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Technology, nonprofit pitches also recognized at Accelerate   CLEVELAND – A project to teach etiquette and other life skills to youth was voted the winning civic pitch by the audience Thursday night, February 27, at Accelerate: Citizens Make Change, an annual competition presented by the Cleveland Leadership Center with support from Citizens Bank. Jowan Smith,…

Stores @ Storer Guillermo (Will) Sanchez 2019 Presenter Economic & Workforce Development category Presented in partnership with:     December 6, 2019 Will was profiled as part of The Plain Dealer’s Cleveland City Champions series, “which honors people and organizations that have done bold, innovative work to lift up a neighborhood or a community.” Read…

For the past two years, CLC has created and hosted a civic immersion day for University School teachers. This year, they were shadowed by The Plain Dealer reporter, Phillip Morris, who shared the day’s story. In it, he shares: “The tour wasn’t designed for casual voyeurs. It wasn’t an urban safari created to elicit temporary…

Accelerate 2019 presenter Allison Meyer was featured in an article by Case Western Reserve University’s The Daily electronic newsletter (issued daily to CWRU faculty, staff and students). The article highlights her project and upcoming Never Ever Give Up pitch at Accelerate, as well as some of her experiences as a law student at Case. According to the…

Four Cleveland Heights residents are among those who will present 28 visions of creating positive change in Cleveland at Accelerate: Citizens Make Change, a civic pitch competition, on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 5:30 p.m., at the Global Center for Health Innovation in Cleveland, reports the Heights Observer, an online publication of the civic advocacy organization FutureHeights. Read the story…