Boston Fed Senior Vice President and Community Affairs Officer Prabal Chakrabarti led a discussion between the Federal Reserve Bank officials and a consortium of Working Cities Challenge partners, including representatives from private, public, philanthropic, and non-profit sectors. 

Lowell City Manager Eileen Donoghue took part in a discussion with Working Cities Challenge Lowell leaders, local residents, nonprofit partners, and private sector representatives. She highlighted the private-public partnerships within Lowell that have resulted from the Challenge. 

The Federal Reserve Bank presidents toured and met with community leaders in the Acre Neighborhood in Lowell, Mass., including Working Cities Lowell Initiative Director Shaun McCarthy and Coalition for a Better Acre Executive Director Yun-Ju Choi.  Steve Osemwenkhae/Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston Fed Senior Vice President and Community Affairs Officer Prabal Charkabarti shares a laugh with Ari Simon and Rebecca Chamberlain-Creanga of The Kresge Foundation. Kresge is a national philanthropic partner and funder of the Working Cities Challenge. 

Federal Reserve Board of Governors' Eric Belsky and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly were among the participants in a visit to Lowell, Mass., one of 16 smaller cities in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island that have won Working Cities Challenge grants.