January 11, 2012CSDC will be conducting a workshop focused on the various options available to Arizona charter schools for acquiring, developing/building and financing a facility over the "life cycle" of a school, from newly chartered to fully enrolled, as well as replication and expansion to serve additional grades or sites.
November 18, 2011CSDC wins the 2011 Wachovia Wells Fargo NEXT Award for Opportunity Finance and a $25,000 grant for "demonstrated excellence in financing" at the Annual Opportunity Finance Network Conference on November 15th in Minneapolis, Minnesota!
November 07, 2011Starbucks and the Opportunity Finance Network® teamed up to launch Create Jobs for USA, an innovative new grant program aimed at creating and preserving American jobs. CSDC has been invited to apply for a grant.
October 27, 2011Tom Nida, CSDC Board Chair, reflects on the decline and resurgence of his alma mater in Washington, DC.
October 19, 2011Ember Reichgott Junge will deliver the keynote address at the Minnesota Charter School Conference on November 3, 2011.
October 19, 2011CSDC congratulates client charter schools in Arizona for earning top grades from the Arizona Department of Education
October 18, 2011CSDC named Finalist for Wachovia Wells Fargo NEXT Award for Opportunity Finance
September 19, 2011CSDC Completes 21 more Charter Schools projects for the 2011-12 School Year
September 14, 2011Two Roads Charter School moves into ideal location with the help of CSDC
July 29, 2011Alexander Ooms, CSDC Board member and Managing Partner at ClearCreek Partners, reflects on the evolution of education reform in Colorado.
July 01, 2011Former President Bill Clinton salutes CSDC Board Vice-Chair and former Minnesota State Senator Ember Riechgott Junge, who authored the country’s first charter school law.
April 08, 2011The successful and expanding Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School, which first opened in 'incubator space' in CSDC's Austin P. Frum Public Education Center, has purchase a new site which CSDC will develop as the school's permanent home.
March 23, 2011CSDC works with two Baton Rouge charters to convert a bank into a state-of-the-art school to get high schoolers college- and career-ready.
March 15, 2011James Goenner, CSDC Board member and President and CEO of the National Charter Schools Institute, comments on the Detroit Charter Schools Plan.
March 07, 2011Christianson & Company turns to CSDC to secure facilities financing for International Spanish Language Academy.
January 19, 2011Students from CSDC client Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School meet President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao.
October 21, 2010CSDC has received approval for $2 million in Program Related Investments (PRI) from the Calvert Foundation and the Communities at Work Fund.
October 04, 2010CSDC has launched the Indianapolis Building Block Fund (IBBF), in partnership with the Indianapolis Mayor's Office, to provide credit enhancements to charter schools sponsored by the Mayor.
