Upcoming events

The RLF CoP hosts regular virtual and in-person workshops that are open to everyone! We email the registration link for the webinars through our listserv and the resources and recordings are saved under the Resources in our portal. You will need to have a free profile to access the Resources.

Month	Topic
February 18	Lending Techniques & Trends
March 17	RLF Policies and Procedures
April 21	RLFs and the Creative Economy 2.0
May 12	Protecting your Loan Fund from Fraud
June 9	RLF Recapitalization
July 14	Lending in Times of Economic Uncertainty
August 11	Business Succession Planning & How RLFs can Help
September 8	Future of EDA RLFs

2025 events

Month	Presenter(s)	Topic
February 19	Grow America and Panel of RLF Managers	Assessing and Engaging Your RLF Board (with NADO)
March 20	Grow America and Panel of RLF Managers	Regional Thinking and RLFs
April 15	Grow America	Two workshops in person at NADO’s Economic Development Conference for the EDA Denver Region
April 22	Grow America	Mechanics of Portfolio Management
May 7 – 9	Grow America and South Plains Association of Governments	Two workshops in person at NADO’s SWERDA Annual Conference
May 20	CVL Economics	RLFs and the Creative Economy
July 17	Grow America and Valley Partners	Helping Businesses Get Loan Ready
August 7	Grow America	Best Practices for Protecting Your RLF from Fraud
August 28	Grow America, Superior California Economic Development, and a Professor from New Mexico State University	AI and RLFS (with NADO)
September	To be announced	To be announced
October 14 – 17	Grow America	In person at NADO’s Annual Training Conference

2024 events

Date	Presenter(s)	Topic	Participate
February 13	Peer Leaders, Catalyze, and EDA	Defederalized Dollars	Watch recording
February 27	Grow America and EDA	RLF 101 (with NADO)	Watch recording
April 17	DH	Marketing Your RLF 2.0	Watch recording
April 30	Panel and Catalyze	RLFs and Your Capital Stack (with NADO)	Watch recording
May 16	Grow America	RLFs and EDDs	In person at NADO’s SWERDA conference in Oklahoma City
May 22	Beneficial State Foundation	Underwriting for Racial Justice	Watch recording
June 11	Grow America	RLF 201 (with NADO)	Watch recording
June 26	Bruce Katz with Nowak	How Cities Navigate the New Economic Order	Watch recording
July 17	Grow America and EDA	RLF Admin Plans	Watch recording
August 20	Grow America	Best Practices for Underwriting Start-ups	Watch recording
September 10	EDA	EDA Risk Analysis Systems Update	Watch recording
September 26	Nancy Locke	RLFs and Prevailing Wage	Watch recording
October 16	Ilana Preuss	Equitable Outcomes with RLF Dollars	Watch recording
October 21-24	RLF CoP Team	RLFs and EDDs: Common Challenges, and Solutions	In person at NADO’s ATC in New Orleans (view presentation slides)
November 13	EDA	ED-209 Reporting Tips	Watch recording

2023 events

Date	Presenter(s)	Topic	Participate
May (4 sessions)	Grow America (formerly NDC)	Informational Presentation	Watch recording
June 29	Catalyze	Capital Landscape	Watch recording
July 26	CRF, Grow America (formerly NDC), and panel with Peer Leaders	Technology Platforms	Watch recording
August 23	DH	Marketing Your RLF	Watch recording
September 13	Grow America (formerly NDC) and Peer Leaders	Credit Workshop	Watch recording
September 26	Grow America (formerly NDC) and Peer Leaders	Small RLF Strategies	Watch recording
October 10	Nowak and Catalyze	RLFs and SSBCI	Watch recording
November 7	Grow America (formerly NDC)	Underwriting	In person at NADO’s conference in OH