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Webinar Topic:
Introduction to Community Capital
Strategies and Solutions
Date and Time:
Tuesday, February 1 at 10am PST / 1pm EST
Please join us for BALLE's first webinar in its
new series on Accelerating Community
Capital. BALLE Research and Economic Development
Director, Michael
Shuman and RSF Social Finance President and
CEO, Don
Shaffer will explore the current community
capital landscape, providing an overview of the
issues and opportunities.
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Participants
in this series will learn about innovative
strategies to:
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Connect local businesses with local
lenders, investors and donors.
• Earn a "living rate of return"
while supporting the local economy.
• Create jobs by strengthening
family farms, local manufacturing and independent
business.
Monthly Webinars:
Every first Tuesday, launching
February 1, 10:00am PST/1:00pm EST, all year
long.
Full-day Intensive: June 14, Bellingham,
Washington (opening day of the Annual BALLE
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| Series Overview |
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This webinar series, which
will run all year and include an all-day
intensive before the Annual BALLE Business
Conference in June, will review pioneering efforts
around the country with respect to local
banking, credit unions, slow-money investing,
cooperatives, self-directed IRAs, local
investing clubs and local stock exchanges. It
will explore how communities can
better tap capital through New Markets Tax
Credits, CDFIs, and various tax incentives. This
series is aimed at community investors,
instigators, organizers, foundations, innovative
bankers, businesses looking for capital and anyone committed to
unleashing local money to build local living
economies.
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