National Community Investment Fund In Partnership with Innovate Illinois Submits $1 Billion "Rust Belts to Green Belts" EPA Funding Proposal
CHICAGO, Nov. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The National Community Investment Fund (NCIF), a Chicago-based non-profit, national community development financial institution and impact investor, in partnership with Innovate Illinois, a public-private partnership that secures federal funding for Illinois, today announced that it has submitted a $1 billion funding proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Communities Investment Accelerator. Named "Rust Belts to Green Belts," (R2G) the NCIF proposal addresses the historical tension between industrial corridors and their surrounding neighborhoods by supporting clean technology adoption, job creation, wealth building, retrofitting of affordable housing and environmental improvements in low-income and disadvantaged communities (LIDACs).
- The National Community Investment Fund (NCIF), a Chicago-based non-profit, national community development financial institution and impact investor, in partnership with Innovate Illinois, a public-private partnership that secures federal funding for Illinois, today announced that it has submitted a $1 billion funding proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Communities Investment Accelerator.
- CHICAGO, Nov. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The National Community Investment Fund (NCIF), a Chicago-based non-profit, national community development financial institution and impact investor, in partnership with Innovate Illinois , a public-private partnership that secures federal funding for Illinois, today announced that it has submitted a $1 billion funding proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Communities Investment Accelerator .
- Led by the NCIF with support from coalition members Appalachian Community Capital, the Chickasaw Nation, Accion Opportunity Fund, and the National Urban League, the Rust Belts to Green Belts proposal also includes coordination partners Innovate Illinois, P33 and World Business Chicago.
- "In partnership with the National Community Investment and Innovate Illinois, we have established good jobs, clean technology, economic development, and environmental justice as core tenets of our clean energy future.