Escuela Bilingue Internacional (EBI), an independent, co-educational day school for students in pre-kindergarten through 8^th grade, first opened its door in September 2006. EBI serves nearly 400 students and operates two campuses: pre-kindergarten through 1^st grade in Oakland and 2^nd grade through 8^th grade in Emeryville, California. EBI focuses on the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality international educational programs.  The School offers a Spanish/English bilingual program which provides students with an intensive language immersion curriculum. The school also develops conversational skills in a third language, Mandarin.  All of its teachers are native speakers of their language and represent more than 20 nationalities. The School largely serves families in Oakland and the surrounding communities and sponsors events such as community service projects and a Spanish language immersion summer camp for both EBI and non-EBI students.

CEDA closed a financing with EBI in September 2017 for over $8,000,000 to finance and refinance the cost of acquiring the School’s campus in Emeryville allowing them to benefit from substantial savings over their costs of rent payments.  The project also includes improvements to its Oakland campus’ parking surface, student play areas, and fencing as well as renovations to the facility’s exterior.  The savings generated from EBI’s tax-exempt financing through CEDA results in increased cash-flow available to support its valuable programs and services.

More information about Escuela Bilingue Internacional can be found online at: http://www.ebinternacional.org/.

About CEDA:  In 2006, CALED established CEDA, a Joint Powers Authority (JPA), to address gaps in Economic Development financing.   CEDA is committed to providing alternative financing options to manufacturers, 501(c)(3) non-profits, and California communities, with the ultimate mission of supporting economic development.  To learn more about CEDA, please visit its web site at http://ceda.caled.org/.

Since 2012, the first Friday of October has been designated as Manufacturing Day℠ or MFG DAY (this year it is October 6, 2017) to celebrate manufacturing successes.  The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) produces MFG DAY annually with support from the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) and the Manufacturing Institute (MI).  Each year, manufacturers invite a variety of audiences (businesses, students, media, etc.) to their facilities to educate them about all that manufacturing encompasses and the industry’s career possibilities, ultimately improving perceptions about manufacturing.

Visit a manufacturer in October in support of MFG DAY℠ 2017

Click here to find a participating manufacturer in California.

Over the past couple of years, the California Enterprise Development Authority (CEDA) has been pleased to support the growth of manufacturing in California through its role as Issuer of tax-exempt Industrial Development Bond (IDB) financings for these four manufacturers:

• Bay Photo Lab is a professional quality photographic printing and finishing laboratory in Scotts Valley, CA (Santa Cruz County).  Founded in 1976, Bay Photo Lab specializes in wedding, portrait, sport, school, and landscape photography and provides a variety of products to the photographic community, including digital prints and proofs, large format prints, mounting and framing, canvas prints, and much more.  This manufacturer refinanced existing debt and requested additional funding for new capital expenditures under this $12 million deal.  The savings and expansion opportunities that Bay Photo is expected to experience under this deal enables them to put more money back into operations, retain 300 jobs, and generate up to 20 new jobs.
•     Spooner’s Woodworks, Inc. was established in 1980 and has become one of the premier architectural woodwork firms in Southern California specializing in high-end millwork and production casework. The project which Spooner’s financed through CEDA in 2015 included the purchase of an existing industrial building containing approximately 58,000 square feet for the purpose of consolidating operations into a single building aiming to enhance efficiencies and allow the manufacturer to grow its business. Spooner’s estimated that the project will assist the company to retain its current 75 employees and add approximately 10 new employees within two years of project completion.
• Harris Industrial Water Treatment, Inc. d/b/a Puretec was founded in 1944 and has been owned and operated by four generations of the Harris family.  Puretec is an innovative industrial water services company that designs, engineers, manufactures, distributes, installs and services water treatment and purification systems. Puretec’s systems utilize a variety of technologies, including reverse osmosis, deionization, water softening and numerous filtering technologies that remove suspended particles, bacteria, viruses and gasses.  The IDB financing through CEDA provided Puretec an opportunity to expand its operations at its site in the Silicon Valley.
• Founded in 1951, Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. is a leading manufacturer of brushes for industrial and commercial applications for a variety of industries and purposes, including aerospace, printed circuit board production, food production, medical, healthcare, forensic investigation and janitorial services. Financing through CEDA’s IDB program helped the company, located in Southern California, to partially fund the acquisition of an industrial building at their project site to expand their operations within the state.  It was estimated that this project financing enabled the company to retain approximately 73 jobs and create approximately 44 new jobs.

