The Conveners

Reclaiming Vacant Properties: Strategies for Rebuilding America’s Neighborhoods is sponsored by the National Vacant Properties Campaign. The NVPC is a program of Smart Growth America, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. NVPC’s mission is to help communities prevent abandonment and reclaim vacant and abandoned properties.

 

 

     


The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is the principal planning partner of the conference. Established in 1914 as part of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland serves Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and the panhandle of West Virginia. The Bank has branch offices in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.

 

 

ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE
Reclaiming Vacant Properties: Strategies for Rebuilding America’s Neighborhoods, sponsored by the National Vacant Properties Campaign, will be the first national conference focusing on helping realize the potential of vacant properties as community assets – highlighting strategies to ensure they benefit the residents, communities, and cities around them.

This two-day conference will bring together practitioners, policymakers, and concerned citizens from throughout the country to share model practices and problem solve. Don’t miss this opportunity to design new strategies to prevent and revitalize vacant properties, which will consequently improve public safety and health, and spur economic growth.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Anyone committed to learning from, and sharing, experiences that make America’s neighborhoods stronger and healthier – community development professionals, public officials, civic leaders, local and state governmental staff, citizen activists, crime and safety professionals, the financial community, real estate professionals, academics, developers, planners, and others.