An Informed Discussion: Achieving Sustainability, Scale, and Impact in Community Development Finance
Please join us for a conference that will explore successful private, cooperative, and nonprofit sector business models and practices offering lessons in increased impact for the community development finance field.
This conference is cosponsored by the Federal Reserve System and the Aspen Institute's Economic Opportunities Program, and is the first in a series of seven to be held at various Reserve Banks and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors over the next two years.
The basis of the conference series is a paper by the Aspen Institute's Economic Opportunities Program published by the Chicago Fed's Consumer and Community Affairs division in December 2004 in its periodical, Profitwise News and Views. "New Pathways to Scale for Community Development Finance" summarizes ten case studies, primarily private sector examples, of successful attempts to broaden the impact and market reach of an assortment of products, services, and organizations.
Conference Goals
- Introduce a new framework for scale and sustainability for the community development finance field.
- Explore new business models and practices with potential for promoting scale and sustainability in the field.
- Provide a forum where bankers, community economic development professionals, foundation representatives and other funders, and those involved in related public policy areas can share ideas about the future of the CDFI/community development industry.
- Encourage future dialogue and action on the industry and industry practices, and the development of techniques to measure the impact of new or modified organizational and industry practices.
Who Should Attend
Practitioners in the community development finance field affiliated with mainstream financial institutions, community development financial institutions, and other community-based financial intermediaries; those affiliated with foundations and other funders of and investors in community-based organizations; and those affiliated with organizations conducting policy-oriented or other research in the field.
Location
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 230 S. LaSalle Street, third floor conference center. Valid photo identification is required to enter the Reserve Bank.
Cost
$175 Nonprofit and government organizations on or before April 11, 2005
$225 For-profit corporations on or before April 11, 2005
$250 All registration after April 11, 2005
Fee includes meals and conference materials.
To pay by credit card, contact Barbara Shoulders at (312) 322-8232.
There will be no on-site registration for this event
Cancellations
Refunds, less a $50 processing fee, will be issued if written notice is received by April 11, 2005. No refunds will be made after that date.
Hotels
Attendees must make their own hotel reservations, the price of which is not included in the conference. Two nearby hotels will make rooms available on the nights of April 20 and 21 at discounted rates. To obtain these rates, call either hotel by April 8, 2005, and mention the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - Aspen conference.
Sofitel Chicago Water Tower
20 E. Chestnut Street (1.2 miles from the Bank)
(312) 324-4000 or toll-free (877) 813-7700
$155 per night for superior king room
Union League Club of Chicago
65 W. Jackson Blvd. (2 blocks from Bank)
(312) 427-7800 or toll-free (800) 443-0578
$139 per night for one queen bed
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