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2012
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January
Energizing Native economies: Tribes build corporate governance to spur investment and development
Creating better choices for the underbanked: A conversation with Jennifer Tescher of the Center for Financial Services Innovation
Research review: Child development findings support and inform personal financial education from an early age
Fed Community Development offices launch community survey initiatives
Leech Lake Band and State of Minnesota sign lien-filing agreement
Minneapolis Fed launches Ninth District Community Insight report series
Native CDFI News
Montana CDC project receives top honor
MyMoneyCheckUp offers free, personalized assessments of consumers' finances
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April
Twin Cities organization expands role of land banks
Mini-banks provide hands-on education in personal finance
Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act guarantees renters a baseline of legal rights
Exploring Innovations essay contest winner:
Restructuring the New Markets Tax Credit Program: Three proposed changes for increasing efficiency
Tribal college receives $18.9 million for career training initiative
Regulators extend deadline for requesting an independent foreclosure review
Create Jobs for USA Fund awards grant to Montana CDC
More U.S. households face severe housing cost burdens, study finds
U.S. Treasury awards $185 million in New Markets Tax Credits to four Ninth District organizations
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July
Spanning the spectrum of Native workforce development
What ails the housing market? Part 1: A brief exploration of key factors inhibiting home buying
What ails the housing market? Part 2: Perspectives from industry professionals
United Way's ROI project measures job training outcomes
Less affluent students face mounting college debt challenges
Call for papers: The eighth biennial Federal Reserve community development research conference
Fed releases report on economic development in Indian Country
Ninth District community conditions are mixed, Minneapolis Fed report finds
Citi Foundation awards entrepreneurship grant to SDIBA
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2011
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January
Nonprofit credit counselors provide one-on-one help for consumers in crisis
How good is the Good Faith Estimate?
Transportation partnership offers economic hope in north central Montana
CDFI News
New publication describes Fed foreclosure initiatives
CFSI releases guide to prepaid cards
Fannie Mae launches site for struggling homeowners
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April
Making financial education work in the workplace: The Citigroup experience
On the front lines of the housing crisis: A conversation with Julie Gugin of the Minnesota Home Ownership Center
Hispanic entrepreneurship grows, but barriers persist
Census Bureau revamps American FactFinder
Fuhrman joins Consumer Advisory Council
Fed releases two new consumer credit guides
HUD awards $73 million to housing counseling organizations
Site provides state-by-state assessments of financial capability
FLEC releases national financial literacy strategy
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July
Measuring the impact of community development: A conversation with Paul Mattessich of Wilder Research
Recent demographic data reveal effects of economic slowdown in Indian Country
Recent rule changes expand definition of community development under the CRA
Delinquencies and foreclosures in rural areas: A snapshot of the recent performance of mortgages in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Minneapolis Fed launches Indian Country Currents site
homeWORD receives 2011 Innovation Award
Standing receives Minority Small Business Champion Award
Commerce, USDA release online mapping tools
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October
Harvest Initiative and Hunkpati Investments: Stirring up economic development on the Crow Creek reservation
Native American Credit Counseling initiative aims to bridge the credit gap in Indian Country
Making the New Markets Tax Credit work in Native communities
Bank On gets its game on
Little Mogadishu in the All-America City? Somali entrepreneurship in Willmar, Minnesota
Workforce 2020: Uniting business and education in Rochester, Minnesota
Bridges joins the Minneapolis Fed
U.S. Treasury announces 2011 CDFI awards
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2010
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April
Horizons program mobilizes communities to address rural poverty
Minnesota Home Ownership Center case study illuminates costs of foreclosure counseling
Better deals on wheels: The effects of financial education on car buying
Fed launches online regulatory filing tool
New Fed guide explains credit card rule changes
Family Housing Fund launches Twin Cities Community Land Bank
Minneapolis Fed releases two new Community Affairs reports
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July
Starting up when the economy's down: A snapshot of Minnesota's new entrepreneurs
Research examines the receipt of earned income tax credits among welfare recipients
Ethics as a building block of economic growth: Global insights and Indian Country models
Fed Governor Duke tours Minneapolis marketplaces
Board releases two new consumer education resources
Community Affairs publications update
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October
Adopting a place-conscious approach to community development: A conversation with Margery Austin Turner of the Urban Institute
Ninth District community developers use green innovations to help make housing affordable
Survey takes stock of state financial education requirements
Federal government releases plan to end homelessness
Beware of some payday loan alternatives, report says
Fed creates online database of credit card agreements
NeighborWorks Montana receives Top Producer award
Brookings launches two interactive data tools
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2009
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January
Risks and realities of the contract for deed
Weathering the storm: Community developers in Minnesota face the foreclosure crisis
Earning income, serving the community: Guidance for building a social enterprise
Fed releases report on concentrated poverty
NeighborWorks America releases report on foreclosure counseling
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March
Did the CRA cause the mortgage market meltdown?
