About Us Community & Economic Development Associates (CEDA) was established in 1994 by Bryan Kirby in order to offer a broad spectrum of services to communities and non-profit organizations. In July 2006, CEDA merged with Will Linder & Associates, Consultants, Inc., founded in 1977, creating a consulting firm with over three decades of experience in securing Grants and low-interest Loans for community development and economic development projects. Our services include pre-project development structuring of viable funding sources, grant and application preparation and environmental assessments. Once your project has been funded, we provide administrative and technical assistance to help your community get your project started and completed quickly and effectively. We specialize in State and Federal fund sourcing and are capable of offering the best grant writing, project development and project administrative/technical services within the Commonwealth. CEDA has leveraged over $1 billion in public funding for a wide variety of community and economic development projects which provided jobs, child care, affordable housing, water systems, wastewater systems, community centers, downtown revitalization, senior citizen centers, homeless shelters, family resource centers and industrial parks. Technical assistance has been provided with every grant and/or loan in order to assure the accurate and timely implementation of these projects, with each of these projects being successfully closed-out with no outstanding audit exceptions. We take a proactive stance position in meeting the needs of our clients, become familiar with the challenges facing each community and help communities arrive at creative solutions to their needs. Our bottom line? To assist cities and counties of the Commonwealth to make their community a better place to work and live. ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Awarded Certificates of National recognition from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development for the following innovative projects:
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