Inaugural Bankers Breakfast a Success!

Networking opportunities abounded for local bankers who were in attendance at our Inaugural Bankers Breakfast. 

AT UHI, we feel it is important to acknowledge folks for their contributions and passion for investing in our work. Recently, we had the chance to thank a group of Memphis businesses and business people who make a real impact on what we do: community-oriented bankers. You can see how great it went here. Our guests enjoyed a nice breakfast spread while Board Members Keith Turbett, Teresa Cheeks-Wilson, and Mike Fearnley--and founder and Executive Director Tim Bolding--shared a little about the impact United Housing has on economic development in Memphis.

We gave out ten awards; recipients included Landmark Community Bank, Paragon, Pinnacle, Community Mortgage, Iberia, Mortgage Investors Group, and Prime Lending. We also recognized an individual banker from Landmark--David May--for his extensive community development work. Our team saw it as an opportunity to give much-deserved recognition to this community for their hard work in Memphis. It was also a good time to let them know they can join UHI committees (any committee, not just Finance) and that they are likely to get to see their dollars at work on-the-ground in revitalized Memphis neighborhoods. And since UHI is founded on the principle that nonprofits should generate social enterprise-based fees-for-service, we also proudly plugged our current programs so that the next group of bankers can invest in them the next year.

All in all the Breakfast was a huge success, with people expressing interest in coming to do a site visit to learn more and to join committees. Here's to the start of something beautiful in 2016!