Strengthening the Earned Income Tax Credit: Alternatives to refund anticipation loans
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May
Lessons learned from 22 years of debt mediation
Homeownership gaps among Indian reservations prove puzzling
Land banks as a neighborhood recovery strategy: A conversation with Dan Kildee of Michigan's Genesee County Land Bank
Partners unveil foreclosure resource site
Tingerthal joins Consumer Advisory Council
Newly released guides explain the financial crisis
Financial literacy especially low among Native youth, survey finds
Minneapolis Fed offers class supplements for economics educators
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July
Revisiting the place-based CDC model: A conversation with Brian Miller of Seward Redesign
New Markets Mortgage program broadens homeownership opportunities in Minnesota
Fed survey shows widespread increases in net worth preceded the current financial crisis
Minnesota Home Ownership Center assumes responsibility for EMHI
Census data show homeownership rate has fallen to 2000 levels
Fed offers credit card payment calculator
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November
The L
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C: A new business model for socially responsible investing
Gender and financial literacy: A conversation with Annamaria Lusardi of Dartmouth College
Overcoming start-up barriers: Native-owned food business serves up lessons learned
Fed offers tips for HELOC lenders and borrowers
New federal law protects tenants of foreclosed properties
Report sums up research on social effects of foreclosures
CRF to launch green loan program for small businesses
2008 was a mixed year for CDCUs, report says
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2008
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January
Expanding the success of the Earned Income Tax Credit
Creating a win-win way to provide free tax help: Bethel University and AccountAbility Minnesota share lessons learned
Menominee poster contest promotes free tax prep
Achieving economies of scale through strategic restructuring: The case of Sparc
Fed creates one-stop help center for consumers
Community Affairs releases mortgage broker regulation report
Treasury announces New Markets Tax Credit allocations
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May
Credit scoring and the credit-underserved population
New data analysis helps identify future foreclosure trouble spots
Mad About Money schools kids on personal finance
Crow Nation, State of Montana sign UCC filing compact
Digital Inclusion Fund awards grants
Rhein joins Fed Consumer Advisory Council
President Bush creates financial literacy advisory council
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September
Turning equity into opportunity: Montana fund helps Native entrepreneurs enter the financial mainstream
Native CDFIs work toward a new economic reality in South Dakota
A "Six Forces" view of microenterprise development
High schoolers' financial literacy remains low, survey finds
OCC releases mortgage metrics report
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November
First Homes broadens homeownership opportunities in Rochester
Oglala Sioux and State of South Dakota sign historic lien-filing agreement
Directo a Mexico helps customers join the financial system
U.S. Treasury announces 2008 CDFI awards
Fed, NeighborWorks America partner to address foreclosures
Community Affairs releases report on Hmong homeownership rates
Fed launches online guide to mortgage refinancing
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2007
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March
2005 revisions define new CRA-eligible geographic areas
Workshop promotes Native youth financial education
CRA exam basics and Ninth District breakdown
Nontraditional data could help many get mainstream loans, study finds
University launches new Twin Cities mapping tool
Montana foreclosure prevention campaign wins double honors
Regulators revise adjustable-rate mortgage handbook
Fed unveils Web site for bank directors
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May
Microenterprise development in the U.S.: Past, present and future
Aim of Pension Protection Act is to increase personal retirement savings
Tribal update: Nation building in the Ninth District
Minneapolis launches Alternative Financing Program
HUD releases national report on homelessness
CFED issues IDA survey results
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July
Community land trusts strive for permanent housing affordability
A conversation with Jeff Washburne -- Director, City of Lakes Community Land Trust
If most Americans already save enough, what should financial educators teach?
