May 19 2018

Crosstown Concourse Wins Grand Prize in CNU Charter Awards

Savannah, Georgia - On Friday May 18, The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) honored Crosstown Concourse in Memphis, Tennessee with the grand prize among eleven professional and three student winners of its 17th annual Charter Awards, which recognize exemplary projects by local government, developers, architects, urban designers and others engaged in revitalizing and creating coherent cities, neighborhoods, and metropolitan regions. Winners are chosen because they not only embody and advance the principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism, but also because they make a difference in people's lives.

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May 17 2018

LA Times - 'Selena' producer is building theaters for underserved Latino moviegoers, despite challenges

By Ryan Faughnder - Latino moviegoers make up a disproportionate share of the U.S. box office, boosting the ticket sales for films such as Pixar's "Coco" and Universal's "The Fate of the Furious." Yet, according to cinema owner Moctesuma Esparza, the film industry suffers from a persistent, vexing problem: a lack of movie screens in predominantly Latino neighborhoods. That disparity is where the "Selena" producer and former student activist sees an opportunity. His theater chain Maya Cinemas has spent more than a decade courting underserved moviegoers by opening cineplexes in working-class neighborhoods of Fresno, Bakersfield and other cities.

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Mar 24 2018

Metro Phoenix is a Growing Hub for New Housing for Adults with Specialized Needs

Catherine Reagor, The Republic - Metro Phoenix is becoming a hub for innovative housing developments for adults with specialized needs, and parents looking for homes for their aging children are leading the charge in building them. - Metro Phoenix is becoming a hub for innovative housing developments for adults with specialized needs, and parents looking for homes for their aging children are leading the charge in building them. DV Community Investment is proud to have been a part of First Place - Phoenix, providing residential options and opportunities for independent living to adults with autism and related needs.

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Feb 13 2018

CDFI Fund Announces $3.5 Billion in NMTC Allocation

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund announced $3.5 billion in New Markets Tax Credits awarded to 73 Community Development Entities today. DV Community Investment is proud to have received an NMTC Allocation in the amount of $50,000,000.

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Jan 17 2018

Massive Memphis 'Vertical Village' a Huge Hit

Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits • Volume IX • Issue I - “This highly impactful project is far exceeding expectations,” said James D. Howard Jr., president of DV Community Investment LLC, a CDE that provided new markets tax credit (NMTC) allocation to Crosstown Concourse.

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Dec 27 2017

40 Roswell Park Physicians Named Among America’s Top Doctors

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Forty doctors at Roswell Park Cancer Institute are being recognized by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. as America’s Top Doctors®. More than 100,000 physicians were nominated for this prestigious award, but only a select number of local physicians were included in the Top Doctors directory for 2018.

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Dec 8 2017

NMTC Economic Impact Report

The New Markets Tax Credit Coalition published a new report on the economic impact of the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) from 2003 to 2015. This is the third edition of the NMTC Economic Impact Report, which is authored by Rapoza Associates on behalf of the NMTC Coalition. The report analyzed U.S. Department of Treasury data and survey data from 5,000 projects financed by the Credit. It shows that in addition to creating more than one million jobs, the NMTC has touched the lives of millions more individuals, from the 17 million patients served by NMTC-financed healthcare projects to the nearly 250,000 students and children attending NMTC-financed schools or cared-for in early-childhood learning centers.

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Dec 6 2017

Crosstown Concourse Shortlisted for the Architectural Review "New Into Old" Awards

Crosstown Concourse has been shortlisted as one of 15 creative, adaptive re-use projects for the Architectural Review "New Into Old" Awards. This new award celebrates the adaptation of original architecture to contemporary functions. Dudley Ventures is proud to have been a part of this highly impactful project. For the full Architectural Review "New Into Old" Awards shortlist, please click here.

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Nov 9 2017

Mayor Bill de Blasio Opens One of Largest Manufacturing Spaces in Decades, Building 77 in Brooklyn Navy Yard

Mayor Bill de Blasio today celebrated the opening of the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Building 77, a one-million-square-foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing building and the largest on the 300-acre industrial campus. The $185 million renovation of the World War II-era storage facility is a milestone for the growth of manufacturing in New York City and the de Blasio administration’s push to build 100,000 good-paying jobs across a range of industries. Located within the City-owned Brooklyn Navy Yard at the corner of Vanderbilt and Flushing Avenues, the 16-story building will be home to more than 3,000 jobs. Building 77 is the centerpiece of a billion-dollar investment currently underway at the Yard to add over two million square feet of space and 10,000 good-paying jobs by 2020.

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