Rethink, Recover, Rebuild: Reinventing Older Communities conference, will be held Wednesday, May 12 to Friday, May 14, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing.

The fourth biennial Reinventing Older Communities conference, it will focus on reinventing older communities in the wake of the subprime foreclosure crisis and the federal government’s economic stimulus programs. The conference covers urgent community development issues and brings together some of the nation’s leading policymakers, community developers, bankers, researchers, funders, planners, and government representatives.

Sponsors include the William Penn Foundation, the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, the Ford Foundation, Penn Institute for Urban Research, The Reinvestment Fund, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Conference sessions include foreclosure prevention, rethinking homeownership, bank processes for selling foreclosed properties, the financial crisis facing cities and towns, the role of community development financial institutions, the future of the Community Reinvestment Act, green jobs, reforming the housing finance system, financing community development in troubled times, and fundraising strategies by nonprofits in community development and the arts. Tours are also being conducted of The Navy Yard, Temple University Neighborhood Revitalization Initiatives, and a model urban school.

For full details, please download the full-color conference brochure via the link below.

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