Gov. Bev Perdue is in Charlotte this morning to announce 1,014 new jobs at the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, a nationwide nonprofit, the governor's office said.
NACA plans to invest $4.5 million in Charlotte as part of an expansion over the next five years.
Charlotte Chamber President Bob Morgan, Perdue and local elected officials are gathering on the fourth floor of 5855 Executive Center Drive.
Based in Boston, NACA is a national affordable lending program that focuses on low- and moderate-income families and properties. It offers loans with no down payments, closings costs or fees to customers.
The nonprofit's leader, Bruce Marks, is a self-described “bank terrorist” known for holding protests against banks that the group deems to have poor lending records in minority and poor communities.
Charlotte-based Bank of America has partnered with NACA since 1995 and in 2004 committed $6 billion to its lending program.