IDBs are tax-exempt securities issued by cities, counties, and joint powers authorities, such as CEDA, to provide small- to medium-sized manufacturers money for land purchases, building construction, facility expansion, new production equipment acquisition, and solar and energy conservation retrofits. Benefits of IDB financing include below market interest rates, long-term financing, and it is available statewide without limitations to specific areas or communities. Overall, IDB financing reduces total financing costs so more capital can be invested back into the organization’s operations.

About CEDA:  In 2006, CALED established CEDA, a joint powers authority (JPA), to address gaps in Economic Development financing.   CEDA is committed to providing alternative financing options to manufacturers, 501(c)3 non-profits, and California communities, with the ultimate mission of supporting economic development.  More information about CEDA and this tax-exempt financing for manufacturers can be found on CEDA’s web site or contact Helen Schaubmayer at (916) 448-8252 x16 or helen@caled.org.

The California Enterprise Development Authority (CEDA) is pleased to announce the May 2017 closing of a $6 million tax-exempt financing deal with the Discovery Science Center of Orange County, a private 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1993 and operator of the world class interactive science center known as the Discovery Cube-Orange County, located in Santa Ana. Farmers & Merchants Bank (F&M) served as the bank in this project and is one of the oldest and strongest financial institutions in California. With almost $7 Billion in assets, F&M Bank is one of the top 150 banks in the US, and is a
strong supporter of 501(c)(3) tax-exempt financing.

In July 2016, Discovery acquired, via a merger, ExplorOcean, a California non-profit that has owned and operated a nautical museum facility in Newport Beach. Through this merger, Discovery has since renamed ExplorOcean to Ocean Quest and it now serves as a satellite center for Discovery Cube. All proceeds generated from the facility will be applied to further science learning locally.

The $6 million deal through CEDA finances and refinances acquisition, construction, improvement, and other related costs of the Newport Beach facility. This tax-exempt financing provides Discovery Science Center with low-cost financing, allowing the organization to devote the savings to Ocean Quest’s
educational programs serving youth 14 years of age and under. CEDA is proud to serve as issuer in this deal, supporting valuable educational programs in the local community.

More information about Discovery Cube’s Ocean Quest in
Newport Beach can be found online at: http://www.oceanquestoc.org/.

About CEDA: In 2006, CALED established CEDA, a Joint Powers Authority (JPA), to address gaps in Economic Development financing. CEDA is committed to providing alternative financing options to manufacturers, 501(c)(3) non-profits, and California communities, with the ultimate mission of supporting economic development. To learn more about CEDA, please visit its web site at https://ceda.caled.org/.

The California Enterprise Development Authority (CEDA) is proud to serve as issuer in the May 2017 financial deal closing with the Irvine Ice Foundation.  The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2016 to build on the Anaheim Amateur Hockey Association’s legacy in the local community serving thousands of youth and their families in Orange County each year.  Farmers & Merchants Bank (F&M) served as the bank in this project and is one of the oldest and strongest financial institutions in California.  With almost $7 billion in assets, it is one of the top 150 banks in the US, and is a strong supporter of 501(c)(3) tax-exempt financing.

Since 1996, the Anaheim Amateur Hockey Association, consisting of the Anaheim Jr. Ducks and the Anaheim Lady Ducks, has been in operation and committed to its mission of growing the sport of hockey and skating in Southern California.  The $75 million deal through CEDA finances the Irvine Ice Foundation’s construction (which began in February 2017) of a new state-of-the-art public skating facility at the Orange County Great Park.  When it opens in early Fall 2018, the Great Park Ice & Sports Complex will be the largest in California and one of the largest in the U.S. with a 280,000-square-foot structure. The Complex will be owned by the Irvine Ice Foundation and managed by locally-based civic leaders.  All proceeds generated from the Complex will be applied to further the growth of ice sports and activities locally.

