As part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s commitment to revitalizing economic and community development across the country, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) Director Donna J. Gambrell, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Graves and U.S. Representative Gwen Moore announced the awardees of the CDFI Program Awards. Community Vision is proud to announce…
Read MoreThe Northern California chapter of the American Planning Association has recognized the Central Market Economic Strategy as the winner of the 2012 Grassroots Planning Award. The Grassroots Planning Award illustrates how the planning process can be moved beyond traditional methods and utilize the community in the planning process. The Central Market Economic Strategy brought together…
Read MoreCommunity Vision’s president Mary Rogier is on San Francisco Business Times list of the 150 most influential women in the Bay Area. The publication honors women executives who have taken leadership roles in corporations, public, nonprofit and government agencies throughout the Bay area. Community Vision Board member, Lydia Tan, executive vice president at the Related…
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(From left to right) Kirke Wilson, Community Vision’s Board Chair, Zack Kaufman, Michael Butler, Diane Phakonekham, Big Brothers Big Sisters Program Director, John Rodriguez and David Mueller-Flores Community Vision is proud to announce the first place winner of the Community Facilities Challenge at Fresno State University to student team KA Construction and their client Big…
Read MoreThe winners of the Community Facilities Challenge will be announced tonight at California State University, Fresno’s Smittcamp Alumni House at 5:00. We want to thank all of the students that participated in the challenge and we appreciate all the hard work and time put they put in to their projects. We also want to thank…
Read MoreCommunity Vision is pleased to welcome Dan McDonald as our new Deputy Director of Lending. Dan comes to Community Vision after eight years with Bank of the West as an underwriter and relationship manager, providing letters of credit and construction and mini-perm loans to the senior housing industry. His background includes institutional real estate debt…
Read MoreCommunity Vision presents a FREE workshop on how to sail through your audit stress free. When: Friday, March 23rd from 2-4pm Where: United Way of Fresno County, 4949 E. Kings Canyon Rd, Fresno, CA 93727 If you are an Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer, Finance Manager, or Finance Committee member then this is the workshop for…
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Community Vision is delighted to announce that Ross Culverwell, currently our Deputy Director of Lending and a key staff member for almost six years, has been promoted to the position of Director of Lending of the Community Vision, effective on March 1, 2012. Ross has been expertly managing our Lending operations on an interim basis…
Read MoreAfter 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 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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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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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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