The St. Louis Fed’s Mike Eggleston discusses the Community Investment Explorer (CIE), which aggregates over 500,000 transactions from three programs that drive investment into underserved communities—LIHTC, CDFI and NMTC. This new tool shows geographic comparisons and trends over time in a way that is easily customizable.
Emily Gallagher, Jorge Sabat
Should more families be encouraged to hold a liquidity buffer even if it means incurring more debt in the short term?
Deveney Perry, John Paul Shaffer
Learn how Memphis’ acceptance to the Strong, Prosperous, And Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC) has led to a collaborative effort led by the residents of North Memphis to develop strategies for investments in the built environment, healthy housing and better connectivity.
Based loosely on the “Shark Tank” concept, Investment Connection is a new approach to sharing information about community development needs in all parts of the Eighth Federal Reserve District, bringing together community and economic development organizations with financial institutions and others who seek to be responsive to those needs.
Advice from an examiner on the four questions that need to be addressed when documenting workforce development activities.
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