Lessons of a Boomerang:

Longing for Authenticity

Columbus

Boston

Philadelphia

New York

Washington, DC

Chicago

San Francisco

Los Angeles

I thought I found

my new home

One Constant…

trips to Cleveland

It all started making sense

Law school

was a challenge

Detroit Avenue

Change resulted from

collaboration

collaboration worked

organic

neighborhood-centered

"gigantic monuments to modernity"

instead of

"culture districts with the glue of wandering pedestrians”

The Economist

“The Gordon Square Arts District

has essentially applied economic

shock paddles to the entire area.”

The Economist

Create an effective

people climate

America is in the grip of a

budding "roots movement."

Desires for the splashy are

giving way to a longing for the

past.

[The Rust Belt] lacks illusions and is full of real people, and that is becoming attractive to folks - be they expats from Florida or young creative types tired of the bells and whistles of Global City, USA.

Rust Belt Chic

Global City, USA

my journey

longing for connection

Cleveland Population

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Cleveland Population

2010 396,815

NEO posted 86,400 jobs

$2 B tourism development

Downtown living

Shale extraction

new investment

and

economic momentum

are threatened

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AUTHENTIC

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Friends and Family

Latino Initiative

Asian Initiative

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Ethnic Communities

Immigration Reform

“We Make Things”

CLEVELANDan

Authentic

American City