Community Development Events
- Upcoming
- Past
- October 23, 2012
- Interagency CRA Workshop
- This workshop presented jointly by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the OCC and the FDIC will review the basics of the Community Reinvestment Act and the exam process.
- June 28-29, 2012
- 2012 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Policy Summit on Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality
- The 10th annual Cleveland Fed Policy Summit will focus on effective strategies to strengthen and rebuild communities. With neighborhoods and entire regions struggling to regain their footing in the wake of a housing crisis and economic recession, now is a critical time to implement rebuilding strategies that work. What are the most effective strategies, particularly in older industrial cities and the weaker-market regions that surround them? How is the impact of programs best measured? And where should community leaders direct ever-scarcer funds to gain the greatest effect?
- June 20, 2012
- Connecting to Markets Series: Exploring Low-Income Neighborhoods in the Regional Context
- Join us in Pittsburgh for the part three of the Connecting to Markets Series. National and regional panels take on some of the hard questions around low-income neighborhood connections to the regional economy. How effective are these strategies on the ground? Taken together, can they produce a meaningful increase to the contribution of urban core neighborhoods to regional economic activity? How have community developers taken advantage of neighborhood assets to advance their communities' economic presence?
- May 9-11, 2012
- Reinventing Older Communities: Building Resilient Cities
- Join the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia at the Reinventing Older Communities conference. This year will feature stimulating discussions and engaging debates on ways to leverage the assets of cities to create new economic activity and spur innovation. Learn how urban demographics are changing, how local governments are managing the fiscal crisis, how new and proposed regulations will benefit consumers and communities, and how foundations are adopting new strategies as the economic recovery continues. Co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
- April 5, 2012
- Small Business and Micro-Enterprise Development: Challenges and CRA Opportunities
- This day long event is for bankers, grant makers, and other funders engaged in micro-finance and small business lending to learn about credit gaps and other challenges in small business and micro-enterprise development, public and private sector financing, and recent innovative approaches.
- March 23, 2012
- Access to Capital and Credit: Strengthening Rural Businesses
- At this all-day conference lenders will learn about government-guaranteed loan programs and other resources to increase small business lending in Kentucky. Entrepreneurs are welcome to attend and learn how they could be better prepared loan applicants and meet potential lenders. Speakers will include Congressman Hal Rogers, Appalachian Regional Commission Chair Earl Gohl, Community Development Financial Institution Chair Donna Gambrell, Deputy Undersecretary for Rural Development Doug O'Brien and representatives from Community Ventures Corporation, Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation and Mountain Association for Community Economic Development, among others.
- March 21, 2012
- Connecting Communities: Strategic Use of Data for Transforming Community Investment
- This audioconference will be held from 2:00-3:15 p.m. ET and features presentations by redevelopment leaders from Baltimore, Cleveland and Philadelphia, where innovative and cost-effective, market-based strategies are being used to inform local decision-making, mobilize support and attract investment.
- January 23, 2012
- Neighborhoods and Housing Markets: Comprehensive Community Development in the Metropolitan Context
- This panel will explore ways in which neighborhoods within metropolitan areas are linked to one another through flows of population and investment from neighborhood to neighborhood, and how regional policymakers and community developers can work together to influence these flows to produce better neighborhoods and regions. New data tabulations that explore some of the inter- and intra-metropolitan differences in housing markets will help provide a framework for both the national and regional discussions. The national panel discussion will be streamed live to all satellite locations and will be followed by a regional discussion at each satellite location.
- October 12, 2011
- The First Convening of Ohio Land Banks
- This conference is intended to provide technical information and strategies to build the capacity of existing county land banks and to facilitate the creation of new ones. Topics that will be covered include acquiring, maintaining and demolishing properties through a county land bank, best practices utilized by existing county land banks, a discussion of existing funding solutions, potential new legislation, data use and collection, and demolition funding after NSP.
- October 7, 2011
- Loss Mitigation Training: Federal Programs Explained
- On October 7 the Community Development team brought together servicers and a number of agencies that administer loss-mitigation programs, including HUD, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and OHFA (the Ohio Housing Finance Agency) for two purposes. First to inform counselors of GSE loss-mitigation policies, and second to better understand the obstacles to helping more people remain in their homes. Event specifics include a presentation made by Michael Pires, Assistant Grant Manager, OHFA on the challenges to spending Ohio's allotment of Hardest Hit Funds, as well as a loss-mitigation report prepared by Summer 2011 Intern Joseph Joyce based on a survey of housing counseling agencies earlier this year.
- June 9-10, 2011
- 2011 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Policy Summit: A Conference on Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality
- The Cleveland Fed's 9th annual Policy Summit draws an audience of several hundred researchers, practitioners, policymakers, funders, elected and legislative officials, and bankers from across the Great Lakes region. This year's conference will focus on housing, inequality, neighborhoods, and labor market issues, with special attention given to the impact of the foreclosure crisis.
