HONORS & AWARDS

• Heartland Renaissance Fund awarded $65 million in Federal New Market Tax Credits from the U.S. CDFI Fund.

• HRF 2015 Non-Metro QLICI of the Year also from Novogradac for the BlueOak Arkansas project in Osceola, Ark.

• SBA Certified Development Company of the Year
• 2014 Small Business Week Twitter Awards

• Arkansas District Rising Star Award
• Arkansas District Top CDC/504 Volume Lender
• HRF receives $19.3 million in Arkansas New Market Jobs Act Credits

• Top 504 Volume Lender
• The Rising Star Lender
• Innovative Community Development Award
• Connect Arkansas $107 Million Invested 45 Companies and Counting

• 2011 Small Business Investment, Company of the Year
• U.S. SourceLink Star Award
• Small Business Investment Company of the Year
• Outstanding Lender Award Top Volume 504 CDC
• HRF receives $60 million in Federal New Market Tax Credits

• 2009 Top Arkansas Certified Development Company 504 Loans

• Top 504 Volume Lender
• Top 7(a) Volume Lender
• SBA 504 Lender FY 2008
• Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
• HRF receives $70 million in Federal New Market Tax Credits

• SBA Top 504 Volume CDC
• HRF receives $55 million in Federal New Market Tax Credits

• United Way Pinnacle
• SBA 504 Lender (CDC) Highest Volume

• SBA Entrepreneur Leadership Private Sector: Sam Walls
• SBA 2006 Lender of the Year 504 Loan Program Based on Highest Volume for FY 2005

• United Way Crest Award
• SBA Top Volume 504 Lender

• Top Volume Lender Arkansas District

• NADCO Best Overall Marketing Presentation
• NADCO Arthur Goodman Achievement and Diversity Award; C. Sam Walls
• U.S. Small Business Administration Region VI Top Volume Lender
• HRF receives $15 million in Federal New Market Tax Credits

• Highest Volume SBA Lender
• Company Leadership Award
• NASBIC Certificate of Appreciation; Joe Hays

• U.S. Small Business Administration Region VI Award for Excellence Leading Volume Lender

• SBA 504 1st Mortgage Lender of the Year, Most Active Lender

• AAF Addy Awards: Business/Trade Publication Campaign (1998 Image Campaign)
• SBA 504 1st Mortgage Lender of the Year
• SBA High Volume Lender
• Vision 2000 Award

• SBA District Director’s Lender of the Year

• NADCO Excellence in Marketing
• Small Business Administration High Volume Lender
• Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program

• Excellence in Marketing

• District Director’s Cooperative Lender Award; C. Sam Walls
• NADCO Region VI First Place SBA 504 Loan Dollar Volume in FY’93

• Corporate Award, SBA Certified Lender