Vibrant Northeast Ohio: Upcoming Vision Sessions and Open House Results

September 2013

In this issue:

Attend one of our October Vision Sessions
Review Results from Open Houses and Imagine MyNEO
Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit

Vibrant NEO 2040 October Vision Sessions

VibrantNEO has been working hard this year to gather feedback from the residents of our 12-county region on what Northeast Ohio's future could look like.

We listened, and we're happy to present a proposed Vibrant NEO 2040 Vision, based on what we have heard. Join us for an interactive session to review and give additional feedback on the proposed Vibrant NEO 2040 Vision. This vision tries to answer the questions "Where do we want to go?" and "How can we get there?"

Each Vision Session will include a presentation with polling, followed by an informal open house with opportunities to ask questions and discuss the proposal. We need your help to make sure this is a shared vision for Northeast Ohio- including all of our communities and all of our voices.

With convenient times and 10 locations across Northeast Ohio from Oct. 7-17, there is sure to be a Vision Session that works for you! Click here or on a date/time below for more information or to register!

October 7

Lorain County Community College (Spitzer Conference Center)

1005 North Abbe Road, Elyria, OH 44035
6:00 PM Registration/6:30-8:00 PM Program
Register by clicking here

Parking available adjacent to the building.

October 8

Akron Urban League (Presidents Hall)
440 Vernon Odom Boulevard, Akron, OH 44307
6:00 PM Registration/6:30-8:00 PM Program
Register by clicking here

Parking available adjacent to the building.

October 9

Harvey Rice Elementary School (Cafeteria/Auditorium)
2730 E. 116th Street, Cleveland, OH 44120
6:00 PM Registration/6:30-8:00 PM Program
Register by clicking here

Parking available adjacent to the building.

October 10

Raymond John Wean Foundation (Western Reserve)
147 West Market Street, Warren, OH 44481
10:30 AM Registration/11:00 AM -12:30 PM Program
Register by clicking here

Parking available in the Franklin Street Parking Deck.

Youngstown State University (Williamson Conference Center)
221 North Hazel Street, Youngstown, OH 44503
6:00 PM Registration/6:30-8:00 PM Program
Register by clicking here

Parking is available at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Youngstown. 144 West Wood Street.

October 14

Fairview Park Gemini Recreation Center
21225 Lorain Road, Fairview Park, Ohio 44126
6:00 PM Registration/6:30-8:00 PM Program
Register by clicking here

Parking is available adjacent to the building.

October 15

PARTA Kent Central Gateway
201 East Erie Street, Kent OH 44240
10:30 AM Registration/11:00 AM -12:30 PM Program
Register by clicking here

Paid parking is available in the PARTA facility. Additional parking is available throughout downtown Kent.

Stark State College (Silk Auditorium)

6200 Frank Avenue Northwest, North Canton, OH 44720
6:00 PM Registration/6:30-8:00 PM Program
Register by clicking here

Participants may park in both the student and visitor parking lots located in front of the Student Center and the Business & Entrepreneurial Studies Center. Link to campus directions and parking map: http://www.starkstate.edu/content/directions-maps

October 16

Kent State University Ashtabula Campus (Blue and Gold Room)
3300 Lake Road West, Ashtabula, OH 44004
6:00 PM Registration/6:30-8:00 PM Program
Register by clicking here

Parking available adjacent to the building.

October 17

Lake Erie College (Morley Music Hall)
391 West Washington Street, Painesville, Ohio 44077
6:00 PM Registration/6:30-8:00 PM Program
Register by clicking here

Parking available adjacent to the building.

Open House and Imagine MyNEO Results

Over 500 Northeast Ohio residents attended a Vibrant NEO Open House in late July or early August, and let us know what they felt was important to the future of Northeast Ohio.

Meanwhile, during the months of June, July, and August we had over 1,300 Northeast Ohio residents participate in our on-line engagement tool: Imagine My NEO. We are pleased to share a summary of the results of these two engagement activities.

Click here to view a slideshow of the results!

Crain's Editorial and other recent coverage:

Over the past month, Crain's Cleveland Business published the following editorial in support of NEOSCC and Vibrant NEO:
Wrong Road.

We have also received coverage from cleveland.com and the Sun newspapers in a series of interviews with local officials about our project:

Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit - October 3-4!

The 5th Annual Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit will be October 3-4 at Cleveland Public Auditorium in Downtown Cleveland. The SC 2019 initiative is approaching the halfway milestone of its ten-year process.

The 2013 summit will focus on theYear of Advanced and Renewable Energy

and implementing Cleveland's Climate Action Plan.

SC 2019 is celebrating its halfway mark by honoring Sustainable Cleveland Heroes. Do you know someone who has gone above and beyond to make Cleveland a thriving green city on a blue lake? Please let them know. Honorees will be recognized at the Summit.

For registration information, click here.

2013 Board Schedule

Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium