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CHFA to host business funding webinar on May 15

Take advantage of this opportunity to learn about The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority's available lending enhancements, economic development lending tools, and how CHFA can help manufacturing and nonprofit clients access tax exempt interest rates.

The 60-minute webinar will cover:

• The Cash Collateral Support credit enhancement

• The Credit Reserve loan portfolio enhancement

• Conduit bond issues and CHFA real estate loans

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2013 Small Biz Expo coming May 23

To celebrate National Small Business Week, the Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) will host a free, public Small Biz Expo to include:

• A special Denver Economic Forecast (2-2:45 p.m.) with the latest news on real estate, construction activity, employment, retail, and other factors expected to affect area small businesses in the months ahead.

• A lenders' panel (3-3:45 p.m.) will bring together various public, private and nonprofit financing options to advise existing and aspiring entrepreneurs on landing the dollars they need to keep going.

• A resource fair (2-5 p.m.) throughout the afternoon will include representatives from a wide array of public and nonprofit organizations who offer small business-building services.

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Colorado Lending Source to host Ice House Entrepreneurship Program

Are you interested in developing and implementing an entrepreneurial mindset? If so, this 10-week course may be exactly what you've been searching for!

The Ice House Entrepreneurship Program is designed to help students:

• Develop critical thinking skills that will enable them to identify and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities, manage risks and learn from the results.

• Understand the process that enables entrepreneurs with limited resources to transform simple ideas into sustainable success.

• Establish goals, identify resources and determine the steps required for accomplishing those goals.

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