PROJECT FINANCING MECHANISMS

A wide array of financing tools is available.  And if a venture is properly structured and managed, it may take advantage of both public and private sources: 

¨         A complex and extensive set of federal agency programs related to the targeted investments having public purpose objectives.  Usually awarded from annual competitive pools.

¨         State, county, city funding allocations for infrastructure

¨         EDA funding for buildings, infrastructure, and planning programs for university related developments

¨         Congressionally targeted funding.  So-called “earmarks” will be closely scrutinized in the future, but not abandoned

¨         State legislative appropriations

¨         Bonding:  Conventional, Tax-Exempt, Taxable, TIF’s, Industrial Revenue Bonds, Certificates of Participation (COP’s)

¨         Developer Financing:  Conventional bank or Wall Street sources, Unconventional sources, Equity

¨         Venture Capital and Angel Investors for technology spin-offs

¨         SBIR’s / SBIC Loans, etc.