Re:Think Poverty Summit March 1-2
Posted by Carol Coletta on February 16, 2010
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Help Your Community Reduce Poverty and Achieve the Opportunity Dividend
Tackling the issue of poverty may just be one of the toughest, yet most important, challenges for cities today.
The Opportunity Dividend analysis shows that if we reduce poverty by one percentage point in each of the top 51 metro areas, the nation would realize $13 billion in annual savings (and this doesn’t include the education and income benefits that would likely lead to and result from reductions in poverty).
In partnership with United Way for Southeastern Michigan, CEOs for Cities is convening poverty experts from throughout the nation to present their best recommendations on how to achieve the Opportunity Dividend with local action.
Join us to hear their strategies for reducing poverty, and together we will identify the key ideas that leaders can put into action to reduce poverty in our cities now.
The Opportunity Dividend Summit will be held March 1-2, 2010 in Detroit, MI with the support of The Annie E. Casey Foundation and GMAC Financial Services/Ally Bank.
Partners interested in attending this intimate conversation should register here by February 18. Capacity is limited. A registration fee of $100 applies.
For more information contact Rebecca Eggleston at reggleston@ceosforcities.org.
Lessons from Columbus
With the generous support of Columbus Foundation President Doug Kridler, Carol Coletta visited with Mayor Mike Coleman and the CEOS who form the Columbus Partnership last week to discuss the city’s economic development strategy. We matched the city’s strengths and opportunities drawn from newly updated City Vitals metrics with the economic development strategies identified in City Success. The analysis produced several key recommendations as the city finalizes its new Columbus 2020 strategy.
If you are interested in a similar analysis for your city, contact Bridget Marquis at bmarquis@ceosforcities.org. It’s an effective way to localize CEOs for Cities research for application in your market.
Register Now: Stategy Session 2010 NYC
One hundred fifty urban leaders from across the country are convening in New York City, named Best City of the Year by Wallpaper, to hear from innovators who are exploring new opportunities for the future of cities.
Where will you be?
Join us on April 20 -21. Updated details on the meeting and agenda are here.
Register here.
Note: This meeting is for CEOs for Cities’ partnership network of urban change agents from the philanthropic, business, educational, civic and public sectors only. For partnership enquiries, contact Bridget Marquis at bmarquis@ceosforcities.org.
Questions? Email Shreya Parekh at sparekh@ceosforcities.org.
Insider Walking Tours
In an exciting addition to our agenda for the Strategy Session 2010 NYC, guided walking tours will be offered by leaders from New York City’s Department of Transportation who will share their insights on work being undertaken to enhance the city’s streets.
- Assistant Commissioner Ryan Russo will present the tour: Broadway, Midtown Manhattan
- Joshua Benson, Director of the Pedestrian & Bicycle Programs will present: Ninth Avenue Corridor and West 14th St Plazas, Chelsea and Meatpacking District
- Randy Wade, Director of the Pedestrian Projects Group will present: Madison Square Plazas
Sign up for these tours, to be held 3:15 – 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 21 April, when you register for the Strategy Session 2010 NYC.
Capacity is limited and tours are for CEOs for Cities partners attending the Strategy session 2010 NYC only.
Fall National Meeting Dates and Location Announced
Detroit’s College for Creative Studies’ much-lauded new campus will be the site of the CEOs for Cities Fall Meeting November 8-9.
Detroit is of intense interest to all of us concerned with cities, and we will have an opportunity to explore a range of critical issues, including using anchor institutions to re-start a city economy (Extraordinary work is going on here that you have to hear in detail); shrinking the city in smart ways; the remaking of public schools; introducing new public transit with private money; and much more.
The CCS campus and the associated Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies are featured here in Metropolis Magazine. Originally housing the first design department in the history of the auto industry for General Motors, the building has been restored, renovated and re-purposed all with design and innovation in mind.
The campus also incorporates a public school that aims to introduce the city’s African-American students to careers in art and design.
We are looking forward to meeting in what may be the nation’s best lab for urban revitalization.
Julia Klaiber Joins Staff
We are pleased to welcome Julia Klaiber to the staff of CEOs for Cities. Julia joins us from Washington, DC where she was most recently providing business development and marketing leadership to a local urban regeneration company. As Director of External Affairs, she will leverage her experience to cultivate strategic partnerships and build capacity for our work. We are also excited to announce that with Julia’s arrival CEOs for Cities has opened a satellite office in Washington, DC where she will be based. Julia is a native of Columbus, OH and holds degrees from Miami University and The Ohio State University.
