Time: 9:00-11:00am, 8:30am breakfast and networking
Location: Boston Private Bank & Trust Company, 2nd  Floor, Great Room  (10 Post Office Square, Boston, MA) Directions

This seminar is part of the Boston Private Bank & Trust Company Community Investment Series. The training will feature discussion by panelists:

• Marc Dohan, Esq., Twin Cities CDC 
• Deborah Favreau, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
• Kurt James, Esq., Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster
• Stephen Nolan, Esq., Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP

A buffet of pastries, fruit, juices, coffee and tea will be available. Please note that registration is required for security clearance.  

To RSVP, call 617-912-3919 or click here (Subject Line: NMTC seminar).  Registration deadline March 2. No Fee.

Date: December 2, 2011
Time: 8:30am-3:30pm
Location: Sheraton Needham Hotel (100 Cabot Street, Needham, MA 02494)

Join for the New England Housing Network Annual Conference: “Protecting and Creating Affordable Housing: How New England Can Meet the Challenge in a Time of Economic Distress.”

The federal budget crisis and deficit reduction plans will have a monumental impact on how we address affordable housing in each of our New England states. In a time when there is increased demand for creative approaches to housing and community development, we are faced with the prospect of huge cuts to the very programs that have allowed us to provide resources in our states and address affordable housing and community needs.

Join housing advocates, developers, housing authorities, government officials, tenants, lenders, service providers, attorneys, and many others involved in the creation and preservation of affordable housing from all six New England states for a one-day conference dealing with issues critical to our region. Conference participants will learn the latest information from national and local experts, share information on affordable housing and community development initiatives in each of our states, and learn how the current economic crisis will impact our efforts.

Our day will include a plenary session and luncheon address with key people from the Administration and national advocacy organizations, and a choice of two workshops on specialized topics with federal policy experts and state practitioners.

Conference Agenda:

8:30am – Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00am-9:15am – Welcome: Susan Schlesinger, President, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association and President, The Life Initiative; Opening Remarks: Barbara Fields, New England Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

9:15am-11:15am – Plenary Sessions: Panel 1: Perspectives from Obama Administration; Panel 2: Perspectives from the National Advocacy Groups

11:30am-12:45pm – Concurrent workshops

12:45pm-2:00pm – Lunch; Luncheon Speaker: Xavier de Sousa Briggs, Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning, MIT (formerly Associate Director, White House Office of Management and Budget)

2:00pm-3:00pm – Concurrent workshops

To register and obtain the conference brochure, click here.

To register online, please click here.

Date: November 15, 2011
Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Location: 6 Fort Street, Quincy, MA 02169

Join Mayor Thomas P. Koch, Asian Community Development Corporation, city and state officials, project funders and friends to celebrate the newly completed renovation on this 34 unit development that will provide affordable rental housing for families at 6 Fort Street in Quincy. Reception and refreshments following the ribbon cutting!

Please RSVP to Iris Tan at iris.tan@asiancdc.org or 617-482-2380 ext. 216.