Community Development Events

2017 Events

Upcoming Events

• Investing in America’s Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers
  October 4-6, 2017
  Austin, TX
  Learn more and register here.

Past Events

• Apprenticeship as a Talent Development Strategy
  July 11, 2017
  Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
  Agenda, including speakers' presentations. 
• 2017 Policy Summit on Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality
  Transforming Regional Economies: Growth and Equity through Policy and Practice
  June 22-23, 2017
  Cleveland, OH
• 2017 Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference
  Strong Foundations: The Economic Futures of Kids and Communities
  March 23-24, 2017
• Foreclosure Prevention After HAMP
  March 13, 2017
  Agenda, including speakers' presentations.

2016 Events

• Reinventing Our Communities: Transforming Our Economies
  September 21–23, 2016
  Hilton Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing
  Philadelphia, PA
  Visit the agenda on the conference page for speakers' presentations and recordings from select sessions.
• Mortgage Origination and Servicing Issues Affecting Low- and Moderate-Income Homeowners
  July 12, 2016
  Philadelphia, PA
  Agenda, including links to speakers' presentations.
  Video
• Reimagine Delaware: Best Practices for Sustainable Communities
  June 22, 2016
  Dover, DE
  Agenda
  Intro and Keynote by Governor Jack Markell
  Panel 1: Initial Organizational Capacity Building
  Panel 2: Maintaining Momentum from Planning to Implementation
  Lunch and Keynote Address by Paul Weech
  Panel 3: Aligning Priorities Across the Public, Private, and Nonprofit Sectors
• Research Symposium on Gentrification and Neighborhood Change
  May 25, 2016
  Philadelphia, PA
  Agenda,  including links to speakers' presentations.
• Webinar: Responding to Gentrification and Displacement in Urban Communities
  May 12, 2016
  Webinar
• What It's Worth: Financial Health Is Public Health
  May 5, 2016
  Philadelphia, PA
  Agenda
• Book Launch: Shared Prosperity in America’s Communities
  March 23, 2016
  Philadelphia, PA
• At the Intersection of Education and Employment: How to Create Summer and Year-round Employment Opportunities for High School Students
  March 16, 2016
  Webinar
• Meeting the Financial Needs of Older Adults
  March 2, 2016
  Philadelphia, PA
  Agenda , including links to speakers' presentations 
  Video

2015 Events

• Bridging the Gap: Promising Approaches and Emerging Practices for Addressing Youth Unemployment
  December 2, 2015
  Philadelphia, PA
  Agenda , including links to speakers' presentations
  Video
• Capital for Communities: Pay for Success Financing
  November 4, 2015
  Philadelphia, PA
  Agenda
  Presentations
  Video
• Equitable & Inclusive Economic Development Symposium
  October 20, 2015
  Atlantic City, NJ
  Agenda
• Bridging the Gap: Research and Practice on Gentrification and Equitable Development in Philadelphia
  October 14, 2015
  Webinar
• Opportunity Occupations: A Discussion of Recent Research and Promising Practices
  September 10, 2015
  Webinar
• NJ Statewide Connecting with the Community Reinvestment Act Conference
  July 30, 2015
  Trenton, NJ
• Policy Summit on Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality
  June 18–19, 2015
  Pittsburgh, PA
• At the Intersection of Education and Employment: Creating Workforce Development Programs for High School Students
  June 11, 2015
  Webinar
• At the Intersection of Education and Employment: Strengthening Youth Employment Programs
  June 9, 2015
  Webinar
• Equitable Economic Development Conference
  May 19, 2015
  Lancaster, PA
  Agenda
  Videos
• 2015 Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference
  Economic Mobility: Research & Ideas on Strengthening Families, Communities & the Economy
  April 2–3, 2015
  Washington, D.C.
• At the Intersection of Education and Employment: Innovative Strategies for
  High School Students
  March 25, 2015
  Webinar
• Rental Housing Affordability: Emerging Trends and Responses in the Third District
  February 10, 2015
  Webinar

2014 Events

• At the Intersection of Education and Employment: High School Dropout Reengagement
  September 23, 2014
  Webinar
• Assessing the Household Credit Recovery: Post-Crisis Developments in Credit Use & Credit Repair
  September 19, 2014
• Equitable Development: Advancing Opportunity Through Stronger Local Economies
  August 28, 2014
  Webinar
• Bridging Financial Opportunities: At the Intersection of Savings, Assets & Debt
  July 17, 2014
• Municipal Fiscal Challenges and Community Development: A Postindustrial Perspective
  July 10, 2014
  Webinar
• Reinventing Older Communities: Bridging Growth & Opportunity
  May 12–14, 2014
• Student Loan Debt in the Third Federal Reserve District: A Double-Edged Sword
  April 22, 2014
  Webinar

2013 Events

• 2013 Policy Summit on Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality
  September 19–20, 2013
  Cleveland, OH
• Workforce Development Listening Sessions
  Summer 2013
  Erie, Harrisburg, Scranton, Pittsburgh, and Johnstown, PA
• Renters, Homeowners & Investors: The Changing Profile of Communities
  February 26, 2013
  Washington, D.C.

