National Association of Neighborhoods

SAVE THE DATE: Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference 2024
2024-10-09 - 2024-10-11 | Hyatt Regency, St. Louis, Missouri
Join us to Transform Vacant Spaces into Vibrant Places

Since 2007, the Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference has been the essential event for people advancing community revitalization. As the only national conference dedicated to strengthening neighborhoods to help address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties, RVP uplifts innovative solutions that disrupt the cycle of vacancy. The big, bold ideas that can only be found at RVP inspire change and community transformation from the ground up and top down.

Consumer Federation of America 53 Annual Awards Celebration
2025-06-05 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Washington Marriott at Metro Center, 775 12th St NW, Washington, D.C.
Consumer Federation of America’s 53 Annual awards celebration.
Awards presented to…
Rohit Chopra, 3rd Director, CFPB Former Commissioner, FTC (Philip Hart Public Service Award)
Lauren Saunders, National Consumer Law Center (Esther Peterson Consumer Service Award)
Ed Mierzwinski, U.S. PIRG (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Liz Coyle Georgia Watch (Consumer Champaign Award)
Awards Presented by…
Ambassador Katherine Tai
Will Ogburn Senior Fellow, NCLC
Senator Dick Durbin *virtual presentation
Representative Nikema Williams GA-5

National Association of Broadcasters: Service to America Awards
2025-06-10 17:00 UTC | The Anthemn 901 Wharf St SW, Washington, DC 20024
An important part of NAB Leadership Foundation’s mission is to raise the visibility of broadcasters and highlight their impact on the communities they serve. From staffing food drives and fundraisers, to issuing public safety alerts and breaking news, from severe weather updates to investigative stories, local television and radio stations are part of a critical infrastructure that keeps communities safe, heard and informed. Every year, the Foundation hosts the Celebration of Service to America Awards to recognize these local television and radio stations and honor their hard work and commitment.
Awards Given…
Radio – Small Market
Radio – Medium Market
Radio – Large Market
Radio – Ownership Group
TV – Small Market
TV – Medium Market
TV – Large Market
TV – Ownership Group
There are two additional categories this year, with one radio and one TV station to be awarded in each:
First Informers Award: Recognizing a station’s exemplary role as the public’s first source of critical information during emergencies, crises or natural disasters.
Spanish Language Broadcaster Award: Celebrating a station’s excellence in providing news, sports and entertainment programming tailored to bilingual or Spanish-speaking audiences.

12th International Public Markets Conference
2025-06-12 - 2025-06-14 | Milwaukee, WI
“Public Markets for Every City”
For over 35 years, the biennial International Public Markets Conference has united a diverse group of over 400 public market leaders. Join us in Milwaukee, WI, USA, on June 12-14, 2025!
See the full press release for more info: https://publicmarkets.pps.org/12/press-release

Black Homeownership Collaborative: Four Year Anniversary in Detroit
2025-06-16 10:30 - 16:10 (America/Halifax) | Second Ebenezer Church 14601 Dequindre Street Detroit, MI 48212
On June 16, 2025, the Black Homeownership Collaborative will host its Four Year Anniversary Event in Detroit, Michigan. Our annual event brings together housing leaders, community advocates, policymakers, and industry experts to share strategies and address the ongoing challenges in closing the racial wealth and homeownership gap.
Panels include…
Detroit By the Numbers: Unpacking Housing Trends and Opportunities: Discover how Detroit’s housing market is transforming and uncover powerful policy opportunities driving affordable homeownership and community revival in this dynamic presentation by the Urban Institute.
The Road Home: Local Action to Empower Black Detroiters: This panel will explore innovative community-driven initiatives that are helping Black Detroiters reclaim homeownership, build generational wealth, and strengthen neighborhood integrity. Panelists will highlight programs and grassroots organizing efforts that are making homeownership and economic opportunity more accessible for Black residents. Through stories of resilience and collaboration, the discussion will illuminate how local action is shaping an equitable future and empowering Black Detroiters to lead the city’s ongoing transformation.
Federal Housing Policy: What’s Happening in DC: This panel brings together federal policy experts to examine how the current administration’s housing initiatives are shaping the landscape for Detroiters. Attendees will gain insight into how national policy decisions translate into local opportunities and challenges.

National Good Neighbor Day
2025-07-08 08:00 - 17:00 UTC

Baltimore's Birthday Bash 2025
2025-07-25 19:00 - 23:00 UTC | 4 North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Baltimore MD 21201
Put on your party hat and join your neighbors to celebrate Baltimore’s 296th birthday! Join us as we party at 4MLK, the newest multi-tenant lab and office building in the UM BioPark, developed by Wexford Science & Technology.

