When financing fell through last year for a project to expand his downtown Greensboro bakery, Alex Amoroso figured the project was "dead in the water." "I was very upset," said Amoroso, the owner of Cheesecakes by Alex located at 315 South Elm St. "It was just very disheartening. I was ready to forget about it." But the project was revived when Greensboro Community Development Fund Executive Director Jerome Gray sought out Yadkin Bank as the new lender for the project, Amoroso said. The paperwork…