We are pleased to share our 2024 activities as a CDE under the New Markets Tax Credit Program. Over the past 14 years our 81 projects have created over 14,800 quality permanent jobs and served over 370,000 low-income individuals residing in distressed communities. We look forward to continuing to make the NMTC Program the most […]

The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) has been made permanent by the U.S. Congress in H.R.1 on July 3, 2025. “We owe a great deal of gratitude to Senator Crapo (R-ID), Senator Daines (R-MT), Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO), and Rep. Tenney (R-NY) for championing the Credit throughout the reconciliation process, as well as to all […]

Dayton Children’s has started construction on a new pediatric urgent care in West Dayton in an effort to widen its reach and connect with families in their neighborhood. “We’re building a promise,” Dayton Children’s CEO Debbie Feldman said. “A promise to the children and families of West Dayton that their health matters. That their care […]

CHICAGO- Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined local officials, representatives from Argonne National Laboratory, Green Era Sustainability, and Urban Growers Collective to celebrate the fully-operational Green Era Campus on the South Side of Chicago in Auburn-Gresham. The ribbon-cutting highlighted Green Era Campus’ most exciting new addition: the Midwest’s first self-sustainable anaerobic digester, which will divert millions […]

SAN ANTONIO – A new housing project to help support more than 200 chronically homeless people officially broke ground Wednesday. The Commons at Acequia Trails, located off Old Corpus Christi Road, will provide 201 units of permanent supportive housing run by San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries (SAMM). The group expects it to be done by late 2026 and filled to near capacity […]

CHICAGO — Green Era Campus and Mariano’s are celebrating 1 million pounds of food waste recycled into renewable energy and nutrient-rich compost. The partnership began in 2023 at the Mariano’s Evergreen Park location and eventually expanded to the Oak Lawn location as well. “There is no waste here; we are recirculating the energy. For a […]