Featuring many birthday surprises announced leading up to the event, tickets include:
Dance party featuring Baltimore’s own DJ Tanz
Open bar featuring cocktails from our drink sponsor, beer from local breweries, and a selection of wines
Lite fare
Birthday desserts from local vendors
Birthday surprises you won’t want to miss!
Won’t you be our Good Neighbor? Help residents from all parts of the City celebrate Baltimore’s birthday! Purchasing a Good Neighbor ticket grants you VIP party access (from 6:30-7:30 PM) and sponsors the complimentary admission of a Baltimorean who is actively involved in their community. Live Baltimore will work with neighborhood associations to identify deserving recipients.

As our largest fundraiser, all proceeds from Baltimore’s Birthday Bash help fund our work of attracting and retaining Baltimore City residents!

Reaching Millions Leadership and Business Development Conference
2025-09-14 - 2025-09-17 | Hilton Denver City Center, 1701 California St, Denver CO 80202
The housing market is volatile. For 20 years, 300+ nonprofit housing counseling, government, and mortgage agency giants have convened at the Reaching Millions Leadership and Business Development Conference to expand affordable housing and homeownership opportunities.
Well known for its dynamic and purposeful delivery of information, expert speakers, and unforgettable entertainment, this power-packed event:

Introduces the private sector to nonprofits representing 49 million consumers, across 22 metropolitan areas, through its national intermediary network.
Opens doors to more business in low-to-moderate-income (LMI) communities
Builds nonprofit and small business capacity by providing essential information
Connects and deepens nonprofit relationships with donors and decision-makers.
Strengthens efforts to expand and increase affordable housing and homeownership.

National Good Neighbor Day
2025-09-28 | Nation-Wide
Everyone! National Good Neighbor Day is September 28.
The day is sponsored and managed by The Hopeful Neighborhood Project.
The Hopeful Neighborhood Project was created to equip you with the tools and resources you need to engage your neighbors. That engagement will lead to deeper community connections, and those connections will help you create change in your neighborhood, to pursue the common good, right where you live.
A hopeful neighborhood is one where neighbors value and celebrate the unique people and places in their neighborhood, and National Good Neighbor Day is a good way to start.
Register your pledge at NationalGoodNeighborDay.org. You can share the Library Resource Kit with your local library and touch your whole community. Or, if you are in Missouri, you can participate in Missouri Good Neighbor Week from Sep 28 – Oct 4th.
NAN thoroughly encourages neighborhoods all over the country to go out and meet your neighbors, learn their gifts, build lasting connections and help build an enduring sense of “Neighborhood Unity.”
Share your acts of kindness on social media and tag @hopefulneighborhood with the hashtags: #startwithhello #ilovemyneighborhood #goodneighborday

MBA Annual25
2025-10-19 - 2025-10-22 | 2777 South Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89109
The industry’s most iconic event is headed to the iconic Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Join us October 19-22 for MBA’s Annual Convention and Expo (MBA Annual25), the nation’s largest annual gathering of real estate finance professionals. Everyone who’s anyone in single-family real estate finance should be there to reconnect with old friends and make new ones while networking, learning, and getting inspired by an A-list speaker lineup.
Take advantage of everything MBA Annual25 has to offer—the latest intel and insights on the evolving market and regulatory landscape, and other hot topics from speakers on the Main Stage and in breakout sessions; solution providers and tech demos in THE HUB EXPO; opportunities to meet and connect at lunch and networking events; and the highly anticipated Concert MBA. Whether you attend, sponsor, exhibit, or speak, it’s going to be iconic!

2026 Preparedness Summit
2026-04-13 08:00 - 2026-04-16 17:00 UTC | The Baltimore Convention Center One West Pratt St. Baltimore, MD 21201
The Preparedness Summit is the first and longest-running national conference on public health preparedness. Since its beginning in 2007, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has taken a leadership role in convening a wide array of partners to participate in the Summit; presenting new research findings, sharing tools and resources, and providing a variety of opportunities for attendees to learn how to implement model practices that enhance the nation’s capabilities to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and other emergencies.

Over the last decade, the nature of threats to our national health security have changed significantly. As professionals in the public health preparedness space, we can expect these threats to continue to evolve. It is imperative that we adapt our public health practices to meet the demands of an ever-evolving threat environment. But how do we, as preparedness leaders, help our communities become more prepared to respond to and recover from uncharted catastrophic events? We can start doing so by discovering new and creative solutions to address events like pandemic diseases, the opioid crisis, active shooter emergencies, and cybersecurity threats.

Each year, the Preparedness Summit will feature experts from the healthcare and emergency management fields in addition to public health preparedness professionals to address the gaps between these life-saving industries in an effort to work more collaboratively and efficiently in the face of emerging threats. Reaching across these sectors will leverage diversity of thought and advance the capacity of our communities to respond to and recover from emergency events. We hope that this conference will provide an opportunity to build stronger partnerships and encourage us to find innovative solutions with our allies.

5th International Placemaking Week
2026-06-24 - 2026-06-26 | Detroit, MI
Placemaking Week is a global gathering of placemakers that emphasizes hands-on learning and innovative social events, while leaving behind a public space legacy in host cities.
