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Horizon Certified Development Company has assisted over 1,000 successful companies in the financing of owner occupied real estate. As an economic development lender, HCDC's mission is to assist business that will grow and create new job opportunities in all communities. The following are a sample of successful HCDC clients who have met the challenges of running a business and have also made the investment to own and improve real estate in economically underserved communities.
Nanny's Multi Level Learning Center, Inc.
Nanny's Multi Level Learning Center, Inc., is a full service day care located in Avondale. The center was started in 1982 and has grown from a small home day care to service a capacity of 150+ children. In 2002, HCDC helped this minority owned business to obtain SBA 504 financing as part of its $1,200,000 investment to purchase and renovate a building at the corner of Rockdale and Reading Roads in the heart of Avondale. This expansion resulted in the retention and creation of 22 jobs.
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K4 is a multidisciplinary team of professionals that provides planning, developing, designing, building, and managing services for clients in a variety of sectors including: financial, retail, healthcare, hospitality, worship, and corporate.
In 2005, K4 utilized the SBA 504 program through HCDC to purchase and renovate commercial property in Cincinnati's Queensgate area with an investment of $1,800,000. The additional space created by this investment helped the firm grow from 50 employees in 2005, to over 70 employees in 2007.
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Gray and Pape, Inc.
Gray & Pape, Inc. is a consulting firm specializing in full service cultural resources management (CRM) and historic preservation services. The firm has substantial expertise providing all types and phases of cultural resources studies. In 2004, Gray & Pape, Inc. purchased and renovated commercial property they were leasing in the heart of Over-the-Rhine on Main Street. The investment of $489,000 allowed Gray & Pape, Inc. to occupy the entire building, thereby providing sufficient space to add 16 new employees to its existing workforce of 32. Gray & Pape's investment in OTR is clearly an example of small business doing its part in the economic development in a distressed community resulting in job creation.
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