News / Events

Jan 12 2021

Multi-Assistance Center aimed at providing care for people with special needs set to open in 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic may have temporarily closed Morgan’s Wonderland in 2020, but work is still going on to make it bigger and better, spreading its message for inclusion. Morgan’s Wonderland has several projects in the works right now, including the Multi-Assistance Center. The MAC, as it’s also known, is set for construction in late January with 165,000 square feet. “It’s designed to be a one-stop shop where individuals with special needs of all ages can come to The MAC to get all the services that they need in areas of medical, therapy and social services,” said Allen Castro, CEO of Morgan’s Wonderland. “We have found is that individuals with special needs require a whole array of services that are spread out all over the community, and this presents challenges to them to get to these services.”

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Dec 22 2020

New Markets Tax Credit Receives Five-Year $5 Billion Extension

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 22, 2020) – The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, passed by the House and Senate and expected to be signed by the President includes a five-year, $25 billion annual extension of the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC), the largest extension in the history of the Credit. This allocation will go far to deliver resources to low-income and marginalized communities, creating jobs, increasing economic opportunity and improving lives at a time when the economic frailty of our underserved communities has never been more apparent.

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Nov 20 2020

Olean URA Transfers Keys to Manny Hanny

OLEAN — A new owner and a new name are giving 101-107 N. Union St. a new lease on life. City Urban Renewal Agency officials hosted a ceremonial key exchange on Thursday for the buildings, now dubbed First National by new owners Savarino Companies of Buffalo. “Olean has lived for over 25 years with an abandoned building in the center of our city,” said Mayor Bill Aiello. “And, today, as we pass these keys to Savarino Companies we look to the future and imagine a corner that is once again full of energy and activity.”

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Oct 22 2020

Steeped in Roofing

The Durable Slate Company, Columbus, Ohio, restores historical Steeple Square in Dubuque, Iowa. Built between 1864 and 1867, St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dubuque, Iowa, served as an economic, social and educational center for German-immigrant parishioners. For almost 150 years, the church was a central meeting space for working-class citizens. It was a gateway for newcomers to Dubuque, hub for downtown neighborhoods and source of community pride.

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Sep 22 2020

CDFI Fund Opens 2020 NMTC Application Round

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) released today the Notice of Allocation Availability (NOAA) for the calendar year (CY) 2020 round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program). The CDFI Fund is providing the NOAA on its website in anticipation of its publication in the Federal Register on September 23, 2020.

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Aug 26 2020

Summer of Kindness Going Strong @ First Place-Phoenix

Check out Kind It Forward and the many creative ways First Place–Phoenix residents and staff have committed to sharing enduring kindness and joy.

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Aug 17 2020

Parkview Warsaw Offers ‘Moms On The Move’ Program

Parkview Warsaw Center for Healthy Living’s innovative ”Moms on the Move” program continues to promote health and wellbeing for pregnant and new moms while providing an additional source of fun and connectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release from Parkview.

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Jul 25 2020

Vertical Farms Fill a Tall Order

Wall Street Journal - By Dickson Despommier The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted agricultural production and supply chains around the world. Farmers have often struggled to get their food to distant markets, and sharp shifts in demand have repeatedly forced them to dump crops. Avoiding such logistical problems is one of the chief advantages of vertical farms, a new approach to agriculture that aims to grow food closer to population centers. Over the past 10 years, hundreds of such indoor farms have sprouted up around the globe, mostly in the larger cities of industrialized countries. They occupy multistory buildings in which crops are grown in water or in misted air instead of soil, with LED lights in place of sunlight, in a controlled and largely automated environment.

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Jul 23 2020

Patient-Focused Design Turns Former Distribution Center into Healthcare Village

Church Health at Crosstown Concourse in Memphis is the largest private faith-based health clinic in the U.S. The innovative design successfully co-locates multiple healthcare-related program and functions to offer patients a full-service clinic, wellness center, and community gathering place – all under one roof.

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