AFL-CIO HIT, With HIT Vice Chairman Jack Quinn, President Of Erie Community College, To Host Press Conference And Roundtable Discussion On Buffalo's Community Development Financing And Workforce Development Needs

BUFFALO, N.Y., May 9, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following media advisory is being released by AFL-CIO HIT:

WHO:  

• Congressman Brian Higgins
• Jack Quinn, President of Erie Community College and Vice Chairman of AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust
• Ted Chandler, COO & Managing Director of MidWest@Work Strategy at AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust

WHAT:

Roundtable will bring together public officials, private sector and non-profit developers to discuss the need for development capital to fuel community development in Buffalo and innovative ways to structure investments; the group will also explore opportunities for workforce development.  Prior to the roundtable, there will be a press conference to frame the issues and the discussion. 

The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) is a $5.9 billion fixed-income investment company that, with its affiliates, invests in housing and economic development projects built with union labor. The HIT recently launched its $1.2 billion Midwest@Work strategy to spur economic development, build and renovate housing and increase union jobs in nine cities, including Buffalo.  The HIT has a track record in Buffalo.  Most recently, Building America CDE, Inc., a HIT affiliate, provided $9.2 million of tax credits towards the $46.3 million Clinical Sciences Center at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in 2010.

WHERE:  

Erie Community College 
121 Ellicott St.
Buffalo, NY 14203

WHEN:

May 12, 2017        
10:00 am News Conference, Lower City Campus Atrium
10:30 am Roundtable Discussion, Minnie Gillette Auditorium

MEDIA CONTACTS: 
Theresa Kennedy (Rep. Higgins)  716-803-4281 ([email protected]) 
Michael Farrell (President Quinn) 716-851-1685 ([email protected] ) 
Michael K. Frisby (AFL-CIO HIT) 202-625-4328 ([email protected])

SOURCE AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust