Celebrating our biggest year yet!
What a year it has been indeed! We couldn’t close 2021 without taking a look back at the highlights from this year. Join us in celebrating CIC’s biggest year to date, and we’re just getting started!
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Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) Info Session
The Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) program is administered by CIC statewide and allows homebuyers to claim up to $2,000 of their annual mortgage interest as a federal tax credit – each year and every year they live in their homes.
Tucson Information Technology Alliance
Cybersecurity Skills Training to Underserved Seeking Jobs in Booming Industry CIC is excited to be a part of the Tucson Information Technology Alliance, a
2021 DEI Champion Copper Cactus Winner
CIC is honored and humbled to be the first ever organization to win the DPR Construction Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Copper Cactus Award from the Tucson Metro Chamber.
BIPOC Loan Inaugural Recipients Announced
CIC couldn’t be more thrilled to announce the business owners selected to participate in the first ever BIPOC Community Managed Loan Fund! This fund was carefully designed to serve Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) entrepreneurs in Southern Arizona with 0% interest microloans, ranging from $500 to $10,000.
Supporting Innovation in Education
Over $600,000 in seed funding will be awarded through A for Arizona’s Expansion and Innovation Fund, including the Pima IDA’s gift, empowering innovative school and community leaders, teachers, and families to implement their bold ideas for reimagining learning models, creating and scaling more student-focused programs, and developing better teaching and learning educational approaches. Applications are being accepted for this grant funding June 3 – July 8 at noon.
StartupTucson IdeaFunding Award Winners
Idea Funding IdeaFunding, led by our friends at Startup Tucson & Arizona Commerce Authority, was held on April 15, 2021. It was a day-long digital entrepreneurial experience
Loan Success Story -CRU Trucking
“You run into people willing to help you along the way. CIC it has been fantastic, working with you guys. I recommend that when people have that itch to start something, to move forward.
Even though CIC turned me down initially for the first truck/trailer purchase, they were positive, helpful, and guided me so I could qualify six months later with proven financial history. You were such a blessing.” – Chuck Ugalde, Owner
Kiva Tucson Making an Impact
The Power of Community-Backed Lending and Kiva Tucson The rate that entrepreneurs are starting new businesses in the US has been flat for almost
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
Eviction Prevention Services related to the Coronavirus Response and Relief (CARES) Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 RFQ for Service Agencies.
Pima Eviction Prevention Impact Report
In late August of 2020, Community Investment Corporation (CIC) contracted with Pima County to develop and manage a dynamic online platform that would expedite
BIPOC Community Manage Loan Fund ANNOUNCED
A new resource for BIPOC entrepreneurs and business owners in all stages of business. UPDATE: Program details announced June, 30, 2021: Click here for