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<br />Economic Development Finance <br />Professional Certification Program™ <br /> <br /> <br />dill] <br /> <br />NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL <br />Partners in Community Development Since 1969 <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br /> <br />ED 1 01-Economic <br /> <br />Development Finance <br /> <br />Participants in ED 101, the first course in <br />the EDFP Certification Program"", gain a <br />solid understanding of both the basic tools <br />and newest techniques used by successful <br />economic development finance practitioners <br />to assist small businesses and create jobs. <br />The course explores economic development <br />activities as part of a community's overall <br />economic development finance strategy and <br />investigates the financing resources available <br />for job creation projects. Participants analyze <br />and structure economic development projects <br />for small and medium-sized businesses as <br />well as commercial real estate developments <br />utilizing incentive financing packages. Specific <br />topics include: <br /> <br />Economic Development Finance <br />. financing gaps in the private <br />capital markets <br />. private sector underwriting <br />. filling financing gaps with economic <br />development incentives <br />. implementing an economic development <br />finance system <br /> <br />Business Credit Analysis <br />. spreading and analyzing financial <br />statements <br />. quality indicators and ratio analysis <br />. calculating debt capacity <br /> <br />Fixed Asset Financing <br />. measuring repayment ability <br />. structuring incentive financing for lender <br />and borrower <br /> <br />Real Estate Finance <br />. developer's pro forma income and <br />expense statement <br />. measuring return on investment <br />. determining financing gaps <br /> <br />Economic Development Finance Programs <br />. SBA 504 and 7(a) <br />. HUD CDBG and Section 108 <br />. New Markets Tax Credits <br />. local revolving loan funds and <br />interim financing <br />. loan packaging <br /> <br />Course Length: Five days <br />Prerequisite: None <br />Tuition: $1150 <br />