The new facility will provide significant benefits to the residents of Irvine and its surrounding community through the cultural, recreational and educational services provided by the Foundation.  Tax-exempt financing through CEDA provides the Irvine Ice Foundation with the benefit of demonstrable savings in effective interest rate. Additionally, the new facility will create 15 full-time and 150 part-time positions while serving more than 10,000 youth each year.

More information about the Great Park Ice & Sports Complex can be found online at:

https://www.nhl.com/ducks/news/ducks-city-of-irvine-break-ground-on-ice-complex/c-286829068.

About CEDA:  In 2006, CALED established CEDA, a Joint Powers Authority (JPA), to address gaps in Economic Development financing.   CEDA is committed to providing alternative financing options to manufacturers, 501(c)(3) non-profits, and California communities, with the ultimate mission of supporting economic development.  To learn more about CEDA, please visit its web site at https://ceda.caled.org/.

Rendering of the Great Park Ice & Sports Complex
Source: AnaheimDucks.com

In 2006, the California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) established the California Enterprise Development Authority (CEDA) to address gaps in economic development financing.

CALED sponsored the creation of CEDA, a Joint Powers Authority formed by the Cities of Selma, Lancaster, and Eureka to provide alternative financing options to manufacturers, 501(c)(3) non-profits & California communities, with the ultimate mission of supporting economic development.

Some of CEDA’s 10-Year Highlights:

• $1.9 Billion: Total Amount of bonds/deals authorized (as of February 2017)

• 186: Number of jurisdictions with CEDA membership (as of March 2017)

• $98.4 Million: Amount authorized for largest CEDA deal closed–Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in February 2011

For more of CEDA’s accomplishments and highlights from the past 10 years, pull up the complete online report here.

The Bay Area Chinese Bible Church (“BACBC”) was founded in 1956 and has grown to over 1,000 in attendance on Sundays serving Alameda and surrounding communities.  The church offers worship services and ministries for English, Cantonese, and Mandarin speaking people in every age group.  In 1979, BACBC started Chinese Christian Schools (“CCS”), a department of the Church, to provide quality private Christian school education offering a balanced and comprehensive curriculum, including Mandarin language courses, enrichment classes, and life skills electives.  CCS enrolls over 300 students from Kindergarten to 8^th grade.  In 2016, BACBC expanded CCS to add a licensed preschool which is currently serving over 30 children ages 2 to Pre-K.  In addition to these educational services, BACBC also supports its local community through its involvement with many projects such as canned food and coat drives, “Love Alameda Project” (programs where volunteers participate in beach cleanups, music programs at nursing facilities, and helping at the local health fair), hosting an annual community fun fair, among many other activities.

CEDA closed a financing with BACBC in January 2017 for $12,000,000 to refinance various costs of acquiring and developing an approximately eight-acre educational complex located in Alameda.  This facility includes a nearly 36,000-square-foot educational building with classrooms, offices and meeting rooms and an approximately 30,000-square-foot, one-story building with a gymnasium, multi-purpose rooms, kitchen and nursery and pre-school. This deal also funds the cost of various capital projects, including construction of a new kitchen to provide meals to students and visitors, upgrades and expansions to sports fields, and improvements to the nursery and pre-school.  This tax-exempt financing with CEDA produces a significant reduction of BACBC’s debt service payments, resulting in increased cash-flow available to support its school programs and services.

More information about the Bay Area Chinese Bible Church and its various services can be found online at: http://www.bacbc.org.

About CEDA:  In 2006, CALED established CEDA, a Joint Powers Authority (JPA), to address gaps in Economic Development financing.   CEDA is committed to providing alternative financing options to manufacturers, 501(c)(3) non-profits, and California communities, with the ultimate mission of supporting economic development.  To learn more about CEDA, please visit its web site at https://ceda.caled.org/.

Bay Area Chinese Bible Church Closing reception, February 2017

Since 1969, the Orange County Bar Foundation (OCBF) has operated a wide range of programs oriented at keeping at-risk youth in school, healthy, and drug-free through education, counseling, mentoring, and family strengthening.  The OCBF was initially established as the philanthropic arm of the Orange County Bar Association and, in 1981, the organization became an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit agency due to the success and growth of its services, now aiding hundreds of at-risk youth and their families in Orange County every year.

