Alan Ehrenhalt, Executive Editor, Governing
Thursday April 12, 2007
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Glickman-Miller Hall, Atrium

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A year-long series celebrating of the 30th anniversary of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. The forum series, entitled Our Place in the Urban Age, will explore the dynamic role of cities in a world transformed by technology, climate change, modern lifestyles and a global economy. What will America's urban centers look like in what some are calling the Urban Age? What economic functions will cities serve, how will the quality of life change, and how will Cleveland and Northeast Ohio adapt?

Join us for the second forum in the year-long series, Our Place in the Urban Age, with a focus on downtown development. Clevelandís downtown is attracting new residents and showing signs of new commercial life. Is this the start of a revival? Alan Ehrenhelt has been visiting downtowns across the country and will share his observations and insights into the myths and realities of downtown revival. Ehrenhalt is the executive editor of Governing magazine, a monthly publication serving state and local government workers and the author of The Lost City: Discovering the Forgotten Virtues of Community in the Chicago of the 1950s and The United States of Ambition.

4:00-4:15 p.m. Registration and refreshments
4:15 p.m. Welcome and Introduction,
Kathryn Hexter, Director, Center for Civic Education
4:30 p.m. Keynote Address
Sy Murray, Professor, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, introduction
Alan Ehrenhalt, Executive Editor, Governing Magazine, The Downtown Comeback, Myths and Realities
5:15-5:45 p.m. Local response panel
Mark S. Rosentraub, Dean and Professor, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Thomas Yablonsky, Executive Vice President
Downtown Cleveland Alliance
Brian Reilly, Director, Economic Development, City of Cleveland (invited)
Sy Murray, Professor, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, moderator