July 23, 2012
WHITE HOUSE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS CONVENE IN MCALLEN TO ADDRESS BORDER ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
MCALLEN, TX (July 23, 2011)—Don Graves, Executive Director of the President’s Council on Job’s and Competitiveness joins U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grants and Programs, Yolanda Chavez and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Judith Canales on Tuesday, July 24 at NALCAB’s 5th Annual Border Summit. See details below. NALCAB is the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, a membership-based nonprofit organization based out of San Antonio
WHO: Executive level asset-building practitioners, public policy makers and funders from around the region and the country will meet in McAllen, Texas.
WHAT: NALCAB’s 5th Annual Border Summit, Pathways to Sustainable Communities will bring together top federal officials with regional asset building professionals to address the Border Community Capital Initiative recently announced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI) which provides up to $200,000 in grants to nonprofits supportingcolonias and economic development initiatives in the Border region.
WHEN: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Federal Officials panel session begins at 4:00 PM
WHERE: Casa de Palmas Renaissance Hotel, Ruby Red Ballroom (2nd Floor), 101 N. Main St., McAllen, TX
The panel is just one part of a full day of sessions surrounding the summit’s theme of Pathways to Sustainable Communities. Click here for detailed agenda. This year marks Citi's 5th year as the Premier Sponsor of NALCAB's Border Summit.
ABOUT NALCAB: NALCAB’s mission is to build financial and human assets as well as real estate and technology resources in Latino families, communities, and organizations. NALCAB represents and serves a geographically and ethnically diverse group of 80 nonprofit community development and asset building organizations in 30 states that are anchor institutions in our nation's Latino communities. For additional information, visit NALCAB’s press room.
Contact: Hilda Bustos
hbustos@nalcab.org
(210) 215-4031
Eliana Rodriguez
erodriguez@nalcab.org
(512) 786-2932
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