Community Highlights

Our Community Development Regional Manager spoke at the launch of Homegrown Tools, a web tool that spotlights small town private investment and job creation, and can help financial institutions seeking potential Community Reinvestment Act projects.

The Richmond Fed's Community Development team recently helped convene programs to spur investment in low-income areas in North Carolina and South Carolina.

The Richmond Fed along with its partners, West Virginia Forward and the West Virginia Public Education Collaborative hosted an Emerging Leaders dinner for West Virginia leadership with a focus on the future and the future workforce.

SCACED hosts the annual South Carolina Community Capital Conference, “Transforming Communities” and awards The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond with "Champion" award.

In January, more than 30 public, private and nonprofit stakeholders from Appalachia and beyond took part in the Appalachia Health Investment Design Forum at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's branch in Charlotte, North Carolina.

On April 24, the Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at North Carolina State University and Community Development at the Richmond Fed teamed up for KidsREADyNC, a new 18-month initiative designed to help selected Tier 1 or Tier 2 North Carolina communities strengthen leadership capacity within their local early childhood development systems.

First Vice President Mark Mullinix and Jeanne Milliken Bonds participated in the first multi-disciplinary conference for academic researchers and black communities across the nation.

Community Leaders gathered in April at Humanim at the American Brewery to share community development activities in East Baltimore with Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard.

Mark Mullinix, first vice president, and Jeanne Milliken Bonds, senior manager, regional community development, traveled to the region for a day trip to engage in a conversation with the community about economic strategies, resiliency and Opportunity Zones.

A roundtable discussion on affordable housing was held in Aiken, South Carolina, a city only 20 miles from the thriving city of Augusta, Georgia.