3rd Annual NACEDA Summit
March 30-April 1, 2009

Creating a Better World One Community at a Time

Jane DeMarines, Executive Director, NACEDA,
Senator Jack Reed, Rhode Island,
Chris Hannifan, Executive Director, Housing Network of Rhode Island

Community leaders from 26 states and 8 metropolitan areas met in Washington, DC for the Third Annual NACEDA Summit. Read our press release with a Summit recap.

Matthew Brian Hersh, on his Blog, called the Summit "A Rail Line Toward Community Development." Read what he has to say by clicking here.

Steven Dubb of the Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland wrote, in CommunityWealth.Org, that "this year's Summit balanced discussion of how to respond to the economic crisis in low-income communities with how to achieve policy objectives that might provide better long-term infrastructure." Read his complete comments.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters received the NACEDA Stephanie Tubbs Jones Legislator Award for her contributions to community development and community economic development. The National Housing Institute focused on this award. Read their story by clicking here.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters

Sen. Jack Reed, Rhode Island

Senator Jack Reed spoke at the kickoff breakfast of NACEDA's Capitol Hill.

Other honored speakers included, Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, William Apgar, Senior Advisor for Mortgage Finance to HUD, Xavier Briggs, Associate Director for General Government Programs at OMB, Michael Rubinger, President/CEO - LISC, Ken Wade - CEO - NeighborWorks America.

Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture at the Summit