Press Releases
August 12, 2009: Community First Fund Named Best in Class
May 6, 2009: SBA Names Community First Fund’s Miriam Soto Eastern PA Minority Small Buiness Chapion of the Year
April 14, 2009: Community First Fund Rated on Financial Strengths
October 21, 2008: Community First Named Finalist for $2.75 million Wachovia NEXT Award for Opportunity Finance
September 8, 2008: The Women’s Business Center at Community First Fund Teaches Aspiring Entrepreneurs Business Basics
September 8, 2008: Trio of Talent: Chestnut Hill Café Welcomes the Community; Local leaders to attend ribbon cutting of the newly opened coffee shop and eatery
August 29, 2008: Community First Fund Selected for U.S. Treasury Department’s CDFI Award
August 26, 2008: The Women’s Business Center at Community First Fund and the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry to Host Seminar on Doing Business With the State
August 13, 2008: Back to School: The Women’s Business Center at Community First Fund’s Summer/Fall Training Schedule is Now Available
August 4, 2008: Community First Fund Picked to Compete For $8.25 Million Wachovia Next Awards for Opportunity Finance
July 29, 2008: The Women’s Business Center at Community First Fund Offers Web site Basics Class
July 29, 2008: The Women’s Business Center at Community First Fund Teaches Aspiring Entrepreneurs Business Basics
July 15, 2008: Architectural Design Challenge: August ‘First Friday’ Awards Reception to be Held
June 18, 2008: Community First Fund and Austin Law Firm Welcome the Community
June 6, 2008: Women’s Business Center at Community First Fund Hosts Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses
May 27, 2008: Women’s Business Center at Community First Fund Hosts Technology Training
May 13, 2008: Women’s Business Center at Community First Fund Hosts Free Seminar
April 25, 2008: Community First Fund Hires New Director of Business Lending and Counseling for Lancaster Office
April 8, 2008: Community First Fund’s York Office to Move; New Location is at 226 East Market Street
April 1, 2008: Community First Fund Vice President and COO Named “2008 Eastern Pennsylvania SBA Women in Business Champion of the Year”
March 13, 2008: Governor Rendell Announces Creation of Pennsylvania Business Opportunity Fund; $2 Million Loan Fund to Aid Minority- And Women-Owned Businesses
March 10, 2008: Community First Fund Chosen to Join National, Citigroup Foundation-funded Project; Funds Will Support Summer Internship
March 5, 2008: AEO Board Chair Asks Congress to Preserve SBA Microloan Program
February 13, 2008: Community Leaders Gather for Announcement of Investment Benefiting Local Entrepreneurs
Printed Articles
August 7, 2008: Intelligencer Journal, Community First Fund Vies for $2.5 Million Award
May 11, 2008: Lancaster Sunday News, Making a Big Profit from Nonprofit Work
May 4, 2008: Lancaster Sunday News, Planting Seeds of Prosperity
Winter 2008: Cascade, a publication of the Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia, Community First Fund Expands and Diversifies |
