Governor Jeremy C. Stein spoke at the Crowdfunding for Community Development Finance Conference today (see remarks at: http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/stein20140324a.htm).  Fed Governor Stein’s remarks emphasized that perhaps all too often crowdfunding is associated only or primarily with tech companies or start-ups, but that crowdfunding may be used for other purposes.  In particular, he focused attention on crowdfunding to support community development.