SLEFI announced the availability of grant funding for resident services programs and accepted grant applications in October 2018. Grants of up to $2,500 per property were available to SLEFI’s 501(c)(3) non-profit managing and development partners and had to be used for the acitivites of the residents residing in LIHTC properties in which SLEFI has invested.…
Read MoreWe enjoyed celebrating SLEFI’s 30th Anniversary on September 20th with a reception at the new event space on Laclede’s Landing, the VUE. Guests included Mayor Lyda Krewson, Investors, Partners and many friends of the Equity Fund. We are very grateful that a resident from the Garrison Residence was able to join us and share his…
Read MoreCate Kennedy was recently elected to serve on The Salvation Army – Midland Division’s Advisory Board. This is a role Cate held for three years as she also served as President of Echelon, The Salvation Army’s young professionals group. When she announced she was stepping down as the President of Echelon, The Salvation Army invited…
Read MoreJohn Kennedy was asked to join an 18-member task force that will spend the next several months examining how to form, run and pay for an affordable housing trust fund in St. Louis County. The task force will meet monthly and submit recommendations to the St. Louis County Executive’s office in the first quarter of…
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce that Jaycee Greene has joined Gateway – our CDFI – as Community Development Lender. He is primarily responsible for business development and loan origination, as well as marketing Gateway’s participation loan funds. Before joining SLEFI, Jaycee was most recently the Director of Business Development for Denali CFO Solutions, a boutique…
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