Funding to boost business lending, job creation and provide off-farm income opportunities in rural areas in Upstate New York
Rochester, NY (Nov. 22, 2010)-  Officials from the US Department of Agriculture announced funding through the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP) to organizations in 36 states earlier this month.  The funding, authorized by the Food, Conservation, [...]

Governor Paterson announces $25 million in Small Business Revolving Loan Fund allocations throughout State 
ROCHESTER, NY (Nov. 18, 2010) -  Governor David A. Paterson and Empire State Development (ESD) announced today allocations from the State’s new Small Business Revolving Loan Fund to twenty community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and other community-based lending organizations throughout New York [...]

Oneonta, NY  (October 29, 2010) - At noon today, Meadow Valley Park, Inc. purchased the Meadow Valley Manufactured Home Park in Unadilla, New York-creating the first ever resident-owned manufactured home park in the Southern Tier.
The $755,000 purchase was financed by ROC USATM Capital, the finance arm of a non-profit social enterprise that supports resident ownership [...]