Our Company Mission

“To lessen the burdens of government.”

CIDC fulfills its mission by providing consulting services in the economic development and affordable housing development arenas to governmental and nonprofit clients.  CIDC is a 501-c-3 nonprofit corporation chartered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1992.

Tools/Methodology
  • Private and public financing of fixed assets and working capital.
  • Downtown revitalization (master plan evaluation, feasibility analysis, funding sources).
  • Building economic delivery systems and training client staff in their implementation.
  • Funding public facilities without the general obligation of any municipal entities.
  • Packaging small business loans, grant applications and applications for other government financing.
  • Researching new financing opportunities and federal regulations.
  • Securing taxable and tax-exempt bond financing for commercial, industrial and municipal projects and affordable housing.
  • Using the New Market Tax Credit program to stimulate investment in low-income areas.