SUMMER 2007

Exploring Innovation: Experts Take Conference Attendees on Creative Journey

Linking Investors to Economic Revitalization

Mixing It Up: Public/Private Partnerships Basis of Finance Fund

How Much Subsidy Is Needed for Redevelopment?

Portland, Ore., Working to Free Residents from Poverty's Grip

Inclusive Growth: Strategies for Moving People into the Economic Mainstream

Trends in Neighborhood Unemployment

Calendar

A Closer Look
Included with Bridges is A Closer Look, a supplement that takes topics from previous and current issues of Bridges and examines them from the perspective of a particular area or community. This issue of A Closer Look reports on Louisville and how it has benefited from the New Markets Tax Credit program.

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Calendar

August

27-30
Governor’s Conference on Economic Development—Springfield, Mo.
Sponsors: Women’s Council, Division of Workforce Development, DED Business & Community Services, the Missouri Development Finance Board and the Missouri Housing Development Commission
www.mhdc.com/about/housingconference/index.htm

27-31
Nuts & Bolts of Redeveloping Brownfields (and other contaminated properties) for Local Government—Kansas City, Mo.
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/region7/land_revitalization/newsroom/press.htm

September

13
Neighborhoods in Bloom—Little Rock, Ark.
Sponsor: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
501-324-8296
www.stlouisfed.org

18-19
Economic Development Conference: Access to Community Development Finance—Olive Branch, Miss.
Sponsor: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
901-579-4101
www.stlouisfed.org

18-20
Annual Training Conference—Little Rock, Ark.
Sponsor: Arkansas Coalition of Housing and Neighborhood Growth for Empowerment (ACHANGE)
www.makingachange.net

20
Improving Access to Community Development Capital: The Changing Role of Philanthropy in Community Development—Little Rock, Ark.
Sponsor: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
501-324-8296
www.stlouisfed.org

October

18
Strategies for Reaching the Unbanked: Stored Value Cards and Second Chance Checking Accounts—Little Rock, Ark.
Sponsor: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
501-324-8296
www.stlouisfed.org/community

25-27
Community Analysis and Economic Development—Little Rock, Ark.
Sponsor: UALR Institute for Economic Advancement
501-569-8519
www.aiea.ualr.edu/econdev

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