Strategic Financing Solutions, LLC (SFS) specializes in the
creation and implementation of innovative development plans
and financing strategies for public and private projects throughout
the United States. The firm combines proven experience in community
planning and economic development with real-world expertise
in financial advisory services to provide its clients with
realistic, targeted results. Public and private clients throughout
the US and abroad seek SFS to assist them in a variety of community
and economic development endeavors including master-planned
communities; downtown revitalization; enterprise/empowerment
zones; hotels/resorts; conference & convention centers;
golf courses; recreational projects; office & industrial
parks; schools & educational institutions; intermodal transit
centers; parking facilities; start-up business planning/financing;
infrastructure development; and retail/commercial development.
The firm s community planning and economic development capabilities
are solidly rooted in more than forty-five (45) projects involving
socio-economic research, market analysis, business development,
marketing, strategic planning, visioning, and public participation.
SFS s financial advisory capabilities include resource identification,
detailed financial modeling, financing strategy formulation,
obtaining grants and legislative initiatives, underwriting
loans and bonds, leveraging private investment, securing venture
capital, negotiating private placements, and accessing credit
enhancement instruments. Though many planning firms may claim
knowledge of public and private financing, few such firms possess
SFS s actual experience in structuring transactions for the
public and private capital markets and in applying such resources
in an economic development context.