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registration opening OCT 15, 2026

Community Spaces Network is thrilled to present the Social Purpose Real Estate Summit 2027. Join us May 4-6, 2027 in Atlanta, Georgia where we will bring together community real estate professionals and practitioners interested, active, and expert in commercial community spaces. If you have questions about late registration or need any additional details, click below to contact us.

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What to expect at the SPRE Summit

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A TAILORED EXPERIENCE

Drive your own experience by choosing the sessions that most closely align with your work and your interests. Do a deep dive into one area, or participate in multiple disciplines, as each session will be marked with the tracks they are most relevant to in the Whova app.

A few of the session themes:

  • SPRE Development
  • Operations
  • Funding & Finance

See more about 2025 Session Theme details here.

2025 Plenary Sessions

Hear from thought leaders in social purpose real estate during two plenary sessions. With approximately 350 attendees coming together during these sessions, momentum and movement building around community spaces will be inevitable.

A few topics we may discuss:

  • The future of community development
  • The importance of equity and land control in communities
  • Movement building in social purpose real estate

See more 2025 Plenary Session details here.

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2025 Workshop Sessions

Choose five innovative and engaging 90 minute sessions out of 30+ options. Participate and learn industry best practices on a broad range of topics in these smaller interactive sessions.

A few of the sessions from last time included:

  • Reckoning, Remembering and Reimagining Within the Built Environment
  • Community Space Impact: Telling the story of shared spaces with data
  • Liberated Land Trust: Building and Securing Black Cultural and Commercial Corridors

See more 2025 Workshop Session details here.

2025 Social purpose real estate Tours

Enrich your experience by adding on a SPRE tour to see community commercial real estate in action around Los Angeles. Registration required. Each tour will include visits to three different community spaces. With only limited spots each day, spots will go quickly and will be first come, first serve.

A few of the SPRE Tour themes:

  • Community Spaces Theme
  • Economic Development Theme

See more 2025 SPRE Tour details here.

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networking Opportunities

Build your network and grow the collaborative network needed for community real estate by participating in the additional events facilitated by the SPRE Summit.

A few of the places you can connect with other attendees:

  • Opening reception
  • Closing lunch
  • Dine-around dinner
  • Whova conference event app

See more about 2025 Networking Opportunity details here.

SAVE MY SPOT

early bird registration opens october 2026

SAVE MY SPOT

HOW TO REGISTER

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Early Bird Registration

Oct 15, 2026 to Feb 15, 2027

CSN Members

$545

Non-Members

$795

Registration

Feb 16, 2027 to Apr 15, 2027

CSN Members

$695

Non-Members

$895

Add on a SPRE Tour for

$95 each

Want to receive CSN member prices?

Learn more here about how everyone in your organization can get the lower rate by becoming a CSN member,
or reach out to us directly at membership@communityspaces.org.

BECOME A CSN MEMBER

Interested in a scholarship?

If you are interested in attending but feel the registration cost is beyond your reach, head to the scholarship form to complete a scholarship application. We currently have already filled all scholarship spots, but if you fill out the form, you will be put on a waitlist in any spots open up in the future. We are able to give scholarships thanks to the generosity of our sponsors.

Who was there in 2025? 

A few of the organizations that attended the SPRE Summit

  • The Jessie Dupont Center
  • IFF logo

What are attendees most excited for at the SPRE Summit?

  • As a non-profit leader and operator of a non-profit services center, the SPRE Summit will provide me an opportunity to learn from industry leaders and be exposed to the innovative work happening across the country and in Canada.
    Jimiyu Evans
    Co-CEO, Project Community Connections, Inc.

  • I am really looking forward to learning more about the new innovations and ideas that have come out of nonprofit centers and community space development these past couple of years. Connecting with my peers at CSN events is always a motivating and energizing opportunity.
    Alice Wagner
    Operations Manager, Tides Converge

  • Thrilled for CSN to bring back its conference for community commercial real estate and nonprofit shared space. Excited to see old friends and meet new community leaders working on social purpose real estate.
    Saul Ettlin
    Senior Advisor, Community Vision Capital & Consulting

  • Sharing experiences with other people who operate and support community spaces.  I learn so much from talking with others who do what we do at Serve Denton.  We all have successes and failures, and sharing those experiences helps everyone get a little better.
    Pat Smith
    Chief Executive Office, Serve Denton

  • I will be in the company of change makers for better communities. Learning what has worked and what hasn’t, will help better service my clients.  I can be better informed when investigating appropriate sites suitable to the organization.
    Linda Loftus
    CCIM SIOR MRICS FEA – Broker, Squarefoot Commercial Group

CANCELLATION POLICY

  • Requests for cancellation must be made in writing by April 4, 2027 to Heather Malveaux at [email protected].
  • Cancellations requested prior to April 4, 2027 will result in a 100% refund less a $75 processing fee.
  • Cancellations received after April 4, 2027, cannot be refunded due to confirmation of meal and venue costs.

The Social Purpose Real Estate Summit is presented by Community Spaces Network. Community Spaces Network was formerly the Nonprofit Centers Network. Read more here.