Community Development

• Events
  • Upcoming
  • Past
• Publications
  • Bridges Newsletter
  • Community Development
    Research Reports
  • Community Development
    Booklets, Guides and Brochures
  • Consumer Information
• About Us
  • Overview
  • Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
  • Community Development
    Advisory Council
  • Staff Directory
• Links

Community Development

Asset Building: Pathways to Family Economic Stability

8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

This conference will explore innovative asset-building tools and strategies and discuss opportunities to strengthen asset-building programs in Tennessee.

Join conference attendees to learn more about:

• CFED’s 2009 Assets and Opportunities Scorecard: How does Tennessee rank in asset building compared to other states?;
• innovative housing programs, including shared equity, community land trusts and renter equity programs;
• financial education and asset building in the workplace;
• best practices in establishing statewide asset-building coalitions; and
• existing asset-building/preservation programs in Tennessee.

Event Resources (PDF)

• Agenda
• Bios

Presentations (PPT)

• Daniel Dodd
• Carter Elliott
• Gena Gunn
• Janet Hamer
• Andrea Levere
• Bill Mahaffey
• Karen Murrell
• Susan Saegert
• Ben Seigel
• Margery Spinney

Registration and Lodging

Registration (see link at right) is free; however, you must register by Oct. 30. For questions regarding registration, contact Cathy Martin at 901-579-4102.

A block of rooms has been reserved at:
Courtyard by Marriott Lenox Park
3076 Kirby Parkway
Memphis, TN 38115
901-365-6400

Rate: $129 plus tax (Mention "Asset Building Conference")

Rates are good for the nights of Nov. 4 and Nov. 5. Deadline to receive discounted rate: Oct. 1, 2009.

Conference Sponsors

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Memphis Branch
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Nashville Branch
United Way of the Mid-South
Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action at the University of Memphis