Friday, June 21, 2019, 12:00 p.m., Grand Ballroom, Huntington Convention Center
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire — and to launch a weekend full of community activity — The City Club of Cleveland is partnering with the Cleveland Foundation and The George Gund Foundation to host a special State of the Great Lakes forum that is free and open to all. June 22, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire of 1969. This fire...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
How The Midwest Can Compete With Coastal Unicorns
by Karen Levanthal, Founder, Verdant Trade. Read the full post complete with graphs on Medium. What makes for fertile soil to grow a unicorn? By unicorn soil, I don’t necessarily mean ground that grows billion-dollar public companies. I mean a region that spawns thriving entrepreneur excellence. Many people (especially Zebras Unite) are starting to re-imagine startups as things that emerge organically from communities which they in turn nurture. I recently finished a course in urban agriculture. As a city girl who previously only grew things in pots, the scariest part of larger scale growing is the soil. When you pick a plot of land, the soil you have determines what you can... read on
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It's no secret that the U.S. government's track record with Native Americans has never been stellar. But you may be unaware of the horrors documented...
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