Investing in What Works for America’s Communities

Posted by on December 10, 2012

Investing in What Works for America’s Communities
Including Thoughts From CFSI Board Chair Ellen Seidman and President & CEO Jennifer Tescher

The nation’s top community and economic development leaders gathered in Washington DC recently to spark a dialogue about a pressing domestic problem – how to reverse record high rates of poverty in America and create communities that are healthy places to live, learn, work, and play. They also celebrated launch of a new book, Investing in What Works for America’s Communities, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Low Income Investment Fund with generous support from the Citi Foundation. What Works includes contemporary essays by recognized experts, analysts, financiers, researchers, philanthropists, and public policymakers.

Jennifer Tescher, President & CEO, and Ellen Seidman, CFSI Board Chair, each authored a chapter about innovative interventions that are transforming neighborhoods around the country. Seidman also served as a contributing editor while in residence as Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The publication highlights lessons learned for building sustainable communities, and what steps the public and private sectors need to take to foster prosperity.

Copies are available without charge at http://www.whatworksforamerica.org/contact-us/.