The OCBF has established partnerships throughout the community to address a spectrum of program needs within educational, health, and safety components.  The organization aims to reach at-risk youth early through filling in service gaps within the community as well as extending and facilitating service networks and linkages.  This includes providing educational opportunities that would not otherwise be available to many of the youth the organization serves.

On February 1, 2017, the OCBF and the California Enterprise Development Authority (CEDA) closed a financing of nearly $2,000,000 to fund the various costs in acquiring, constructing and equipping an approximately 8,000-square-foot, two-story commercial office building in Santa Ana.  The OCBF will be relocating their facilities to this newly-purchased building, retaining all of their 12 full-time and 4 part-time positions.  The low-cost financing will enable them to put debt service savings back into their programs.

More information about the Orange County Bar Foundation and its various programs can be found online at: https://ocbarfoundation.org/.

About CEDA:  In 2006, CALED established CEDA, a Joint Powers Authority (JPA), to address gaps in Economic Development financing.   CEDA is committed to providing alternative financing options to manufacturers, 501(c)(3) non-profits, and California communities, with the ultimate mission of supporting economic development.  To learn more about CEDA, please visit its web site at https://ceda.caled.org/.

Orange County Bar Foundation Closing Reception
From left to right: Helen Schaubmayer (CALED/CEDA), Kirk Dowdell (Dowdell Consulting Group), Jeff Spinelli-Faris (Farmers & Merchants Bank), Gurbax Sahota (CALED/CEDA), and Sam Balisy (Kutak Rock)

CEDA Celebrates Manufacturers’ Success and
Supports Their Growth Through Financing

In light of Manufacturing Day℠ 2016 (October 7, 2016), CEDA is proud to announce a recent manufacturing project we helped finance: Bay Photo Lab, a professional quality photographic printing and finishing laboratory in Scotts Valley, CA (Santa Cruz County).  Founded in 1976, Bay Photo Lab specializes in wedding, portrait, sport, school, and landscape photography and provides a variety of products to the photographic community, including digital prints and proofs, large format prints, mounting and framing, canvas prints, and much more.  This manufacturer refinanced existing debt and requested additional funding for new capital expenditures under this $12 million deal.  The savings and expansion opportunities that Bay Photo will experience under this deal enables them to put more money back into operations, retain 300 jobs, and generate up to 20 new jobs over the course of the next two years.  CEDA is pleased to be the Issuer of the Industrial Development Bond (IDB) that made this possible.

CEDA also completed three tax-exempt IDB financings in 2015 with manufacturers throughout the state:

•       Spooner’s Woodworks, Inc. was established in 1980 and has become one of the premier architectural woodwork firms in Southern California specializing in high-end millwork and production casework. The project which Spooner’s financed through CEDA in 2015 included the purchase of an existing industrial building containing approximately 58,000 square feet for the purpose of consolidating operations into a single building aiming to enhance efficiencies and allow the manufacturer to grow its business. Spooner’s expects that the project will assist the company to retain its current 75 employees and add approximately 10 new employees within two years of project completion.

• J. Harris Industrial Water Treatment, Inc. d/b/a Puretec was founded in 1944 and has been owned and operated by four generations of the Harris family.  Puretec is an innovative industrial water services company that designs, engineers, manufactures, distributes, installs and services water treatment and purification systems. Puretec’s systems utilize a variety of technologies, including reverse osmosis, deionization, water softening and numerous filtering technologies that remove suspended particles, bacteria, viruses and gasses.  The IDB financing through CEDA provides Puretec an opportunity to expand its operations at its site in the Silicon Valley.

• Founded in 1951, Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. is a leading manufacturer of brushes for industrial and commercial applications for a variety of industries and purposes, including aerospace, printed circuit board production, food production, medical, healthcare, forensic investigation and janitorial services. Financing through CEDA’s IDB program helped the company, located in Southern California, to partially fund the acquisition of an industrial building at their project site to expand their operations within the state.  This project financing enables the company to retain approximately 73 jobs and create approximately 44 new jobs.

