Reclaiming Vacant Properties: Building Leadership to Restore Communities
WASHINGTON, May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following was released today by the National Vacant Properties Campaign:
WHAT: An opportunity for government officials, financial and business leaders, community development practitioners, and concerned citizens to hear first-hand, and share their own lessons, about effective strategies to revitalize their communities through vacant property reclamation.
Speakers include Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson; Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League; Dan Kildee, Treasurer of Genesee County, MI; Bart Peterson, Managing Director of Strategic Capital Partners, LLC; and Jim Rokakis, Treasurer of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
WHEN: Monday, June 1 (6:00 p.m. EDT) – Wednesday, June 3 (3:00 p.m. EDT)
WHERE: Galt House Hotel and Suites
140 North Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40202
WHO: The National Vacant Properties Campaign, Metro Louisville Government, and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
WHY: No community is immune to the rise in foreclosures and the growing inventories of vacant properties. Vacant and abandoned properties lead to neighborhood blight, attract vandalism and criminal activity, and impact property values in surrounding neighborhoods. Reclaiming Vacant Properties provides the tools to harnesses the energy, interest, and political will generated from the foreclosure and economic crises to make the policy and systems changes that help sustainably revitalize neighborhoods.
For more information, please visit www.reclaimingvacantproperties.org.
CONTACT:
Jennifer Leonard
National Vacant Properties Campaign
(202) 207-3355 x123
jleonard@smartgrowthamerica.org
Chris Poynter
Office of the Mayor,
City of Louisville
(502) 574-1908
Chris.Poynter@louisvilleky.gov
Ben C. Hardaway
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
(502) 568-9202
Source: National Vacant Properties Campaign
CONTACT: Jennifer Leonard of National Vacant Properties Campaign,
+1-202-207-3355, x123, jleonard@smartgrowthamerica.org; Chris Poynter of
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Office of the Mayor, City of Louisville, +1-502-574-1908, Chris.Poynter@louisvilleky.gov; or Ben C. Hardaway of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, +1-502-568-9202, ben.c.hardaway@stls.frb.org
Web Site: http://reclaimingvacantproperties.org/
