Register for a Cornerstone, our FREE monthly lunch-and-learn webinar series and stay up to date on the latest trends in community development. Webinars take place from 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET on the fourth Thursday of each month and offer a range of topics including land banks and land banking, vacant land stewardship, and strategic code enforcement.
Thanks to generous support from Bank of America and General Motors Corporate Giving, Cornerstone webinars are offered free of charge. If you have any questions or topic suggestions for Cornerstone webinars, we want to hear them! Please contact Julia Zimmerman, Events Coordinators for National Leadership and Education, at jzimmerman@communityprogress.org.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
Check back soon for upcoming webinars.
Past Webinar Recordings
Available on YouTube.
February 2023: Reimagine Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement
Presenters: Kim Graziani, Technical Assistance Senior Advisor – Center for Community Progress; Nneka N’namdi, Founder and Chief Operation Office – Flight Blight Bmore
November 2022: Leaders of Color in Land Banking
Presenters: Terica Black Bashir – Program Director, Metro Atlanta Land Bank; Christa D. Stoneham – Chief Executive Officer/President, Houston Land Bank; Stephanie Quick – Chief Operating Officer, Intend Indiana
October 2022: Land Banking 101 en Español
Presenters: Luis Gallardo – Executive Director, Center for Habitat Reconstruction, Inc.; Ricardo León – Chief Operating Officer, Cuyahoga Land Bank
August 2022: Incorporating Green Building Into Your Equitable Community Development Plan
Presenters: Odetta MacLeish-White – Director of Georgia Initiatives, Center for Community Progress; Cheneé Joseph – President and CEO, Historic District Development Corporation
July 2022: How to Use Property Condition Data for Vacant Land Stewardship
Presenters: Janell O’Keefe – Senior Program Officer for Michigan Initiatives, Center for Community Progress; Melissa Hertlein – Genesee County Land Bank; Austin Harrison – Rhodes College
May 2022: State Policy and Equitable Revitalization: A Conversation with Alan Mallach
Presenters: Alan Mallach – Senior Fellow, Center for Community Progress; Alison Goebel – Executive Director, Greater Ohio Policy Center
April 2022: Strengthening Community Relationships to Achieve Equitable Code Enforcement
Presenters: Liz Kozub – Associate Director of National Technical Assistance, Center for Community Progress; Joe Dulin – Community Development Director; Community Development Department; City of Peoria
March 2022: Understanding The Final Rule: Leveraging ARPA To Address Vacancy and Strengthen Communities
Presenters: Rob Finn – Director of Policy and Research, Center for Community Progress; Cordaryl Patrick – Director of Economic and Community Development, City of Decatur, Illinois; and Katelyn Wright – Executive Director, Greater Syracuse Land Bank
February 2022: Land Banks and Community Land Trusts: Partnering to Provide Equitable Housing Opportunities for Generations to Come
Presenters: Kim Graziani – Senior Technical Assistance Advisor, Center for Community Progress; Christopher Norman – Executive Director, Metro Atlanta Land Bank; and Amanda Rhein – Executive Director, Atlanta Land Trust
November 2021: Creative Placemaking: New Tools for Empowering Community-Led Revitalization
Presenters: Liz Kozub – Associate Director of National Leadership and Education, Center for Community Progress; Daniel Egusquiza – Executive Director, Barrio Alegria
October 2021: Vacant Land Stewardship – New Online Resource Center from Community Progress >
Presenters: Janell O’Keefe – Senior Program Officer for Michigan Initiatives, Center for Community Progress; Evaine Sing, RLA, LEED AP – Community and Organizational Consultant, EKS Solutions, LLC.
August 2021: The Cost of a 2×4 is What?! Overview of Lumber Costs and the Opportunity for Deconstruction >
Speakers: Dr. George H. Berghorn – Assistant Professor of Construction Management and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Forestry, Michigan State University; Mae Bowley, Executive Director, Re:Purpose Savannah; Danielle Lewinski – Vice President of Technical Assistance, Center for Community Progress for Community Progress
June 2021: Land Banks in America: Today’s Movement and What We’ve Learned >
Speaker: Brian Larkin – Director of the National Land Bank Network, Center for Community Progress
April 2021: Prioritizing Repair Support for Financially Struggling Property Owners >
Presenter: Payton Heins – Director of Michigan Initiatives, Center for Community Progress
March 2021: Land Banks 101: The Fundamentals of Land Banking and Equitable Development >
Presenter: Tarik Abdelazim – Director of National Technical Assistance, Center for Community Progress