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RMA Expands Services to Support CRA Leaders on Compliance Issues

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. /ScoopCloud/ -- The award-winning economic development firm, Redevelopment Management Associates (RMA) is proud to announce an expansion of services supporting Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRAs) in the often gray area of statutory compliance. Due to the frequently misunderstood requirements of the CRA statute before, and the more restrictive change to the statute after 2019, once standard activities and expenditures within CRAs may now violate statutory restrictions on spending. To "Keep it Legal" RMA has welcomed longtime city attorney Claudia McKenna to their compliance team.

For more information, please visit https://rma.us.com/

"For decades, RMA has partnered with CRAs around the state, advancing their redevelopment planning," said Kim Briesemeister, RMA Principal. "With this new CRA compliance review service, RMA will examine current expenditures and educate CRA leaders about the best approach to avoid the danger zones that have resulted since the legislation change. To add to our already stellar team, we are pleased to announce that RMA will access the legal expertise of long time CRA attorney, Claudia McKenna."

Now, more than ever, CRAs need to demonstrate their compliance with statutory limitations on spending redevelopment trust fund dollars. Often a well-intentioned belief that an activity or expenditure is allowed results in the discovery that, in fact, the activity or expense violates the restrictions on spending in Sec. 163.387 F.S.

Whether it is marketing, special events, business attraction, code enforcement or job creation, it is imperative that CRAs avoid the pitfalls of spending trust fund dollars improperly. RMA's team has extensive experience with compliance and the need to amend CRA plans and budgets, as well as reconsider activities paid for by CRAs. RMA will offer a variety of services to help CRAs maintain statutory compliance including: Document Review of CRA Budgets & Plans, Identifying Alternatives and Making Plan Recommendations, and Updating CRA Plans for Compliance.

Led by long time CRA attorney, Claudia McKenna, and Sharon McCormick, RMA's Director of Information and Communications, our compliance team provides expert assistance in ensuring that your CRA meets the exacting requirements of Sec. 163.387(6) and spends trust fund dollars properly. A copy of the PowerPoint "Keep it Legal People" that Ms. McKenna and Ms. McCormick presented at the 2022 FRA Annual Conference about statutory compliance regarding marketing and special events is available on the RMA website, and the experts will be addressing this critical issue again at the 2023 conference.

Ms. McKenna is the former City Attorney for the City of West Palm Beach, a position she held from 2002 until her retirement in 2014. She joined the City Attorney's Office in 1996 as part of a multi-discipline team to assist with the ground-breaking CRA project that would become CityPlace. As City Attorney, Ms. McKenna advised the City Commission both as elected officials of the City, and in their capacity as the CRA Board of Commissioners. She participated in numerous successful and innovative CRA initiatives that allowed the City of West Palm Beach to eliminate much of its slum and blight and enjoy the renaissance it experiences today. Following her retirement, Ms. McKenna was hired by the City of Pompano Beach in 2015 to serve as the City's CRA Attorney. She continues to work with the Pompano Beach CRA advising the CRA Board and staff on all matters affecting Pompano Beach's two CRA districts.

About RMA:

Founded in 2009 by Kim Briesemeister and Chris Brown, RMA is comprised of a phenomenal team of leading experts in economic development, real estate for governments, marketing, urban design, and financial analysis. RMA, headquartered in Pompano Beach, Florida is a highly experienced, full-service economic redevelopment consulting and management firm, specializing in revitalizing core areas and corridors for cities, counties, and special districts nationwide. The co-founders are also the authors of one of the definitive books about city redevelopment, "Reinventing Your City: 8 Steps to Turn Your City Around."

The award-winning economic development firm, Redevelopment Management Associates (RMA) is proud to announce an expansion of services supporting Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRAs) in the often gray area of statutory compliance. Due to the frequently misunderstood requirements of the CRA statute before, and the more restrictive change to the statute after 2019, once standard activities and expenditures within CRAs may now violate statutory restrictions on spending.

Related link: https://rma.us.com/

Industry-Leading No-Code Platform Certa Signs Agreement with supplier.io to Provide Diversity Analytics to Clients

PALO ALTO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Certa, the leading no-code platform for procurement, risk and compliance, and supplier.io, a pioneer in the field of supplier diversity solutions, announced a strategic partnership to bring Certa's clients supplier.io's best-in-class supplier diversity analytics.

