The Community Facilities Challenge is Underway!

After a successful kick-off of the Communities Facilities Challenge on February 8, 2012, six teams of FSU students have chosen the nonprofit organizations they will be working with on their real estate analyses project. The projects they will be working on are: A new City Hall for the City of San Joaquin, an expanded facility…

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Community Vision’s 25-Years of Service Kick-Off Begins with a Cheer!

Community Vision’s 25-Years of Service Kick-Off celebration began with the cheer leading squad Cheer SF leading a celebratory chant down Jones Street, stopping in front of Antonia Manor and treating the cheering crowd to a display of acrobatic prowess. Held February 16 2012 at Antonia Manor, Community Vision’s Kick-off celebration commemorated the day in 1987…

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25 Year Anniversary Celebration News Update

JUST IN FROM WASHINGTON, DC   Donna J. Gambrell, the Director of the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI), has graciously accepted our invitation to join us at our 25th year celebration event. The event will be held Thursday, May 24 2012 at CityView at the Metreon from 5:30 to 8:30. Ms. Gambrell…

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Central Valley Community Facilities Challenge Kicks-Off in Style

With great excitement, The Community Vision launched the Community Vision Central Valley Community Facilities Challenge on February 8, 2012 at California State University Fresno (FSU). The challenge, in partnership with the university, is an innovative, collaborative program that will allow FSU students to apply their skills to prepare a real estate feasibility analysis for a…

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Community Vision Invites You to Our Facilities Challenge Kick-Off Party!

Community Vision invites you and a guest to attend our Community Facilities Challenge Kick-Off Party! The kick-off party will take place at Fresno State University’s Henry Madden Library, Room 2206, on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Community Facility Challenge is a unique opportunity for students from California State University…

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Join Community Vision’s 25 Years of Service Kick-Off Celebration!

Want a sneak peek into something that will be fun…and will lead to more fun?! Please join Community Vision as we celebrate our incorporation as a nonprofit agency providing service to low-income communities. Where: Antonia Manor, 180 Turk Street San Francisco, CA When: Thursday, February 16, 2012 The kick-off will feature surprises, special guests, give-a-ways…

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Community Vision Receives $2M Grant from Chase

Chase has awarded a $2 million grant to Community Vision. The grant will be used to provide loans to nonprofit agencies to support larger-scale affordable housing preservation projects in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley communities. “This is one more way we are helping communities survive and grow in this challenging economy,”…

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Community Vision Helps Expand Healthcare Services in Alameda

Axis Community Health, Inc. provides accessible and compassionate healthcare services to low-income and working- poor residents in the Tri-Valley area of Eastern Alameda County. The organization was founded in 1972 and currently has six sites. Services include medical, mental health counseling and a WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Nutrition Program. Annually, Axis provides medical care…

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MEDA: Creating Jobs, Changing Lives

The Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) is a local, community-based economic development corporation located in the Mission District of San Francisco. For over 38 years MEDA has worked to improve economic and social conditions in the neighborhood by stimulating investment, enhancing the business environment, and creating jobs for area residents, while maintaining the cultural identity…

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Community Vision President Mary A. Rogier Re-elected to OFN Board

At the recent Opportunity Finance Network national meeting, held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Community Vision’s President, Mary A. Rogier was re-elected to serve another three year term on the OFN Board of Directors. During Mary’s first term on the board, she was able to focus on the finance committee, membership committee and was involved with developing…

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Analysis of Mid-Market Strategy Available

The Arts & Cultural District Strategy for San Francisco’s Central Market Economic Strategy is available here. The study provides an analysis of best practices from various North American Cities that supported the development of an arts district, which provided benefits to an existing underserved community. This analysis will provide a framework for the creation the…

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