Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago | Community Investment eNewsletter | December 2013
In this Issue
› More than $28 Million Awarded through 2013 Competitive Affordable Housing Program
› Four Community First™ Award Winners Recognized
› Advisory Council Members Recognized for Service
› Advisory Council Member Spotlight: Katrina Van Valkenburgh, CSH
› FHLBC In Your Community

  News
More than $28 Million Awarded through 2013 Competitive Affordable Housing Program
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago recently awarded more than $28 million through its competitive Affordable Housing Program (AHP) to help finance 99 affordable housing projects located primarily in Illinois and Wisconsin. This is nearly double the number of projects that received an AHP award last year.
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Four Community First™ Award Winners Recognized
The FHLBC is pleased to announce the 2013 recipients of the Community First™ Awards. The awards recognize outstanding achievement in affordable housing and/or economic development through partnerships of the Bank’s member institutions and non-profit organizations that have worked together to revitalize and strengthen the communities they serve. Each of this year’s four recipients received $10,000 in recognition of their community investment achievements.

Click here to learn more about the recipients and to view photos from the awards presentation.
 
Advisory Council Members Recognized for Service
The FHLBC recently recognized three professionals for completing a term of service on the Bank’s Community Investment Advisory Council: James Keledjian, Principal and President, Pathway Senior Living; Mary R. Kenney, Executive Director, Illinois Housing Development Authority; and Gary Gorman, President, Gorman & Company, Inc.
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Advisory Council Member Spotlight: Katrina Van Valkenburgh, CSH
In this Advisory Council Member Spotlight we introduce Katrina
Van Valkenburgh, managing director for CSH (formerly known as the Corporation for Supportive Housing). CSH has a mission to advance housing solutions that deliver three powerful outcomes: 1) improve lives for the most vulnerable people, 2) maximize public resources, and 3) build strong, healthy communities. They accomplish this through training and education, policy reform, consulting, and lending. Learn More

  Calendar
FHLBC In Your Community
February 20: Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards | Chicago, IL | Sponsoring and Attending

March 30 – April 2: National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference | Chicago, IL | Sponsoring and Attending

Click here to view photos from recent events the FHLBC attended.



 
The mission of the FHLB Chicago is to partner with our member shareholders in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment in the Bank, and support for community investment activities.

Member owned.
Member focused.
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