Economic Development Credit Analysis
Date: August 22-24, 2012
Location: Baltimore, MD

AICP Certification Maintenance points: CM | 24

This course also meets the professional development requirements for the Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) exam. CEcDs earn recertification credits for participation.

http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Training_Credit_MD

This hands-on course presents business financing tools and available private financing options, as well as how the public sector can complement bank financing. You will learn how to stimulate private sector investment that results in the creation of permanent, private sector jobs and increased productivity. Course participants will also perform credit analysis by determining how well a company buys and sells to make a profit. Learn how to read financial reports, financial statements, balance sheets and profit and loss statements. Enroll now to understand the basics of structuring deals for small businesses that often combine public and private sector financing programs.

Course Highlights:
• Business credit analysis and deal structuring/restructuring
• Credit risk, maturity risk, rate risk and liquidity
• Determining if a firm is productive and profitable
• Analysis of small business lending programs
• Negotiation and loan packaging options
• Review SBA, HUD, USDA and commercial lending programs
• Overview of real estate financing and lending tools
• Students should bring a calculator to this course

Instructor:

Robert Sweet
Director
National Development Council

As a member of NDC's East Team, Robert Sweet works primarily in the northeastern U.S. providing technical assistance to client communities, including operational analyses of proposed client projects to structuring financing packages, which include Historic Rehabilitation and New Markets Tax Credits. Sweet teaches two courses in NDC's Economic Development Finance Certification Program: ED101 – Economic Development Finance and ED201 – Business Credit Analysis. He is also an underwriter for NDC's SBA 7 (a) loan fund program: NDC Grow America Fund.

Accommodations/Training Location:

Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore
20 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (800) 395-7046
Website: www.radisson.com

IEDC Room Rate: $129 single/double
Cut-Off Date: July 23, 2012