CRA Today

APRIL 21, 2025

Community development lending is a critical tool for driving impact and building stronger communities, but it requires a deep understanding of regulatory compliance and risk management. Commercial lenders are entrenched in local communities customizing financing options to help businesses manage cash flow and operational risk.

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CRA Today

APRIL 10, 2024

Episode 59: Economic Development as a Key to Community Development Services [link] There are a wealth of opportunities to serve aspiring entrepreneurs and established small businesses! The post Episode 59: Economic Development as a Key to Community Development Services appeared first on CRA Today.

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CRA Today

APRIL 8, 2024

Episode 65: CRA Tips: Revisiting the Fundamentals: A Community Development Loan Primer [link] This episode will lay the foundation for community development loans as it relates to your CRA program. Community development loans must have a primary purpose of community development.

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CRA Today

APRIL 10, 2024

Episode 39: Community Development Finance: Yes, It’s Part of Your Job Too! link] Once you have a good understanding of the technical aspects of the CRA and have stabilized your CRA program, now it’s time to expand your reach into the community. appeared first on CRA Today.

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Citizen Lab

DECEMBER 19, 2022

With so many incredible community development and engagement projects taking place on our platform across the world, we hope to record some best practices and share them with local governments to encourage peer learning and inspiration. Here at CitizenLab, we love to celebrate the successes of our clients.

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CRA Today

APRIL 9, 2024

Marisa Calderon is the executive director at NCRC Community Development Fund (NCRC CDF), a nonprofit, U.S. Treasury-certified community development financial institution (CDFI) that provides loan capital to expand access to affordable homeownership, which helps Black-, Brown- and woman- owned businesses thrive.

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CRA Today

AUGUST 1, 2023

Community development lending is a critical tool for driving impact and building stronger communities, but it requires a deep understanding of regulatory compliance and risk management. Commercial lenders are entrenched in local communities customizing financing options to help businesses manage cash flow and operational risk.

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Center for Community Progress

JANUARY 6, 2025

Thank You to Our 2024 Urban Conservation Learning Exchange Participants: Baltimore: Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development Baltimore Green Space Chicago: City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development NeighborSpace Cleveland: City of Cleveland Department of Community Development Western Reserve Land Conservancy Detroit: (..)

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CRA Today

APRIL 9, 2024

Epsiode 61: Community Development Loans Demystified with Krista Shonk, VP & Senior Counsel, Regulatory Compliance and Policy, Fair & Responsible Banking, ABA [link] Are you one of the 95 percent of banks that are underreporting community development loans under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)?

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JULY 25, 2024

Co-authored by Mia Chapman, Intern, Housing & Community Development, NLC and Lauren Lowery, Director of Housing & Community Development, NLC The architectural principle of universal design prioritizes usability by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialization.

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CRA Today

APRIL 9, 2024

Episode 76: Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Rethinking Community Development Strategy to Address Digital Inequity with Sarah Hope Marshall [link] Sarah Hope Marshall joins me here to reflect upon digital inequity in place-based community revitalization. There’s been books written about it. government material) All rights reserved.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Lizette Lewis is a Project Manager at New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC). In this mini episode, Lizette discusses giving healthcare workers access to resources to take back to their communities.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Lizette Lewis is a Project Manager at New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC). In this mini episode, Lizette discusses giving healthcare workers access to resources to take back to their communities.

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CRA Today

APRIL 10, 2024

Episode 15: Community Development Loans. link] Regulators are currently revisiting the way they define a community development loan (CDL) through CRA modernization efforts. Here’s where you should start: The post Episode 15: Community Development Loans… How Much Is Enough? How Much Is Enough?

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Iron Sharpens Iron

JANUARY 4, 2023

Chris Spahr, Executive Director of the Centennial Parkside Community Development Corporation , defines affordable housing as housing that can be made available to anyone and everyone no matter their economic status. About Centennial Parkside Community Development Corporation. And we're here with Iron Sharpens Iron.

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CRA Today

APRIL 10, 2024

Episode 14: Community Development Loan Mining Strategies You Don't Want To Miss [link] When looking through your loan portfolio for qualified community development loans, it is essential to have a strategic approach given limited time and resources to conduct a 100% review.

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OpenGov

MAY 25, 2022

Today, local government leaders are responsible for delivering on strategic priorities for their communities, developing new ways of working to meet the diverse and changing needs of their communities, and protecting against cyber and environmental risks […].

