Community Highlights

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are important to the communities they serve, and the Federal Reserve is conducting a survey to understand their challenges and opportunities. Carrie Cook, the Richmond Fed's Community Affairs officer and vice president of Community Development, shared why this matters in a recent Fed Communities blog post.

Richmond Fed Community Development leader Jason Smith co-chairs a national group of Federal Reserve leaders focused on understanding rural communities.

The Richmond Fed's Community Development team connected organizations on Maryland's Eastern Shore with potential funders during a recent Investment Connection program.

The Richmond Fed Community Development staff recently hosted a workshop for leaders of Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) and for those eager to learn more about them.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are sponsoring an in-person training event in Charlotte, NC on July 26, 2023 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Local jurisdictions in the greater Richmond area have collaborated to develop a Market Value Analysis (MVA) of Richmond's housing market.

Richmond Fed leaders visited York County and Chester County in South Carolina as part of a two-day Community Conversations visit.

During a recent two-day visit to Washington, D.C., the Richmond Fed’s Community Development staff hosted a Rural Economic Initiatives Roundtable.

The Bank's Community Conversations team recently learned about efforts to expand homeownership and support the growing number of small businesses in Washington, D.C.

The Richmond Fed brought together leaders from five states last month for the inaugural Rural Intermediary Leadership Retreat.