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Urban Initiatives
ULI is involved in a variety of initiatives focused on urban redevelopment issues and partnerships with community development organizations. Through forums, publications and outreach efforts, ULI focuses on the inner city’s unique market and the barriers to its development and redevelopment.

ULI/Charles H. Shaw Forum on Urban Community Issues
An annual forum that brings together around 25 experts and leading practitioners to address a specific topic relating to the challenges and opportunities of urban neighborhoods. 

Urban Community Advisers
Advisers contribute their knowledge; expand their capacity for partnerships; gain insights into the private, for-profit real estate development community; receive additional recognition for their organizations; and obtain objective information documenting today's best practices in land use and real estate development.

Urban Marketplace
A one-day conference that promotes deal-making and investment in low-income urban neighborhoods and offers access to experts in real estate development, community development finance, conventional lending, mezzanine/private equity capital, legal issues, real estate brokerage, urban planning, architecture, community outreach and government/public affairs.