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The Good Investing Holiday Gift Guide


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It’s a special holiday edition of the Good Investing Show! The winter countdown is on, and you might still have a few folks on your gift list to shop for. Why not gift your loved ones an impact investment? 

Tim Nash is joined by Jo Reynolds of Catalyst Community Finance to share their holiday gift guide, where your investment can be part of real change - from supporting an Indigenous sustainable coffee business to helping communities flourish with affordable housing. 

The Gift Guide includes: 

Supportive Housing

Services and Housing in the Province (SHIP) - Raising $4 million in Community Bonds to build 52 affordable housing units in Brampton, Ontario to house people with mental health and addiction challenges.

Redwood Park Communities - Raising $10M to finance affordable housing solutions in Simcoe County for people exiting the homelessness shelter system and adults with developmental disabilities. 

Kaleidoscope Social Impact - They do so many amazing things in and around Saint John, New Brunswick. They are building out affordable housing at an impressive scale, and their portfolio includes supportive housing.

Low or Middle Income Housing

United Housing - Renovating a historic Music Hall in Listowel, Ontario into 10 mixed-use rental units.

Housing Forever Bonds - Raising $25 in community bonds to purchase existing rental properties in Ottawa, Ontario and ensure they are rented at an affordable price forever.

Brique par Brique - Acquiring a property in Montreal to convert it into permanently affordable community housing and build a community centre.

Gather Housing - Raising $15 million in community bonds for site acquisition and the pre-development of new affordable construction projects in Southwestern Ontario.

Social Enterprise

Spirit Bear Coffee Company - Refinancing a high-interest loan for Canada’s First National Indigenous Coffee Company based in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.

10 Carden Street - Long-term capital financing for a co-working space in Guelph, Ontario, also home to the Nourish shared community commercial kitchen!

Fair Finance Fund - Supporting local food and farm social enterprises across Ontario in accessing the capital and mentorship they need to grow and thrive.

Jubilee Fund - Provides financing to social impact projects across Manitoba. They recently helped Red Road Lodge transitional housing in Winnipeg pay of their mortgage guarantee.

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