Request for Participation: Lender Network for the Small Business Clean Air Program

The Authority invites qualified financial institutions to express interest in participating in the Small Business Clean Air Program (SBCAP) as a participating lender and bond purchaser, with the objective of creating a network of lending partners with a streamlined, standardized, and repeatable financing process that reduces legal and transaction costs, shortens closing timelines, and allows more Ohio small businesses with financing needs of generally $350,000 or less to benefit from affordable capital and incentives offered through OAQDA and state partners. Participation in the network does not obligate a lender to finance any transaction. Each lender retains full authority over its credit underwriting, loan approval, and lending decisions as it considers serving as a bond purchaser to OAQDA revenue bonds for qualified small business projects.