Like 2020, 2021 presented challenges for small business owners, often revealing historical and systemic disinvestment in communities of color. It also created opportunities for businesses to adapt and rebuild. While communities and businesses are still dealing with the repercussions of the pandemic, we can work together to foster a positive outlook for the year ahead. […]
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Trends and Policies that May Affect Community Development & Small Business in 2022
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VIDEO: A Visual Storytelling of Capital Impact Partners’ First 10 Years in Detroit
Over the past 10 years, Capital Impact Partners has invested more than $300 million to foster equitable and inclusive Detroit communities, and we are committed to achieving that vision with the city’s residents. To celebrate our 10th anniversary of working side-by-side with Detroiters, we look back at what worked and the work that remains in […]
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Marching Toward “Freedom and Jobs”: How Our New Enterprise Fosters Wealth Creation and Builds Inclusive and Equitable Communities
By Ellis Carr, President and CEO During the 1963 March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs, attendees peacefully and constructively protested for the end of systemic barriers and racial segregation. These barriers kept members of disinvested communities from good-paying jobs or from owning businesses wherever they chose, which would allow them to share in the […]
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Alliance “Get To Know Us” Spotlight: LaKisha Gant, Senior Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Lending
Welcome to our Spotlight series where we highlight members of our new enterprise with Capital Impact Partners. Earlier this year we announced the formation of our exciting new enterprise that united Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance under a single strategy and leadership team. We believe that in order to ensure that traditional […]
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Alliance “Get To Know Us” Spotlight: Shelli Hayman, Senior Vice President, Small Business Lending
Welcome to our Spotlight series where we highlight members of our new enterprise with Capital Impact Partners. Earlier this year we announced the formation of our exciting new enterprise that united Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance under a single strategy and leadership team. We believe that in order to ensure that traditional […]
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Alliance “Get To Know Us” Spotlight: Kim Dorsett, Chief Human Resources Officer
Welcome to our Spotlight series where we highlight members of our new enterprise between CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact Partners. Earlier this year we announced the formation of our exciting new enterprise that united Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance under a single strategy and leadership team. We believe that in […]
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A Decade of Investment in Detroit’s Revitalization: An Oral History of Our Journey – Capital Impact Partners in Detroit
A decade ago, Detroit was on the verge of a landmark municipal bankruptcy. Emergency response times were among the slowest in the nation. Blight abounded in nearly every neighborhood. In the prior decade, Detroit had lost one-quarter of its population—more than 244,000 residents.
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Alliance “Get To Know Us” Spotlight: Diane Borradaile, Chief Lending Officer
Welcome to our Spotlight series where we highlight members of our new enterprise between CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact Partners. Earlier this year we announced the formation of our exciting new enterprise that united Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance under a single strategy and leadership team. We believe that in […]
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PODCAST: Catalyze – Access to Capital for Underestimated Communities
In August, our President and CEO Ellis Carr participated in “Catalyze,” a podcast of the Greater Washington Partnership. “Catalyze” brings together leaders from Baltimore to Richmond who are working to make this the most inclusive growth region in the country. It features leaders from across the Capital Region in conversation about how business is taking […]