- April 28-29, 2011
- 2011 Federal Reserve Community Affairs Research Conference
- The seventh Federal Reserve Community Affairs Research Conference, "The Changing Landscape of Community Development," was held April 28-29, 2011, in Arlington, VA. The conference, sponsored jointly by the Community Affairs Offices of the Federal Reserve System, highlighted new research in community development, and included keynote remarks by Chairman Ben Bernanke and Jeffrey Sachs, author of The End of Poverty.
- April 11, 2011
- REO Servicing in the Mortgage Crisis: A Foundation for Dialogue and Collaboration
- This one-day session will brought experts from different perspectives to inform attorneys, code enforcement practitioners and policy makers about REO property trends, the shadow inventory, and the costs of REO to communities and to the servicing industry. Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Urban Development Law Clinic at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
- December 10, 2010
- Saving Strategies & Innovations for Low-Income Households
- Researchers, policymakers, and community leaders gathered to discuss cutting edge research and innovations in the field of low-income savings and asset building. The goal was to expand knowledge on savings behavior and attitudes among low- and moderate-income households and review the results from the field experiments of promising savings innovations.
- December 1, 2010
- Webinar - Mortgage Delinquencies in Ohio: Are Loan Modifications Stemming the Tide?
- On November 18, 2010, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland in partnership with NeighborWorks® America held a webinar that discussed a study on mortgage delinquencies in Ohio.
- November 16, 2010
- Financing Opportunites in Rural Communities
- Are you looking for new ways to invest and make a difference in your local community? Through a series of interactive webinars, community and regional banks had the opportunity to learn about credit enhancements that encourage investment in their own small towns and rural areas. Each webinar featured case studies from community bankers and other strategic partners on how they have financed Central Appalachian community facilities, infrastructure, housing and historic development projects.
- October 13-15, 2010
- Reclaiming Vacant Properties
- The National Vacant Properties Campaign brings their annual conference to Cleveland this Fall. Join hundreds from across the country to learn about policies, tools, and strategies to catalyze long-term sustainable revitalization. The Cleveland Fed is a co-sponsor and member of the host committee.
- October 5, 2010
- Examining Pennsylvania’s Affordable Rental Market
- This forum, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Banks of Cleveland and Philadelphia, will feature experts who will discuss the availability of rental housing in Pennsylvania, including the challenges to and opportunities for providing quality affordable rental housing for Pennsylvanians in the western section of the state.
- September 16 and 24, 2010
- Board holds four public hearings on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
- The Federal Reserve Board will hold four public hearings on potential revisions to Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.
- September 16, 2010
- Interagency Community Development Conference
- Community bankers will convene at the Cleveland Fed for a daylong discussion of the outlook for residential and small business lending and the business opportunities afforded by community development credit enhancements. Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS).
- September 15, 2010
- Call for Papers - Federal Reserve Community Affairs Research Conference
- The Community Affairs Officers of the Federal Reserve System invite paper submissions for the 7th annual Federal Reserve Community Affairs Research Conference, to be held April 28-29, 2011, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. Topics include: understanding community change, the future of consumer credit, bridging the divide between people and place, measuring the impact of community development, and community development finance.
- September 1-2, 2010
- REOs and Vacant Properties: Strategies for Neighborhood Stabilization
- The summit will be held at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and Cleveland.
- July 12, 2010
- Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Businesses
- This forum provided a platform for gathering information and perspectives to help the Federal Reserve, and other small business stakeholders, address the immediate and longer-term credit needs of small businesses. It gathered a national audience of key decisionmakers, including leaders from community development financial institutions, banks, small businesses and trade groups, and government agencies as panelists and participants.
- June 9-10, 2010
- 2010 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Policy Summit
With the foreclosure crisis still playing out in communities across the country, the time has never been more critical for discussions of our nation's housing policy, including how and whether homeownership and rental housing should be subsidized. This year's policy summit convened top administrators from HUD and other regulatory agencies, researchers from universities and think tanks, and experts in the field of community development for dynamic presentations of current research, reform proposals, and avid discourse on these timely topics.
- May 12, 2010
- Interagency CRA Training Workshops (in Indianapolis, IN; Cleveland, OH; and Omaha, NE)
- The purpose of each workshop was to provide CRA officers of small or intermediate small banks/thrifts with up-to-date information about developing a CRA Plan; forming meaningful partnerships; determining qualified community development lending, services, and investments; assessing community needs; and creating the bank's individual CRA Performance Context.
- May 12-14, 2010
- Philadelphia Fed’s biennial "Reinventing Older Communities" conference
- The fourth Reinventing Older Communities conference focused on reinventing older communities in the wake of the foreclosure crisis and the federal government's economic stimulus programs. The conference brought together some of the nation's leading policymakers, community developers, bankers, researchers, funders, planners, and government representatives.
