Woodlands is ...

Housing, community development, and small business support in North Central WV since 1995

Development Group

Woodlands Development Group helps build healthy, viable communities in the region by developing sustainable, affordable housing and supporting economic initiatives.

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Community Lenders

Woodlands Community Lenders fosters entrepreneurship and community revitalization by providing access to capital and technical assistance to businesses and non-profit organizations located in the underserved communities of Barbour, Randolph, and Tucker Counties.

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Insights, Resources & News

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Stories: 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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Stories: 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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Stories: 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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Business Development

over $3.5M in community development loans distributed

Business Spotlight

333 jobs created or retained by the Mon Forest Towns Business Initiative

Economic Impact

$3.5M in loans leveraged by Woodlands Community Lenders technical assistance

Partners

Partnerships are vital to, not just accomplishing our work, but to making sure that we serve the actual needs of the community and maximize the benefit. Our partners range from large CDFIs to community groups too small to have a logo to show here. These logos represent just a few of our many partners.

 

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