Housing: Securing a Second Century

Lakewood, Ohio is known as the "City of Homes." The city’s housing stock is not only vital to the economic stability, but also deeply affects the quality of life for the city’s residents. LakewoodAlive along with the City of Lakewood, is striving to help homeowners sustain and enhance the historic housing stock, work with homeowners and investors to abate code violations, and provide resources to help stabilize and strengthen the foundation of our community.

The forum will begin with presentations from Dru Siley, Director of Planning and Development, City of Lakewood; Allison Urbanek, Housing Outreach Director, LakewoodAlive; and Judge Patrick Carroll, Lakewood Municipal Court. These presentations will highlight the beneficial programs that are available in the community and well as discussing the future of housing in Lakewood and reviewing the City’s Housing Forward strategy.

Following the presentation there will be a panel discussion featuring the presenters as well as local housing experts, Chris Bergin, Realtor and Dana Paul, Contractor. The panel discussion will be open to audience participation and will focus on the value of a well-maintained home for both individuals as well as neighborhoods and will provide insight on ways to sustain and improve our homes.

The forum is free and open to the public. No advance registration is required.