BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20150307T130000Z DTEND:20150307T203000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Neighborhood 2015 Summit DESCRIPTION:The 2015 Neighborhood Summit is a gathering of civically engaged residents that recognize the value of working together to make all our neighborhoods stronger\, more welcoming places to live! The theme of the Neighborhood Summit is Collaboration Erases Boundaries. This year\, the planning team was deliberate about creating workshops that feature best practices from various communities and we?ve asked each team of presenters to draw attention to the benefits of collaboration and the lessons they learned along the way.\n\nWho should attend?\n\nIf you care about your community\, and the future of Cincinnati\, you should attend the 2015 Neighborhood Summit.\n\nJoin us for two exciting days of networking and resource sharing across neighborhood boundaries\n\n\n\n\n\n8-9am | Registration & breakfast\n\n 9-9:45am | Welcome and introductions Dr. John Kucia\, Mayor John Cranley\, Kathy Merchant\n\n\n\nConcurrent Sessions\n\n\n\n10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. A1 Lights! Camera! Community Action\n\n In this session\, the Cincinnati Police Department and community members will answer these tough questions through an interactive workshop\, the ABCs of Policing followed by an open Town Hall Forum. \n\n A2 What's Old is New Again: University Community Collaboration\n\nTraditionally\, University Community Partnerships help strengthen the fabric of local neighborhoods by providing support in the areas of education\, economic development\, and civic engagement. \n\n A3 Making Money Work for Your Neighborhood: how to leverage public dollars\n\nLeveraging can be a useful strategy to support community- based initiatives. Panelists will share best practices to help your neighborhood leverage resources and accomplish goals. \n\n A4 Who's Next Door? Emerging Populations in Cincinnati\n\nAs new ethnic populations move into local neighborhoods\, opportunities exist to build new relationships. \n\n10:55am - 11:40am B1 Lights! Camera! Community Action (continued)\n\nIn this session\, the Cincinnati Police Department and community members will answer these tough questions through an interactive workshop\, the ABCs of Policing followed by an open Town Hall Forum. \n\n B2 Millcreek Watershed Project\n\nThis session explores the successful collaborations throughout the communities along the Millcreek and how these efforts can work for the broader community. \n\n B3 Bikes\, Buses\, and Bunions\n\nIntermodal transportation is changing the way we all move around the City and experience the economic and social changes taking place. \n\n B4 Urban Gardening: Eat Where You Live\n\nUrban gardens are HOT! Join us for a discussion on how to integrate urban agriculture into the urban fabric. \n\n B5 Cincinnati Neighborhood Games\n\nAn Olympic style event bringing all 52 neighborhoods together in 2016. \n\n11:50am - 12:25pm C1 Lights! Camera! Community Action (continued)\n\nIn this session\, the Cincinnati Police Department and community members will answer these tough questions through an interactive workshop\, the ABCs of Policing followed by an open Town Hall Forum. \n\n C2 Creating Healthy Communities\n\nAs our neighborhoods continue to grow more and more dynamic\, the question is how we improve the health and environmental sustainability of our neighborhoods.\n\n C3 Skills +Jobs + Opportunities = Independence\n\nConnecting job training and career opportunities makes us more competitive. This conversation goes beyond workforce development.\n\n C4 Food Desert to Food Oasis: Making the Urban Grocery Work\n\nSimple solutions to food deserts are brewing in our area. Learn more about the strategies being considered.\n\n C5 Grand City Experiment\n\nhe Grand City Experiment (GCE) is an initiative started by 15 members of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber's young professional leadership development program C-Change. \n\n12:35pm - 1:35pm Lunch and Community Awards Presented by Vice Mayor David Mann\n\n Join us for the inaugural Neighborhood Summit Awards\n\n1:45pm - 2:25pm D1 Collaboration on the Hill: Lower + East + West = Priceless\n\nA collaboration of seismic proportion is taking place on the West Side resulting in transformative change!\n\n D2 Evanston Will Leave No Child Inside\n\nThrough the launch of a Safe Routes to School program and broad-based community collaboration\, the Evanston Community Council is working to make children happier\, healthier and smarter by ensuring that they are able to safely play and learn outdoors.\n\n D3 Successfully engaging our youth\n\nEngaging youth and young adults in a meaningful way requires us all to think about the importance of succession planning and intentional youth development.\n\n D4 Mediation Moves Mountains\n\nCan we all just get along? The tools of transformative mediation not only help resolve conflict\, but also equip us with better communication skills.\n\n D5 Working Together for Cleaner Communities\n\nThe Department of Public Services has spent the past year retooling the Solid Waste Collection program to make effective use of resources and is rolling out a plan\, that with community support will help keep our neighborhoods cleaner than ever.\n\n2:35pm- 3:30pm E1 Collaboration on the Hill: Lower + East + West = Priceless (continued)\n\nA collaboration of seismic proportion is taking place on the West Side resulting in transformative change!\n\n E2 Volunteers: Beyond the Block\n\nRecruiting and retaining volunteers isn?t easy. This session is an opportunity to learn volunteer management best practices from organizations that have done this successfully for years.\n\n E3 Urban Vibrancy: Integrative Development for Growth\n\nThe future of our city rests on an urban mix that encompasses all ages\, incomes\, races and ethnicities\, at different life stages and with different needs. Learn how to sustain a vibrant urban mix for successful neighborhood growth. \n\n E4 Making Citizen Engagement Work: Updates and Next Steps\n\nLearn what has happened since last year?s Summit and give feedback on the action steps proposed for 2015.\n\n \n\nRegister Here X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The 2015 Neighborhood Summit is a gathering of civically engaged residents that recognize the value of working together to make all our neighborhoods stronger\, more welcoming places to live! The theme of the Neighborhood Summit is Collaboration Erases Boundaries. This year\, the planning team was deliberate about creating workshops that feature best practices from various communities and we?ve asked each team of presenters to draw attention to the benefits of collaboration and the lessons they learned along the way.

