Huntington Capital: a thriving economy is built on dream jobs

Instead of focusing on just creating jobs, the impact fund invests in companies that offer good jobs - with health care benefits and growth opportunities - in underserved communities

At the heart of the American Dream - the idea that anyone in the US, by dint of hard work and determination, can climb the economic ladder - is the American dream job. This is, the kind of job that can become a career, the sort of work that provides employees with decent wages, benefits, training and opportunities to better themselves. It's the type of job that underlays a thriving economy.

It's the type of job that San Diego-based investment firm Huntington Capital is trying to encourage companies to create.

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