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ideastream
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Vision, Work, Change
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This Is Where I Live
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Freelance Writing
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Sidewalk
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Munchen, Minnesota
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Cleveland Transformation Alliance
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Writing Without Hiding
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Cleveland’s Greater University Circle Initiative
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New to Cleveland
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Biking in Cleveland
Cleveland’s Greater University Circle Initiative:
Building a 21st Century City
Project Year: 2014
Client: The Cleveland Foundation
This 100-page case study provides a backstage look at an ongoing urban revitalization effort in the neighborhoods around Cleveland’s University Circle cultural district.
The Cleveland Foundation wanted me to highlight the social aspects of the effort — workforce training, business development, education — as much as the physical development agenda. To do so, I interviewed dozens of stakeholders and neighborhood residents. The end result speaks not only to the concerns of urban planners and policy makers but also to the human experience of living in these areas: Tentative hope following decades of struggle.
More than a year in the writing, the report serves as a blueprint for other agencies and organizations who want to take a holistic approach to redevelopment.