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Fall 2007 |
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Summer 2007 |
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Spring 2007 |
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Winter 2007 |
When
Donors Feel Generous
A Ticket to the Middle
Class: Working Off College Debt
25 Years of Internships
Targeting Urban
Revitalization
Venture Strategies for
Distressed Areas
Supplier Diversity and
Economic Development
Mapping New England
A New Approach to
Public Housing
Reasons for Optimism
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Fall 2006 |
Industrial
Ecology: Environmental and Economic Boon
Data and Measurement
in Community Economic Development
Responsive Community
Development
Public Pensions: The
Multiplier Effect
Mapping New
England: Concentration of Poverty
Help for Low-Income
Families
New Horizons for New
England Agriculture
Home Ownership in
a High-Cost Region
Youth Flight: Are Housing
Costs the Issue? |
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Summer 2006 |
Supportive
Housing: Combating Homelessness in Connecticut
Immigrant Homebuyers
and Economic Revitalization
Introduction to
Islamic Finance
New Hampshire’s
Working Women
Connecticut through Katrina-Colored
Glasses
Mapping New England: Number
of Businesses Going Up (1998 to 2003)
Changing Minds
Barriers to Saving:
The Dilemma for Low-Income Families
Inner Cities Offer
Competitive Advantages |
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Spring 2006 |
Alternative
Mortgages: Managed Risk or Gamble?
Economic Revitalization
through the Arts
Starting a Community
Development Bank in New Haven
Helping the Elderly
with Daily Money Management
Recycling Urban Vacant
Land
Breaking New Ground
Mapping New England:
High-Priced Refinance Loans
News From the Bank
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Update
Recovering from Military-Base
Closings |
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Winter 2006 |
New
Funding Mechanisms: New Approaches in Social Investing
Matchmaking for Communities
and Investors
Benefiting Both Nonprofits
and Donors
Mapping New England: High
Concentrations of Brazilians in Southern New England
Reaching Immigrant
Communities
Beyond Neighborhood Revitalization
Helping the Poor Accumulate
Assets
Asset-Based Community
Development |
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Fall 2005 |
Natural
Disasters and Bankruptcy: A Perspective
Massachusetts Communities
at Risk: A Report from the Municipal Finance Task Force
The Taste of Place: Local and
Regional Foods Transform the Northeast
Mapping New England: Farm
Concentration
Thinking Holistically:
Woonsocket Neighborhood Development Corporation
Giving and Receiving
in the Nonmonetary Economy
How Fiscal Sponsorship Nurtures
Nonprofits
Green Development: Improving
the Health of Residents and Neighborhoods
Phishing and Pharming:
Helping Consumers Avoid Internet Fraud |
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Summer 2005 |
Straight
A’s? Evaluating the Success of Community/University Development
Partnership
Low Income Housing Tax
Credits—Strategies for Year 15
Immigrant Entrepreneurs:
A Key to Boston’s Neighborhood Revitalization
Demographic Shifts
Impact Maine’s Communities: First Person with Laurie
LaChance
Mapping New England: Changes
in Median Home Prices in Cities and Towns in Southern New
England, 2000 to 2004 |
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Spring 2005 |
Deconstructing
the Myths: Housing Development Versus School Costs
Made in Vermont: Protecting
the Rural Working Landscape
New HMDA Data: Intent, Interpretation,
and Implications
Campus and Community Collaboration:
First Person with John Bassett
Mapping New England: The
Region's Colleges and Universities |
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Winter 2005 |
Reviving
Main Street: Two New England Case Studies
Connecting Public Schools
to Community Development
Check 21: A Quick Guide
for Consumer Advocates
Community Policing in
Providence – Combating Crime and Fear: First Person with
Dean Esserman |
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Fall 2004 |
Measuring
the Impact of Community Development
Who Are New England's
Immigrants?
Are Small Businesses Concerned
about Credit?
Surmounting Obstacles in
Hartford: First Person with Luis C. Caban |
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Summer 2004 |
Transforming
Public Housing into Affordable Assisted Living
Sprawl vs. Smart Growth
— The Power of the Public Purse
Quality of Life Improves
in Brockton — Community Lenders Fight for the City of
Champions
Finding New Challenges
in Chinatown |
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Spring 2004 |
Solving
the Upper Valley's Housing Needs
Capital Markets for Community
Development Lenders: Questions and Answers
A Look at Household
Bankruptcies
The Path of a Social Entrepreneur |
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Fall 2003 |
Banking Trends:
Banking Unbanked Immigrants
through Remittances
Enterprising:
Digital Storytelling: Creating
a New Community Anthology
Productive Partnerships:
Revitalizing Central
Western Maine's Economy
First Person:
Jumpstarting a New Career |
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Spring 2003 |
Banking Trends:
Predatory Lending: Attempts
to Plug the Money Drain
Research Review:
Factoring Child Care into
the Welfare to Work Equation
Research Review:
Testing for Housing Discrimination:
Findings from a HUD Study of Real-Estate Agents |
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Winter 2003 |
Enterprising:
When Affordable Homeownership
Means Doing It Yourself
Affordable Housing:
Participation in Brownfields
Redevelopment
Research Review:
Is Housing Next in Company Benefits?
