Disinvested urban neighborhoods. Struggling Appalachian coal towns. Remote Indian country communities. The Rust Belt, the Black Belt, the Mississippi Delta. Places not typically associated with opportunity and new investment. Unless, that is, you are a special kind of lender. A community development financial institution, or CDFI.

CDFIs see true potential in the hard-to-serve places that millions of Americans call home. CDFIs have experience here, whether it’s financing affordable housing in a gentrifying urban neighborhood, a small-town main street business, a remote rural hospital, or energy efficiency improvements to an old home. Each investment makes a difference for the people and places CDFIs serve. CDFIs are ready and able to partner with communities when few others will take that first step. Reaching deep. Getting the job done. Lending where it counts.  

Conference Hotel

You can book your hotel room for this year’s Conference here. OFN has a block of rooms at the Washington Hilton with a discounted rate of $287 per night. Reserve your room now to guarantee your stay in the Conference hotel! 

The room block at the Conference hotel has sold out on the night of Tuesday, October 22.  Below are alternative hotel options within walking distance of the Washington Hilton.  

Sponsorship

Interested in sponsoring the 2019 OFN Conference? Contact Amanda Joseph at ajoseph@ofn.org for more details.