Capital Solutions for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development

Posted by on May 23, 2011

You are invited to watch Capital Solutions for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development as it is live-streamed over the web on Tuesday, May 24.  This conference, taking place at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, will bring together federal and local policy makers, CDFI leaders, private lenders/investors, foundations, community organizations, and regional planners for a practical conversation about financing equitable transit-oriented development (TOD) projects. For more details about the day, please see conference agenda below.

Watch the Equitable TOD Conference Live on May 24   (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/federal-reserve-bank-of-san-francisco)

You can also follow the conference proceedings via Twitter through @sffedreserve and @liifund. We will be posting speaker notifications and related links throughout the conference.

Conference is co-sponsored by the Low Income Investment Fund, Enterprise Community Partners, Opportunity Finance Network, the Housing Partnership Network, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, with grant support from the Citi and Rockefeller foundations.

Please contact Ian Galloway at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco with any questions or comments: [email protected].

Capital Solutions for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development
Federal Reserve Bank of SF  |  May 24, 2011  |  Conference Agenda

Opening Discussion: “Laying Out the Vision” (8:30 – 9:15a.m. PDT)
David Erickson, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (moderator)
Carolina Reid, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Mark Pinsky, Opportunity Finance Network
Tom Bledsoe, Housing Partnership Network

Morning Keynote (9:15 – 9:45a.m.)
Andy Ditton, Citi Community Capital (introduction)
Steve Heminger, Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Panel #1: Bay Area TOAH Fund: What are the elements of success? (10:00 – 11:15a.m.)
Brian Prater, Low Income Investment Fund (moderator)
Lisa Davis, Ford Foundation
Robin Hacke, Living Cities
Stephanie Forbes, Bay Area LISC
Heather Hood, San Francisco Foundation

Panel #2: Other TOD Financing examples (11:15a.m. – 12:30p.m.)
Dena Belzer, Strategic Economics (moderator)
Melinda Pollack, Enterprise Community Partners
Ismael Guerrero, Denver Housing Authority
Peter McLaughlin, Hennepin County Board of Commissioners

Lunch and Luncheon Keynote (12:30 – 2:00p.m.)
Nancy Andrews, Low Income Investment Fund (introduction)
Shelley Poticha, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Panel #3: What policies would support financing for equitable TOD? (2:00 – 3:15p.m.)
Allison Brooks, Reconnecting America (moderator)
Scott Bernstein, Center for Neighborhood Technology
Radhika Fox, PolicyLink
Mary Tingerthal, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency

Closing Remarks (3:15 – 3:45p.m.)
Audrey Choi, Morgan Stanley (introduction)
John Robert Smith, Reconnecting America

Thank You and Wrap-Up (3:45 – 4:00p.m.)
Nancy Andrews, Low Income Investment Fund
David Erickson, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco