GOOD Ideas for Cities: Portland
February 16, 2012
Register now to hear six creative teams present solutions to local urban challenges at this free, public event, hosted by Ziba and Portland State University. GOOD Ideas for Cities is a collaboration between GOOD and CEOs for Cities supported by ArtPlace.
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Cities need to be able to control their own destinies. That's the message from Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett in this interview with NPR. "Candidates and Washington in general are not talking about cities. Cities would do a lot better if they had more discretion." Cornett, who is the national president of the Republican Mayors Association, cited long-term capital issues like deferred maintenance and state-level cutbacks as crippling concerns not being addressed by political leaders. For his part, Oklahoma City is a success story, having famously raised taxes to pay for amenities designed to improve quality of life and attract young, college-educated people to the city. The Kauffman Foundation recently named it the most entrepreneurial city in the country with the most…
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2012 Spring National Meeting
January 17, 2012
CEOs for Cities is pleased to announce the 2012 Spring National Meeting will be held in Cincinnati May 17-18, 2012. The meeting will be hosted by the Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile Jr./US Bank Foundation, Downtown Cincinnati Inc and the leaders of our Cincinnati City Cluster at the Great American Ballpark, home of the Cincinnati Reds. A block of rooms has been reserved at The Cincinnatian Hotel at 601 Vine Street for a discounted rate of $188/night. Please call +1 513 381 3000 to reserve rooms. Please be sure to mention CEOs for Cities when you make your reservation. A draft agenda and registration information will be available online by February 10.
