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For Immediate Release
March 27, 2007

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Tony T. Brown Appointed to Community Reinvestment Fund

Board of Trustees

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CINCINNATI – The Uptown Consortium today announced that its President and CEO, Tony T. Brown, is one of three community development finance leaders recently named to the Board of Trustees for the Community Reinvestment Fund, USA (CRF), a nonprofit organization that connects community development lenders with the capital resources of Wall Street.

“Tony Brown brings a wealth of community development finance experience to CRF,” said Frank Altman, president and CEO of CRF. “His expertise will greatly benefit our organization, and I look forward to working with him to continue to fulfill our mission in the years ahead.”

Brown brings to CRF a distinctive record of achievement as a banker and community finance leader. A 25-year veteran of the banking industry with a keen knowledge of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) compliance, Brown also serves on the Federal Reserve Board of Governor’s Consumer Advisory Council, the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati and the national New Markets Tax Credit Association.

    The CRF Board of Trustees provides strategic leadership and policy oversight for the nonprofit organization. Each new member was elected to a three-year term, beginning Jan. 1, 2007.

About the Uptown Consortium

The Uptown Consortium (www.uptownconsortium.org) is a non-profit community development corporation dedicated to the human, social, economic and physical improvement of Uptown Cincinnati.  The organization was formed by the chief executive officers of Uptown’s five largest employers: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, TriHealth, Inc. and University of Cincinnati. The consortium’s areas of focus are public safety, transportation, housing, economic development and integrated social services for neighborhood residents.

Uptown Cincinnati is located just north of downtown and includes the neighborhoods of Avondale, Clifton, Clifton Heights, Corryville, Fairview, Mt. Auburn and University Heights. 

About CRF

Community Reinvestment Fund, USA (CRF), a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization, is the nation’s leader in bringing capital to public and private, nonprofit community development lenders through the secondary market for loans. Formed in 1988, CRF has injected hundreds of millions of dollars into low-income and economically disadvantaged communities around the country to help stimulate job creation and economic development, provide affordable housing, and support community facilities. For more information, visit www.crfusa.com.