Building Our Future Beyond Foreclosure

Building Our Future Beyond Foreclosure
About the Series:
The foreclosure crisis in Cuyahoga County did not happen overnight. Similarly, the
strategies for moving our communities and residents Beyond Foreclosure will take
 time to evolve. Over the coming year, the Levin College Forum will focus on strategies,
tactics and projects that are new, creative, environmentally sustainable and invigorating to the marketplace. Challenging times are not new to Cleveland, and on this issue, where no roadmap exists, we have an opportunity to create a new path to our future. What do we want the 2020 census say about our region, our cities, our residents and our neighborhoods?
What are the policies, tactics and strategies we can employ now to make this happen?
Join us as we work together, Building our Future Beyond Foreclosure. Be part of
the conversation, connect with policy makers to rebuild Northeast Ohio's cities.

Thank you to our forum series sponsors:
Dominion Foundation and Third Federal Foundation
with additional support from
Neighborhood Progress, Inc., Enterprise Community Partners and ideastream
Setting the Stage, Beating the Odds

Thursday, April 23, 2009
4:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Atrium
Cleveland State University
Glickman-Miller Hall
1717 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
About this Forum:
This forum will highlight existing civic visions and plans for the Northeast Ohio
region and the state. A moderated discussion will develop a policy framework for
 "Building our Future" around the issues of:

* Land use and planning

* Equity

* Governance

* Environment

* Education
* Industry/new economy/jobs
Panel:
David Beach, Director, Green City Blue Lake Institute, Cleveland Museum of Natural
History
Lavea Brachman, Co-Director of Greater Ohio and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at
the Brookings Institution
Andrew Jackson, Executive Director, Commission on Economic Inclusion and Senior
Vice President, Greater Cleveland Partnership
Robert B. Jaquay, Associate Director, The George Gund Foundation and Vice President,
Fund for our Economic Future
Wendy Kellogg, Ph.D., Professor, Urban Planning and Environmental Studies and Blue
Ribbon Task Force member, Ohio Balance Growth Vision
Moderator: Dan Moulthrop, Host and Producer, The Sound of Ideas and ideastream

Save the date for the next forum in the series:
Alex Kotlowitz, award winning author, journalist and regular contributor to the
New York Times Magazine

Monday, May 11, 2009
4:00-6:00 p.m.
See Mr. Kotlowitz's recent article about foreclosures in Cleveland, "All Boarded
 Up"  [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102534815724&s=3595&e=001myHcGE1Lb7xkhW0HZ9SKmsaBjYbMAMNaIIZeeQJk5-I3bSkoSAjAGAs0Wf0ZH_sx9k36hThfTo45b7eFe-Be3Ou-O2TZJJHkpgXIhp4o-KEkkcis_sQ6616prM1xY_srHg3eOT5T1lNVTFyQZDkdtKaPHACj3WKS0hbbxxQ4PlqTERBaRrattA== [1]],
which ran in the New York Times Magazine on March 8, 2009.
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or call 216.523.7330 [4]