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Who should attend?
\nIf you care about your community\, and the future of Cincinnati\, you should attend the 2015 Neighborhood Summit.

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Join us for two exciting days of networking and resource sharing across neighborhood boundaries

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\n8-9am | Registration &\; breakfast
\n \;9-9:45am | Welcome and introductions Dr. John Kucia\, Mayor John Cranley\, Kathy Merchant
\n
\nConcurrent Sessions
\n
\n10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. A1 Lights! Camera! Community Action
\n \;In this session\, the Cincinnati Police Department and community members will answer these tough questions through an interactive workshop\, the ABCs of Policing followed by an open Town Hall Forum. \;  \;
\n \;A2 What'\;s Old is New Again: University Community Collaboration
\nTraditionally\, University Community Partnerships help strengthen the fabric of local neighborhoods by providing support in the areas of education\, economic development\, and civic engagement.  \;
\n \;A3 Making Money Work for Your Neighborhood: how to leverage public dollars
\nLeveraging can be a useful strategy to support community- based initiatives. Panelists will share best practices to help your neighborhood leverage resources and accomplish goals.  \;
\n \;A4 Who'\;s Next Door? Emerging Populations in Cincinnati
\nAs new ethnic populations move into local neighborhoods\, opportunities exist to build new relationships.  \;
\n10:55am - 11:40am B1 Lights! Camera! Community Action (continued)
\nIn this session\, the Cincinnati Police Department and community members will answer these tough questions through an interactive workshop\, the ABCs of Policing followed by an open Town Hall Forum. \;  \;
\n \;B2 Millcreek Watershed Project
\nThis session explores the successful collaborations throughout the communities along the Millcreek and how these efforts can work for the broader community.  \;
\n \;B3 Bikes\, Buses\, and Bunions
\nIntermodal transportation is changing the way we all move around the City and experience the economic and social changes taking place.  \;
\n \;B4 Urban Gardening: Eat Where You Live
\nUrban gardens are HOT! Join us for a discussion on how to integrate urban agriculture into the urban fabric.  \;
\n \;B5 Cincinnati Neighborhood Games
\nAn Olympic style event bringing all 52 neighborhoods together in 2016.  \;
\n11:50am - 12:25pm C1 Lights! Camera! Community Action (continued)
\nIn this session\, the Cincinnati Police Department and community members will answer these tough questions through an interactive workshop\, the ABCs of Policing followed by an open Town Hall Forum. \;  \;
\n \;C2 Creating Healthy Communities
\nAs our neighborhoods continue to grow more and more dynamic\, the question is how we improve the health and environmental sustainability of our neighborhoods.
\n \;C3 Skills +Jobs + Opportunities = Independence
\nConnecting job training and career opportunities makes us more competitive. This conversation goes beyond workforce development.
\n \;C4 Food Desert to Food Oasis: Making the Urban Grocery Work
\nSimple solutions to food deserts are brewing in our area. Learn more about the strategies being considered.
\n \;C5 Grand City Experiment
\nhe Grand City Experiment (GCE) is an initiative started by 15 members of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber'\;s young professional leadership development program C-Change.  \;
\n12:35pm - 1:35pm \; Lunch and Community Awards Presented by Vice Mayor David Mann
\n \; Join us for the inaugural Neighborhood Summit Awards
\n1:45pm - 2:25pm D1 Collaboration on the Hill: Lower + East + West = Priceless
\nA collaboration of seismic proportion is taking place on the West Side resulting in transformative change!
\n \;D2 Evanston Will Leave No Child Inside
\nThrough the launch of a Safe Routes to School program and broad-based community collaboration\, the Evanston Community Council is working to make children happier\, healthier and smarter by ensuring that they are able to safely play and learn outdoors.
\n \;D3 Successfully engaging our youth
\nEngaging youth and young adults in a meaningful way requires us all to think about the importance of succession planning and intentional youth development.
\n \;D4 Mediation Moves Mountains
\nCan we all just get along? The tools of transformative mediation not only help resolve conflict\, but also equip us with better communication skills.
\n \;D5 Working Together for Cleaner Communities
\nThe Department of Public Services has spent the past year retooling the Solid Waste Collection program to make effective use of resources and is rolling out a plan\, that with community support will help keep our neighborhoods cleaner than ever.
\n2:35pm- 3:30pm E1 Collaboration on the Hill: Lower + East + West = Priceless (continued)
\nA collaboration of seismic proportion is taking place on the West Side resulting in transformative change!
\n \;E2 Volunteers: Beyond the Block
\nRecruiting and retaining volunteers isn?t easy. This session is an opportunity to learn volunteer management best practices from organizations that have done this successfully for years.
\n \;E3 Urban Vibrancy: Integrative Development for Growth
\nThe future of our city rests on an urban mix that encompasses all ages\, incomes\, races and ethnicities\, at different life stages and with different needs. Learn how to sustain a vibrant urban mix for successful neighborhood growth.  \;
\n \;E4 Making Citizen Engagement Work: Updates and Next Steps
\nLearn what has happened since last year?s Summit and give feedback on the action steps proposed for 2015.

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Register Here
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