Upcoming Events

 Building Communities through Small Business Development and Affordable Housing Investing (Victoria, TX - February 20, 2013)

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and Houston-Victoria Small Business Development Center will host an interagency forum entitled 'Building Communities through Small Business Development and Affordable Housing' on February 20, 2013 in Victoria Texas. During this one-day forum, experts will share information on alternative funding sources in rural and small business lending, community and economic development,  along with updates on affordable housing lending opportunities and resources. 

 San Francisco Banker CRA Roundtable (San Francisco, CA - February 21, 2013)

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will be co-sponsoring the San Francisco Banker CRA Roundtable in San Francisco, California on February 21, 2013. The meeting will provide updates on several Bay Area neighborhoods with historical community development significance by the organizations that service them. For more information on registration please contact Susan Howard of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 

 Carolinas CRA Resource Collaborative (Charlotte, NC - February 22, 2013)

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will be co-sponsoring a Carolinas CRA Resource Collaborative Meeting on February 22, 2013 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Carolinas CRA Resource Collaborative is comprised of CRA and community development officers from banks that do business in North and South Carolina. The Collaborative meets quarterly and provides a forum for bank CRA professionals from banks of all sizes to learn, educate, collaborate and share CRA practices in order to better develop CRA programs that meet the needs of the communities they serve. 

 The Ojibwe Opportunity Convening (Red Cliff, WI - February 22-23, 2013)

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, NiiJii Capital Partners, First American Capital Corporation, LaPointe Financial, Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, and the Wigamig Owners Loan Fund will co-sponsor the Ojibwe Opportunity Convening on February 22-23, 2013 in Red Cliff, Wisconsin.  The Ojibwe Opportunity Convening is a series of workshops on asset development and wealth creation for tribal members in northern Wisconsin.  Workshop topics include the following: Native Artist Professional Development, Pathways to Homeownership, Indianpreneurship, and Building Native Communities. 

 Interagency Forum on Sandy Recovery Efforts (New York, NY - February 27, 2013)
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the New York State Department of Financial Services, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are co-sponsoring an Interagency Forum on Sandy Recovery Efforts in New York City on February 27, 2013.  The meeting will provide banks, community development financial institutions, and other community based organizations with updates on the needs of households affected by the storm. At the meeting will also help to facilitate the formation of partnerships between the various entities and financial institutions to reach those whom the banks will ordinarily not be able to provide credit and other financial services.  For more information please contact Francis Baffour of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 

 Building Partnerships: Community Development Forum for Middlesex County (Piscataway, NJ - March 6, 2013)
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will be co-sponsoring a community development forum in Piscataway, NJ on March 6, 2013.  At this half-day forum, community development practitioners will identify ways banks and other organizations can create successful partnerships to address the needs of communities as well as highlight community development opportunities available in the area. For more information please contact Denise Kirk-Murray of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.  

 Greater Sacramento Community Development Forum (Sacramento, CA - March 7, 2013)
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are co-sponsoring the Greater Sacramento Community Development Forum in Sacramento, California on March 7, 2013. The meeting will include presentations on various asset building initiatives including financial education, individual development accounts, and tax programs such as the EITC. For more information on registration please contact Susan Howard of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 

 Access to Capital and Credit: Strengthening Rural Businesses (Macon, GA - March 12, 2013)
On March 12, 2013, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), the Community Bankers Association of Georgia, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will co-sponsor a one-day forum that will highlight tools for financing small rural businesses in Georgia and other Appalachian states. Participants will learn from experts how to finance small businesses working with SBA, USDA, ARC, the Georgia State Small Business Credit Initiative, and small business development companies.  The forum will also feature a panel of Georgia-based community development financial institutions which will explain how banks and small business entrepreneurs can work with them to provide credit for small businesses.