| Finance Options |
| One of the greatest challenges to lasting business success is to find the right capital structure for the venture. Navigating the alphabet soup of private and public sector programs can be daunting, even to those with extensive finance expertise. Let us help you in this challenge. Pierce County is blessed with many experienced and creative commercial lenders, a regional angel investment group, a local countywide revolving loan fund, and a Development Corporation Director with specific expertise in evaluating project proposals relative to eligibility for public finance options. Several of Pierce County’s municipalities have active Tax Increment Finance districts through which new infrastructure improvements can be financed. Call us for a free, confidential discussion of your financing needs. |
| Stimulus Package |
| Thanks for your interest in “the stimulus package” – formally, the American Revitalization and Recovery Act. We are trying to get a handle on what is included in this package, and the key dimensions of a search. So far, we have arranged a matrix of programs that have or will receive funding from the Federal government, and have assembled brief descriptions of each program including state and/or federal contacts. This content is all straight off the State of Wisconsin's Office of Recovery and Reinvestment website -- http://www.recovery.wi.gov/ from mid-March. Programs, announcements, and application deadlines are changing frequently, so we will try to keep things up to date but can’t guarantee the accuracy or timeliness. We are developing a list of key agency staff that are responsible for individual programs. If you would like us to search for options that might fit your particular interest, please send us a note including your area or project of interest and we would be glad to do so. If you would like to explore for yourself, you can browse the attached Excel spreadsheet that includes 1) program names (these are organized by category but you could search for key words), 2) which users are eligible [local governments, school districts, individuals, businesses, state, tribal, nonprofit, tech college, university] , or 3) what kind of assistance it is [grant, loan, bond, contract, tax credit/deduction, other], or 4) whether it comes directly from the feds or through the state. If you find a program of interest, look at the "ref" column – then go to the listed page number on the "descriptions" document to match so you can get a little more detail. We can then contact the agency for more details. Recovery Program Matrix Spreadsheet Stimulus Program Descriptions Other federal websites that will be posting opportunities are Please send us your comments and suggestions. We can provide a speaker for your organization, agency contacts, sources for grant writing and program development, and financing options for businesses. |