WINTER 2004-2005

Employment Growth in America

What's Happening on
Arkansas' Main Streets

International Symposium
Addresses Sustainability,
Development Issues

Nonprofits, Banks Invited To
FLLIP Over Lunch Feb. 1, 2

Speaker Series Wraps Up
with Rev. Butts on Feb. 17

Checks Clear Faster
Under "Check 21"

FedACH Lowers Rates,
Expands Services in Mexico

Save the Dates for
Spring Conference

Have You Heard

Spanning the Region

Calendar

Speaker Series Wraps Up with Rev. Butts on Feb. 17

The final lecture in the Community Development Speaker Series sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis will feature the Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, pastor of the nationally renowned Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, N.Y.

The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Statehouse Convention Center, 100 E. Markham St., in Little Rock, Ark.

In addition to his pastoral duties, Dr. Butts is president of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury and is a cofounder of the Abyssinian Development Corp. A comprehensive community-based organization, the corporation has been responsible for more than $300 million in housing and commercial development in Harlem. Dr. Butts continues to help guide and support the daily operation of the not-for-profit organization.

Previous speakers in the series, presented by the Bank’s Community Affairs Office, were Richard Baron of McCormack Baron Salazar, a developer of mixed-income housing, and Mark Pinsky, president and CEO of National Community Capital Association.

For more information, call Lyn Haralson, (501) 324-8240, or Amy Simpkins, (501) 324-8268. For a registration form, visit www.stlouisfed.org/community.

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