- April 8, 2010
- Green Recovery
- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is interested in helping evaluate policies that can achieve green goals while also providing a lift to the economy, or at least making it no worse off. Toward that end, the Bank hosted a seminar on Green Recovery as part of its Applied Research Seminar Series. Some of the nation's leading researchers joined with on-the-ground practitioners to discuss the role of the environment in urban economic development.
- October 23, 2009
- Low Income Housing Tax Credits Simplified
- Over the past two decades, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program has addressed the nation's affordable housing needs by financing nearly two million low-income units.
- October 13-16, 2009
- Appalachia Forums
- Speakers at each event will vary, but may include an expert on tax credits, bankers, bank examiners,community development financial institutions, developers, other community development funders and practitioners, and representatives of government agencies.
- October 8, 2009
- Reconsidering the American Dream
- Part of the "Building Our Future Beyond Foreclosure" series held at Cleveland State University's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. Ruth Clevenger, Vice President & Community Affairs Officer at the Cleveland Fed, was a member of the panel.
- October 1, 2009
- Poverty in Appalachia
- Part of the 2009 Applied Research Seminar series, the event brought academics and on-the-ground practioners together to discuss this pressing topic. Their goal: to find effective ways to reduce poverty and raise the standards of living for millions of Americans.
- June 10, 2009
- The 2009 Community Development Policy Summit
- The 7th annual policy summit sparked lively debates on the topics of homeownership, GSEs, and the Community Reinvestment Act. Check out the video interviews, presentations, and more.
- May 20, 2009
- Addressing the Credit Card Crisis
- The housing crisis isn't the only issue facing consumers. This interagency forum brought together bankers, policy makers, and non-profits to the Pittsburgh Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
- May 20, 2009
- CRA Workshop for New Officers
- Sponsored in part by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland this workshop prepared CRA officers at small or intermediate banks for the CRA regulation exam and to develop a CRA compliance strategy.
- May 15, 2009
- Neighborhood Indicators for Recovery
- Limited resources and the ongoing foreclosure crisis make strategic planning for recovery crucial. At this stage of the game, data and tools aimed at helping community leaders make informed decisions are enormously valuable. In this seminar, experts in the field presented several composite indicators based on public and private data, and discussed the methodological issues to consider in their application.
- May 12, 2009
- CRA Interagency Training Workshop
- Sponsored in part by the Federal Reserve Banks of Cleveland and St. Louis, the training workshop explained to CRA officers at smaller and intermediate banks how to develop their own CRA plan.
- April 23, 2009
- Building our Future Beyond Foreclosure
- This Cleveland State University sponsored event is part of a series that examines new strategies, tactics, and projects that are, creative, environmentally sustainable, and invigorating to the marketplace.
- April 16-17, 2009
- Community Affairs Research Conference: Innovative Financial Services for the Underserved
- The Federal Reserve System's 6th Biennial Community Affairs Research Conference: To encourage objective research into financial services issues affecting low- and moderate-income individuals, families, and communities.
- February 06, 2009
- 2009 Community Reinvestment Act Conference
- This conference facilitated an exchange of research-informed perspectives on the role of the Community Reinvestment Act in delivering financial services to individuals in low- and moderate-income communities.
- November 21, 2008
- Social Interactions and Social Capital
- Research in social interactions is shedding light on a growing range of development issues; from the value of mixed-income housing developments to the way individuals decide whether to declare bankruptcy. The social scientists who gathered at the Cleveland Fed represent the cutting edge of social interactions research.
- August 28, 2008
- Ohio Vacant Properties Forum II: Highlighting Best Practices in Foreclosure Prevention and Redevelopment Strategies
- This forum focused on best practices, policy recommendations, and legislative updates. Additional discussion topics included land banking, foreclosure prevention approaches, and addressing vacancy and abandonment.
- August 27, 2008
- Moving Toward Solutions: Research and Policy on Vacancy and Abandonment
- As part of the Federal Reserve Foreclosure Series: Recovery/Renewal/Rebuilding, this seminar highlighted the contributions of recent research to the policy discussion about the causes and impacts of foreclosure and vacancy, with a particular emphasis on implications and solutions for weak market cities.
- June 11, 2008
- The 2008 Community Development Policy Summit
- The 6th annual Community Development Policy Summit explored a confluence of consumer finance issues, including: subprime borrowing, unfair and deceptive lending practices, financial education, credit scores and their impact on the cost of credit and, reaching the unbanked.
- April 25, 2008
- Research Seminar on Financial Education
- Financial literacy levels are alarmingly low across many segments of the U.S. population, with knowledge deficits evident in groups ranging from individuals with little formal education to high school seniors and teachers. In all, the event provided an eye-opening perspective on American’s financial savvy and on the effectiveness of financial education programs in general.
- June 21, 2007
- The 2007 Community Development Policy Summit
- The 5th annual Community Development Policy Summit gave attendees the opportunity to examine key issues facing communities, among them foreclosures, vacant and abandoned properties, and finding new sources to fund community development.