OSU Extension Strategic Plan
A place to engage with your colleagues about the implementation of our 2014-2018 strategic plan. Committed involvement from all of us is a key to the success of our plan.
Port of Cleveland
The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority is a catalyst for job growth, economic vitality and vibrant waterfronts. As an entrepreneurial business enterprise and a public agency committed to civic improvements.
Sustainable Cleveland
Sustainable Cleveland 2019 is about taking actions now to prepare for a successful future. Our regional economy can be strong and resilient, with investment opportunities in growth sectors, job creation and smart use of natural resources and human c...
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The Future of the Cleveland Schools
In the second largest school district in the state of Ohio, there is a minor revolution happening. 2012 saw a new transformation plan, a new law to make the plan possible and a new levy to support the work. Now, the Cleveland Metropolitan School Dis...
Cleveland State University Engaged Dialogues
The Engaged Learning Dialogues are a series of conversations led by leading national experts in university-community engagement. The speakers will cover a range of topics that were identified by CSU faculty and staff as critical to understanding and...
Talent Dividend Network
The Talent Dividend, an initiative out of CEOs for Cities, calculates how even a 1% increase in a city's population of college graduates results in great economic boosts. In regional Northeast Ohio, it's 2.8 billion. In Tampa Bay, more than $3 billi...
Swing State Engagement
As the nation prepares to cast ballots in November, individuals and communities are discussing the decisions they will make, the perspectives they have formed and the information that is shaping those perspectives. But there are few places online wh...
Kent State University Academic Affairs Strategic Plan - Community Conversations
This site serves as the primary place for Kent State University faculty, staff, students and advisory boards to have ongoing dialogues for the next two weeks to generate ideas and thoughts on these very questions. We hope you check back frequently a...
2012 Hathaway Brown Education Innovation Summit
In partnership with the Edward E. Ford Foundation, Hathaway Brown presents the third annual Education Innovation Summit. Everybody's Children: Independent Schools, Educational Reform, and the Future of Teaching will take place October 4-5, 2012. We ...
CEOs for Cities
CEOs for Cities is a global network of today’s urban leaders advancing the next generation of great American cities. Through research, convenings and advocacy, CEOs for Cities curates the data, trends and relationships driving local innovation...
The Future of Shale Development (Fracking)
Though fracking has been used in drilling for years, a relatively new adaptation of the process has made it possible to reach previously inaccessible gas deposits. When you hear the words "Utica Shale," "Marcellus Shale" or simply "shale gas", that ...
Efficient Government Network
The Efficient Gov Network is a collaboration among local government officials, employees and those generally interested in a more collaborative and efficient local government structure in Northeast Ohio. The Network is supported by The Fund for Our ...
Engage Pop City
Ice cream-funded dreams, downtown-centric taxis, pop-up stores. These are all recent examples of how people who love Pittsburgh are reinventing and reclaiming our city. We're experimenting to find new ways of solving social problems—bringing i...
Urban Innovation Exchange
Whether they are young artists renewing homes in BanglaTown, or entrepreneurs building small businesses in Southwest Detroit, residents are helping to forge a new identity for the city. Detroit is becoming a hub for social innovation, and this is th...
New Perspectives
New Perspectives is a project dedicated to bringing voices from the Muslim world and the Middle East to Northeast Ohio with the explicit goal of fostering dialogue and a greater understanding of the local and global Muslim community. It is a project...
Interns in Cleveland
(i)Cleveland is a six session civic education program designed to attract and retain talented undergraduate students in northeast Ohio. (i)Cleveland challenges and engages college age summer interns and helps employers enhance internship programs. M...
Greater Cleveland Congregations
Greater Cleveland Congregations (GCC) is a non-partisan coalition of faith communities and partner organizations in Cuyahoga County working together to build power for social justice. GCC unites people across lines of race, class, religion, and geog...
NEO Economic Inclusion
The inclusion of minority, women (M/WBE) and historically disadvantaged (DBE) small businesses in public, private and nonprofit enterprise is vital to creating lasting, vibrant communities in Northeast Ohio. Now, with several billion dollars in econ...
Why Place Matters
PLACE MATTERS is a nationwide initiative of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Health Policy Institute, to build the capacity of community leaders to address social, economic and environmental conditions in communities that shape h...
Transparency Action Plan
On July 29th, citizens of Cuyahoga County and advocates of open government will come together at for a two-day summit with the goal of developing a plan to support Cuyahoga County in implementing best practices in transparent governing. The Transparenc...
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