Melissa Amado

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  Published on: 11/4/2002    Last Visited: 11/4/2002  

  By Melissa Amado
  
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  Melissa Amado is a business development officer with the Business Development Finance Corp. in Tucson.
  
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  Published on: 2/13/2004    Last Visited: 9/22/2004  

  >Melissa Amado of Tucson CREW, Community Development Manager with Business Development Finance Corporation, has been appointed to Gov.Janet Napolitano's Governor's Council on Small Business.She will chair the Committee on State Contracting and co-chair the Southern Arizona Business Town Hall, which will deal with issues of importance to small business owners throughout the state of Arizona.,,

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  City lost 4,500 jobs over last year - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/19/2002    Last Visited: 4/19/2002  

  Melissa Amado, a business development officer at the Business Development Finance Corp., which makes commercial loans to businesses for expansion and startup, said the loss of 4,500 jobs is a bitter pill to swallow, but she believes the worst is over.
  
  "We're seeing some jobs created but not as many as we hoped," she said."It's better to remain flat than continue to lose a greater number of jobs."

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  Published on: 10/20/2001    Last Visited: 10/20/2001  

  Unlike some lenders , the BDFC hasn't strengthened its loan criteria , said Melissa Amado , business development officer.
  
  People are still looking for smaller loans of $10 , 000 to $100 , 000 , Amado said , but requests for loans over that have slowed a bit.And one BDFC client who had been approved for funding to expand decided not to complete the expansion , she said.
  
  Others businesses are also taking a closer look at their plans , said Hunter of Compass Bank , with some deciding to hold off on projects.If a business that has already qualified for a loan decides to delay it , that can be done provided the business remains strong and proves it with periodic financial statements , he said.

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  Hotel's 2 new workers are proof of Empowerment Zone's... - [Cached Version]
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  Businesses usually have to come up with the other 10 percent, but in the case of qualifying firms in the Empowerment Zone, the BDFC would provide the remainder through the city's revolving loan fund, said Melissa Amado of BDFC.
  
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  * For more information about funding through the Business Development Finance Corp., call Melissa Amado at 623-3377, Ext. 135.* Contact Tiffany Kjos at 434-4083 or tkjos@azstarnet.com.
  
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  ITB Articles - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/2/2004    Last Visited: 8/2/2004  

  Melissa Amada is the community development manager for Business Development Finance Corp.She may be contacted at (520) 623-3377, ext. 135.Or questions and/or comments may be sent to: Melissa Amado c/o Business Development Finance Corporation, 186 E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85701.

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  ITB Articles - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/8/2004    Last Visited: 3/8/2004  

  Melissa Amado proudly points to the statistics: 19 loans granted between May 2002 and December 2003, creating 85 jobs in Tucson's inner city neighborhoods.
  
  As development officer for the Business Development Finance Corp., Amado cites these numbers to demonstrate the effectiveness of "Tucson's Money," a creative financial package aimed at jump-starting business opportunities within the city's extensive enterprise zone with a focus on the smaller and more disadvantaged empowerment zone.
  
  Without the program, she said Tucson would have fewer companies able to expand and take on new workers, especially those in the city's poorest neighborhoods."This has been a good opportunity for business owners, especially if they're moving into the empowerment zone, and a good opportunity for the community to support investment and economic development," Amado said.
  
  Established in 1979 to provide affordable financing for Arizona business, the U.S. Small Business Administration-affiliated BDFC has invested in over 750 Arizona companies who have sponsored over $700 million in projects over the last 25 years.
  
  In response to central Tucson's 2002 designation as a federal empowerment zone, the nonprofit corporation targeted its resources to support employers in the zone, which extends from Flowing Wells to Irvington, between Mission and Campbell.The result, Amado said, has been $7.9 million worth of investment by companies purchasing and upgrading commercial real estate in the zone.
  
  Supporting the investment has been $2.89 million in loans from the Business Development Finance Corp., from its small business and SBA 504 loan programs."Normally, financing through the SBA 504 program requires 50 percent of real estate investment money to be loaned by banks, with another 40 percent coming from the BDFC.The remaining 10 percent is paid by the participant," she explained.
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  For further information on the Tucson's Money program, contact Melissa Amado at the Business Development Finance Corp. at (520) 623-3377 or on the Internet at www.bdfc.com.

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  Published on: 1/8/2004    Last Visited: 1/8/2004  

  Finance • By Melissa Amado
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  Melissa Amado is a business development officer for the Business Development Finance Corp.

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  Inside Tucson Business - Offbeat - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/3/2004    Last Visited: 11/3/2004  

  Melissa Amado, community development manager for BDFC, said two primary factors are impacting BDFC lending records for the SBA 504 program.
  
  In general, she said, Arizona has affordable owner-occupied commercial real estate in comparison to other states.

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