DC Green Bank and Together Solar today announced the closing of a nearly $2 million comprehensive debt facility to bolster the company’s existing solar portfolio and support an expansion of solar deployment across the District. The loan facility will provide permanent financing for one of the region’s largest portfolios of…
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February 7 – Special Meeting of the Board of Directors
February 1, 2022DC Green Finance Authority (“DC Green Bank”) will conduct a special meeting of the Board of Directors, pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, (DC Official Code §2-574(1)). Pre-registration is required.
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DC Green Bank and City First Enterprises Announce $2.8 Million Clean Energy and Efficiency Partnership for Small Businesses and Property Owners
January 20, 2022DC Green Bank and City First Enterprises today announced the closing of a $2.8 million investment partnership for small businesses in the District and to bolster the bank’s Commercial Loan for Energy Efficiency and Renewables (CLEER) Financing program. Small businesses can now apply for up to $150,000 in loans with…
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D.C. Green Bank Lining Up Local Dollars, Local Firms to Reap the Solar Boom
January 18, 2022By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City But the D.C. Green Bank is determined as part of its mission to bring private lenders into the space. The first permanent loan for Flywheel came from Amalgamated Bank — a union-controlled bank that has some expertise in solar power lending after a 2018…
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DC Green Bank, Virginia Community Capital, and Flywheel Development Announce $1.8 Million Permanent Loan for Community Solar
January 10, 2022DC Green Bank, Virginia Community Capital, and Flywheel Development today announced the closing of a $1.8 million permanent loan facility for a newly completed community solar project in Ward 7 of Washington, D.C. Given DC Green Bank’s status as an independent instrumentality of the District government and VCC’s status as…
Read MoreGreen Banks Gain Ground in Liberal Communities Struggling to Turn Climate Pledges into Action
December 28, 2021By Rebecca Tan, Washington Post The American Green Bank Consortium has seen its membership double from 11 to 22 in the past three years. Most members are backed by state governments, which have bigger wallets to spend on seed funding. Montgomery County was among the first local jurisdictions in the…
Read MoreTransportation & the Environment, Judiciary & Public Safety & Business & Economic Development Public Hearing – Climate Resilience Planning
December 17, 2021On Friday, December 17, 2021, Councilmember Mary M. Cheh, Chairperson of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, Councilmember Charles Allen, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, and Kenyan McDuffie, Chairperson of the Committee on Business and Economic Development, will hold a joint public hearing on…
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Affordable Housing Retrofit Accelerator 101
December 16, 2021The DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU), in partnership with the District Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) and the DC Green Bank, is offering enhanced technical and financial assistance to owners and managers of qualifying affordable multifamily buildings that do not meet the District’s Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS). The District’s Affordable…
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Focus & Feedback Series
December 10, 2021A series of stakeholder engagement sessions designed to solicit feedback, ideas, and insights from the larger community on selected issues that are relevant to DC Green Bank operations, bring a diverse set of voices to the table for dialogue with DCGB, and enhance the shaping of DCGB’s mission and objectives…
Read MoreBowser Administration Launches Program to Help Multi-Family Affordable Housing Meet New Energy Performance Standards
December 9, 2021WASHINGTON, DC – December 8, 2021 – Today, the Bowser Administration, through the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE), announced the launch of a new initiative, the Affordable Housing Retrofit Accelerator, that will provide direct technical and financial assistance to multifamily affordable housing buildings so they can meet the compliance…
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Developers Plot Green Affordable Housing Redevelopment in Columbia Heights
December 8, 2021By Tristan Navera, Washington Business Journal New York developer Jonathan Rose Cos. and D.C.’s Somerset Development Co. are planning a full redevelopment of Faircliff Plaza East that would replace the existing 80-unit building at 14th and Fairmont streets NW with a 125-unit building with more modern amenities and a sustainable…
Read MoreDecember 13 – Special Meeting of the Board of Directors
December 7, 2021DC Green Finance Authority (“DC Green Bank”) will conduct a special meeting of the Board of Directors, pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, (DC Official Code §2-574(1)). Pre-registration is required.
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