A new economic era for Native communities
Report examines credit use in low-income markets
Financing Community Development: Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future -- Conference papers now available
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November
Community benefits agreements: A tool for more equitable development?
Getting kids kindergarten-ready: A profile of the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation
Bitterroot Valley loan program turns teachers into homeowners
U.S. Census bureau releases Native population figures
Fed brochure offers credit-boosting tips
HP announces microenterprise development grants
Native CDFI awards announced
North Dakota increases home repair grants
FFIEC releases 2006 HMDA data
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2006
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Editor's note - Issue 1, 2006
A super model: New secured transaction code offers legal uniformity, economic promise for Indian Country
Can HMDA data herald neighborhood changes?
Minnesota loan fund offers capital through community collaboration
Bridges joins Swanson as Ninth District CAC member
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May
Lessons learned from a financial education pilot for Native youth
Ninth District Jump$tart update
Minnesota homeownership initiative hires its first director
19 Ninth District counties rank among nation's poorest
HUD report reveals worst case housing needs
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July
Editor's note - Issue 3, 2006
Tribal-citizen entrepreneurship: What does it mean for Indian Country, and how can tribes support it?
License to deal: Regulation in the mortgage broker industry
Report reveals increase in consumer financial insecurity
Crow Nation is first to adopt model secured transactions code
Minnesota Hispanic chamber receives homebuyer counseling contract
Financial literacy commission releases national strategy
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September
Editor's note - Issue 4, 2006
Disaster recovery for low-income people: Lessons from the Grand Forks flood
Fed-led research reveals need for better Twin Cities foreclosure data
Update on Minnesota minority homeownership initiative
2006 Bank Enterprise Awards announced
Borrowers of color receive pricier mortgages, study finds
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November
Editor's note - Issue 5, 2006
African American enterprises on the rise in Minnesota
Rural Minnesota county invests early to help kids succeed
Newly formed business alliance promotes Montana's "Indianpreneurs"
First Nations releases investment curriculum
Mexico honors CLUES leader
Report reveals refugee resettlement trends
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2005
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March
Tribal colleges can be a key to Native entrepreneurship
Native Financial Education Coalition works to strengthen tribal economies
Federal agencies partner to promote Native homeownership
National homeownership campaign honors Montana network
University Bank receives corporate citizenship award
Loan limits for most reverse mortgages increase
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May
Editor's note - Issue 2, 2005
Homeownership initiative targets Minnesota's emerging markets
Homeownership gap calls for broad, balanced response
Housing data show gains, not parity, for some groups
Consumer group surveys payday lending sites
Free annual credit reports available
Financial education program effective, study says
Fed guide explains Check 21 changes
U.S. House creates financial literacy caucus
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September
Editor's note - Issue 3, 2005
CDFIs at a crossroads: A conversation with Mark Pinsky of National Community Capital Association
Mortgage agreements expand homeownership opportunities on tribal lands
Twin Cities refugee groups tackle community development
Federal banking agencies institute new CRA rules
Model tribal commercial code completed
Fed merges financial education sites
NCLC warns of foreclosure "rescue" scams
Foundation, tribes create charitable fund
Hispanics vulnerable to predatory lending, NCLR says
State of U.S. housing mixed, report says
WHEDA awards $822,000 in housing grants
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November
Editor's note - Issue 4, 2005
Foreclosure prevention is Minnesota group's mission
Post-purchase counseling: An EMHI strategy to close homeownership gaps
Mutual rewards: Thoughts on serving as a board member for a nonprofit organization
VITA initiative provides free tax preparation in North Central Montana
Policy summit highlight: CRA changes create new bank category
Results of tourism development are largely positive, study says
Four projects kick off "green" initiative in Minnesota
New St. Paul housing program announced
Treasury, Fed launch Go Direct campaign
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2004
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August
Community Affairs Officer's note - Issue 1, 2004
For seniors, reverse borrowing can be a financial step forward
