Author: NAWRB
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NAWRB: Bringing Communities & Industries Together for Greater Social Impact
About NAWRB Women in the Housing & Real Estate Ecosystem (NAWRB) is a leading voice for women focused on advancing gender equality, raising the utilization of women-owned businesses and providing women the tools for economic security, stability and sanctuary. We provide one of the most thorough resources for women in the industry, covering a wide-range…
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NAWRB sheCall: Profile of Single Female Buyers & Sellers on Dec. 12th
Join us for our next sheCall on Wednesday, Dec. 12th, 2018, at 8:30- 9:30 AM PST. Jessica Lautz, Director, Demographics & Behavioral Insights at National Association of REALTORS, will be featured and interviewed on our NAWRB sheCall: Profile of Single Female Buyers & Sellers. To listen, call in at 949-209-6642, and don’t forget to RSVP…
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NAWRB to Discuss Opportunity Zones at DC Finance’s Real Estate Family Office Meeting
NAWRB will attend DC Finance’s Real Estate Family Office Meetings: Opportunity Zones on Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 in New York City. Desiree Patno, CEO & President of NAWRB, and Chair of the event, will host a fireside chat with Chelsea Amelia Cruz, Associate Director of Community Development Finance at Federal Reserve Bank of New York,…
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U.S. Census Bureau Releases Income and Poverty Estimates for States & Counties
The U.S. Census Bureau has recently released their findings on income and poverty estimates for the nation’s states, counties and school districts in the new Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) report. Key findings for the year 2017 are that 11.3 percent of counties had a statistically significant increase in median household income compared…
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OCC Proclaims Dec. 5th as National Day of Mourning for President George H. W. Bush
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a proclamation to national banks allowing them, under federal law, to close their offices on December 5th, 2018, at their discretion, in any state where the governor has declared a legal holiday honoring the National Day of Mourning for President George H. W. Bush.
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NAWRB to Attend DC Finance’s Florida Family Office & Wealth Management Conference
DC Finance is hosting its annual Florida Family Office and Wealth Management Conference tomorrow, December 4th, in Miami Beach, Florida. Over 150 of the top high net worth individuals and family office executives will be in attendance, allowing attendees the opportunity to interact with the region’s select group of senior investment executives from affluent family…
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Michelle W. Bowman Appointed to the Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors
This Monday, Michelle W. Bowman was sworn in and took oath as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Bowman was nominated by President Donald Trump in April for an unexpired term as a Board member, and was confirmed by the Senate on November 15th, 2018.
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Facebook Invests $1 Million in Computer Science Program for Women & Minorities
Facebook has recently invested $1 million in CodePath.org, an organization that teaches computer science to women and minorities in universities across the nation. This investment is projected to help the organization quadruple the number of students accepted each semester in the program. Facebook hopes that this will help the underrepresentation of minority groups in computer…
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NWBC Addresses Opportunities and Challenges for Millennial Women Entrepreneurs
The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) has released a new report profiling millennial women entrepreneurs, and the opportunities and challenges they face. The profile includes informative qualitative and quantitative data and research focus groups for a comprehensive look at how the millennial generation, those born between 1982 and 2000, view entrepreneurship and how obstacles such…
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British Columbia Government Funds $231 Million for Indigenous Housing
The government of British Columbia recently announced that it will be funding $231 million to help build new homes for 26 indigenous communities across its province, including the Upper Nicola Band. The funds will be provided by the province’s Building BC: Indigenous Housing Fund, and will be used to build 1,143 affordable homes both on…