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pdfPROPOSED SURVEY QUESTIONS FOR ECONOMIC and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRADE GROUPS
(For October Open‐Forum Discussion)
What type of organizations do your association represent? (check all that apply)
Economic development
Social services or facilities
Public/government‐related services or facilities
Owner‐occupied development/preservation
Single‐family
Multifamily
Rental development/preservation
Single‐family
Multifamily
Private
Governmental/quasi‐government
Public/private partnership
Are your members primarily
Not‐for‐profits
For‐profits
Both not‐for‐profit and for‐profit
Government
Do your members rely primarily on funding for economic development from
Government sources
Private sources
Both
Do your members primarily focus on
Revitalizing declining areas
Businesses in newly developing areas
Sustaining existing communities
Do your members primarily use economic development financing for
small businesses (SBA defined)
expansion of medium businesses
relocations of large businesses from other areas
farms and agribusinesses
What are the uses of and need for economic development funding by your members? Please rank
from 1 (most important) to 5 (least important)
Uses
Needs
Premises
Equipment
Expansion
Permanent
Working
Capital
Other
What federal, state or local economic development programs or sources of funding are most
important to your member organizations for funding economic development activities?
Please list the three most useful attributes of these government‐related programs for your
members (e.g., no restriction on working capital, fixed interest rate, etc)
Please list the three most difficult requirements of these government‐related programs for
your members (e.g., equity requirements too high, collateral requirements, subordination
requirements, minimum loan amounts too high).
What private economic development programs or sources of funding are most important to your
member organizations for funding economic development?
Please list the three most useful attributes of these private programs for your members (e.g.,
no restriction on working capital, fixed interest rate, etc)
Please list the three most difficult requirements of these private programs for your members
(e.g., equity requirements too high, limited availability, subordination requirements).
What is the biggest economic problem your members have faced in the past 2 years?
Decline of a major industry (e.g., auto)
Decline in sources of funds
Private sources
Government sources
More restrictive credit requirements
Lack of public infrastructure to support development
Lack of local government concessions (e.g., tax abatements)
Other
What do you view as the most important industries for economic development funding (please rank
from 1 (most important) to 7 (least important)
a. Commercial
b. Industrial
c. Manufacturing
d. Farming/agribusiness
e. Social Services
f. Public facility projects and activities
g. Public or private infrastructure projects such as roads, utilities and sewers
Please describe the types of economic development initiatives that will require long‐term financing,
create jobs and spur economic growth (e.g., hospitals, fire companies, energy and/or
telecommunications industries):
What types of economic development initiatives have been successful in your organization’s service
area, for example, initiatives that have created jobs in certain industries (green jobs, energy),
provided for social services (parks, day care centers), and/or located in a specific geographical area
(unemployment, population loss census tracts, or empowerment zone etc.)
Is your organization familiar with the Federal Home Loan Banks?
Is your organization familiar with the economic development lending programs of the Federal Home
Loan Banks for advancing funds to banks and thrifts to lend to businesses and organizations for
economic development activities?
Does your organization have a working relationship with one or more Federal Home Loan Banks on
behalf of your members?
Has your organization discussed issues or problems with the FHLBanks regarding economic
development activities? If so, what were the issues/problems?
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File Title | PROPOSED SURVEY QUESTIONS FOR ECONOMIC and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRADE GROUPS |
Author | Deattra Perkins |
File Modified | 2010-08-18 |
File Created | 2010-08-18 |