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Jungle Pets’ Community Loan

The Community Development Block Grant Revolving Loan Fund is one of the best ways communities can invest in themselves.

We call it the Community Business Loan Fund, just to make the name a bit shorter, but the impact is just as big.

Jungle Pets, a new store in Coldwater, received $70,000 from the Community Loan Fund and, as the loan is paid back, it goes right back to Coldwater.

Learn more in this WTVB story.

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