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Program-Related Investments
Chicago Community Loan Fund $250,000
Chicago, IL
Senior loan for real estate development, small business lending, and working capital for non profits working in low-income communities. $250,000 6-year senior loan approved in 2001.
 
New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Inc. $500,000
Concord, NH
Senior loan to support affordable home ownership and small business lending. $500,000 7-year senior loan approved in 2002.
 
Rural Community Assistance Corporation $500,000
West Sacramento, CA
Senior loan for development of affordable housing, water and waste water systems, and community facilities in low-income, rural areas. $500,000 10-year senior loan approved in 1998.
 
Corpus Investments
Bay Area Smart Growth Fund I, LLC $1,500,000
San Francisco, CA
Commitment to a private equity fund to invest in commercial and residential real estate projects in 46 designated low- and moderate-income neighborhoods in the nine-county Bay Area of Northern California.
 
California Smart Growth Fund IV, LP $2,000,000
San Francisco, CA
Commitment to a private real estate partnership investing in urban markets using smart growth principle to create more livable and sustainable communities throughout California.
 
Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund II, L.P. $2,500,000
Beverly Hills, CA
Commitment to a private real estate partnership to develop or redevelop urban properties throughout the United States.
 
Community Capital Management, Inc. $7,500,000
Weston, FL
Commitment for a separate fixed-income securities account financing home ownership, enterprise development and community facilities in low- and moderateincome communities throughout the United States. Securities must be investment-grade or equivalent.
 
Community Capital Management, Inc. $5,000,000
Weston, FL
Commitment for a separate fixed-income securities account financing home ownership, enterprise development and community facilities in low- and moderate-income communities throughout the United States. Securities must be investment-grade or equivalent.
 
Community Capital Management, Inc. $5,000,000
Weston, FL
Commitment for a separate fixed-income securities account financing home ownership, enterprise development and community facilities in low- and moderate-income communities throughout the United States. Securities must be investment-grade or equivalent.
 
UrbanAmerica, L.P. I $1,500,000
New York, NY
Commitment to a private real estate partnership to acquire and develop retail and commercial properties in inner-city neighborhoods in the Northeast and Southeast, including federally designated enterprise zones and enterprise communities, and to provide opportunities for corporate and retail tenants to locate facilities in such communities.
 
UrbanAmerica, L.P. II $1,000,000
New York, NY
Commitment to a private real estate partnership to acquire and develop retail and commercial properties in inner-city neighborhoods nationwide including federally designated enterprise zones and enterprise communities, and to provide opportunities for corporate and retail tenants to locate facilities in such communities.
 
Fixed-Income Securities
City of Cleveland (Ohio)  
Taxable Economic and Community
Development Revenue Bonds
Series 2004 (Core City Fund)
Rating: AAA

To revitalize lower Euclid Avenue through the redevelopment of commercial space, the creation of 100 units of new for-sale and rental housing, and the creation of more than 800 permanent jobs.
 
Community Reinvestment Revenue Notes  
Eighteenth Series
Rating: AAA

To purchase loans from community development lenders that provide financing to stimulate economic development and provide affordable housing for communities in fourteen states.
 
Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota  
Taxable Tax Increment Revenue Bonds,
Series 2005
Saint Paul Neighborhood Scattered Site Project
Rating: Aa3

To finance the revitalization of the Phalen, University Avenue and Riverview Corridors through brownfield remediation, commercial development and housing development.
 
Pinole, California Redevelopment Agency  
Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds
Series 1998B
Rating: AAA

To finance commercial development pursuant to a redevelopment plan for the Pinole Vista Project Area.
 
Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)  
Taxable Revenue Bonds, Series 2002B
Rating: AAA

To finance a portion of the City of Philadelphia Neighborhood Transformation Initiative through neighborhood revitalization and urban blight remediation.
 
Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority  
General Resolution Bonds, Series 2005A
Rating: AAA

To finance an urban commercial development project within the Metroplex service district in the City of Schenectady, New York.
 
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