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For 30 years, REDC has transformed lives by fueling small businesses in underserved communities. With $70 million in loans, we’ve created 7,000 jobs and built thriving local economies. Now, the CDFI Fund—our lifeline—is at risk. Let’s protect this powerful engine of hope, opportunity, and the American Dream. Stand with us.

Renaissance Small Business Services Expands to New Jersey with New Office in Palisades Park

Thank you to The Queens Women’s Chamber of Commerce for honoring Jessie Lee, Managing Director of Renaissance Economic Development Corporation, as a Community Luminary at the 12th Annual Gala. We’re grateful for this recognition and celebration of her work in our community! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DvdQyetRb/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Florence Dennis had a problem. A good problem, to be sure, but a problem all the same. The owner of Flows Tasty Treats, LLC, a Newark, N.J.-based company specializing in Ghanaian-inspired snacks, Ms. Dennis had just scored a $375,000 order for a peanut and corn snack from retail giant Costco after over three years of pitches – more than double her business’s revenue for the entire previous year.