From: Lisa Byers [mailto:opalclt@opalclt.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:28 PM
To: Comments
Subject: Oppose increase in threshold for CRA
The Community Reinvestment Act is a critical component to our
community’s affordable housing and community development solutions. We
oppose any increase to the threshold of what is considered to be small
bank. The proposed FDIC rule would exempt many of our community’s
critical partners from the effective and productive requirements
currently in place. We urge FDIC to withdraw its proposed rule.
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Lisa Byers, Executive Director
OPAL (Of People and Land) Community Land Trust
286 Enchanted Forest Road
PO Box 1133
Eastsound, WA 98245
(360)376-3191
