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Comprehensive Community Development in the Metropolitan Context The “disappearance of work” in lower-income and predominately minority neighborhoods of America’s cities has been linked to a host of social ills – from family disintegration, to long-term welfare dependency to high levels of violence and crime. One prominent theory holds that spatial mismatch – suburbanization of employment without suburbanization of lower-income residents -- is responsible. Recent research strongly suggests that this theory is deeply flawed. Poverty is indeed suburbanizing, and economic analysis shows that spatial proximity appears much less important to neighborhood employment rates than other factors, such as the thinness of employment networks, racial discrimination in hiring, and the failures of public education.
Neighborhoods and Labor Markets - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Economic Development in Rural Wisconsin - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
A block of rooms is reserved for conference participants, the cost of which is not included in the registration fee. Reservations must be made by September 26 to guarantee availability. To make reservations, please call the Inn directly and mention you are with the Federal Reserve Bank Economic Development Conference to receive the conference rate of $105 per night. You will need a credit card to secure your reservation. If you have any questions, please contact Sandy Schneider via e-mail or at (312) 322-8203.Conference: Small Business and Entrepreneurship during an Economic Recovery - Call for Papers - November 9-10, 2011
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation invite the submission of papers for Small Business & Entrepreneurship during an Economic Recovery, a conference that will take place November 9–10, 2011, in Washington, DC, at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Federal, state, and local governments have recently enacted numerous policies and programs in support of small businesses. Financial institutions and others are increasingly being called upon to provide capital to small firms—from main street shops to the nascent high-growth companies. These efforts recognize the particular hardships that small businesses have faced during the economic downturn and since, as well as the important role they can play in the current economic recovery.
REO & Vacant Properties: Strategies for Neighborhood Stabilization - Boston Fed
Research and commentary from nonprofit and municipal practitioners; Federal Reserve, academic, and policy researchers; and private sector partners Complete Book (156 pp., 4.7MB) REO Properties, Housing Markets, and the Shadow Inventory by Alan Mallach, Brookings Institution Shuttered Subdivisions: REOs and the Challenges of Neighborhood Stabilization in Suburban Cities by Carolina K.faith in dialogue | Center For InterReligious Understanding
Read about the CIU's current projects and initiatives, including World Water Day 2012, the Sacred Spaces Conference, the Sharia/Halacha Conference and the now-historic 'Imams To Auschwitz' program.
The Russell Berrie Foundation - Jewish Renaissance
Russ Berrie wished to support efforts to build a pluralistic world where people of all faiths could co-exist peacefully and be respectful of each other's religious traditions. He sought to explore ways to build those bridges so his children could live in a world where different religious traditions share the same space, dialogue with each other and foster understanding. Since 1997, the Center for Interreligious Understanding has received support from Mr.
Community Development Investment Review Can community development finance help "bend the cost curve" for health care? That is one of the questions motivating this issue of the Review. In light of the insights and research from the authors in this volume, the answer is a resounding yes.
Healthy Communities: Exploring the Intersection of Community Development and Health - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Economic Research, Educational Resources, Community Development, Consumer and Banking Information
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), enacted in 1977, has fostered access to financial services for low- and moderate-income communities across the country. Together with other antidiscrimination, consumer protection, and disclosure laws, the CRA remains today a key element of the regulatory framework, encouraging the provision of mortgage, small business, and other credit, investments, and financial services in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. Yet, since the passage of the act, the financial landscape has changed dramatically.
The current affordable housing development model has been challenged by changing fiscal priorities and the struggling economy. Nevertheless, some of the industry's best innovations have come out of past crisis moments. This conference is an attempt to surface new innovations that can help ensure that low-income communities continue to have access to affordable housing.
Exploring New Models for Affordable Housing - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Healthy Communities: New York City will explore how the health and community development sectors can collaborate to promote better health outcomes for low-income people and communities by addressing issues concerning the social determinants on health.
Healthy Communities: Exploring the Intersection of Community Development and Health - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Economic Research, Educational Resources, Community Development, Consumer and Banking Information
"David Erickson's book provides a fascinating analysis of the rise of networks in the provision of affordable housing in America-how we moved from federal government provision of low-income housing to a rich tapestry of public, private, and nonprofit suppliers. Erickson documents the rise of networks and new institutions. He combines politics, history, and policy research in a rich analysis of the little-known revolution in housing policy during the past three decades."Center for Community Development Investments Welcome to the Center for Community Development Investments, an online clearinghouse of investment resources that also encourages collaboration, innovation and research in the community development investment industry. The Center is sponsored and staffed by the Community Development Unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco with direction from an Advisory Committee of industry practitioners and researchers.