Elkins

Local Bank Support Critical to CDFI Success
As a CDFI focused on small business development, Lenders is a complement to local banks’ loan programs, not a competitor. Hoy Ferguson, President of Davis Trust Company in Elkins ...
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TipTop Of The Iceberg: Leveraging Funding into Large Local Investment
TipTop no longer needs us. The business now has the resources and collateral to qualify for conventional financing. But back in 2012, when Cade and Carrie Archuleta were purchasing ...
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Big Timber Shows the Big Impact of Small Businesses
Matt and Ashley Kwasniewski were shopping around for startup capital for their craft brewery idea in 2012, just as we opened the doors of Lenders. None of the commercial ...
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Tygart Hotel Artwork to Honor Lost Towns of the Monongahela National Forest
We are excited to announce “Lost Towns/Lost Communities” a collaboration with West Virginia artists to create artwork for the Tygart Hotel exploring five ghost towns in the Monongahela National ...
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Infill Investments Inspire Innovation
Infill development describes the process of reutilizing urban or neighborhood properties for new building. Infill development targets abandoned, underutilized, dilapidated, and problem properties in neighborhoods for redevelopment. This reduces ...
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Call for Artists: Lost Towns of the Mon RFQ
Woodlands Development Group (Woodlands), is seeking professional artists to design and create original artwork for a Lost Towns of the Mon permanent art collection in the newly-rehabilitated Tygart Hotel ...
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Firefly Commons Apartments Completed
Our new Firefly Commons project in Elkins is complete and fully leased. The 16-unit development is made up of six duplexes and a 4-unit townhome. After many years of ...
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Non-traditional Lenders Playing Key Role in Success of Tygart Hotel Rehab
A key partner in the Tygart Hotel project, Partner Community Capital, recently sent a team from their Charles Town, WV to take stock of the progress being made in ...
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Community Banks Provide Key Investments to Push Tygart Hotel Project Forward
Historic Tax Credit investments close financing gaps on Elkins’ big hotel project Tygart Hotel partners Pendleton Community Bank, Davis Trust Company, and Freedom Bank gathered on Friday, April 29th ...
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