Regionally Speaking: A 'virtual symposium'
May 16, 2008
Conversations in Tremont
Join our moderator, Gladys Haddad, in the first of six community dialogues with residents, business owners, and community experts in the Strategic Investment Initiative Neighborhoods. The first discussion takes place in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland.
Held at the Pilgrim Congregational Church on West 14th Street, this session brings together the following speakers to discuss the how neighborhoods are vital to the livable city.
Chris Garland, Executive Director, Tremont West Development Corporation
Walter Wright, Senior Program Officer, Neighborhood Progress Inc.
Heather Haviland, Owner of Lucky's Cafe and Sweet Mosaic Inc.
Photos courtesy of Tremont West Development Corporation
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Conversations in Tremont continued
Join our moderator, Gladys Haddad, as she continues to speak with residents, business owners, and community experts in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland.
Held at the Pilgrim Congregational Church on West 14th Street, this session brings together the following speakers to discuss the how neighborhoods are vital to the livable city.
Chris Garland, Executive Director, Tremont West Development Corporation
Mitchell Schneider, President, First Interstate Properties Ltd.
Christine Murdoch, Owner of the Banyan Tree
Walter Wright, Senior Program Officer, Neighborhood Progress Inc.
Listen to Tremont Part Two
Photos courtesy of Tremont West Development Corporation
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May 09, 2008
Neighborhood Progress, Inc
As referenced in our first dialogue of Regionally Speaking 2008, Neighborhood Progress, Inc is strategically investing in six historic neighborhoods of Cleveland.
Watch their introduction video to provide a visual connection with the next six weeks of community conversations that will highlight the livable city and its neighborhoods.
Neighborhood Progress Introduction Video
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May 01, 2008
Regionally Speaking 2008
Welcome to the opening conversation of Regionally Speaking 2008. Over the next six weeks this program will explore the work being done to restore prominence to Cleveland's great neighborhoods. Following the Strategic Investment Initiative of Neighborhood Progress Inc, community experts will discuss the issues and opportunities that face our communities, our city, and our region.
This first session brings together some of the major funders and visionaries behind the Strategic Investment Initiative to explain the program. Listen to the dialogue led by our host, Gladys Haddad, and with Ronn Richard, President and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation, Chris Warren, Director of Economic Development, City of Cleveland, and Bobbi Reichtell, Senior Vice President for Programs, Neighborhood Progress Inc.
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February 23, 2008
Stay tuned!
The 2008 Western Reserve Studies Symposium: 'Regionally Speaking' is under production!
This series of programs moderated by Gladys Haddad, Professor of American Studies and Director of the Western Reserve Studies Symposium on “The Livable City” and Its Neighborhoods.” We will be having conversational interviews to engage community experts and discuss important issues for the City of Cleveland with a specific focus on Neighborhood Progress, Inc. and its six Strategic Investment Initiative neighborhoods: Buckeye, Detroit-Shoreway, Fairfax, Glenville, Slavic Village and Tremont.
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September 07, 2007
Thanks
Thank you to everyone who listened to and participated in Regionally Speaking. Our Spring series on University Circle: A Destination and A Neighborhood was well received and continued being broadcast all summer on WRUW 91.1 FM. Stay tuned for more information as we look to expand our programming into a new season of civic engagement and dialogues.
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