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How a Federal Tax Credit Can Help Neighborhoods Thrive
By AMANDA THEISEN, Communications Manager at Sunrise Banks Helping communities thrive takes a lot of resources. Innovation and creativity can’t happen without people, ideas and cooperation. And progress can’t happen without time, talent and commitment.Then there’s the money factor. Whether someone wants to start a business, a nonprofit wants to expand its programming, or a community wants to revitalize buildings in their neighborhood, it always takes some form of money to make that happen. That’s where a program like the New Markets Tax Credit comes in. And if you’re a business owner, a nonprofit leader or a community activist working in a low-income neighborhood, low-cost financing options through the New Markets Tax Credit allocation recently awarded to Sunrise Banks may be a good fit for your project. What is the New Markets Tax Credit program?Launched in 2000, the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program is a federal tax credit that is designed to incentivize [...]
November ’24 Events
Soomaal Visual ArtsFellowship ExhibitionsThrough November 12Augsburg University Gage and Christensen Galleries2211 Riverside Avenue S720 22nd Avenue SFreeSoomaal House of Art and Augsburg University welcome you to two solo exhibitions featuring new work by the 2024 Soomaal Visual Arts Fellows. At the Gage Gallery, Wasima’s Growing Pains II: Expected Disappointments delves into the dynamics of the relationship between a mother and eldest daughter. At the Christensen Gallery, Hersi’s large-scale paintings explore emotional states of being that shape both memory and the present in Tides of Tribulations: A Journey of Solace. For more information, visit galleries.augsburg.edu. Art and Artifact: Murals from the Minneapolis UprisingThrough December 7Katherine E. Nash GalleryRegis Center for Art (East)405 21st Avenue SFreeArt and Artifact: Murals from the Minneapolis Uprising, showcases murals created on boarded up windows during the 2020 unrest caused by the murder of George Floyd by [...]
