Each year, the USDA celebrates farmers and local foods through National Farmers Market Week, this year running August 4-10. As the name suggests,...
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Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
A child’s zip code should not determine his or her success in life. Those of us advocating for affordable housing have known this for a long time....
Investing in Community
CLF partners with local organizations to address their self-identified economic and community development needs. While CLF provides critical...
Feeding Innovation: A Healthy Food Retail Business Plan Challenge
It is estimated that one million South Carolinians live in a food desert; that equates to one in five residents having limited access to healthy,...
“Don’t just plan for housing, plan for the market.”
“Don’t just plan for housing, plan for the market.” Mitchell Silver shared this message at the Housing Summit; a message that resonated throughout...
Connecting the Dots: Housing and Economic Development
The views expressed are not the views of the SC Community Loan Fund and are part of an ongoing series of guest blogs connecting housing to broader...
HFFI and the Farm Bill
The failure of the House to pass the farm bill last week further delays expansion of the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) to the U.S....
Connecting the Dots: Housing and Conservation
The views expressed are not the views of the SC Community Loan Fund and are part of an ongoing series of guest blogs connecting housing to broader...
Statewide Perspective on Food Deserts
Last September, CLF partnered with the SC Food Policy Council to host “Growing Food & Opportunities in South Carolina,” a one-day workshop that...
SSI Recipients Struggle to Afford Housing
Housing continues to be out of reach for many South Carolinians. Recent attention has been directed towards individuals receiving Social Security...