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Growing Community Capital:
How Citizens Can Grow Our
Local Economy for
Economic and Social Wealth

**RESOURCES AND PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FORUM BELOW**

Tuesday, October 25th  | 5:30 – 9:00 p.m. 
COLLABORATIVE DESIGN STUDIO
Pacific Northwest College of Art
THANK YOU PNCA COLLABORATIVE DESIGN PROGRAM!
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National Leaders in Community Investing, Startup, and Enterprise Finance Share Strategies

KATOVICH & KASSAN LAW | CUTTING EDGE CAPITAL | PORTFOLIO 21
| MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST |

“How are we going to begin rebuilding the broken economy and creating jobs? Where is the investment going to come from? One answer is taking shape in dozens of towns and neighborhoods across the country, as citizens from Brooklyn, NY to Port Townsend, WA are figuring out ways to invest in the local businesses that create jobs and help build strong local economies.”

-- Amy Cortese, author, “Locavesting”

LOCAL INVESTING: A Grassroots Stimulus Program

Join us for an evening of information combined with edibles, beverages, and connecting with peers as we explore how to take charge of growing our local economy in ways that strengthen our pocketbook and our neighborhoods. Springboard’s October Social Innovation Forum builds on recent presentations at SoCap2011 and ReVV2011 about how to transform our communities through innovative enterprise and finance.

TWO SIDES OF THE COIN: If we want to increase the flow of capital into our communities, we have to develop both sides of the coin.

TWO GROUPS SHOULD ATTEND:

1. Community members who are interested in how to move their money to local investments…
   …can now understand promising (and legal!) investing tools that provide local investing options that offer financial returns while strengthening neighborhoods.
   
   
2. Entrepreneurs who want to secure capital for local enterprises that will increase social and economic wealth...

…will learn about a tool for raising capital that strengthens community engagement and success. Finance professionals from banks to advisors should also attend to look at the emerging trends in community finance.

GUEST SPEAKERS (BIOS): LEADERS IN THEIR FIELD

will discuss promising community investment strategies that generate both financial and social profit for community benefit. Hosted by Malaika Maphalala and Amy Pearl

• National finance expert Leslie Christian,
  CEO and CIO of Portfolio 21 Investments
  Read Leslie's White Paper on Portfolio Theory
  
  
• Stock exchange veteran John Katovich, Katovich and Kassan Law,
  HERE IS JOHN'S PRESENTATION
  
  
• Social enterprise specialist Jenny Kassan,
  CEO of Cutting Edge Capital,
  HERE ARE JENNY'S SLIDES and
  
  
• Impact Investing Expert Kipp Baratoff,
  Fellow, Meyer Memorial Trust
  HERE IS KIPP'S PRESENTATION

SHARING OWNERSHIP—The DIRECT PUBLIC OFFERING

You will leave with ideas for how money can be used to grow community benefit. This includes creating employment, enterprise, and innovation.

This is a session designed for two groups of people. If you are someone who wants to raise capital for an organization, join us. If you are someone who wants to put some of your investment into growing the local community, come learn how.

Where: PNCA: 1330 NW Kearney St. (NW Kearney & 14th) Portland, OR.
When: Tuesday, October 25th, 5:30pm to 9:30pm
Cost: Register with Lin at lin[at]hatchthefuture[dot]org and pay $10 when you show up. Drop-in for $15.

~ Refreshments and edibles served ~

Join us! Bring our money home!