IDBs are tax-exempt securities issued by cities, counties, and joint powers authorities, such as CEDA, to provide small- to medium-sized manufacturers money for land purchases, building construction, facility expansion, new production equipment acquisition, and solar and energy conservation retrofits. Benefits of IDB financing include below market interest rates, long-term financing, and it is available statewide without limitations to specific areas or communities. Overall, IDB financing reduces total financing costs so more capital can be invested back into the organization’s operations.

About CEDA:  In 2006, CALED established CEDA, a joint powers authority (JPA), to address gaps in Economic Development financing.   CEDA is committed to providing alternative financing options to manufacturers, 501(c)3 non-profits, and California communities, with the ultimate mission of supporting economic development.  More information about CEDA and this tax-exempt financing for manufacturers can be found on CEDA’s web site or contact Helen Schaubmayer at (916) 448-8252 x16 or helen@caled.org.

CEDA Closes $12.6 Million Tax-Exempt Loan with Orangewood Real Property LLC, Samueli Academy

August 2016—The California Enterprise Development Authority (CEDA) is pleased to announce the recent closing of a $12.6 million tax-exempt financing deal with Orangewood Real Property LLC (Samueli Academy), a prominent supporter of services to foster youth and notable education provider in the City of Santa Ana, California.

Orangewood Real Property LLC’s sole member is Orangewood Foundation, an organization which provides various services to support current and former foster youth in the critical areas of basic needs, housing, life skills & employment, and education.  The organization owns the facilities leased to Samueli Academy, a charter high school located in Santa Ana, California which, in its third year of operation, served about 375 students in grades 9 through 11 with enrollment expected to reach around 500 students this academic year with a full student body (grades 9-12). The Academy offers scholastic achievement based on creative, sustainable and entrepreneurial approaches and was established as an answer to the low high school graduation rates among teens in Orange County, including teens in foster care served by Orangewood Foundation.  The Academy prides itself in providing structure for youth in foster care and plans to expand its enrollment of and services for foster youth in the coming years.
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CEDA Closes $55 Million Tax-Exempt Loan with Orange County School of the Arts The Legacy Fund

August 2016—The California Enterprise Development Authority (CEDA) is proud to serve as issuer in the recent financial deal closing with nationally-recognized charter school, Orange County School of the Arts, and its supporter, The Legacy Fund.

Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) is a public charter school located in Santa Ana, California.  OCSA was established in 1987 and currently serves more than 2,100 students in grades 7 through 12 from more than 100 cities throughout Southern California. It is one of the largest single-campus public charter schools in the country and has been the recipient of many national and regional awards for its academic excellence and arts conservatory programs. OCSA offers one of the county’s top college preparatory programs as well as training in 14 pre-professional arts conservatories within the Schools of Applied Arts, Dance, Fine and Media Arts, Music, and Theatre. As a public charter school, OCSA is tuition free, donation dependent, and is accessible to students from all backgrounds.
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CEDA Tax-Exempt Financing Borrower, Aspire Community Housing Organization, Completes Grandvillas Senior Housing Project 
In June 2015, Aspire Community Housing Organization broke ground on Grandvillas Senior Housing, located in the City of Riverside, and celebrated the project’s grand opening on June 17, 2016.  The California Enterprise Development Authority (CEDA) is proud to be one of the major funders (approximately $4.5 million) of this project which provides much needed affordable housing for seniors in the community. (more…)

CEDA Issues $6.5 Million Tax-Exempt Loan to Mission Economic Development Agency

Since 1973, Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), a community economic development 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in San Francisco’s Mission District has worked to improve economic and social conditions for San Francisco’s low- and moderate-income residents. MEDA supports families in its service area by providing guidance for small business creation and improvement, home purchases, foreclosure prevention, building credit and savings, accessing technology, and finding sustaining jobs. (more…)

CEDA Issues $16.4 Million Tax-Exempt Loan to Athenian School

The Athenian School is an independent school in Danville and serves 478 students in its Middle and Upper Schools, a population that, combined, represents 30 Bay Area cities and 12 countries. This 501(c)3 non-profit institution embraces a philosophy that is rooted in six main values: international understanding, democracy, environmental stewardship, adventure, leadership, and service. (more…)