Overview
On April 21 and 22, 2005, the Consumer and Community Affairs (CCA) division of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, in conjunction with the Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program, convened An Informed Discussion: Achieving Sustainability, Scale and Impact in Community Development Finance. The Aspen Institute’s study, New Pathways to Scale for Community Development Finance, published in the December 2004 issue of Profitwise News and Views, set the stage for this meeting and created a framework for the discussion. The conference formed part of a broader Federal Reserve System initiative and conference series aimed at assessing the state of the community development industry and bringing forth new ideas to increase its impact.