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SUMMARY:Fed Talk: The Role of CDFIs in Lower-Income Communities
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and how these mission-driven lenders support lower-income areas in various ways. We will explore key findings from the Cleveland Fed’s research and feature a panel of community and economic development experts who will explain how CDFIs can help strengthen local economies and revitalize neighborhoods. \n\n\n\nThe event aims to highlight how targeted investments in underserved areas can create more dynamic\, economically vibrant communities. \n\n\n\nPanelists will discuss \n\n\n\n\n\nHow investments from CDFIs influence their community and economic development work\n\n\n\nHow CDFIs can play a nonfinancial role in community and economic development by providing technical assistance\, capacity building\, and more\n\n\n\nThe biggest opportunities and challenges for CDFIs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAudience members will be able to ask questions following the presentations. \n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Brinkley\, senior regional outreach manager\, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenter\n\n\n\n\n\nMerissa Piazza\, lead policy analyst\, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelists\n\n\n\n\n\nSharon Bollers\, sr. director of lending\, Enterprise Community Loan Fund\n\n\n\nCatherine Cawthon\, president and CEO\, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing\n\n\n\nDan Kane\, president\, CityWide Development Corporation\n\n\n\nMax Upton\, director of economic development\, Bricker Graydon Wyatt\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://fedcommunities.org/event/fed-talk-role-cdfis-lower-income-communities/
LOCATION:This is a virtual-only event
CATEGORIES:Fed Talk
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