Session Focus: With the municipal bond market entering 2026 on firmer footing and with clearer rate expectations, more steady investor demand, and improved market visibility, this session examines how issuers are aligning sale timing, sizing, and deal structures to make the most of these more predictable conditions. Speakers will discuss how municipal market dynamics are shaping issuer strategies and what stability means for financing pipelines in the year ahead.

Key Takeaways: Learn how municipal issuers are enhancing deal preparation, strengthening investor communication, and leveraging steadier 2026 market conditions to move projects forward efficiently and confidently.

• Katie Moriarty, Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies

Session Focus: Large development projects require significant upfront planning before bond issuance. Panelists will walk through the planning phases that improve project viability, including feasibility assessments, capital improvement planning, predevelopment funding, and stakeholder alignment.

Key Takeaways:Attendees will learn how early-stage planning increases the efficiency, affordability, and success of bond-financed projects while reducing risk for issuers and investors.

• Katie Moriarty, Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies

Session Focus: Special district bonds, including special assessment, special tax, and improvement district bonds, are vital tools for financing redevelopment in targeted areas. This session explores how districts are created, how revenue mechanisms operate, and how districts can drive long-term redevelopment.

Key Takeaways: Learn how special districts attract private investment, support infrastructure upgrades, and generate sustained revenue for redevelopment projects.

• Katie Moriarty, Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies

Session Focus: Colleges, universities, healthcare providers, and nonprofit institutions serve as major economic anchors. This session explores how these institutions use bond financing to modernize facilities, expand capacity, support research and programs, and strengthen regional workforce and economic vitality. Panelists will discuss how institutional bonds stimulate local investment, attract private capital, and generate long-term community benefits.

Key Takeaways: Attendees will learn how institutional bonds finance campus expansions, medical facility upgrades, research infrastructure, and nonprofit projects, while creating jobs, supporting innovation, improving service accessibility, and driving sustainable economic growth.

• Katie Moriarty, Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies

Session Focus: Small business growth is critical for regional economic development. Panelists will discuss how bonds can finance incubators, co-working spaces, and local enterprise facilities to support entrepreneurial ecosystems and job creation.

Key Takeaways: Understand financing approaches to support small business growth, assess revenue potential, and structure bonds that foster long-term economic development.

• Katie Moriarty, Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies

Session Focus: This session explores how bonds support industrial parks, logistics hubs, intermodal facilities, and transportation infrastructure that drive regional economic growth. Panelists will discuss financing strategies, leveraging public and private investment, and using bonds to attract businesses and enhance connectivity.

Key Takeaways: Attendees will learn how bonds can finance diverse industrial and transportation projects, coordinate with private investment, improve regional connectivity, attract new businesses, and stimulate long-term economic growth and job creation.

• Katie Moriarty, Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies

Session Focus: Redeveloping underutilized sites or brownfields can revitalize communities and attract investment. This session explores how bonds can finance land remediation, site preparation, and public infrastructure to unlock development opportunities.

Key Takeaways: Attendees will learn strategies for structuring bonds to address environmental remediation, attract developers, and stimulate economic activity in previously underused areas.

• Katie Moriarty, Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies

Session Focus: Mixed-income housing is a key tool for building inclusive, resilient communities. This session explores how development finance agencies use bonds to support projects that combine affordable, workforce, and market-rate units, coordinate multiple financing sources, and attract private investment while revitalizing neighborhoods.

Key Takeaways: Attendees will learn how to structure bonds for mixed-income housing, balance affordability with financial feasibility, coordinate financing with local incentives and private capital, manage project risks, and leverage developments to stimulate neighborhood and economic growth.

• Katie Moriarty, Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies

Session Focus: Revitalizing commercial corridors requires strategic investment in infrastructure, public amenities, and catalytic projects. Panelists will discuss how bonds can finance these initiatives to stimulate private development, improve property values, and enhance community vibrancy.

Key Takeaways: Attendees will learn how to assess corridor needs, structure bonds for multiple project types, and use development finance to create transformative impact.

• Katie Moriarty, Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies

Session Focus: Development finance agencies are increasingly using bonds to attract private capital to local initiatives. This session will explore how bond financing can be used to de-risk projects, catalyze private investment, and create public-private partnerships that drive economic growth.

Key Takeaways: Understand how to design bond programs that attract private capital, structure risk-sharing arrangements, and measure impact on local economic development.

• Katie Moriarty, Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies

Session Focus: This session explores how development finance agencies use green and sustainable bonds to fund infrastructure and community projects that enhance resilience, promote sustainability, and attract impact-focused investors. Panelists will highlight initiatives such as energy-efficient facilities, climate-adaptive infrastructure, and urban greening projects.

Key Takeaways: Attendees will learn how bonds can finance resilient and sustainable projects, integrate environmental and social objectives, attract impact-oriented capital, and generate measurable long-term benefits for communities and investors.

• Katie Moriarty, Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies

Session Focus: This session explores how development finance agencies use revenue and project-based bonds to fund community and infrastructure projects that drive long-term economic and social impact. Panelists will highlight strategies for structuring repayment from project revenues, attracting private investment, and supporting catalytic development initiatives.

Key Takeaways: Attendees will learn how project-based bonds can finance diverse development projects, mitigate financial risk, leverage private investment, and generate lasting community and economic benefits.

• Katie Moriarty, Director, Council of Development Finance Agencies