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Cascade

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

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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. 71, Spring/Summer 2009

This issue focuses on the effects of the economic recession on small businesses in the Third Federal Reserve District. Articles cover increased applications and lending by seven community development financial institution business lenders; increased business lending by credit unions; findings of a national small-business study; new programs to assist small businesses from the SBA, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, and the State of Delaware; increased demand for services from small business development centers; and application demand and bank collaboration at two rural Pennsylvania local development districts.

• CDFI Business Lending Grows During Recession
• Message from the Community Affairs Officer
• Recovery Act Gives SBA Tools to Boost Small Businesses
• New State and Federal Resources Help New Jersey Businesses Face Challenges of National Recession
• Established Businesses Seek Help from SBDCs
• Credit Unions Pursue Small Business Loans
• Spotlight on Research:Small Businesses' Access to Credit
• LDDs Offer a Window on Rural Pennsylvania
• State of Delaware and Banks Assist Businesses
• Calendar of Events
• Complete Issue ( 784 KB, 16 pages)

Recent Issues

No. 70, Winter 2009

This issue contains a summary of Philadelphia Fed president Charles I. Plosser’s views on the Federal Reserve’s role in the financial crisis. It also contains articles on studies of a national database of subprime loans and a database of subprime and Alt-A loans; a Federal Reserve study on concentrated poverty in Atlantic City, N.J. and other locations; plans to expedite transfer of real estate owned properties from financial institutions to local partnerships; and a pilot program of a nonprofit in Orange, N.J., to acquire mortgages of 47 New Jersey properties from one lender.

No. 69, Fall 2008

Articles report on the FHA’s new refinancing options and use of the options in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware; the experience of a Pennsylvania home improvement loan program; payday lending alternative of Pennsylvania credit unions; a research study of subprime borrowers; servicer guidelines on foreclosures; and a Federal Reserve study on trends in electronic and check payments.

No. 68, Spring/Summer 2008

This issue highlights plenary and research sessions at Reinventing Older Communities: How Does Place Matter?, a national conference held March 26-28, 2008, in Philadelphia. Summarized are a keynote address from Bruce Katz, VP and director of the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program; an American mayors’ panel and a presentation from Valentino Castellani, former mayor of Turin, Italy; an address by Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania; sessions on philanthropy’s role in changing markets and the Federal Reserve System’s response to subprime mortgage challenges; and research sessions on schools and neighborhoods, uneven geographies of opportunity, social interactions and crime, neighborhoods and health, and patterns of segregation.