2012-2006 Events

2012 Events

• Small Business Lending Partnerships
  November 14, 2012
• Interagency Small Business Lending Forum
  November 8, 2012
  Invitation (160 KB, 1 page)
  Agenda (224 KB, 1 page)
• Reinventing Older Communities: Building Resilient Cities
  May 9–11, 2012
• A Grassroots Look at Workforce Development
  (Invitation Only)
  February 28, 2012

2011 Events

• The Impact of Workout Options on Borrowers' Credit Reports and Scores (Invitation Only)
  Wednesday, October 26, 2011
• No Place Like Home: Philadelphia's Approach to Foreclosure Prevention
  Wednesday, September 21, 2011
• Models of Surviving and Thriving CDCs: A Forum on Organizational Approaches and Strategies (Invitation Only)
  Tuesday, August 9, 2011
• The Future of the Disability Housing Market
  Tuesday, June 14, 2011
• New Developments in Foreclosure Prevention; Housing and Economic Conditions in the Third Federal Reserve District
  Tuesday, March 29, 2011

2010 Events

• Reverse Mortgages: Challenges, Issues, and Opportunities
  Wednesday, December 1, 2010
• Examining Pennsylvania's Affordable Rental Market: Identifying Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities
  Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at Pittsburgh branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
• Financial Education and Asset-Building Opportunities
  Friday, October 1, 2010
• Rethink. Recover. Rebuild. Reinventing Older Communities
  May 12-14, 2010
• New Consumer Protection Regulations, Including the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act
  April 8, 2010

2009 Events

• Making Home Affordable: New FHA Loan Modification Program 
  Wednesday, September 30, 9 a.m. to 12:00 noon
  Conference Agenda (55 KB, 1 page)
• Making Home Affordable
  June 30, 2009
• Understanding the Housing and Mortgage Markets: What Data Do We Have? What Data Do We Need? (116 KB, 2 pages)
  June 25-26, 2009

2008 Events

• Financial Education Network of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Foreclosure Prevention Loans and Assistance
  June 25, 2008
• Reinventing Older Communities: How Does Place Matter?
  March 26-28, 2008
• Foreclosure Prevention: A Collaborative Meeting Between Servicers and Counselors (132 KB, 2 pages)
  February 8, 2008

2007 Events

• Innovative Financial Tools for Serving the Underbanked
  October 16, 2007
• Financial Education Network of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Preventing Foreclosure: Perspectives and Initiatives
  September 19, 2007
• How to Teach Young People About Money: Annual Meeting of the Financial Education Network of Southeastern Pennsylvania
  May 4, 2007
• Financing Community Development: Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future
  March 29-30, 2007
• Financial Education Network of Southeastern Pennsylvania
  January 31, 2007, Philadelphia, PA

2006 Events

• Community Development Financing in Rural Pennsylvania
  October and November 2006
• Recent Developments in Credit Scoring (conference summary: 265 KB, 22 pages)
  October 24, 2006, Philadelphia, PA
• Financial Education Network of Southeastern Pennsylvania Annual Meeting
  June 2006
• Financial Education Funding Sources and Emergency Consumer Assistance Programs
  January 2006
• Reinventing Older Communities: People, Places, Markets
  April 2006

Federal Reserve System Events

• 2011 Federal Reserve System Community Affairs Research Conference
  Thursday, April 28 – Friday, April 29, 2011, Arlington, VA
• Challenges of Affordable Rental Housing 
  Series sponsored by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Confronting the Neighborhood Impacts of Foreclosure
  October 20, 2008

Reinventing Our Communities Conference Series

Reinventing Our Communities is a national biennial conference series hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and cosponsors. This signature event draws hundreds of community developers, planners, government leaders, bankers, researchers, and foundation representatives from across the country to participate in forward-looking conversations regarding revitalizing our communities in equitable and inclusive ways.

View presentations and selected recordings from the 2016 conference in the agenda section of the event site.

To view past Reinventing conference materials, including agendas and videos, click on the links below.

• Reinventing Older Communities: Bridging Growth & Opportunity
  May 12–14, 2014
• Reinventing Older Communities: Building Resilient Cities
  May 9–11, 2012
• Rethink. Recover. Rebuild. Reinventing Older Communities
  May 12-14, 2010
• Reinventing Older Communities: How Does Place Matter?
  March 26-28, 2008
• Reinventing Older Communities: People, Places, Markets
  April 2006