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ECD often receives coverage from various news organizations. The links found on this page will let you see some of the stories featuring ECD and its work in the region.
Rice Miller turned loans into jobs
With a $1.5 million construction loan from Enterprise Corp. of the Delta, Ephron Lewis was able to expand his Earle, Ark., rice mill.
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Community Credit Union Brings Hope
Hope Community Credit Union launched a $15 million initiative supported by corporate investment and New Markets Tax Credits to promote economic justice in the Mid-South.
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Central City welcomes its own credit union
In the past several years, the rebirth of Central City has been most obvious along its main commercial corridor, Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard.
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Central City revival picking up steam
The opening Friday of Hope Community Credit Union marks the first financial institution in a generation to set up shop on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
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Business offers hope to community
When Dorothy Soraparu was a little girl, if she was good, she got to go window-shopping on Dryades Street.
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HOPE opens office in Big Easy
HOPE, a community development credit union, has opened an office in New Orleans. HOPE will offer residents of the Crescent City services designed for those ho lack access to affordable financial services.
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Bynum says overcoming poverty is attainable
One day, children in the Delta will have to go to museums or read books to learn what poverty is, according to William Bynum, president of the Enterprise Corp. of the Delta.
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Grant shoots for accredited day-cares
United Way of Northeast Louisiana received a $50,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase Foundation to help start the Northeast Louisiana Childcare Loan Fund.
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Investing in futures - the business of childcare
NPR report on ECD study on childcare
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