Latest issue of Marketwise Community explores the evolution of housing counseling agencies to meet the changing needs of their clients in today's economic climate.

The CDFI Resource Center provides information on community development financial institutions (CDFIs), including a directory of CDFIs located in the U.S. Southeast.

This issue of Community Scope explores the on-the-ground experiences of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funding recipients. The cases highlighted serve as an interesting illustration of how national community development policies are implemented at the local level.

Nonprofit leaders are invited to attend an interactive workshop featuring Dr. Roop Mahajan, Director of Virginia Tech's Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS) and Alan Hutson of The Monument Group.

The November issue of 5th District Footprint shows the innovation performance of Fifth District localities. Innovation performance tends to be high in urban areas, locations close to universities and places with low unemployment.

Where are the bricks-and-mortar banks in the Fifth District? The latest 5th District Footprint suggests that bank branches tend to be concentrated in heavily populated areas.

The Map Resource Center now includes new maps showing changes in demographic and housing characteristics between the 2000 and 2010 Census.

The current issue of 5th District Footprint looks at HAMP activity by Metropolitan Statistical Area, as of May 2011, and illustrates evidence of regional disparity. HAMP is the centerpiece of the Making Home Affordable (MHA) initiative of the U.S. Departments of the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development.

This call will provide participants with an opportunity to learn about how microfinance can serve as a catalyst to increasing economic opportunity in low-to-moderate income communities in the U.S.

The Community Data Resource Center has been updated with 2009 data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The data reflect demographic, social, housing, and economic characteristics at the county and state levels for the District's five states and Washington, D.C. Data can be downloaded as PDF or Microsoft Excel files.

This issue of Community Scope assesses the strategies that recipients of the first round of Neighborhood Stabilization Program funding (NSP1) used to combat the rising numbers of foreclosures in their communities.

The Community Development Bank Resource Center provides information about the structure and function of community development banks, including financial data on a peer group of community development banks tracked over time. The data on the site will be updated annually.

Community development professionals are invited to attend the events

The current issue of 5th District Footprint looks at the presence of broadband infrastructure across the District and the connection between broadband access and community development.

This special issue focuses on the unique partnership opportunity between banks and CDFIs to provide innovative financing, offer additional products and foster development of future business. To help financial institutions better understand CDFIs, this issue centers on how this unique partnership can be leveraged for investment opportunities.

The latest issue of the Richmond Fed's online publication, MarketWise Community, looks at financing challenges faced by small businesses during the "credit crunch" and alternative credit products provided by non-traditional lenders that are paving the way for business growth.

5th District Footprint provides a spatial analysis of various issues affecting communities in the region.

The Federal Reserve System has opened registration for the seventh annual Federal Reserve Community Affairs Research Conference, The Changing Landscape of Community Development, to be held April 28-29, 2011 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia.

A national list of foreclosure prevention workshops for homeowners at risk of foreclosure is now available from Freddie Mac.