Registration is now open for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s 2014 Reinventing Older Communities Conference, Bridging Growth & Opportunity.
This biennial national conference will be held Monday, May 12, to Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel. Through a series of plenary discussions, neighborhood tours, breakout sessions, and keynote addresses, this conference will examine how communities can promote economic growth in ways that benefit all residents. The conference offers plenty of opportunities for networking, too.
Topics will include:
- How entrepreneurs are reinventing cities
- Innovations in funding and financing
- Changing demographics and the impact on America’s urban renewal
- Connecting hard-to-serve populations with jobs
- What students need to succeed
- Artists as agents for neighborhood change
Check out the full agenda to see speaker and session specifics, and register soon to reserve your spot!
Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Cosponsors include Penn Institute for Urban Research, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, Fund for Our Economic Future, and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Richmond, and St. Louis.
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