Reclaiming Vacant Properties: Building Leadership to Restore Communities

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Wed May 27, 2009 5:53pm EDT 

WASHINGTON, May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today
by the National Vacant Properties Campaign:

WHAT:  An opportunity for government officials, financial and business
leaders, community development practitioners, and concerned citizens to hear
first-hand, and share their own lessons, about effective strategies to
revitalize their communities through vacant property reclamation.

Speakers include Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson; Marc H. Morial, President
and CEO of the National Urban League; Dan Kildee, Treasurer of Genesee County,
MI; Bart Peterson, Managing Director of Strategic Capital Partners, LLC; and
Jim Rokakis, Treasurer of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

WHEN:  Monday, June 1 (6:00 p.m. EDT) - Wednesday, June 3 (3:00 p.m. EDT)

WHERE:  Galt House Hotel and Suites
140 North Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40202

WHO:  The National Vacant Properties Campaign, Metro Louisville Government,
and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. 

WHY:  No community is immune to the rise in foreclosures and the growing
inventories of vacant properties. Vacant and abandoned properties lead to
neighborhood blight, attract vandalism and criminal activity, and impact
property values in surrounding neighborhoods. Reclaiming Vacant Properties
provides the tools to harnesses the energy, interest, and political will
generated from the foreclosure and economic crises to make the policy and
systems changes that help sustainably revitalize neighborhoods.

For more information, please visit www.reclaimingvacantproperties.org. 

    CONTACT:

    Jennifer Leonard
    National Vacant Properties Campaign
    (202) 207-3355 x123
    jleonard@smartgrowthamerica.org

    Chris Poynter
    Office of the Mayor,
    City of Louisville
    (502) 574-1908
    Chris.Poynter@louisvilleky.gov

    Ben C. Hardaway
    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
    (502) 568-9202
    ben.c.hardaway@stls.frb.org




SOURCE  National Vacant Properties Campaign

Jennifer Leonard of National Vacant Properties Campaign, +1-202-207-3355,
x123, jleonard@smartgrowthamerica.org; Chris Poynter of the Office of the
Mayor, City of Louisville, +1-502-574-1908, Chris.Poynter@louisvilleky.gov; or
Ben C. Hardaway of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, +1-502-568-9202,
ben.c.hardaway@stls.frb.org
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