Are you working to expand economic opportunity in the community you serve? Do you want to learn from peers across the country? We invite you to participate in our Community Economic Development Peer-Learning Network.

Over the coming year, we will host virtual meetings to discuss topics like these: 

• supporting small businesses & local entrepreneurs,

• providing training and career pathways,

• developing commercial spaces,

• engaging anchor institutions.

Access resources from our 1st meeting. We met virtually on October 3.

• Meeting recording
• Presentation slides: Nurturing Small Business Ecosystems
• Presentation slides: Strategies to Advance Economic Inclusion

10/3 Agenda 

I. Icebreaker activity
Ha Nguyen, Program Manager, Community Opportunity Alliance

II.  Results of our National Census Survey of Community Development Organizations
Chanse Sonsalla, Research Associate, Community Opportunity Alliance

III. Nurturing Small Business Ecosystems
Nicole Andonie, Economic Development Associate, Coalition for Nonprofit & Economic Development
Steve Glaude, Executive Director, Coalition for Nonprofit & Economic Development
Bria Hodge, Director of Small Business Development,  Latino Economic Development Center

IV. Peer discussion
Share best practices, lessons learned, and helpful resources and partnerships.