Carras Community Investment, Inc.

03/10/2025

Join me at the Capital Access Summit on October 9 at the Urban League Broward County! Hear from speaker panels featuring South Florida CDFIs and national experts.

Ready to break down barriers and unlock new opportunities?
Join us at the Access to Capital Summit on Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Urban League of Broward County.

✔️ Learn from expert panels & diverse leaders
✔️ Discover pathways to growth and funding
✔️ Network with decision-makers and changemakers

Tickets: Members $40 | Future Members $60
Register now: b.ftlchamber.com/capitalaccess

17/10/2022

An Opportunity to speak out and be heard and to influence within your community…
Join us!

L.A. Lee YMCA/Mizell Community Center

14/09/2022

Join the community in providing input to creating a Sisteunk Arts and Culture Plan. September 24

Fort Lauderdale NW Progresso Flagler Heights CRA to Host Sistrunk Arts & Culture District Plan Community Meetings - Sept. 24 + Sept. 29

04/09/2022

12/08/2022

I am pleased to present the findings of a report on "The Missing Middle - Opportunities and Barriers to Funding Middle Housing" I prepared for ULI Tampa Bay and the City of St. Petersburg on August 23.

Register:

Join us for a robust discussion w/ leading housing and finance experts about the opportunities & barriers to funding Missing Middle Housing.

07/12/2021

Today, I made my final Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellowship presentation on “Creating Equitable Capital Ecosystems.” I look forward to my next chapter and work with cities on better understanding capital flows and gaps and creating new investment models for wealth building and community development.

03/09/2021

Pleased to have presented at the Florida American planners association annual conference in Miami on equitable economic development

16/11/2020

$10,000 forgivable loans for businesses in Fort Lauderdale CRA(s).

The Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency is offering assistance to small businesses in the form of up to $10,000 in forgivable loans.

30/10/2020

My client, the City of Fort Lauderdale CRA, has reopened the Emergency Business Investment Program ($10,000 forgivable loan). Applications are now being accepted from eligible businesses in the Northwest Progresso Flagler CRA and the Central City CRA.

The City of Fort Lauderdale CRA Emergency Business Investment Program is designed to assist small businesses who have had limited access to other financing programs. Its purpose is to provide a direct infusion of capital to help stabilize small businesses (one to 10 employees) located in the Fort La...

29/10/2020

The City of Deerfield Beach has been allocated funding under under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to reimburse small businesses the costs of business interruption related expenditures caused by COVID-19’s required closures and/or operating restrictions.

09/10/2020

Pleased to be again providing consulting services to the City of Opa-locka CRA which we helped create ten years ago.