Business Opportunities in Community Development Lending
Connecticut
Friday, November 9, 2012
9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Community Economic Development Fund
965 East Main Street
Meriden, CT 06450
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in partnership with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, NeighborWorks New Horizons and the Community Economic Development Fund invite you to join community bankers, community development experts, nonprofit lenders, for profit developers and municipal government representatives in discussing business opportunities in community development lending.
Community development lending requires creativity, collaboration and the ability to balance multiple organizational priorities within the context of today’s struggling economy. Join us for a discussion and case study highlighting NeighborWorks New Horizon’s newest mixed use development, Highwood Square. This development started more than a decade ago as a relic of our industrial age and now provides housing for local artisans, needed retail space and represents the rebirth of the area. In addition the day will focus on small business lending strategies and the mitigation of risk, implication of state policy and the role of local government among other topics.
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Agenda
As of November 8, 2012
| 8:30 am | Registration & Networking |
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Opening Remarks |
| 9:10 – 10:10 | The “Art” & Science of Mixed Use Community Development: Highwood Square
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| 10:10 – 10:45 | Moderated Q&A Anthony Poore, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Public Private Partnerships for Growing Connecticut's Economy
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| 11:30 – 12:00 pm | Moderated Q&A Brian Clarke, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Lunch |
Stay Connected
Meeting Report: Business Opportunities in Community Development Lending, June 8, 2012, Burlington, VT.
Meeting Report: Business Opportunities in Community Development Lending, March 30, 2012, Manchester, NH.
Meeting Report: Business Opportunities in Community Development Lending, November 18, 2011, Springfield, MA.
Community Development Glossary
"Recently Certified CDFI Banks and the CDFI Banking Sector," 2011 
“CDFIs and Banks: Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Business,” 2011
“Lending to Small Business: The Evolving Bank-Nonprofit Lender Relationship,” 2010
“CDFI Business Lending Grows During Recession,” 2009
“Strength in Adversity: Community Capital Faces Up to the Economic Crisis,” 2009
“Charter School Facilities Finance: How CDFIs Created the Market, and How to Stimulate Future Growth,” 2008
“Not Just a Financial Institution: Measuring Success by Looking at the Double Bottom Line,” 2007