A unique partnership provides housing help in Montana
GAO releases statement on predatory lending
SBA launches new Native development initiative
HP awards grant to Neighborhood Development Center
Wind turbine to power tribal college
Plan to end long-term homelessness in Minnesota released
12th graders' financial literacy improves slightly, survey finds
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November
Community Affairs Officer's note - Issue 2, 2004
Editor's note - Issue 2, 2004
With support, securitization could boost community development industry
VITA sites provide outreach, tax help to low-income workers
Montana Financial Education Coalition gains momentum
Housing organizations create new insurance company
Minnesota Rural Partners president receives SBA awards
Federal development funding lower in rural areas, study finds
Minnesota launches minority homeownership initiative
Census says poverty down, incomes up in North Dakota
Homeownership becoming less affordable for middle class, report says
FedACH lowers rates, expands services in Mexico
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2003
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August
Community Affairs Officer's note - Issue 1, 2003
Credit availability: A snapshot of the Hmong business community in Minneapolis and St. Paul
Fed luncheon focuses on credit access in the Twin Cities Hmong community
Linking immigrants to farming opportunities
HMDA changes are on the way; new rules take effect in 2004
Fed launches national initiative to promote financial education
A conversation with ... Kou Vang of JB Realty
The Lakota Fund receives grant
New Minnesota capital fund launched
Meeks appointed to Fed council
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November
Community Affairs Officer's note - Issue 2, 2003
A better day in the neighborhood: The rise and decline of poverty concentration in the Twin Cities, 1970-2000
Demographic trends reveal mixed portrait of Ninth District reservations
HUD program is a key to Native American homeownership in District
Recent ECOA amendments allow lenders an exception for self-testing
A conversation with ... Chuck Johnson of the State of Minnesota Department of Human Services
FACT Act creates financial literacy commission
Volvo recognizes hometown hero
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2002
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Community Affairs Officer's note - Issue 1, 2002
Alternative financing: Issues and opportunities for lenders and interest-averse populations
Size of Twin Cities Muslim population difficult to determine
A conversation with ... Wafiq Fannoun and Hussein Samatar
Great Falls NHS ranks first
National Congress of American Indians receives $200,000 grant
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November
Community Affairs Manager's note - Issue 2, 2002
Financial literacy education: A potential tool for reducing predatory lending?
Property flipping in the Twin Cities
Federal Reserve Governor Bies tours St. Paul neighborhoods
A conversation with ... Claudia Parliament and Dick Todd
First Accounts awards grants
Indian business groups receive grants
CDFI Fund awards NACTA grants
Wisconsin commission receives Pioneer Award
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2001
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August
Community Affairs Manager's note - Issue 1, 2001
Community development under the CRA: Review of the 1995 regulations begins
Fed Governor Gramlich discusses the problem of predatory lending
New Markets Tax Credits: The next tool for community-development financing
Mongolia: Ancient country works through daunting economic challenges
A conversation with ... JoAnne Lewellen, former Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Study: Homes near affordable housing properties perform well
Business ownership increases for Native Americans
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November
Community Affairs Manager's note - Issue 2, 2001
Entrepreneurship in rural communities: An emerging strategy presents opportunities and challenges
Three-part series highlights development tools
Fed Gov. Gramlich tours Great Falls for look at affordable housing efforts
A conversation with ... Jay Kayne and Don Macke
NADO honors six groups
Montana firm receives SBA award
Agencies receive NAHRO awards
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2000
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August
Community Affairs Officer's note - Issue 1, 2000
Rural CDCs: Building the capacity for success
Revolving loan funds: A source of capital in South Dakota
A conversation with ... Elise Hoben and Bob Poznanski of Rural LISC
CDFI Fund awards $112 million
Churchs Ferry receives flood grant
Minneapolis receives $900,000 development grant
Affordable housing champs
Operation Walking Shield
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November
Community Affairs Officer's note - Issue 2, 2000
Economic development in Indian Country: Lessons learned by The Lakota Fund
Fed Gov. Gramlich tours Phalen Corridor project in St. Paul
How do lenders set interest rates on loans?
