The New York Fed is hosting a public event in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The event will highlight a new framework for advancing shared economic prosperity in rural communities across the United States, originally proposed in “Investing in Rural Prosperity,” a new book published by the St. Louis Fed in collaboration with the Board of Governors. In addition to exploring this new framework, the event will also focus on:
- Ways to leverage natural assets to promote rural prosperity
- Strategies for investing in equitable resilience
- The need to invest more in broadband
- Local collaborations between the health sector and community development
- Innovative case studies in France that use culture, nature and innovation to revitalize small communities
A free copy of the book will be offered to the first 100 attendees.
Event details
Date and hour
May 24, 2022
1:00 p.m. – 5:35 p.m. EDT (Reception to follow)
Location
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Room
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY
This hybrid event is open to the public and the media. Registration to attend in person or virtually is available through the registration link. All remarks are recorded and the event will be broadcast live with a recording that will be made available afterwards. For media inquiries, please contact Ellen Simon at [email protected].
Agenda
Agenda
1:15-1:20 p.m. | Welcome remarks
David Erickson, Community Development Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
1:20 p.m.–1:45 p.m. | Opening speech
Andrew Dumont, Senior Community Development Analyst, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
1:45 p.m.–2:30 p.m. | Leveraging natural assets to promote rural prosperity
Rob Riley, President, Northern Forestry Center Aaron Woolf, Developer, Elizabethtown Bike Ranch |
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. | Investing in equitable resilience in rural communities
Caitlin Cain, Vice President, LISC and Director, Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Vannessa Piñeiro Montes, Vice President and Head of Community Reinvestment Law Compliance, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Mike Tarantino, President and CEO, Iberia Industrial Development Foundation |
3:30–3:45 p.m. | Break |
3:45–4:30 p.m. | Digital Inclusion in Rural New York
Otho Kerr, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Impact Investing, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Scott Rasmussen, Acting Director, New York State ConnectAll David Wolff, Board Member, AdkAction |
4:30–5:00 p.m. | Multisectoral partnerships for health
Ruth Thomas-Squance, Senior Field Build Manager, Build Healthy Places Network |
5:00 p.m.–5:10 p.m. | Break |
5:10 p.m.–5:30 p.m. | talk about book
Nicolas Hazard, Special Advisor, Social Economy, European Commission |
5:30 p.m.–5:35 p.m. | Last word
David Erickson, Community Development Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
5:35 p.m.–6:30 p.m. | Reception |
Speakers
Vice President, LISC
Director, Local Rural Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Senior Community Development Analyst
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Outreach and Education Manager
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Special Advisor, Social Economy
European Commission
Director of Strategic Partnerships and Community Impact Investing
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Vice President and Head of Community Reinvestment Law Compliance
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Acting director
New York State ConnectALL Office
President
Northern Forest Center
Mike Tarantino
President and CEO
Iberian Foundation for Industrial Development
Senior Field Construction Manager
Build a network of healthy places
David Wolff
Crew member
AdkAction
Developer
Elizabethtown Bike Ranch
Resources
Bipartisan Infrastructure Act Rural Playbook | The White House
Visit the New York Fed’s community development page
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