We are pleased to announce, Elissa Sangalli has been selected as Northern Initiatives new President.   Northern Initiatives is a Community Development Financial Institution. Since 1994, we have made more…

Collaboration........   A project that Northern Initiatives developed with the US Small Business Administration was to capture operations and best practices across users of the Microloan and Community Advantage Programs.…

  Communities We Serve   The Census provided the 2019 population estimates and so in the November 2019 dataset below, you can see which counties in our service area are…

  Communities We Serve   What the October data is showing in terms of jobless rates: Both Michigan and Wisconsin had a one-tenth decrease The Wisconsin rate continues below 3%,…

I have consistently been charged with stewardship campaigns throughout my church-going life. The message is pretty simple, “if we all do what we can, it adds up to a contribution…

Tis the season for generous gifting, from your mother to the mail carrier, consumers tend to spend the last few weeks of the year frantically searching for the perfect present.…

  Communities We Serve   Based on the most recent census data, September was another strong month for the counties we monitor. Jobless rate estimates decreased in every county The…

Twenty-five years ago I was among a group of people, some of whom are still in the field who went to the White House for the signing of the Community…