Supplier diversity programs benefit corporations and procurement organizations by strengthening their supply chains and helping them meet the needs of government contracting regulations. supplier.io's advanced analytics identifies suppliers that are led by or owned by various disadvantaged or under-represented groups, such as minorities, women, veterans, LGBT, or the disabled.

Certa is the only platform that can digitize the end-to-end journey of suppliers, across information security, privacy, compliance, legal, etc. With this partnership, Certa's clients can find diverse firms and validate credentials.

This new strategic partnership will allow Certa's impressive and expanding client list access to supplier.io's innovative and effective diversity solutions.

Certa Founder and CEO Jag Lamba commented, "The importance of quality diversity data cannot be overstated. I'm thrilled that Certa is able to offer our clients supplier.io's comprehensive diversity data to help them grow their diversity programs."

Neeraj Shah, Founder of supplier.io said, "Our mission is to help companies make an impact by increasing their purchases from diverse businesses. We are excited to offer Certa's clients our unparalleled data intelligence to help them strengthen their supplier diversity programs."

About supplier.io

Supplier.io was founded in 2011 and has rapidly become a prominent provider of supplier diversity solutions to leading corporations. One in five Fortune 50 companies relies on supplier.io for their supplier diversity needs. They currently support customers in automotive, healthcare, insurance, retail, manufacturing, education, and banking. For more info visit https://supplier.io/.

About Certa

Certa was founded in 2015 and is the fastest growing supplier management platform. Certa makes third-party risk management fast, easy, and modern. Using 80+ no-code integrations with trusted data sources, Certa helps companies onboard third-parties 3x faster while improving risk and compliance controls. Certa's clients include several Fortune 50 retailers and a Top 3 consulting firm. Certa is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.

For more information or to schedule a demo visit https://www.getcerta.com/.

Contact:
Dudley Brundige
dudley@getcerta.com
646-248-9190

Certa, the leading no-code platform for procurement, risk and compliance, and supplier.io, a pioneer in the field of supplier diversity solutions, announced a strategic partnership to bring Certa's clients supplier.io's best-in-class supplier diversity analytics.

Related link: https://www.getcerta.com/

Titan Offers Trade Transaction Management Services to Mortgage Investors

DENVER, Colo., Jan. 19, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Mortgage services expert Titan Lenders Corp. (Titan) announced it is now offering Trade Transaction Management Services to investors looking to acquire mortgage assets. Through these services, Titan facilitates the administrative tasks and logistical management of acquiring a loan pool. Using its comprehensive mortgage process and compliance foundation, Titan works in collaboration with investors to provide a deeper understanding of the risks the investor is potentially acquiring.

After the investor has opened the bid and issued a Letter of Intent (LOI)/Trade Confirmation, Titan manages the due diligence activity on the loans, scrubs and remediates exceptions related to data and documents, conducts a collateral review, and when possible, works with the seller to cure issues.

"The process of determining the risk of a seasoned loan is quite different from conducting analysis on a freshly originated loan," said Mary Kladde, CEO of Titan. "For investors to accurately gauge risk a loan poses in its current life stage requires an innate understanding of the mortgage process, the underlying data associated with the loan file and the compliance vintage of the loan originated, which has always been Titan's forte."

"In most cases, large investment firms have the capital, but they lack the in-house knowledge or expertise in mortgage asset analysis," said Ruth Lee, CSO and executive vice president at Titan. "Titan offers a turnkey solution to this problem with a software platform and a team of mortgage professionals that are able to steward a trade from initiation to completion."

For more information on Titan's Trade Transaction Management and Servicing Transfer Management services, contact sales@titanlenderscorp.com.

About Titan Lenders Corp.:

Denver-based Titan Lenders Corp. ( http://www.TitanLendersCorp.com/ ) was originally founded to meet the mortgage industry's increasing appetite for a variable cost solution to operational challenges. Today, that mission has expanded to include supporting strategic channel growth for lenders, servicers and investors evolving their businesses in an increasingly complex regulatory environment. As such, Titan's core offerings have expanded to include MERS audit services, data reconciliation, document custody and whole loan purchase review.

Twitter: @TitanLenders #Mortgage

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