For those of you looking to learn more about the cutting edge economic development initiatives that are successful within the CAA community consider attending the upcoming Community Action Capital Development Enterprise (CACDE) Community Economic Development (CED) Conference that is being held in Chicago, April 7-10, 2008. We know that many of you are engaging in promising practices (several are presenting at the Conference) and many others are eager to learn more. Please consider attending this event.
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The conference has been designed by CAAs for CAAs. It will feature representatives from the Aspen Institute, the Federal Reserve Bank, the CDFI Fund, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, LISC, the Housing Assistance Council as well as leading CAA CED practitioners.
In addition, the conference will present some breaking news on CAA CED. Board members from the Partnership, NCAF and CACDE recently agreed upon an approach that we believe will significantly enhance community development efforts in community action. This approach will be announced at the Chicago CED conference. We encourage you to participate in the conference to learn what the future holds for community development and economic development within the community action world.