Navigating Your Way Through the Facility Planning Process

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U.S. Bank Invests $750,000 in Forward Community Investments to Assist with Affordable House and Services in Wisconsin

Business Wire.  September 26, 2007.
U.S. Bank will give $750,000 in program-related investments to Forward Community Investments to spur the development of affordable housing and community facilities throughout Wisconsin.

Rural hospitals get technology funding boost

Wistechnology.  May 12, 2008
Rural hospitals have more challenges than their urban counterparts in affording the large capital investments needed for new technology.  Forward Community Investments has closed on a $400,000 loan to help the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative deploy information technology in the state's rural hospitals.

Loan Issued For Hospital Records Project

Wisconsin State Journal.  Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Day-care center holds reception

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald.  July 8, 2008.
Bright from the Start Early Learning Center is expected to open in August and will offer state-licensed child care for up to 65 children.  The primary financing is being provided by Forward Community Investments.

Financing allows Milwaukee AIDS clinic to support new patients, new services

The Milwaukee Courier.  August 9, 2008

A $500,000 construction loan from Forward Community Investments to the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) more than doubled the service capacity of a Milwaukee AIDS clinic. The project responded to rapidly increasing demands created by the closing of three other major HIV health care clinics.

Nominations for CG Schmidt Capital Region Ovation Award for Corporate Support

Forward Community Investments and CG Schmidt are once again partnering to present the CG Schmidt Capital Region Ovation Award for Corporate Support.  The award will be presented at the annual Forward Community Investments investor breakfast on October 2, 2008.  The award honors small- to mid-sized companies that have created long-term partnerships with nonprofit organizations that serve the underserved.  These partnerships can be defined in terms of financial giving, in-kind support, board involvement or employee volunteerism.

To nominate your favorite corporate supporter by August 15, please visit:

http://wwww.cgschmidt.com/cms-admin/images/upload/Ovation%20Award%20for%20Corporate%20Support2.pdf

The nonprofit whose nominee wins the award will be presented with a check from CG Schmidt for $5,000! 

The Capital Region includes the following counties:  Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Monroe, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Lafayette, Marquette, Richland, Rock, Sauk and Vernon counties.

For more information about the annual Forward Community Investments investor breakfast, please contact Mike Sweitzer-Beckman at 608/257-3863 or mikeb@forwardci.org.  You can also visit our website at www.forwardci.org.

Community Action Council gets new digs

Beaver Dam Daily Citizen.  August 21, 2008

A $350,000 loan from Forward Community Investments to the Central Wisconsin Community Action Council will help finance a new Beaver Dam facility that boosts housing and food security for low-income families and homeless people in central Wisconsin.