{"id":10586,"date":"2021-12-21T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=10586"},"modified":"2023-11-02T14:24:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T18:24:47","slug":"hogan-administration-announces-27-million-local-government-infrastructure-financing-program-bond-issuance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2021\/12\/21\/hogan-administration-announces-27-million-local-government-infrastructure-financing-program-bond-issuance\/","title":{"rendered":"Hogan Administration Announces $27 Million Local Government Infrastructure Financing Program Bond Issuance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>New Carrollton, Md.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (December 21, 2021) &#8211; Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Kenneth C. Holt announced today that the department has closed on a $27 million bond issuance through the Local Government Infrastructure Financing program. The funding will be used to assist small governments with community improvements and refinancing of existing public debt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAll Marylanders, no matter the size or location of their home, require infrastructure and local amenities that protect their health and safety and enhance economic growth,\u201d said Secretary Holt. \u201cThe Local Government Infrastructure Financing program helps Maryland\u2019s smaller communities secure the funding to support important initiatives that improve the quality of life for residents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Local Government Infrastructure Financing program (LGIF) provides an efficient and economical means for smaller county and municipal governments to access capital markets in order to refinance debt or fund infrastructure projects for eligible local governments. The loans offer attractive rates and flexible terms. The program generates savings in the costs of borrowing by pooling the local demand from multiple jurisdictions and managing the bond issue. Throughout the process, program participants receive technical expertise and resources from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, including bond counsel and a financial advisor, to help local governments navigate successfully through the complexities of bond financing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LGIF&#8217;s latest bond issuance, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Documents\/PressReleases\/FY2022-DHCD-LGIF-Awards.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2021 Series A<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, generated more than $27 million for 8 projects and activities, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Construction of a police station and renovation of the town hall in Bel Air (Harford County)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Renovation of a volunteer fire hall and a community center in Brentwood (Prince George&#8217;s County)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facilitating the restructuring\u00a0 of existing public debt for the Town of Colmar Manor (Prince George&#8217;s County) and refinancing existing public debt for the Town of Denton (Caroline), providing the town with an estimated $165,000 in cumulative savings through the refinance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information about DHCD and its programs, visit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Carrollton, Md. (December 21, 2021) &#8211; Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Kenneth C. Holt announced today that the department has closed on a $27 million bond issuance through the Local Government Infrastructure Financing program. The funding will be used to assist small governments with community improvements and refinancing of existing public<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2021\/12\/21\/hogan-administration-announces-27-million-local-government-infrastructure-financing-program-bond-issuance\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[216,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bond-finance","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11770,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10586\/revisions\/11770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}