Author: Jay Kravitz

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                          October 25, 2022        National Working Waterfront Network Looks to Advance the Sustainability of Commercial Fishing Communities through Partnerships Commercial fishing communities range from large ports like New Bedford, MA and Dutch Harbor, AK to much smaller harbors consisting of a single small dock shared by...

Program Name: Neighborhood Business Revitalization Guarantee Resource Type: State State: Wisconsin, Great Lakes Agency: Program Source: Loan Description: The NBRG helps to bring or expand business, or develop or rehabilitate real estate in urban and rural communities. Website: https://www.wheda.com/Business-Lending/Financing-Products/...

Program Name: Transportation Economic Assistance Resource Type: State State: Wisconsin, Great Lakes Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: The Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) program provides 50% state grants to governing bodies, private businesses, and consortiums for road, rail, harbor and airport projects that help attract employers to Wisconsin, or encourage...

Program Name: Wisconsin Coastal Management Program Resource Type: State State: Wisconsin, Great Lakes Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: The Wisconsin Coastal Management Program (WCMP) is dedicated to preserving and making accessible the natural and historic resources of Wisconsin's Great Lakes Coasts. For 32 years, the program has, from its...

Program Name: Recreational Boating Facilities Grants Resource Type: State State: Wisconsin, Great Lakes Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: These grants may be used by counties, towns, cities, villages, tribes, sanitary districts, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts and qualified lake associations for recreational boating facility project. Website: http://dnr.wi.gov/Aid/RBF.html...

Program Name: Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Resource Type: State State: Wisconsin, Great Lakes Agency: Program Source: Economic Development Entity Description: To elevate the Wisconsin economy to be the best in the world by providing a positive business climate, world-class support services, and economic development tools to accelerate business start-up,...

Program Name: California Fisheries Fund Resource Type: Economic Development Entity State: Washington, Pacific Coast Agency: Program Source: Loan Description: The California Fisheries Fund (CFF) is a nonprofit revolving loan fund that invests in the fishing industry on the West Coast. Our mission is to help our borrowers (fishermen, fishing...

Program Name: Craft3 Resource Type: Economic Development Entity State: Washington, Pacific Coast Agency: Program Source: Loan Description: Craft3 lends to great people, doing great things, throughout Oregon and Washington. We specialize in helping borrowers who cannot get needed financing from traditional sources. We also provide competitive loan products to...

Program Name: Boating Facilities Program Resource Type: State State: Washington, Pacific Coast Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: The Boating Facilities Program and the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board, were created in 1964 when the state's citizens voted for Initiative 215, agreeing to tax themselves to provide money to improve...