SUMMER 2008

Exploring Innovation in Rural Areas

"Green, Affordable" Housing: A Contradiction in Terms?

Commentary: Philanthropy and the Foreclosure Crisis

Brochure Gives Tips on Avoiding Foreclosures

Cheeks Named to Fed Post

Public Asked To Comment on Credit Card Rules

The Wage Gap

Bank Names President

Tennessee Law Focus of New Brochure

Bridges Survey Tells Us about You, Your Interests
(Online-only content)

Spanning the Region

Calendar

Resources

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, features a farmers market in Louisville that has had a far-reaching effect on several distressed neighborhoods.

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Exploring Innovation
in Community Development

April 22-24, 2009 | St. Louis, Missouri
Sponsor: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Calendar

July

23-24
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) Training—Springdale, Ark.
Sponsor: Arkansas Coalition of Housing and Neighborhood Growth for Empowerment (ACHANGE)
501-978-2234

August

18-22
NeighborWorks Training Institute—Chicago
Sponsor: NeighborWorks America
1-800-438-5547
www.nw.org/network/training/calendar/default.asp

27-28
Statewide Conference on Housing and Community Economic Development—Indianapolis
Sponsors: Indiana Association for Community Economic Development,
Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority, and Indiana Coalition on Housing and Homeless Issues
aseidler@ihcda.in.gov

September

9-11
Low Income Advocates Conference—Little Rock, Ark.
Sponsor: Arkansas Coalition of Housing and Neighborhood Growth for Empowerment (ACHANGE) and the Central Arkansas Development Council
501-978-2234

10-12
Missouri’s Future: Prepare to Profit—Kansas City, Mo.
Sponsor: Missouri Department of Economic Development
573-751-4962
www.ded.mo.gov

15-16
Governor’s Conference on Economic and Community Development—Nashville, Tenn.
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
615-741-1888
www.tnecd.gov

22-24
Under One Roof: Building Communities in the Delta Conference—Tunica, Miss.
Sponsor: Mid South Delta LISC
662-335-3318

22-26
Community Development Academy—Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Sponsor: University of Missouri Community Development Extension Program
573-882-4349
http://extension.missouri.edu/cd/cda/

25
Kentucky Hispanic and Immigrant Networking Summit—Shelbyville, Ky.
Sponsor: Kentucky Human Rights Commission
502-585-4024

October

6-10
Non-profit Housing Management Training—West Memphis, Ark.
Sponsor: Arkansas Coalition of Housing and Neighborhood Growth for Empowerment (ACHANGE)
501-978-2234

7
The Baby Boomer Bust: Implications for Community Development—Memphis, Tenn.
Sponsor: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Memphis Branch
901-579-4103

22-23
Spirit of Unity: Embracing Partnerships—Lexington, Ky.
Sponsor: Kentucky Housing Corp.
502-564-7630, ext. 383
www.kyhousing.org

27-30
Fall Meeting and Urban Land Expo—Miami
Sponsor: Urban Land Institute
202-624-7000
www.uli.org

29
Inter-agency CRA Training for Financial Institutions—Little Rock, Ark.
Sponsor: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and OCC
501-324-8268

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