Pre-Summit Readings

Prior to the Summit, event Co-Chairs requested that all attendees read the following reports, articles and blogs to prepare. This list was not meant to be exhaustive. It is meant to create a shared baseline of knowledge and to create an inclusive dialogue.

Cleveland Rising Pre-Summit Community Input

Summary of Learnings from Common Ground and Cleveland Rising Share Your Voice Sessions and Forms

Cleveland Rising Facts and Figures to Consider

Summary of Select Data and Community Metrics

Other Suggested Readings

Allison, Todd. “3 Reasons Why Trust Matters: Business Applications from a Baghdad Microgrant Program.” Powered by Kellogg Blogs, The Trust Project at Northwestern University, 27 Jan. 2017, blogs.kellogg.northwestern.edu/trust-project/2017/01/27/3-reasons-why-trust-matters-business-applications-from-a-baghdad-microgrant-program/. 

Campbell, Emily. “Poverty Speaks: Climbing out of Poverty.” The Center for Community Solutions, The Center for Community Solutions, 15 Aug. 2019, www.communitysolutions.com/climbing-out-of-poverty/. 

Campbell, Emily. “Poverty Speaks: Getting Help.” The Center for Community Solutions, The Center for Community Solutions, 9 Sept. 2019, www.communitysolutions.com/poverty-speaks-getting-help/. 

Campbell, Emily. “Poverty Speaks: Making Tough Choices.” The Center for Community Solutions, The Center for Community Solutions, 4 Oct. 2019, www.communitysolutions.com/poverty-speaks-making-tough-choices/. 

Kotkin, Joel. “The Midwest Is Booming-Just Not Where You Think.” The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, 28 Apr. 2018, www.thedailybeast.com/the-midwest-is-boomingjust-not-where-you-think. 

Kotkin, Joel. “The New Opportunity Boomtowns.” ChiefExecutive.net, The Chief Executive Group, 2 Feb. 2018, chiefexecutive.net/new-opportunity-boomtowns/. 

McEwen, Colin. “Legacy of 'Redlining': How 1930s Cleveland Mortgage-Lending Maps Mirror Today's Poverty.” The Daily, Case Western Reserve University, 10 July 2018, thedaily.case.edu/legacy-redlining-1930s-cleveland-mortgage-lending-maps-mirror-todays-poverty/. 

Noel, Nick, and Duwain Pinder. “The Economic Impact of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap.” McKinsey & Company, McKinsey & Company, Aug. 2019, www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/the-economic-impact-of-closing-the-racial-wealth-gap. 

Parilla, Joseph. “Opportunity for Growth: How Reducing Barriers to Economic Inclusion Can Benefit Workers, Firms, and Local Economies.” Brookings, Brookings, 13 June 2018, www.brookings.edu/research/opportunity-for-growth-how-reducing-barriers-to-economic-inclusion-can-benefit-workers-firms-and-local-economies/. 

Renn, Aaron M. “Midwestern Breakout?” City Journal, City Journal, 29 Dec. 2018, www.city-journal.org/columbus-ohio-growth.