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## [Meet Piedmont Community Services, The Behavioral Health Service Provider Taking Care of Its Community](https://wpstaging.mycnote.com/blog/meet-piedmont-community-services-the-behavioral-health-service-provider-taking-care-of-its-community/)

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## [How Karla Villanueva Grew Her Gymnastics Studio with Her Credit Union’s Support](https://wpstaging.mycnote.com/blog/garden-island-gymnastics/)

### [Meet Mellaney Williams, The Big Dreamer Behind American Home and Commercial Services](https://wpstaging.mycnote.com/blog/american-home-and-commercial-services/)

Mellaney Williams When Mellaney Williams and her husband graduated college and moved to South Carolina…

### [Investing In Black-owned Small Businesses To Close the Racial Wealth Gap](https://wpstaging.mycnote.com/blog/investing-in-black-owned-small-businesses-to-close-the-racial-wealth-gap/)

There is a staggering disparity between the wealth of Black communities and their white counterparts…

### [These Maine CDFIs Are Showing Mainstream Lenders How to Open Doors For Muslim Borrowers](https://wpstaging.mycnote.com/blog/fee-based-lending/)

When Yassin arrived in western Maine in 2008 as a refugee from Djibouti, he knew…

### [Free Resources for Growth in 2022](https://wpstaging.mycnote.com/blog/free-resources-for-growth-in-2022/)

On January 26th, 2022 CNote hosted a webinar alongside Inclusiv and CUNA Strategic Services where…

### [Meet Danielle Mahon, The Entrepreneur Whose Company, Topsail Steamer, Has The Wind At Its Back](https://wpstaging.mycnote.com/blog/topsail-steamer/)

Although Danielle Mahon identifies as a late-in-life entrepreneur, she’s more of a waiting-for-the-right-idea entrepreneur. Danielle…

### [How Credit Unions Rose To The Challenges Presented By PPP Loan Issuance And Forgiveness](https://wpstaging.mycnote.com/blog/how-credit-unions-rose-to-the-challenge/)

When Jim Barnhart pushed pause on his 34-year-long career in banking, he never could have…

### [CNote’s Quarter Impact Report Q2 2021](https://wpstaging.mycnote.com/blog/cnotes-quarter-impact-report-q2-2021/)

We’re excited to announce that CNote investors helped to create/maintain over 400 jobs in Q2…

### [How Deshonda Charles Turned Her Dream Of Becoming A Lawyer Into A Successful Small Business](https://wpstaging.mycnote.com/blog/the-tackett-firm/)

When Deshonda Charles, Esq. was a little girl, she wanted two things in life: to…

### [Turning Dreams Into Reality: How Appalachian Community Capital’s Donna Gambrell Is Helping CDFIs To Thrive](https://wpstaging.mycnote.com/blog/appalachian-community-capital/)

Donna Gambrell’s journey into the world of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) was, as she…

### [How These Boba Tea Entrepreneurs Went From Working Street Festivals To Opening A Successful Restaurant](https://wpstaging.mycnote.com/blog/the-melt-bistro/)

When Josh Houeye and Magen Hearn went on a date at a local Vietnamese restaurant…