by LCD Staff | May 8, 2023 | Business Loans, Lewis & Clark CDC, Lewis & Clark Development Group, North Dakota Opportunity Fund, Small Business
An entrepreneurial immigrant couple is able to carve out a new opportunity for their trucking business thanks to the North Dakota Opportunity Fund. Upon earning his CDL/Class-A truck driving license in 2018, Sam Jalalvand went to work as a driver but was quickly taken...
by LCD Staff | Apr 10, 2023 | Lewis & Clark Development Group, North Dakota, North Dakota Opportunity Fund, Programs
Since 1986, hundreds of women facing an unexpected pregnancy have turned The Perry Center for help. The West Fargo-based organization has provided these women, ranging from ages 12 to 30, with compassionate residential care that tends to their physical, emotional, and...
by LCD Staff | Mar 15, 2023 | Business Loans, Lewis & Clark Development Group, North Dakota Opportunity Fund, Small Business
Fargo dentist Austin Vetter recently found himself in an enviable position. His practice had outgrown its current location. New patients were coming in and his staff of 14 needed new space to accommodate demand. Vetter knew it was time to relocate. The decision was...
by LCD Staff | Jan 3, 2023 | Affordable Housing, Business Loans, Housing, Lewis & Clark Development Group, Meat & Poultry Intermediary Lending Program, Multi-Family Housing, North Dakota Opportunity Fund, Property Management Services
From receiving the largest ever grant in the organization’s five-decade history to new programs, increasing demands and new properties and projects, Lewis & Clark Development Group closes out 2022 in as strong a position as it has ever been....
by LCD Staff | Dec 20, 2022 | Business Loans, Lewis & Clark Development Group, North Dakota Opportunity Fund, Programs, Small Business
Two western North Dakota businesses have benefitted from the North Dakota Opportunity Fund’s Collateral Support Program. The new program was created in May in response to interest from lenders across the state. The program establishes pledged case collateral...
by LCD Staff | Nov 21, 2022 | Business Loans, Lewis & Clark Development Group, North Dakota Opportunity Fund, Small Business
A long-time employee is now a small business owner, thanks to financing assistance from the North Dakota Opportunity Fund. Creative Elements has been providing hair, beauty, skin care, and spa services in Williston for more than 15 years. For more than ten of those...
