Criando comunidades sustentáveis
Ajudar comunidades e organizações sem fins lucrativos a planejar projetos e garantir o financiamento e a experiência necessários para implementar os projetos.
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Família Robertson adiciona laticínios para ajudar a Bohanan Farm a se manter produtiva e lucrativa
O que é preciso para uma fazenda familiar sobreviver por cinco gerações?
Saiba MaisCommunity Loan Fund Partners with NH Capital Region Habitat for Humanity on Home Project in Concord
Mark Tierney is on a mission — and manufactured housing is helping him achieve it.
Saiba MaisMaximizing Joy as Lilise Designer Resale Expands Consignment Business
Minimum waste, maximum joy. That’s the motto Elyssa Alfieri has used to guide her business since she acquired it nine years ago. You can feel the energy walking through the front door of Lilise Designer Resale on Main Street — from the colorful racks of shirts and dresses to the vintage artwork on the walls.
Saiba MaisYoung Homeowner Achieves His Dream with Welcome Home Loan
Imagine owning a home at 22 years old. Andrew Moore navigated through stigma, a heated housing market, and the confines of the conventional banking system to achieve his goal.
Saiba MaisROC Resident Saves Money with Energy Solutions
After a record-breaking cold and snowy winter, you might be surprised to find out that Goffstown resident Len Stuart used less propane to heat his home than during the previous winter.
He couldn’t have predicted the weather — but he did plan ahead.
In 2025, Len was able to access weatherizing funding through NHSaves — a statewide program that helps homeowners make efficiency improvements to their homes — with coaching from the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund.
Now, we’re launching an Energy Solutions educational program to help more manufactured-home owners in resident-owned communities (ROCs) be informed about beneficial energy solutions and access existing resources like NHSaves.
Saiba MaisLocal Entrepreneur Finds “More than a Grant Opportunity” with Community-Driven Economic Empowerment Grant
When Shaunte Whitted learned about the Community Loan Fund’s Community-Driven Economic Empowerment program in 2023, she discovered, in her words, “more than a grant opportunity.”
Saiba MaisBen's Sugar Shack: Community Loan Fund Borrower Sees Sweet Success
Where are they now? Community Loan Fund borrowers find long-term success. After owner Ben Fisk received a loan and business coaching from the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund in 2014, our support helped him grow as a young entrepreneur. Today, Ben’s Sugar Shack is thriving. And the newest addition — the Maple Station Market — has become a community hub and tourist destination in the Monadnock Region since it opened two years ago.
Saiba MaisNonprofit Expands to Help Working Families Facing Housing Insecurity with Loan from Community Loan Fund
Two years ago, Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire was ready to expand services but needed a bridge loan to purchase space.
Saiba MaisPersistence Pays Off for Residents Purchasing Cotton Farm Village Cooperative
It took 27 years, three attempts, and residents new and old coming together to make it happen. On June 14, Cotton Farm Village Cooperative celebrated the purchase of their manufactured-home park and becoming a resident-owned community (ROC). Cotton Farm Village — made up of 144 manufactured homes, two empty lots, and 12 rental apartments — became the 152nd ROC in New Hampshire.
Saiba MaisImproving Communities, One ROC at a Time
When we help resident-owned communities (ROCs) purchase their parks, we’re with them for the long haul. In Tamworth, N.H., that means supporting the Tamworth Pines Cooperative as they secured grant funding to upgrade their water and septic systems.
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