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Pathway Lending has been selected by Goldman Sachs as part of its nationwide “10,000 Small Businesses Growth Collaborative.” Nashville-based Pathway, which offers lending for small businesses across the state, is one of 21 organizations to be selected. The group consists of community development financial institutions that provide access to capital to small businesses in diverse

Nashville-based Pathway Lending has been selected by banking giant Goldman Sachs to participate in its 10,000 Small Businesses growth initiative. Pathway will be one of 21 participating Community Development Financial Institutions that will work with Goldman to “develop both the capacity and knowledge to grow their small business lending portfolio and stimulate the growth of

A Nashville manufacturer is among the first to tap a public-private fund that bundles money for energy-efficiency projects. Signs Now, which makes signs of various kinds, has installed solar panels from LightWave Solar after securing a loan of undisclosed size through Pathway Lending. Pathway, a U.S. Treasury-certified community development financial institution, administers a $50 million

Loans designed to make Tennessee businesses more energy-efficient are beginning to do their work even as the organization running the program steps up its applicant recruitment efforts. Pathway Lending launched the $50 million lending program last year with funding from the state, TVA, the Department of Energy, Middle Tennessee-based Pinnacle Financial Partners, the U.S. Economic

Feb. 6, 2011 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) — As president of Pathway Lending for the last eight years, Clint Gwin has seen firsthand how difficult it can be for Tennessee entrepreneurs to borrow the money they need to create new jobs and grow their businesses. In his new role as a member of

Pathway Lending said Tuesday that veteran banker Brad Fitch has been named regional program and client manager for the lender’s Knox County region. The regional office in Knoxville provides loans through the Knox County Technology and Jobs Fund and the Tennessee Small Business Jobs Opportunity Fund.

The head of Pathway Lending, a nonprofit designed to help Tennessee businesses get loans, now has a seat at the table with an arm of the Federal Reserve. Clint Gwin, president of the Nashville-based group, will serve a three-year term on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Consumer Advisory Council. Read more…

The Nashville nonprofit, which bundles private and public money to help fund businesses that would otherwise struggle to qualify for a loan, expects to have $60 million in assets available for lending by the end of the year. That compares to $28 million in 2009. Despite blows to the private lending industry and public coffers

Tennessee businesses looking to become more energy efficient will get another chance to apply for loans that are designed to pay for themselves. Tennessee, the Tennessee Valley Authority, Pinnacile Financial Partners and Pathway Lending announced the $50 million “energy efficiency loan program” in August. It is designed to help businesses pay for energy upgrades in

Public/Private Collaboration to Maximize Statewide Impacts for Job Creation and Business Expansion NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Governor Phil Bredesen and Commissioner Matt Kisber, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, announced today the launch of a new $25 million Tennessee Small Business Jobs Opportunity Fund offering loans to small businesses in all 95 Tennessee counties. The