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American Rescue Plan funds are helping attract or revive stores in underserved neighborhoods and reservations
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American Rescue Plan funds are helping attract or revive stores in underserved neighborhoods and reservations
Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The federal government awarded the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) $7.5 million from the Treasury Department's Capital Magnet Fund (CMF). LISC's award will help leverage $181 million in affordable housing and economic development in deeply distressed rural and urban communities located in 15 states. LISC received the third largest of CMF's $175.35 million in grants, announced by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), which is part of the Treasury Department. The grants will ...
because there's a game changer now in the santorum momentum that's happening reet now and cpac is a very dynamic place. if a person has a speech that takes over the place, it could change everything. i was at the straw poll, the florida straw poll about three months ago when herman cain won. and that surprised everybody. and that started his momentum going forward until the herman cain implosion occurred. and i think that right now rick santorum has a unique opportunity to gain unprecedented momentum because mitt romney has chosen not to connect with the conservative grass roots. the...
next couple of hours so we'll watch that. it's kind of decreased in intensity during the last several minutes but still a spot of heavy rain up to the north and west. temperatures across the region, warm start to the day with 70 degrees here in washington. 68 at dulles. 68 in baltimore. frederick, maryland is at 68 degrees. and it's 68 in fredericksberg. the forecast for today looks like this, a mix of clouds and sun. at time it's will be mostly cloudy, at times it will be partly sunny. so not a bad day. it will be warm with scattered showers and thunderstorms here and there. look fo...