• Research & Data
• Education
• Consumer Credit & Payments
• Bank Resources
• Community Development

• Newsroom
• Careers
• Publications

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

[ – ] Text Size [ + ]  |  Print Page

Home > Community Development > Community Development Publications & Videos > Cascade

Cascade

Cascade is a community development publication produced three times a year by the Community Development Studies and Education Department. Cascade has a primary readership in financial institutions, nonprofits, and government agencies in the Third Federal Reserve District.

To search by topic, use the index of articles.

Cascade Briefs

Cascade Briefs is a periodic electronic newsletter containing timely news and information on community development and financial education. You can view the most recent issue or sign up to receive this publication by e-mail.

Current Issue

No. 82, Winter/Spring 2013

This issue of Cascade provides insight into the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency’s successful loan servicing strategies; legislation that enables Pennsylvania municipalities to create land banks to acquire vacant and tax-delinquent properties; the lessons learned by two cities — Philadelphia and Camden, NJ — that are in the midst of redeveloping their waterfronts; the relationship between student debt and college graduation rates; the critical importance of preserving affordable rental housing in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware; a survey of economic conditions in low- and moderate-income households; and two awards received by the Philadelphia Fed’s economic education advisor. This issue also includes an article on the U.S. Treasury’s $1.5 billion State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), which is providing funding to state small business loan programs. In addition, a list of the state programs that are receiving SSBCI funding in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware is available.

• PHFA Takes Pro-Active Steps in Loan Servicing to Keep Borrowers in Their Homes
• Message from the Community Affairs Officer
• Pennsylvania Legislation Enables Municipalities to Create Land Banks
• One River — Two Cities
• Susquehanna Bank Participates in Economic Development on Camden’s Waterfront
• Smaller Cities and Waterfront Redevelopment
• Spotlight on Research: Youth Debt and College Graduation
• Small Business Lenders Have Opportunities for Collaboration on U.S. Treasury Initiative
• Community Outlook Survey Provides an Additional Resource for LMI Service Providers
• Philadelphia Fed's Economic Education Advisor Honored
• Preservation Is Critical
• Complete Issue (PDF, 1.91 MB, 24 pages)

Recent Issues

No. 81, Fall 2012

This issue of Cascade features some of the highlights from our fifth biennial Reinventing Older Communities conference, the theme of which was Building Resilient Cities. The topics covered include strategies that are being used to help revitalize older industrial communities, the role anchor institutions play in supporting economic development goals, ways in which the arts and culture can be used to stimulate economic development, steps local governments are taking to deal with the fiscal crisis, and urban education models that have shown success.

No. 80, Spring/Summer 2012

This issue focuses on the results of a Philadelphia nonprofit’s work on employment training and business and community development, including reflections on what works in employment training; a bank’s leadership in a rural historic project that used new markets tax credits in Gettysburg, PA; the preservation of 376 affordable housing units in central Pennsylvania through a $26 million refinancing; a worsening funding gap for affordable rental projects; new staff members in Community Development Studies and Education; an “in memoriam” on the directors of two community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and current plans for the CDFIs; and a study on the impact of negative equity in communities of color in the Chicago area.

No. 79, Winter 2012

This issue provides coverage of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions; highlights from a Philadelphia Fed forum on effective community development corporations; an overview of green jobs training programs of the Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia, a federally funded consortium that conducts research and development on increased energy efficiency of commercial buildings; findings from a research study on the early labor experiences of young men; and a look at a Los Angeles initiative to get educational and workforce development agencies to work together.