Community Development Data and Maps

Community Reinvestment Act

Interagency CRA Workshop: This workshop presented jointly by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the OCC and the FDIC will review the basics of the Community Reinvestment Act and the exam process. Read more

2013 Policy Summit on Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality: Join us this September as we present research and practitioner sessions on the changing role of regulations in economic and community development; registration opens March 1. Attendees include academics, bankers, elected officials, practitioners, and policymakers. Read more

Small Communities, Big Challenges: A 2013 Series on Problem Properties: Vacant and abandoned properties remain a major challenge facing municipalities across the region. To help get knowledge and resources to combat this problem into the hands of city officials, practitioners, and funders, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has partnered with Greater Ohio Policy Center to host a series of events and webinars in 2013. Three one-hour webinars?to be held in April, June, and August?will showcase specific strategies local and regional government officials and community development organizations can use to help stabilize and restore Ohio neighborhoods. And a capstone event is scheduled for October in Columbus. Participation in the webinars is free, but registration for each session is required. Read more

Small Communities, Big Challenges: A 2013 Series on Problem Properties: Vacant and abandoned properties remain a major challenge facing municipalities across the region. To help get knowledge and resources to combat this problem into the hands of city officials, practitioners, and funders, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has partnered with Greater Ohio Policy Center to host a series of events and webinars in 2013. Three one-hour webinars?to be held in April, June, and August?will showcase specific strategies local and regional government officials and community development organizations can use to help stabilize and restore Ohio neighborhoods. And a capstone event is scheduled for October in Columbus. Participation in the webinars is free, but registration for each session is required. Read more

Rural Appalachia in the Fourth District States: Although not directly affected by the boom and bust of the housing market, Appalachia, and more specifically rural Appalachia, might be fighting the current recession's aftershocks for quite some time. This report examines the data to learn how Appalachians in these counties are currently faring. Have they lost what little ground they gained from the late 1970s to the early part of this decade? Read more

Resilience and Rebuilding for Low-Income Communities: Research to Inform Policy and Practice: The Community Affairs Officers of the Federal Reserve System are proud to sponsor the eighth biennial Community Development Research Conference. The goal of this event is to highlight new action-oriented and academically rigorous research on resiliency and rebuilding initiatives that can directly inform community development policy and practice. This convening will feature sessions that share interdisciplinary, rigorous, and timely research findings and facilitate a dialogue linking a diverse set of topics relevant to low-income households and neighborhoods. Read more