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While Cleveland’s reputation has been on the rise, the city has lagged its peers in terms of job growth and investment. The idea for a summit to address these issues grew from conversations between several business leaders, nonprofit executives and others in the community. It became clear that fixing this problem would take new voices and ideas.
In October 2019, more than 600 people from the Greater Cleveland region gathered over two-and-a-half days to talk, learn from one another, and envision a more equitable regional economy during the CLE Rising Summit. Many more shared their voices in small group settings and surveys ahead of time. Utilizing the Appreciative Inquiry method developed locally at Case Western Reserve University, the CLE Rising Summit focused hundreds of residents on their dream outcomes for economic issues that are important to all of us.
The primary outcome of the Summit was the emergence of several working groups that continued to explore and refine aspirational visions developed during the event. Many of these groups are still active today. For more information, visit the Working Groups page.
Guiding Values
Accountability: We are committed to results and to holding one another responsible for achieving them.
Transparency: We are committed to an open process in which all are welcome and information is shared, accessible and true.
Courage: We will be comfortable with discomfort, fearless in the face of challenges and bold and brave as we take risks to become the community we aspire to be.
Love: We care for one another, and we care about this place; we act out of empathy and compassion; we will do what it takes to be truly inclusive, and we will find joy in the journey.
Equity: We will create an inclusive economy where jobs and the means of wealth creation are accessible to all.
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