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Impact and Investment: Lenders Announces New Hires

We are pleased to announce two key additions to our team: McLain Saba as Deputy Director and Lena Huynh as Business Services Manager. These hires signal Woodlands’ continued commitment ...

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Clementine’s Cantina and the Rebirth of Elkins’ Downtown Business District

by Ana Lucía Ubalde Immersed among century-old brick-exposed storefronts on Davis Avenue, Clementine’s Cantina stands out with its bright white exterior and bold orange details, creating a fresh presence ...

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A Trail Worth Following: Zach Adams and Appalachian Dirt

When most of us lace up our hiking boots and head into the mountains, we rarely stop to wonder how the trail beneath our feet came to be. But ...

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Paint it Black 1: Galleries, Pricing, & Framing

Cecil Ybanez, Bloomfield Gallery, Richwood, WV  Talbott’s Frame shop, Elkins, WV       Karen Jacobson, Woodlands Community Lenders April 28th, Tygart Hotel, Elkins, WV Register here Cecil Ybanez and David Ward ...

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Microenterprise Loans Support Local Businesses

  Woodlands is pleased to have the support of USDA-Rural Development (USDA RD) in providing lending and technical assistance to small businesses in our region. Through USDA RD we ...

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How To Make a Big Impact with Small Lending

Carla and Jason Kaposy felt compelled to make an investment that could be pivotal in spurring economic development in their hometown of Petersburg, a Mon Forest Town in Grant ...

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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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Resources

2022 Lenders Annual Report & Audit

Click here or image above to view/download full annual report (.pdf)

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