Financing Community Development:
Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future

Promises & Pitfalls

A Federal Reserve System Community Affairs Research Conference

Washington, DC
March 29–30, 2007

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Welcoming Address

Sheila F. Maith
Assistant Director and Community Affairs Officer
Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System