First Person:
A Community Development Work
in Progress |
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Fall 2002 |
Enterprising:
A Fresh Look At Manufactured
Housing
Affordable Housing:
New England's Share of a
Quiet Crisis
Research Review:
Taking Stock of CRA
Banking Trends:
Mortgage Scoring and the Myth
of Overrides
First Person:
Refashioning My Career with
Community in Mind |
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Summer 2002 |
Enterprising:
Netting Venture Capital from
a Fishing Village
Investment Trends:
Social Investors: New Patrons
of Community Development
Research Review:
Improving Low-Income Policies
in Tight Fiscal Times
Productive Partnerships:
Partnerships and Collaboration
Rebuild Communities
First Person:
Changing Direction: One
Banker's Journey from NYC to Brattleboro |
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Spring 2002 |
Enterprising:
Mind the Gap: Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren
Research Review:
Home Price Appreciation
in LMI Markets
Compliance Corner:
Updating HMDA (Home Mortgage
Disclosure Act)
Banking Trends:
A Number or a Person? |
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Winter 2002 |
Enterprising:
The Promise of Asset-Development Policies
Consumer Focus:
Getting Back Earned Income
Banking Trends:
Lenders and Third-Party Brokers
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Fall 2001 |
Enterprising:
The Inner City's Competitive Edge
Around New England:
The Shrinking of Connecticut's Big Cities
Productive Partnerships:
Are Geographic Borders Old-Fashioned? Regionalists
Say "Yes" |
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Summer 2001 |
Enterprising:
Making Microenterprise Easier
Affordable Housing:
Chapter 40B and Its Next Chapter
Productive Partnerships:
Joining Forces to Protect the Real Vermont |
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Spring 2001 |
Banking Trends:
Moving into New Territory: Internet Banks Make Defining Community
Difficult
Around New England:
Art's Economic Power in New England
Productive Partnerships:
Soft Second Mortgage Program Celebrates Ten Years |
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Winter 2001 |
Productive Partnerships:
Finding Common Ground: The Massachusetts Community &
Banking Council Experience
Banking Trends:
Perspectives on Credit Scoring and Fair Mortgage Lending:
Article Two
Enterprising:
Bringing IT Training to Underserved Markets
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Fall 2000 |
Feature Story:
How Local Regulations Can Help Meet Our Housing Needs
Productive Partnerships:
A Progress Report of Insurance Industry Investors
Around New England:
Producing Skilled Labor: How the Workforce Investment Act
Works |
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Spring 2000 |
Feature Story:
Perspectives on Credit Scoring and Fair Lending:
A Five-Part Article Series
Around New England:
Cohousing: A New Kind of Old Neighborhood
Compliance Corner:
Regulatory Q & A |
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Winter 2000 |
Feature Story:
The Political Economy of Indian Gaming: The New England
Experience
Enterprising:
The National Housing Development Corporation:
A New Nonprofit Focused on Preserving Affordable Housing
Compliance Corner:
The Impact of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act on Banks, Community
Groups, and Consumers
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Fall 1999 |
Feature Story:
www.your-community-bank.com: Community Banks Are Going Online
Around New England:
Affordable Housing in the Greater Boston Area: What Challenges
Are LMI Households Facing?
Enterprising:
Faith-Based Economic Development Initiatives in New England
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Summer 1999 |
Feature Story:
Check Cashers: Moving From the Fringes to the Financial Mainstream
Consumer Focus:
Y2K: Information for Consumers of Financial Services
Enterprising:
Y2K and Its Impact on Small Businesses |
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Spring 1999 |
Feature Story:
From Public Assistance to Self-Sufficiency: The Role for the
Microenterprise Strategy
Consumer Focus:
Borrower Beware: Equity Strippers are Preying on Elderly Homeowners
Productive Partnerships:
The Role of Funders in University-Community Partnerships |
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Winter 1999 |
Feature Story:
Insurance Industry Reinvestment: The Massachusetts Experience
Productive Partnerships:
Town Meets Gown: The Massachusetts University-Community
Partnership
Enterprising:
Adopting Commercial Codes: Overcoming Lending Barriers on
Reservations |
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Fall 1998 |
Feature Story:
Rural Labor Markets in New England: The Case of Vermont
Enterprising:
Finance Companies vs. Small Banks in Rural Commercial Lending
Productive Partnerships:
The Good News Garage: Getting People Moving in Rural Vermont
Consumer Focus:
Electronic Fund Transfer & The “Unbanked” |
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Summer 1998 |
Feature Story:
The Growing Securitization of Small Business Loans
Enterprising:
The Business Consortium Fund: Working Capital for MBEs
Consumer Focus:
Regulation M: Improved Protection for Consumer Leasing |
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Winter 1998 |
Feature Story:
Community Profiling: Planning for a Change
Enterprising:
Making it Work in South Providence
Compliance
Corner:
The Fair Credit Reporting Act Gets an Overhaul |
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Fall 1997 |
Feature Story:
Brownfields: Golden Opportunities?