Walking the Native Path to Economic Development: Results of Fall 1999 conference
A conversation with ... Elsie Meeks of The Lakota Fund
Indian business group receives $1 million grant
Five Minnesota communities receive housing grants
Honors for housing initiative
Montana high school students build affordable housing
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1999
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March
Community Affairs Officer's note - Issue 1, 1999
The facts about the Twin Cities
Who's receiving mortgage loans in the Twin Cities?
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July
Community Affairs Officer's note - Issue 2, 1999
Personal finance: The bedrock of a community's financial health
Credit card buyers, look before you leap to new card
Microenterprise awards are announced
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November
Community Affairs Officer's note - Issue 3, 1999
Partnerships and financing are key to mixed-use development
Conference participants share their own views
Risk-focused fair lending examinations
Harvard recognizes outstanding tribal governance programs
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1998
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April
Community Affairs Officer's note - Spring 1998
HUD 184 loan program helps Native Americans achieve homeownership
Roles and responsibilities for processing the HUD 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Implementing NAHASDA: How the rule was written
The role of banking debt in community development
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July
Community Affairs Officer's note - Summer 1998
U.S. banks offered historic opportunity in Indian Country
We, the First Americans shows statistics regarding indigenous U.S. citizens
Tribal sovereign immunity: An obstacle for non-Indians doing business in Indian Country?
Model code addresses economic development in Indian Country
Federal Reserve Governor Meyer visits Ninth District Indian reservations
Follow up on HUD 184 program article
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October
Community Affairs Officer's note - Fall 1998
Straw bale construction provides affordable, efficient housing
Labor lessons learned in straw bale projects
Partnerships are the key to obtaining financing for building projects
Alice Rivlin gets a first-hand look at two Twin Cities neighborhoods
Explaining the shortage of affordable housing
How much do you know about the Minneapolis Fed?
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December
Community Affairs Officer's note - Winter 1998-1999
Mixed-use development: Through the lenders' looking glass
What does "mixed-use development" mean?
Meet the lenders interviewed
Mixed-use development profile: Minneapolis
Mixed-use development profile: Hibbing, Minn.
Mixed-use development profile: Edina, Minn.
The future of mixed-use development: A developer shares his views
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1997
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April
A note on this issue - Spring 1997
Credit scoring and small business loans
Lending to small firms and small farms
Changes in Indian Country
Regulators approve CRA strategic plans
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July
Community Affairs Officer's note - Summer 1997
Recycling resources
Federal Reserve Bank moves to new site
Spotlight on success: The Anoka County partnership
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December
Community Affairs Officer's note - Fall/Winter 1997
Small town addresses big housing shortage
Assistant Secretary Retsinas' speech highlights housing conference
Bank CDCs: Building partnerships for community development
Flood insurance helps manage risk of financial loss
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1996
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October
What is Community Affairs?
My Federal Reserve Bank internship experience
Ninth District corporation is awarded CDFI funds, community development venture capital
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December
Ninth District corporation is awarded CDFI funds
CDFIs focus on community development
Bank Enterprise Awards announced
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