[SustainableTompkins] Just & sustainable economic development event this Fri

[Elan Shapiro]

CITY AND REGIONAL COLLOQUIUM

Friday, November 2, 2007, 3:00pm

Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell Arts Quad

THE STORY OF SHOREBANK

Ronald Grzywinski, chairman and co-founder, ShoreBank Corporation, Chicago

Ronald Grzywinskiís career in helping to 
transform underserved urban and rural 
neighborhoods into vibrant communities has 
inspired a worldwide community development 
banking movement. His experiences and 
observations of the disparities in economic 
opportunities between African American and white 
communities drive his commitment to positive 
social change.

Mary Houghton, president and co-founder, ShoreBank Corporation, Chicago

Mary A. Houghton was instrumental in the creation 
of ShoreBank Pacific, the nationís first 
commercial bank devoted to environmentally 
responsible lending. She also developed the 
bankís offering of socially responsible accounts, 
in which funds are earmarked for local 
development. Houghton has built ShoreBankís 
consulting organizations, whose services range 
from financial literary education programs in 
low-income communities to assistance for other 
financial institutions in transitioning 
economies.   

Bill Myers, chief executive officer (retired June 
2007), Alternatives Federal Credit Union, Ithaca

ShoreBank Corporation is America's first 
community development and environmental bank 
holding company. A $2 billion company, has 
consulting services around the world. Since its 
inception in 1973, ShoreBank has been a pioneer. 
It was created to demonstrate that a regulated 
bank could be instrumental in revitalizing the 
communities being avoided by other financial 
institutions. In 2000, ShoreBank expanded its 
focus to include environmental issues, believing 
that communities cannot achieve true prosperity 
without also attaining environmental well-being.


-- 
Elan Shapiro
Sustainable Tompkins Program Co-Chair
Sustainable Living Associates, Principal
Frog's Way B&B
211 Rachel Carson Way
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-275-0249

"We must be the change we want to see in the world"
	          Mohandas Gandhi