to BEAT, which is trying to restore economic stability to Ensley, Alabama, through housing development. |
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Diversity Woman CDFI’s: Quick Help For Small Businesses [Article Online] May 31, 2010 CDFIs like Seedco Financial provide small businesses with loans and business assistance that help them grow and expand during tough economic times. |
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy Fishermen and Others Turn to Charities for Aid Along the Gulf Coast [Article Online] May 28, 2010 Seedco Financial's Southeast Louisiana Fisheries Assistance Center is assisting hundreds of fisherman in the months after the Gulf Coast oil spill. |
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Birmingham Business Journal Panelists: Money is out there for qualified small businesses Read more: Panelists: Money is out there for qualified small businesses [Article Online] May 27, 2010 Ivan Holloway, vice president and managing director of Seedco Financial's Alabama office, participated as a panelist in the Birmingham Business Journal’s Access to Capital breakfast panel at Samford University. |
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WDAM Foundation grant to help fishermen and families [Article Online] May 22, 2010 The Greater New Orleans Foundation's Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund pledges support to the Seedco Financial Southeast Louisiana Fisheries Assistance Center to work with fishermen affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Crain's New York Business Goldman lends to entrepreneurs -- gradually [Article Online] May 19, 2010 With support from Goldman Sachs' "10,000 Small Businesses" program, Seedco Financial developed the Growth Opportunity Loans & Services initiative to help established businesses that are poised for growth and expansion by providing small business loans and business assistance. |
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The Louisiana Weekly Gulf oil spill adds to woes of minority fishermen [Article Online] May 17, 2010 Seedco Financial's Southeast Louisiana Fisheries Assistance Center provides loans and business counseling to under-capitalized fisheries in the region. Robin Barnes, senior vice president, offers business advice for stabilizing these small businesses as they experience losses due to the Gulf Coast oil spill. |
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WDSU Mayor To Hold Meeting For Oil-Affected Workers [Article Online] May 17, 2010 New Orleans mayor holds a community meeting to address the concerns of workers and businesses impacted by the Gulf oil spill. Representatives from Seedco Financial will attend. |
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Shelterforce Industry News [Article Online] Feb 08, 2010 Seedco Financial won a Stevie Award for Women in Business for “Best Overall Company of the Year” in the Service Business category. |
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BusinessWeek A 'Systemic Shift' in Small Business Lending [Article Online] Jan 22, 2010 Seedco Financial Services and other CDFIs are expanding their role and receiving private capital from recently formed bank holding companies like Goldman Sachs. |
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The Network Journal The Network Journal Announces its 12th Annual “25 Influential Black Women in Business [Article Online] Jan 21, 2010 The Network Journal announces its 2010 list of “25 Influential Black Women in Business.” Lesia Bates Moss, president of Seedco Financial, was selected as one of the honorees, and she will be profiled in the special March issue of the magazine and formally honored during Women’s History Month at the “Twelfth Annual 25 Influential Black Women in Business Awards” luncheon on Thursday, March 11, 2010. |
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The Birmingham News Developers transform Masonic Temple in Woodlawn into an events hosting facility [Article Online] Dec 31, 2009 Seedco Financial provided a loan that revitalized a Masonic Temple into an events space in Woodlawn, Alabama. |
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CNN Money Community lenders hit the funding jackpot [Article Online] Dec 23, 2009 Many small businesses are seeking alternative lending through Community Development Financial Institutions like Seedco Financial, which recently received a $20 million loan from Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Small Businesses initiative. |
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National Development Council NDC Orchestrates Financing for Rochester’s Revitalized Eastman Theatre Building [Article Online] Dec 22, 2009 Seedco Financial’s Empowerment Reinvestment Fund (ERF) New Markets Tax Credits investment assists in the renovation and expansion of the Eastman Theatre Building at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music. |
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Birmingham Business Journal People On the Move [Article Online] Dec 17, 2009 Herman Williams joins Seedco Financial's Birmingham office as the new loan officer. |
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