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Membership Benefits

Communications

Newsletters full of information on funding, training, jobs, studies, policy matters, best practices, and tools to make your job easier.

Action Alerts to let you know about pending legislation or rule making so you can comment before it is too late.

Networking Events allowing you to meet other professionals from around the state and beyond, sharing ideas, contacts, and information.

Publications: As a member, you receive copies of special studies, surveys, and publications at no charge. The Industry Report will be published later this year.

Monthly Baltimore City Committee meetings feature speakers on a variety of topics important to organizations working in Baltimore, and provide a place to work together to move on issues collectively.

Advocacy

ABCD members shape and direct our public policy efforts through participation in ABCD’s Board of Directors, committees, membership meetings, and working with the Policy Committee. Policy Committee members monitor all of the bills in the Maryland General Assembly, help write testimony or letters, and work with related coalitions. In Baltimore City, members work in subcommittees on policy issues particular to the City.

Members receive Action Alerts, interact with legislators at the annual Legislative Luncheon, participate in Housing Day in Annapolis, learn what has happened in each year’s legislative session at the Legislative Wrap-Up, and invited to an annual Hill Day in conjunction with NACEDA each spring.

Capacity Building

Maryland ABCD Network works to provide low-cost, high quality training and capacity building tools for our members. They include practitioner peer groups, Issue Breakfasts, national caliber speakers at the Annual Meeting, high-quality trainings in affordable housing finance and economic development, webinars on timely issues and training within special initiatives.

Membership Categories

• Voting Member: Nonprofit and local government agencies – $100
• Associate Member: State Agencies, for-profit businesses – $250
• Individuals: individuals, students, sole practitioners – $75

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Sponsorships by private businesses help us host a full calendar of member events and activities. By becoming a sponsor, businesses can show their support of the asset building and community development community in Maryland through an annual contribution larger than an affiliate membership. Below are the sponsorship opportunities available in 2011-2012.

Sponsorship Opportunities 2011-12

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Silver Sponsor - $1,000 (minimum)

• Acknowledgement on ABCD Network website
• Acknowledgement on ABCD Network Display at Annual Luncheon
• Acknowledgment in the Annual Report

Gold Sponsor - $ 5,000 (minimum)

• Acknowledgement on ABCD Network website
• Acknowledgement on ABCD Network Display at Annual Luncheon
• Acknowledgment in the Annual Report
• Booth and speaking opportunity at the Annual Luncheon
• Advertisement in the Annual Luncheon Program

Platinum Sponsor - $10,000 (minimum)

• Acknowledgement on ABCD Network website
• Acknowledgement on ABCD Network Display at Conferences
• Acknowledgment in the Annual Report
• Booth and speaking opportunity at the Annual Luncheon
• Annual Awards of Excellence in your company’s name

Other Methods of Support:

Ads in newsletters: $50 per ad, sent one time, must be a .pdf file

Training Sponsorship Opportunities:
Donors may sponsor one or more training opportunities for Maryland ABCD Network members. The sponsor must include the facility, food, trainer stipends, handouts, advertising, and a $1,500 administrative fee for the handling of the development of the session, marketing, registration, evaluation. These opportunities are individually negotiated and developed.

Please contact the Executive Director for more information on any of these opportunities.