Stories
Clean Energy is for Everyone
It’s hard to read or watch the news without witnessing the impacts of climate change. NASA’s climate change website notes carbon…
Reimagining Healthy Food Access
A family or individual who is food-insecure lacks access – most or all of the time – to enough nutritious food to live an active,…
Revitalization: A Team Effort
A Need for Innovative LendingFahe is a regional network, financial intermediary, and community development financial institution…
LOCUS: Local Investing for Impact
Around the time of Virginia Community Capital’s (VCC) 10-year anniversary, we began to explore the ways we could make more of an…
It Takes More Than Capital
Beyond LendingAs a community development financial institution (CDFI), Virginia Community Capital has always strived to bring both…
Revitalizing the Historic Masonic Theatre
The Historic Masonic Theatre has always had a way of capturing one’s imagination. Since opening in 1906, it has been a center for the…
Better Housing Coalition
Better Housing Coalition (BHC) is a nonprofit community development corporation committed to advancing social and racial justice…
Floyd: A Story of Revitalization
Floyd, Virginia, is home to families across generations as well as newcomers who have embraced the town as their own. Like so many…
A Bank with a Mission
Virginia Community Capital (VCC) was first established as a community development financial institution (CDFI) in 2006 with an initial…