Small Business Anti-Displacement Network Conference: Fostering Resilience

Join the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network to strategize about how to foster resilient small businesses and remain resilient in our work. We’ll discuss how to support communities and small businesses in this new economic and political landscape, the most promising sources of funding in the wake of federal cuts, how to work with policymakers and other partners to get things done at the state and local level, and how to talk about small business anti-displacement work in communications and grants.

Conference sessions, new SBAN research, and visits to local neighborhoods will explore how strategies such as commercial tenant protections help keep BIPOC- and immigrant-owned small businesses in place. We’ll also discuss what anti-displacement tools are effective during different stages of neighborhood change.

The Small Business Anti-Displacement Network is a network of more than 170 organizations across the United States and abroad that work to prevent the displacement of BIPOC- and immigrant-owned small businesses in gentrifying neighborhoods. Housed at the University of Maryland’s National Center for Smart Growth, SBAN includes policymakers, nonprofit advocates, technical assistance providers, real estate developers, financial institutions, scholars, and small business owners, who share knowledge and collaborate to advance innovative policies and practices that keep small businesses in place.