Greening Northeast Ohio’s Neighborhoods February 6, 2008

Creating and Sustaining Communities of Choice:
Greening Northeast Ohio’s Neighborhoods

Join us as we continue to explore strategies for creating and sustaining communities of choice.

* Frank Jackson, Mayor, City of Cleveland, will talk about the many ways in which the city is “going green.”
* Tom Hicks, Vice President, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), U.S. Green Building Council,, will talk about the new LEED for Neighborhood Development Pilot Project.

The forum will also showcase five Northeast Ohio neighborhood projects that are combining the best practices in urban planning, environmentally sound design and construction, and community health in a comprehensive approach to greener neighborhoods:

* Tremont Pointe, an Enterprise Green Community, HOPE VI public housing redevelopment project.
* The East College Street project in Oberlin*
* St. Luke’s Neighborhood Redevelopment, Cleveland*
* Flats Eastbank, Cleveland*
* Upper Chester, Cleveland*

*National LEED-ND pilot project

4:00-4:15 p.m. Welcome and Overview
Edward W. (Ned) Hill, Interim Dean, Levin College of Urban Affairs, CSU
Frank Jackson, Mayor, City of Cleveland

4:15-4:45 p.m. Tom Hicks, Vice President, LEED, U.S. Green Building Council LEED for Neighborhood Development: Building Green Communities

4:45-5:30 p.m. Local Panel
Denise San Antonio Zeman, President and CEO, St. Luke’s Foundation, moderator
Naomi Sabel, co-founder, Sustainable Community Associates, Oberlin
Justin Glanville, Project Director, Building Cleveland by Design, ParkWorks (invited)
Kevin Dreyfuss-Wells, Project Manager, City Architecture, LEED Accredited Professional

5:30-6:00 p.m. Questions and Discussion

About the Series

Our Place in the Urban Age is a year-long series celebrating of the 30th anniversary of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. The forum series, entitled Our Place in the Urban Age, will explore the dynamic role of cities in a world transformed by technology, climate change, modern lifestyles and a global economy. What will America’s urban centers look like in what some are calling the Urban Age? What economic functions will cities serve, how will the quality of life change, and how will Cleveland and Northeast Ohio adapt?

Sponsors
* The Cleveland Foundation
* Cuyahoga Community Public Library
* Enterprise Community Partners
* George Gund Foundation
* Jones Day
* Neighborhood Progress

Official Website: http://urban.csuohio.edu/forum/events/02_06_08_green.shtml