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OpenGov

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Getting Shovel-Ready: How Three Communities Promote Economic Growth and Development December 2, 2022 – OpenGov Econimic growth and development is a hot topic in the government space. To keep pace with this growth, community development departments across […]. metro areas grew over the last decade.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Community development leaders continuously balance resource, budget and land constraints. While smart city practices are still relatively new in city government, there are many practical applications for cities invested in advancing equitable community development.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JANUARY 7, 2025

Co-authored by Lina Choe, Housing and Community Development Intern at the National League of Cities By harnessing improved data collection, cities can more effectively reach homeless residents and deliver essential social services and housing.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JANUARY 14, 2025

Co-authored by Lina Choe, NLC Intern, Housing and Community Development Over 21 million renter households are spending more than 30% of their monthly income on housing costs. When […] Source

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Iron Sharpens Iron

JANUARY 4, 2023

Chris Spahr, Executive Director of the Centennial Parkside Community Development Corporation , defines affordable housing as housing that can be made available to anyone and everyone no matter their economic status. And we're here with Iron Sharpens Iron. And today our guest is, Could you introduce yourself? Well, great. Well, great.

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GCN

MAY 6, 2024

COMMENTARY | A recent study of the Community Development Block Grant program showed that neighborhoods with the largest share of low- to moderate-income families were less likely to receive CDBG funds than communities that were closer to the 51% threshold.

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Citizen Lab

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This can make it difficult to establish and maintain meaningful engagement with community members throughout the process.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

MARCH 15, 2023

From community development to education to public health, cities administer essential programs that directly affect the lives of a wide spectrum of residents. As every NLC member knows, local government is unique. Local governments play a more significant factor in the daily lives of Americans than any other level of government.

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CRA Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In this model, the various sources of capital are stacked on top of each other to enhance community development financing projects. All these layers together make a community development loan possible. Capital Stacks are critical to successful community development projects, such as affordable housing.

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CRA Today

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Maximize the Reporting of Community Development Activities; 2. Maximize the Reporting of Community Development Activities. Oftentimes, large (for CRA purposes) banks overlook transactions, such as loans and investments, that could qualify for consideration as community development activities.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 8, 2022

Also see: -- " Framework of characteristics that support successful community development in association with the development of professional sports facilities ," 2021 -- " Seattle Kraken expansion hockey team sets new standard for transit benefits in transportation demand management: free transit with ticket ," 2021 -- " Revisiting "Framework of characteristics (..)

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CRA Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Are you looking to take your community development services to the next level? Episode 44: Economic Development as a Key to Community Development Services. Episode 42: I Bet You Are Underreporting Your Community Development Loans… Most Banks Are Too! Episode 29: How to Do the Undoable Deal.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Beyond its many financial and economic responsibilities, one of the stated key functions of the system is to promote community development through the regional Federal Reserve Banks. Together, they work to promote the effective operation of the U.S. economy and the overall public interest. White Furniture, Mebane, N.C.

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CRA Today

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Are you one of the 95 percent of banks that are underreporting community development loans under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)? SHOWNOTES: Community Development Loans Demystified with Krista Shonk, VP & Senior Counsel, Regulatory Compliance and Policy, Fair & Responsible Banking, ABA.

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First State Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Sean O'Neill, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA) speaks to Dionna Sargent, Vice President of Community Development at Cinnaire, about affordable housing, community development, and the Black Lives Matter Movement. This interview was recorded on September 1, 2020.

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Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This also matches the theme for next year’s Global Community Engagement Day, on January 28. It highlights the importance of trust-building in community development. In addition, demonstrates how genuine and transparent engagement can lay the foundation for stronger, more cohesive societies.

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Center for Community Progress

APRIL 26, 2022

Community development unites people to take collective action to build stronger, more resilient places to live. Over time, though, the field of community development has shifted from grassroots movements to the careers of specialized professionals. Download the Full Report.

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CRA Today

APRIL 11, 2024

Your next exam would highlight your participation in the program, and you would also account for the individual loans that were deployed under the program, either as small business lending performance or community development loan activities. I also discuss mining for other community development loans and “hooks”.

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CRA Today

APRIL 10, 2024

To qualify a community development service, it has to have a primary purpose of community development, be offered on behalf of the bank, and must be related to the provision of financial services. 12(i)–3: What are examples of community development services? Refer to Q&A §ll.24(a)—1

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Community Land Trusts and State Legislation: A Model Act to Enable This Affordable Housing Tool.” Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 26, no. Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 23, no. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2010. Decker, Andrew.

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