Enterprising:
Financing Women-Owned Businesses
Productive
Partnerships:
Eds & Meds Team Up to Revitalize Hartford |
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Summer 1997 |
Feature Story:
Wall Street on Main Street
New England Enterprise Communities: An Experiment in Economic
Revitalization
Compliance Q&A: From Twelve Factors to Three Tests: Large
Institutions Transition to the New CRA |
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Fall 1996 |
Feature Story:
Where Credit Is Due: Credit Scoring and Mortgage Lending
The Real Estate Café: Serving Home Ownership in Greater
Boston
Compliance Q&A: Retail Banking, Community Development,
and the CRA |
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Summer 1996 |
Feature Story:
Strategic Approaches to Regional Economic Development
Coastal Enterprise Inc.: A Holistic Approach to Regional
Economic Development
Compliance Q&A: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Video Seminar Highlights Issues Relevant to Lending in Indian
Country |
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Winter 1996 |
Feature Story:
Compliance and Growth
A Guide to the New CRA Regulation
Compliance Q&A: The New CRA and the Strategic Plan Option
A Growing Enterprise: The Small Business Incubator |
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Summer 1995 |
Feature Story:
Community Reinvestment Act: Strategic Planning and Strategic
Partnerships
Community Reinvestment: Banking on the Future
Partnership for Progress: Banks and Community Development
Corporations
Today's CRA: Realizing the Vision of Community Reinvestment
Massachusetts Bankers and Community Leaders Report on Progress
in Community Reinvestment |
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Summer 1994 |
Feature Story:
Updates
"Investing in the Inner Cities: A Vision for Positive
Change and Creative Partnerships" |
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Spring 1994 |
Feature Story:
Less Costly Loans
The Massachusetts Soft Second Mortgage Program
Mortgage Lending Reforms Agreed on by Massachusetts Banks
and the Massachusetts Attorney General
The Federal Agencies' Policy Statement on Discrimination
in Lending
The Rhode Island Area Small Business Loan Program
Information on Community Development, Affordable Housing,
Small Business Development, and Fair Lending |
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Winter 1993 |
Feature Story:
Home Mortgage Lending: New Products, New Partnerships, New
Means of Ownership
Breaking into the Housing Markets through Affordable Housing
Dispositions
Cooperative Approaches to Living
Federal Housing Enterprise Financial Safety and Soundness
Act of 1992
How to Finance a First-Time Homebuyer Program with Matching
Federal Home Loan Bank Funds
Good Samaritans |
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Summer 1992 |
Feature Story:
Affordable Rental Housing: Rebounding from a Decade in Decline
Affordable Housing by Nonprofits: An Overview
Expanding the Secondary Market
Low Income Housing Tax Credits
Secondary Mortgage Market for Multifamily Housing Loans Created
In Massachusetts
Housing Trust Funds
Lead Poisoning: An Epidemic in our Communities and in our
Housing
Community Reinvestment: A Hometown Approach |
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Spring 1992 |
Feature Story:
From Advocates to Developers: The Changes Roles of Community-Based
Organizations
The Evolution of Community-Based Housing Development
Coalition for a Better Acre: Fighting Disinvestment in the
Inner City
Gilman Housing Trust: Creating Affordable Housing in Rural
Vermont |
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Winter 1992 |
Feature Story:
The HMDA Debate: Can We Achieve in Mortgage Lending?
Community Reinvestment: Doing Good While Doing Well
Boston First Banking
The Community Reinvestment Act and Fair Lending Laws: The
Role of the Bank Examiner |
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Fall 1991 |
Feature Story:
CDBG Funds A Resource for Business Development
Jobs for Fall River
Springfield Business Development Fund
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Maine Development Fund |
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Summer 1991 |
Feature Story:
Banking Councils Partnerships for Community Development
Massachusetts Community and Banking Council
Burlington Community Banking Council
Sea Coast Community Banking Council |
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