AUTUMN 2004

Women Entrepreneurs
Growing in Numbers

Bank's Branches Rev Up
Community Affairs Work

Campaign Warns:
Don't Borrow Trouble

Indiana Homeowner Protection
Act Exempts Bankers

Illinois Lenders Invited
to Investment Meetings

Get Checking

Have You Heard

Spanning the Region

Calendar

Resources

A Closer Look
This issue of Bridges includes a supplement for readers in Arkansas. A Closer Look focuses on what is being done in Arkansas to stem the increasing number of defaults on manufactured housing loans.

Calendar

3-6
Growth Through Change: Meeting the Challenge Together—Chicago
Sponsor: National Community Capital Association
www.communitycapital.org
(215) 923-4754

5
Roundtable on CRA—Erie, Pa.
Sponsor: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
(412) 261-7947 or 1-800-433-1035

15-18
Housing Finance Institute—Boston
Sponsor: Fannie Mae
www.efanniemae.com/learning_center
1-800-243-5478

16
Entrepreneurs and Money...Getting Together—St. Louis
Sponsor: Missouri Venture Forum
(314) 241-2683

8-9
Consequences of the Consumer Lending Revolution—St. Louis
Sponsors: Saint Louis University, Washington University, Consumer Federation of America and the National Consumer Law Center
http://law.slu.edu/conf/lending/index.html

13-17
NeighborWorks Training Institute—New Orleans
Sponsor: Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp.
www.nw.org/training
1-800-438-5547

13-14
Cooperating to Develop Communities: Urban Rural Connections—St. Louis
Sponsor: Missouri Community Development Society
www.mocds.org

27-29
4th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities—Miami Beach, Fla.
Sponsors: Local Government Commission and Penn State
www.NewPartners.org
(814) 863-5100