Community Reinvestment
Summer 1996

Thank you . . .

The staff of the Community Affairs Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is appreciative of the partners across its seven-state district and beyond whose involvement has contributed to the creation of this Resource Guide. People from banking and community organizations, state and federal agencies, and local community development organizations have worked with us to create similar resource guides for their constituencies and to present workshops on financing those difficult housing and business deals--deals that are undoable outside the context of local partnerships. The themes and titles of the workshops and resource guides--"Partnerships in Housing," "Energizing Your Local Economy," "Increasing Lending on Indian Reservations," etc.--reflect both the partnership nature and the benefits of these efforts.

We also thank the various federal agencies that have provided information about development enhancements; however, any inaccuracies are ours, not theirs. We want to emphasize that this document is designed to serve as a general guide and framework, not as a final program reference. Many programs are not included, and as this document goes to press, legislation is pending that will change how some of the federal programs we have included will work. In addition, a host of state and local enhancements further broaden project financing possibilities. We encourage you to add information about these resources to this guide to expand its usefulness in exploring financing options for your projects.

To use the guide, first identify the nature of your project's resource gaps, then look to the enhancement categories pertinent to that gap to find potential project resources. To learn more about those resources, contact the appropriate agencies for current, definitive program information. For information about workshops, or for updated versions of the Resource Guide via the Internet, contact the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

Volume 4 Number 1

Community Reinvestment is published twice a year by the Community Affairs Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 925 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001, (800) 333-1010 Ext. 2135

Telephone: (800) 333-1010
Ext. 2890
Fax: (816) 881-2135
E-mail: sharon.m.blevins@kc.frb.org

Free subscriptions and additional copies are available upon request. Material may be reprinted or abstracted provided Community Reinvestment is credited. Please provide the Community Affairs Department with a copy of any publication in which material is reprinted.

The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City or the Federal Reserve System.

Larry G. Meeker
Vice President and
Director of Community Affairs

John A. Wood
Assistant Vice President and
Community Affairs Officer

Sharon M. Blevins
Editor and
Community Affairs Coordinator
Desktop Publishing:
Tane Lee

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