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OCC Staff Touring and Traveling

OCC staff participates in tours led by neighborhood organizations, local government officials, and bankers to learn about local community and economic development initiatives.

Dallas, Texas

 Tour participants being briefed on the hybrid engine of a cab operated by Dallas Yellow Cab, a company that received an investment from the CRA-oriented Lone Star Fund. 
Tour participants being briefed on the hybrid engine of a cab operated by Dallas Yellow Cab, a company that received an investment from the CRA-oriented Lone Star Fund.		  Comptroller Dugan visits the Eagle Ford affordable housing development on the West side of Dallas, which was developed by the nonprofit, Builders of Hope Community Development Corporation. 
Comptroller Dugan visits the Eagle Ford affordable housing development on the West side of Dallas, which was developed by the nonprofit, Builders of Hope Community Development Corporation.		  Tour participants visit an affordable rental housing project under development in downtown Dallas.  
Tour participants visit an affordable rental housing project under development in downtown Dallas.
 OCC tour participants visit PrimeSource, an African-American, female controlled company located in South Dallas which received an investment from the CRA-oriented North Texas Opportunity Fund. 
OCC tour participants visit PrimeSource, an African-American, female controlled company located in South Dallas which received an investment from the CRA-oriented North Texas Opportunity Fund.

The Bronx and Harlem, New York

   Students at the Fordham Leadership Academy describe what they have learned while working at the bank branch to Comptroller Dugan. 
Students at the Fordham Leadership Academy describe what they have learned while working at the bank branch to Comptroller Dugan.		  Tour participants visit Elm Place in the Bronx, a block that has been starkly affected by subprime lending. 
Tour participants visit Elm Place in the Bronx, a block that has been starkly affected by subprime lending.		   Comptroller Dugan watches students demonstrate an interactive 'Financial Jeopardy' game they created. 
Comptroller Dugan watches students demonstrate an interactive "Financial Jeopardy" game they created.

Slideshow of sites visited

Chicago, Illinois

 The tour stops to view a property renovated by the Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago.
The tour stops to view a property renovated by the Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago.		  The Comptroller discusses financial literacy programs with Dory Rand of the Woodstock Institute. 
The Comptroller discusses financial literacy programs with Dory Rand of the Woodstock Institute.		  Park National Bank Chairman Michael Kelly describes the financial literacy programs offered at the Community Savings Center. 
Park National Bank Chairman Michael Kelly describes the financial literacy programs offered at the Community Savings Center.
    Comptroller Dugan with staff members of Park National Bank's Community Savings Center. 
Comptroller Dugan with staff members of Park National Bank's Community Savings Center.		  Participants view a neighborhood where the Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago has been helping residents confront the challenges of predatory lending and foreclosures. 
Participants view a neighborhood where the Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago has been helping residents confront the challenges of predatory lending and foreclosures.

San Francisco, California



 Tour participants visit small businesses along Valencia Street in the Mission District of San Francisco. Many of the small businesses in this community received assistance from community development financial institutions.

Tour participants visit small businesses along Valencia Street in the Mission District of San Francisco. Many of the small businesses in this community received assistance from community development financial institutions.		   Chief Counsel:Deputy Comptroller, Community Affairs 
Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan (second from right) and CDFI Fund Director Donna Gambrell (far right) discuss financing challenges facing small business owners in the Bay View community of San Francisco.		   Lola Whittle of the Ren/Bay View Business Resource Center discusses their small business technical assistance initiative. 

Lola Whittle of the Ren/Bay View Business Resource Center discusses their small business technical assistance initiative.
 Derene Allen of Home Green Home discusses their worker-owned home cleaning cooperative which received start-up financing from a San Francisco-based microenterprise lender, the Opportunity Fund. 
Derene Allen of Home Green Home discusses their worker-owned home cleaning cooperative which received start-up financing from a San Francisco-based microenterprise lender, the Opportunity Fund.		    Caleb Zigas of La Cocina provides a tour of their incubator kitchen which provides commercial cooking space for food entrepreneurs. La Cocina also helps small caterers and potential restaurant owners make the transition from being a home-based business to operating a larger scale commercial enterprise. 
Caleb Zigas of La Cocina provides a tour of their incubator kitchen which provides commercial cooking space for food entrepreneurs. La Cocina also helps small caterers and potential restaurant owners make the transition from being a home-based business to operating a larger scale commercial enterprise.