May/June 2012
Articles
- FEMA Online Tool Aids in Community Rebuilding
- Reinventing Older Communities Conference Materials Posted Online
- Discussion of State Small Business Credit Initiative
- SE CDFI conference July 18–19
- Prepaid Cards Evaluated for Safety
- Housing Rural Populations: Overview of Changing Needs
- Apply for Affordable Housing Program Grant
- Cleveland Fed Summit June 28–29
- Power in Partnerships: Addressing Workforce Development Challenges
- May 29 Session on Lessons from Resurgent and Transforming Cities
- Fed Gov. Discusses Housing
- Research Paper Reexamines Foreclosure Crisis
- Blog Posting Points to Housing Improvement in the Southeast
- Closing the Gap: Improving Minority-Owned Small Firms' Access to Credit
- Analysis of a Recent Mortgage Proposal
- Research Paper Considers the Role of Government in Housing Finance
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Presentations from the Reinventing Older Communities Conference Now Available Online
The fifth biennial Reinventing Older Communities conference focused on building resilient cities, with a particular focus on smaller cities that were once manufacturing centers. Conference sessions explored topics such as strategies to build a job-ready workforce and strong small business sector, successful urban school reforms and foreclosure prevention programs, new uses for brownfields and vacant land, environmental sustainability initiatives, and the role of anchor institutions in economic revitalization. Presentations and videos from this event are now available on the Philly Fed's conference webpage.
The conference was held May 9–11 and hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and its cosponsors. The conference attracted community developers and advocates, government and foundation leaders, researchers, policymakers, bankers, planners, and others interested in the future of cities.