Longwell Riess community and economic development attorneys have decades of experience representing developers, lenders, investors, community development entities, non-profits and governmental entities. Our national tax credit and government incentives practice includes clients across regions and industries. The diversity of our community and economic development client-base allows us to trouble-shoot and negotiate the best outcomes for our clients, with a focus on their specific role in each transaction. Our attorneys participate at every stage of a client’s project, including  application preparation and submission, structuring, capital stacking, compliance, negotiation, documentation and the closing process. We frequently work with clients to create a comprehensive financing and incentive package for their projects, ensuring  they are taking advantage of the full breadth of funding sources available to them and educating decision makers on the benefits and challenges of government incentives and programs. 

We are consistently recognized as innovators in the community development industry with a particular skill in projects that combine multiple sources of public financing and incentives.  Acting as the trusted advisor in every step of a transaction, we position clients to maximize financing sources and adapt to ever-changing economic conditions, legal challenges and government programs.   

Our practice experience includes:       

• New markets tax credits (state and federal)

• Tax exempt bond financing  

• Tax credit and government incentive bridge lending

• Community Development Block Grants       

• PILOTs and other tax abatement programs       

• Tax increment financing     

• Cooperative Endeavor Agreements and Development agreements

• Public-private partnerships

• Public site selection and leasing    

• Economic Development Districts       

• Opportunity Zones       

• Empowerment Zones   

•  Disaster Recovery      

• USDA loan programs

• CDFI lending      

• Capital Magnet Funds      

• Brownfields programs  

• EPA grants       

• PACE Financing

• EB5 program