Dr. Mark A Edelman in the News
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February 4, 2022
Solidarity Microfinance announced it has received a grant from Bank of America that will allow the Des Moines-based organization to further invest in Iowans working toward personal financial goals and entrepreneurial expansion, through $300,000 in
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November 18, 2021
Mark Edelman, emeritus professor, was quoted in a Nov. 12 Iowa City Press-Citizen story, "'Johnson County is just the start': New group wants to lift Iowa Black-owned businesses."
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June 21, 2021
The Dept of Treasury CDFI Fund announced a Rapid Response Program grant award of $1,134,000 to Iowa Community Capital (ICC) for financial products and/or projects in eligible census tracts.
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April 28, 2021
A paper, "Extension-Led Demonstration: Grameen Microfinance Methods and Capital Access for Low-Income Female Entrepreneurs" (MS #1327), by Mark Edelman, emeritus professor, has been published to Journal of Extension.
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February 22, 2021
Mark Edelman, emeritus professor, has had his journal article, "Extension-Led Demonstration: Grameen Microfinance Methods and Capital Access for Low-Income Female Entrepreneurs," accepted for publication and is in
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January 20, 2021
A $500,000 Wells Fargo grant has enabled Iowa Community Capital to increase its capacity to help small businesses, according to board chair Emeritus Professor Mark Edelman.
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December 14, 2020
Iowa Community Capital (ICC) received a $500,000 grant award from the Open for Business CDFI Program funded by Wells Fargo with a portion of the $400 million in fees earned from processing Paycheck Protection Program loans related to COVID-19 pand
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November 10, 2020
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October 1, 2020
Two nonprofits led by ISU Ag Business alums will collaborate with ISU's Extension and Outreach (ISUEO) Beginning Farmer Center; Farm, Food, and Enterprise Development (FFED) program, Area Farm Management staff, and Ag Ventures Alliance Co-op
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August 18, 2020
Earth Energy Renewables (EER) has been approved for a $4 million Department of Energy project collaboration with NREL, World Energy, Southwest Airlines, and Boeing to produce net zero biobased jet fuel for a first ever demonstration flight using t
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April 8, 2020
Mark Edelman, professor and ISU Community Vitality Center director, and Sandra Burke, senior researcher, facilitated Iowa Community Capital (ICC)'s collaboration with an emerging coalition of seven nonprofits
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April 2, 2020
Mark Edelman, professor, is this year's recipient of the North Central Region's Excellence in Extension Award.
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November 19, 2019
Iowa Community Capital was awarded a $139,000 grant from the U.S.
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November 4, 2019
Mark Edelman, professor and Community Vitality Center (CVC) director secured $255,000 in SBA and Wells Fargo grants for expansion of Solidarity Microfinance to Ottumwa.
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September 24, 2019
Professors Sergio Lence and Mark Edelman were recipients of the university’s most distinguished awards and were honored Monday, Sept. 23, at the ISU Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony at 3:30 p.m.
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August 20, 2019
Mark Edelman, professor and director of the Community Vitality Center, presented "Iowa Rural Equity Project: Alternative Models for AgTech & Rural Angel Investor Networks," at the "Rural Capital and Innovations" ses
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June 17, 2019
Mark Edelman, professor & extension economist, presented a seminar titled “Alternative Models used by AgTech Angel Investor Networks in the U.S.
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April 10, 2019
Mark Edelman, professor, made a Community Reinvestment Act presentation to 40 bank compliance officers from across Iowa at a round table sponsored by the three federal regulators April 9, 2019.
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April 3, 2019
Mark A. Edelman, Professor and Community Vitality Center Director, presented a speech "Strategies for Entrepreneurial Rural Communities in Times of Uncertainty," to an audience of 175 at the Mitchell County Ag Brea
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March 27, 2019
ISU Extension and Outreach has launched a new website for the Iowa Rural Equity Project featuring a series of video interviews with equity managers and experts from a dozen Iowa-based venture capital funds and angel investor network