Community Development
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Listening, Learning, and Connecting: Twelfth District Year‑End Highlights
Highlights from 2025 around the Twelfth District. Discover how the SF Fed engages, listens to communities, and learns from local economies.
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Around the District: Exploring Spokane’s Economic Landscape
SF Fed Regional Executives explore Spokane’s economic landscape, uncovering insights on the bioscience, aerospace, and timber industries in the Inland Northwest.
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Updated Data on Homebuying Trends
New data shows continued contraction in homebuying market in 2023, though impacts varied across groups and geographies.
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New Analysis Sheds Light on Employment Patterns of Workers in LMI Households
Findings reveal that 28% of the U.S. workforce—48.9 million people—live in a lower-income household (households with earnings below 80% of the typical household income in their community). More than 10 million of those workers live in the Twelfth District.
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Around the District: Data Center Growth and Challenges in Arizona
The SF Fed engages with businesses and communities across the region to gather real-time information on local economic conditions. Here’s a snapshot of recent outreach in Arizona led by Shannon Smith, regional engagement officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
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Around the District: Highlights from the California Rural Success Summit
Regional engagement furthers the SF Fed’s mission of advancing the nation’s monetary, financial, and payment systems to build a stronger economy for all Americans. Here’s a snapshot of a recent outreach event in Central California from the Community Engagement and Analysis team.
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How are small businesses in the Western U.S. navigating the economy?
The Fed’s SBCS captures how small businesses in the U.S. are doing and their experiences accessing financing. This important information is shared with lenders, policymakers, and those who support small businesses to help inform targeted solutions that build economic resilience.
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Around the District: Gauging Economic Conditions in Northern California
As a Regional Executive, Stephen DeLay traveled to various cities in Northern California to gather insights from business leaders on local economic conditions. These engagements provide valuable context to guide the Fed’s monetary policy efforts.
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Around the District: Investing in Alaska’s Economic Future
Here’s a snapshot of a recent outreach visit in Alaska from Mary C. Daly, President and CEO at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
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Insights from EERN: GenAI Tools for Small Businesses
In a recent webinar, small business development centers shared how they and the small businesses they serve have incorporated GenAI into their work and the lessons they’ve learned.