Press Releases

Listed below are recent press releases by TRF

December 1, 2011	Bipartisan "Healthy Food Financing" Bills Would Create Jobs and Cut Dietary Diseases Business leaders, community advocates applaud effort to expand existing HFFI legislation to increase access to healthy foods in underserved communities
November 22, 2011	Citi Community Development and TRF's PolicyMap launch data-rich mapping tool to informand drive investment in underserved communities.
November 17, 2011	The Reinvestment Fund receives $8 million from Bank of America to finance energy efficient building retrofits (Philadelphia \| Baltimore) Creating jobs, reducing utility costs and carbon emissions for low-income communities
November 9, 2011	TRF Receives $231,000 from Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Network's "Create Jobs for USA" Program CDFI Receives First Round Capital Grant in New Initiative to Spur Job Creation in the US.
November 3, 2011	TRF Announces New Lending Leadership Current senior staff assumes new roles as TRF Lending leadership team.
October 24, 2011	New Funds Begin Flowing into Communities to Improve Healthy Food Access Supermarket in Baltimore's Howard Park will be among first to receive financing through the federal HFFI program.
September 16, 2011	Pan American Academy Charter School, first Pennsylvania charter school financed by the TRF/Chase Fund, breaks ground.
September 14, 2011	New Leadership at The Reinvestment Fund Don Hinkle-Brown named President and CEO.
April 20, 2011	Jeremy Nowak leaving TRF to head William Penn Foundation
October 19, 2010	Putting Supermarkets Within Reach New Online Tools Helps Communities, Businesses Identify Viable Market Opportunities in Underserved Areas
June 10, 2010	Celebrating 25 Years and $1 Billion Community Investment
February 19, 2010	First Lady Michelle Obama Highlights Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative Pennsylvania Initiative is Model for Obama Administration Supermarket Program
February 2, 2010	Obama's Budget Funds National Healthy Food Initiative
April 4, 2007	Predatory Lending from Philadelphia’s Streets to Wall Street New Study Uses Philadelphia Data to Examine National Problem, Point to National Solutions
July 21, 2006	Buoyed by Good Data Analysis, Delaware Can Move Forward to Tackle Foreclosure Problems