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SAVE THE DATE -- February 27 and 28, 2004

Opportunities for Community Economic Development: Using New and Traditional Tools

Sponsored by: American Bar Association
Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
and Section of Business Law and Section of State and Local Government Law

February 27-28, 2004
Roney Palace Beach Resort
Miami Beach, Florida

Among the program topics:

• Overview of Tool Box of Resources for Economic Development
• Strategic Implementation of Traditional Tools for Community Development
• Section 108, CDBG, SBA, CRA, Enterprise Zones, and Tax Districts
• New Markets Tax Credits - Hot Issues
• Models to Move Residents from Stakeholders to Stockholders
• Investor Roundtable and Analysis of Best Projects
• Structuring Transactions to Capture Investment - Challenges for CDCs
• Child Care: the Head Start of Economic Development
• MIAMI redesigned through Tax Credits and Traditional Resources
• Strengths and Weakness of CDFIs - legal constraints and advantages
• Best use of traditional resources and how to leverage them

For more information or to receive a brochure, please call 312.988.5666 or

visit our website at www.abanet.org/forums/affordable/home.html

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