These next couple months are full of trainings and deadlines. What's on your calendar?
This Week
Friday, September 9 - Ohio Microbusiness Development Program Application Webinar
This webinar will provide some general information about the Ohio Microbusiness Development Program, as well as provide an opportunity for program applicants to get questions answered about the application process.
Event and Date Location Registration
Ohio Microbusiness Development Program Application Webinar
September 9, 2016
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Webinar Register Here!
Next Week
Wednesday, September 14 - Nutz & Boltz of IDAs
Who Should Attend?
  • Organizations considering or developing an IDA Program
  • Organizations that have an IDA program but have new hires
  • New IDA subsites

Agenda:

  • IDAs as a Strategy for Asset Building: Why and How do IDAs Work
  • The Building Blocks of Program Design
  • Assessing your Community's Needs: Defining your Target Population
  • Funding Resources and Opportunities Explained
  • IDA Program Management
  • Integration of IDAs into Other Agency Programs
Event and Date Location Registration
Nutz & Boltz of IDAs
September 14, 2016
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Chase Building
100 E. Broad Street
6th Floor Board Room
Columbus, OH 43215
Register Here!
Thursday, September 15 - Making the Real Estate Deal in the Neighborhood
The goal of the session is to provide participants with a basic framework that enables a CDC to play a role in development. Using a few representative case studies, the course will walk through the development components, identifying key information to obtain and questions to ask. The course would be taught from the perspective of a CDC, while also trying to "get into the heads" of the project stakeholders.
Event and Date Location Registration
Making the Real Estate Deal in the Neighborhood
September 15, 2016
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Chase Building
100 E. Broad Street
6th Floor Board Room
Columbus, OH 43215
Register Here!
This training is sponsored by Citizens Bank.
Friday, September 16 - Early Bird Rates for OCDCA 32nd Annual Conference
Don't miss the deadline for the early-bird rates for the annual conference , Passion for Progress: Redefining Community Development in Athens, October 13-14, 2016.

Members: $180
Non-Members: $230
Students & Young Professionals: $100
Members - Additional Staff: $100
Non-Members - Additional Staff: $180

This Month
Monday, September 18 - Special Room Rates for Annual Conference Ends
When registering for the annual conference at the OU Inn & Conference Center, make sure you book a room at the special room rate, $114.95/night. Call (740) 593-6661 to book.
Wednesday, September 21 - National Church Residences' Affordable Housing Investment Fund 
With assistance from National Equity Fund, National Church Residences has created the Affordable Housing Investment Fund. This fund provides $50 million of quick strike capital to acquire and preserve affordable senior housing. Over the next 3 to 5 years, we anticipate preserving 20 or more affordable senior housing properties across the country - encompassing more than 2,000 housing units.
Event and Date Location Registration
National Church Residences' Affordable Housing Investment Fund
September 21, 2016
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Webinar Register Here!
Friday, September 30 - Microbusiness Development Program RFP Applications Due
OCDCA welcomes current, good standing members to apply for the Ohio Microbusiness Development Program. To view the application, please visit the microbusiness page on our website. The application is due by 4:00 pm on September 30, 2016.
Next Month
Thursday, October 27 - How Are Ohio's Small & Mid-Sized Legacy Cities Faring?
Ohio's older industrial cities weathered a number of challenges in recent years, including population loss, ongoing economic transition, and neighborhood instability worsened by the Great Recession and foreclosure crisis. Smaller legacy cities experienced many of these challenges like their larger neighbors Cleveland and Cincinnati, but have different opportunities and obstacles to confront in achieving revitalization.

This webinar will explore the findings of a recent report by Greater Ohio Policy Center that examined how smaller legacy cities, from Akron to Zanesville, fared over the last 15 years. GOPC will share best practices that smaller legacy cities throughout the Midwest and Northeast used to jumpstart revitalization.

Event and Date Location Registration
How Are Ohio's Small & Mid-Sized Cities Faring?
October 27, 2016
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Webinar Register Here!
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