Tuesday May 29, 2007
2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Glickman-Miller Hall, Atrium

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Our Place in the Urban Age is a year-long celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. Through these forums we are exploring the dynamic role of cities in a world transformed by technology, climate change, modern lifestyles, and a global economy. National and local speakers representing various disciplines and perspectives will be addressing four questions:

• What will America's urban centers look like in 15, 25, 50 years?
• What economic functions will they serve?
• How will the quality of life change?
• How will Cleveland and Northeast Ohio adapt?

Restoring Prosperity, A Strategy for Northeast Ohio is a public officials roundtable discussion of the policy implications for Northeast Ohio of a new report by the Brookings Institution, Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing Americaís Older Industrial Cities. The report focuses on Americaís struggling cities, particularly those in the Northeast and Midwest (Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut).

2:00-2:15 p.m. Welcome
Kathryn W. Hexter, Director
Center for Civic Education, Levin College
Lavea Brachman, Director of Policy and Programs, Greater Ohio

2:15-2:30 p.m. Restoring Prosperity, A Strategy for Northeast Ohio
Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution

2:30-3:30 p.m. Northeast Ohio Public Officials Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Ned Hill, Professor and Distinguished Scholar of Economic Development, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs and Vice President for Economic Development, Cleveland State University
Roundtable Participants
Mayor Jay Williams, City of Youngstown
James Rokakis, Treasurer, Cuyahoga County
India Pierce Lee, Program Director, The Cleveland Foundation
Kimberly Gibson, Special Assistant to the Lieutenant Governor for Energy, Transportation & Regional Collaboration
Mayor Frank Jackson, City of Cleveland, invited

3:30-4:00 p.m. Audience Q &A

Forum Summary Report

Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing Ohioís Older Industrial Cities
Keynote Address by Bruce Katz, City Club: Cleveland, Ohio, May 29, 2007.

Our Place in the Urban Age Sponsors
The Cleveland Foundation Cuyahoga Community Public Library Enterprise Community Partners	George Gund Foundation Jones Day Neighborhood Progress