Community Investment Associates presents unique skills and experience in its capability to assist communities and non-profits - deep experience in working with financing community-based projects through working with financial institutions and assisting in the creation of new, community-based institutions; and solid experience in working with state and municipal departments and programs to undertake and support local level planning and community development activities.

Community Investment Associates believes that beneficial community planning and development entails enhancing communities as places to live satisfying lives. Further, the firm focuses on enabling economically-disadvantaged populations to have a home, security, and community; the ability to start a business;and an opportunity to achieve their potential.

Community Investment Associates has assisted many clients with careful and participatory planning activities and plan development. These efforts entail inclusive visioning efforts and participation from interested parties in both public and private contexts. Familiarity with laws and regulations regarding planning activities assures responsible and timely work.

Community Investment Associates promotes partnership. The Associates are equally fluent in the resources and purposes of the public sector at the municipal, regional, and state levels, and in the requirements for private investment and corporate giving. The firm has shaped public-private partnerships to finance and undertake development. These partnerships were developed over time, with use of planning and visioning processes for developing projects with strong, coordinated support.

Our knowledge of nonprofit and government capabilities and challenges in achieving and leveraging beneficial community development is key to our effectiveness. Our understanding of effective approaches steers projects to achieve favorable results. While we undertake planning projects with broad knowledge of information sources and process, we are uniquely skilled in developing viable plans and putting plans into action.

Community Investment Associates understand finance and development as a skilled process of matching sound, beneficial projects with suitable resources. The Associates identify and strengthen the critical factors affecting the ability to finance a venture or project, or to fund a program. The Associates have obtained millions of dollars for our clients' projects in grants and loans.

Community Investment Associates appreciate that the success of a project or program often hinges on a consultant's performance. The firm generates superior products on a timely schedule.