Public Forum: "Ensuring a Vibrant Future: A Community Conversation"

LakewoodAlive will host a community forum, “Ensuring a Vibrant Future: A Community Conversation,” on November 16, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lakewood Masonic Temple, 15300 Detroit Ave.

With the 2010 U.S. Census complete, the forum will explore what the census tells us about our ever-evolving community and how we can use this information to ensure a vibrant future. The panel for the evening will feature:
• Marvin Hayes - Noted Urban Economic Policy Practitioner
• Dr. Edward “Ned” Hill - Dean & Professor, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
• Bill Sanderson – Vice President of Joint Ventures, Forest City Land Group
• A Cuyahoga County Land Bank representative

The panel will discuss the key roles our political, civic, business and community leaders ought to play as we seek to move Lakewood forward.

“The census results put to paper what we all know: this is a diverse and complex community,” said Jennifer Baker, President of LakewoodAlive. “But it’s what we do with this information that will help drive our community for the next ten years and beyond.” The forum also presents itself as an opportunity for audience members to ask questions of the panelists.

Nate Kelly, Deputy Chief of Staff, Cuyahoga County, and former planning director for the City of Lakewood, will moderate the program.

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