Register now for the 2010 Travois conference!

Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2010
Kansas City, Mo.

The 10th Annual Travois Indian Country Tax Credit Conference is going to be our best ever! We are celebrating 15 years in business in 2010 and have big plans for this year's conference.

Please join us Tuesday, Aug. 31-Thursday, Sept. 2 at the Marriott Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo. The Marriott is just a short walk from the Country Club Plaza, Kansas City's premiere shopping, dining and entertainment district.

To proceed to our online reservation system, click "register now" below.

Our annual conference covers Indian Country housing, economic development, asset management and design and inspection topics, and this year’s conference will have a special focus on art as a stimulus for economic development.

Kevin Red Star, an acclaimed Crow painter and printmaker whose works have been featured in exhibitions around the world, will be our keynote speaker. He has been commissioned to create a work of art for a commemorative poster that will be given to each conference attendee.

For more details, click here.

A TRAVOIS

is a frame slung between trailing poles and pulled by a dog or horse, formerly used by Plains Indians as a conveyance for goods and belongings.

A. Rafton Canning / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-029769

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program and the New Markets Tax Credit Program provide capital from private investors to help you leverage your precious NAHASDA funds and realize your overall economic development goals.

If you plan to build or rehabilitate housing units, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program can provide financing for four times as many homes as NAHASDA funds alone. For example, a tribe can build 10 new three- or four-bedroom houses for about $1.2 million using NAHASDA funds. Under the LIHTC program, you could build 40 units using the same amount of NAHASDA funds. If your tribe is in a Qualified Census Tract (QCT), and most tribes are, you could build 60 or more units with the LIHTC program for the same $1.2 million in NAHASDA funds.

If you, or entrepreneurs in your community, plan to start businesses or undertake economic development projects, the New Markets Tax Credit program can provide 20 percent of the funds you need. The New Markets Tax Credit leverages financing with greatly decreased interest rates and significantly more flexible terms than are available in the current market. It can be used to finance the construction, expansion or operation of facilities for commercial, industrial, health care or community development uses.