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AEDC helps businesses meet the challenge of acquiring capital

 

Small business owners face daily challenges in fulfilling their dreams. And finding the financing to launch a new business or take an existing business to the next step can be a major hurdle. Arcata Economic Development Corporation helps businesses meet the challenge of acquiring capital.

Located in rural Northern California, AEDC has been a catalyst for regional economic development since 1978. Its mission is to provide loans and support to entrepreneurial, innovative business and community endeavors.

 

Put AEDC's impressive track record to work for you. Our community partnerships, the number of successful businesses that have returned for expansion loans after paying back start-up loans, and the significant number of jobs created by endeavors supported by AEDC all point to a community funding partner who can help you grow with the community.

Over the past 31 years, AEDC has loaned over $47 million dollars for developing local businesses. If you are seeking capital for your business.

  

Click on the following links to:

Visit our Small Business Lending Center

See loan details

Try out our loan calculator

Download an application package

See a directory of AEDC client businesses

See a list of our community partners

 


  

 

Member of Opportunity Finance Network

SBA 504 Loan

Current Rate is

4.30%

 

March. 16, 2013 SBA 504 Loan

To Buy, Construct or Improve
Commercial and Industrial Buildings



Click here for more info

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Rebuilding Your Business with the 504 Loan Program -- It is Possible!

 

Stephanie Bode and Travis Schneider worked with AEDC to refinance their 504 loan. 

 

Sometimes when you buy a business, you know it's going to be a "fixer-upper." That was definitely the case when Travis Schneider bought the RV park on Sixth Street in Eureka, and the 504 loan program helped him refinance to make it a sustainable change. Now called Schneider Shoreline RV Park (or simply Shoreline RV Park), the facility is ready to comfortably accommodate visitors to the North Coast.  

 

With a $1 million construction loan, he began to create the site that tourists would be happy to retreat back to after a day of romping through the redwoods, hitting the beach and strolling through Old Town Eureka. Through Arcata Economic Development Corporation, Schneider said he was able to refinance. 

AEDC worked with Schneider and his bank through the loan application process, and he said he enjoyed having their competent staff getting him through the process. 

 

AEDC has worked with several businesses in the community, and it is not just restricted to those in the Arcata area. For more than 30 years, the AEDC has loaned over $47 million to local businesses and have helped entrepreneurs grow with the community. 

 

SBA 504 Loan Applications and information are available online, and in the AEDC Small Business Lending Center.

 

"The rate for commercial property is phenomenal," Schneider said. "It was a no-brainer in terms of affordability."  

 

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