PathStone Corporation
We are currently helping PathStone Corporation's CDFI, The Enterprise Center, build and sustain a more robust small- and micro-business finance program, including the strengthening of outreach and marketing efforts and the further development of capacity building resources.
Rabobank NA
Beaulac Associates has provided advice and recommendation in the development of the New Rural Opportunities Index, an effort by Rabobank N.A. and the Center for Regional Change at the University of California at Davis, to develop a more effective method for the bank to invest resources in underserved, rural communities in California.
Center for Rural Strategies
10,000 Friends of Rural America, is a coalition-backed social media campaign designed to raise the visibility of the "real" rural America and what its people contribute to our nation and to promote understanding of the nation's self-interest in investing in strong, sustainable rural communities. Beaulac Associates is offering advice and tactical support for this campaign including the development of enhanced marketing and partner recruitment.
Rapoza Associates
Rapoza Associates contracted with us to help plan and facilitate a session in Washington DC which brought together many of the leading CDFIs in the country and national policy organizations including the National Development Council, National Association of Counties, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, US Conference of Mayors and the National Council of State Housing Agencies. The meeting was intended to create common ground and develop a consensus for action to combat the deteriorating role of the federal government in community development across the country.
Hudson Opera House
Beaulac Associates worked with the Hudson Opera House and Community Center in Hudson, New York to attract financing needed to expand the Theater's physical size and program offerings. Built in 1855, the historic Hudson Opera House is New York State's oldest continuously operating theater. Sources of new financing include New Markets Tax Credits, Historic Tax Credits and USDA Rural Development.
Peer to Peer Exchange
We provided scribing and facilitation services to a group of three peer organizations, all part of the NeighborWorks America network, who convened a peer to peer exchange. The contract also included an analysis of the particular methods employed in the exchange and formulating recommendations for improving future sessions. The Peer groups were HAP Housing (Springfield, MA.), Neighborhood Housing Service of New York City, (New York City) and PathStone Corporation (Rochester, New York).
SAP Solar
Beaulac Associates provided service to Northwest Side CDC (Milwaukee, WI) in locating and verifying inventory held by a borrower in Barcelona, Spain.
Route 123 Heritage Trail
We are helping PathStone Corporation develop an agro- and heritage-tourism trail in Puerto Rico along the historic Route 123, a road that connects the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean and winds its way through the historic coffee producing area of the Island. This project aims to redevelop a region in the Island's mountainous interior that combines elements of agro-, eco- and heritage-tourism. Beaulac Associates is playing a leading role in the development of federal and private resources that will support the trail.
Delaware Merger
We are currently helping guide a merger between two non-profit housing services and technical assistance organizations in the State of Delaware. Our responsibilities include creating a roadmap that the Merger Assessment Committee, comprised of board members and staff from the two organizations, will follow to the conclusion of the affiliation. We are responsible for outlining all of the tasks which have to be accomplished including completing all elements of due diligence, development of a new governance system, an integrated financial system and a post-merger staffing system. We are responsible for convening monthly meetings of the Merger Assessment Committee, keeping minutes of these meetings and monitoring progress.
(Associates of the firm have been intricately involved in a number of mergers between non-profit organizations in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Associates have also established corporations and real estate partnerships in New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Ohio, New Jersey and Indiana.)
Quitman County Development Organization
Rural LISC has contracted with us to provide training and technical assistance to Quitman County Development Organization in Marks, MS. Areas that we are addressing include organizational management, real estate portfolio and the potential merger with another community development organization.
Congressional and Agency Relations
Beaulac Associates provided assistance to clients in communicating with Members of Congress and staff of federal agencies. Federal agencies with whom we have worked include USDA Rural Development, HUD, Treasury's CFDI Fund and Department of Labor.
We are currently helping PathStone Corporation's CDFI, The Enterprise Center, build and sustain a more robust small- and micro-business finance program, including the strengthening of outreach and marketing efforts and the further development of capacity building resources.
Rabobank NA
Beaulac Associates has provided advice and recommendation in the development of the New Rural Opportunities Index, an effort by Rabobank N.A. and the Center for Regional Change at the University of California at Davis, to develop a more effective method for the bank to invest resources in underserved, rural communities in California.
Center for Rural Strategies
10,000 Friends of Rural America, is a coalition-backed social media campaign designed to raise the visibility of the "real" rural America and what its people contribute to our nation and to promote understanding of the nation's self-interest in investing in strong, sustainable rural communities. Beaulac Associates is offering advice and tactical support for this campaign including the development of enhanced marketing and partner recruitment.
Rapoza Associates
Rapoza Associates contracted with us to help plan and facilitate a session in Washington DC which brought together many of the leading CDFIs in the country and national policy organizations including the National Development Council, National Association of Counties, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, US Conference of Mayors and the National Council of State Housing Agencies. The meeting was intended to create common ground and develop a consensus for action to combat the deteriorating role of the federal government in community development across the country.
Hudson Opera House
Beaulac Associates worked with the Hudson Opera House and Community Center in Hudson, New York to attract financing needed to expand the Theater's physical size and program offerings. Built in 1855, the historic Hudson Opera House is New York State's oldest continuously operating theater. Sources of new financing include New Markets Tax Credits, Historic Tax Credits and USDA Rural Development.
Peer to Peer Exchange
We provided scribing and facilitation services to a group of three peer organizations, all part of the NeighborWorks America network, who convened a peer to peer exchange. The contract also included an analysis of the particular methods employed in the exchange and formulating recommendations for improving future sessions. The Peer groups were HAP Housing (Springfield, MA.), Neighborhood Housing Service of New York City, (New York City) and PathStone Corporation (Rochester, New York).
SAP Solar
Beaulac Associates provided service to Northwest Side CDC (Milwaukee, WI) in locating and verifying inventory held by a borrower in Barcelona, Spain.
Route 123 Heritage Trail
We are helping PathStone Corporation develop an agro- and heritage-tourism trail in Puerto Rico along the historic Route 123, a road that connects the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean and winds its way through the historic coffee producing area of the Island. This project aims to redevelop a region in the Island's mountainous interior that combines elements of agro-, eco- and heritage-tourism. Beaulac Associates is playing a leading role in the development of federal and private resources that will support the trail.
Delaware Merger
We are currently helping guide a merger between two non-profit housing services and technical assistance organizations in the State of Delaware. Our responsibilities include creating a roadmap that the Merger Assessment Committee, comprised of board members and staff from the two organizations, will follow to the conclusion of the affiliation. We are responsible for outlining all of the tasks which have to be accomplished including completing all elements of due diligence, development of a new governance system, an integrated financial system and a post-merger staffing system. We are responsible for convening monthly meetings of the Merger Assessment Committee, keeping minutes of these meetings and monitoring progress.
(Associates of the firm have been intricately involved in a number of mergers between non-profit organizations in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Associates have also established corporations and real estate partnerships in New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Ohio, New Jersey and Indiana.)
Quitman County Development Organization
Rural LISC has contracted with us to provide training and technical assistance to Quitman County Development Organization in Marks, MS. Areas that we are addressing include organizational management, real estate portfolio and the potential merger with another community development organization.
Congressional and Agency Relations
Beaulac Associates provided assistance to clients in communicating with Members of Congress and staff of federal agencies. Federal agencies with whom we have worked include USDA Rural Development, HUD, Treasury's CFDI Fund and Department of Labor.
