Travois receives tax credits to support economic development in Native communities
The $35 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation can support the development of schools, health clinics, businesses, and more.
The $35 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation can support the development of schools, health clinics, businesses, and more.
Greg Bland, director of environmental services, recently answered questions about the solar panel canopy on the roof of the Travois office for 41 Action News, a local TV station.
The clip appeared on the evening news. Watch it here.
2013 was a successful year for Travois and its clients. For example, Travois’ clients:
Will create 189 new or rehabilitated homes from allocations of Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs) from 2013;
Were awarded $1.
(Photo: A home on the Red Cliff Indian Reservation that will be rehabilitated with the Red Cliff Rehab I LIHTC project.)
The Red Cliff Chippewa Housing Authority (RCCHA) of Bayfield, Wis.
Three Travois clients — the Red Lake Reservation Housing Authority of Red Lake, Minn., the Lac Courte Oreilles Housing Authority of Hayward, Wis., and the Red Cliff Chippewa Housing Authority of Bayfield, Wis.
Read MoreThanks in part to New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC), the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska will provide critical education to at-risk infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families through the new Educare Winnebago, a specially designed early learning school.
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