GLIN==> Great Lakes Metros Summit in 2 Weeks!

Sorry for repetition to anyone on the
GLUEsletter<http://www.gluespace.org/>list...  but I hope you might
consider attending this important event in
Buffalo, being convened by the Northeast-Midwest Institute, the Great Lakes
Urban Exchange, the Partnership for the Public Good, and the Buffalo State
College Center for Economic and Policy Studies...

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*The Great Lakes Metros and the New Opportunity
Summit*<http://greatlakesmetros.wordpress.com/>
* is just two weeks away.*  The Summit is for practitioners–including
community leaders, representatives of foundations and NGOs, local officials,
urban advocates, agency heads and their deputies–in Great Lakes urban
communities who seek to use the stimulus bill and future federal support to
promote sustainable and equitable cities.  Please see the summit blog at
http://greatlakesmetros.wordpress.com/  for registration and agenda
information.
 Here's what we hope to achieve at Buffalo State College on June 18th and
19th:
*Maximize the Community Impact of the Stimulus in Great Lakes Cities*

The summit will feature state and Federal officials who administer stimulus
funds as well as community-based leaders doing cutting-edge work in green
infrastructure, community revitalization and economic development.   The
summit will provide an ideal space for dialogue between stimulus funding
agencies and community organizations looking to ensure that the money builds
on the region's assets and promotes sustainable economic growth.

*Advance Innovative Policy Approaches to Problems Facing All Great Lakes
Cities
*
Summit participants like former Rochester Mayor William Johnson and former
Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut will provide real-world insight on
implementing policy objectives like regional planning and metro governance.
Miquela Craytor, Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx, will talk
about the possibilities of creating green jobs that are pathways out of
poverty.  And advocates from organizations around the region, like the
Center on Wisconsin Strategy, Coalition for Economic Justice, Neighborhood
Progress, Inc., and Center for Working Families will share their innovate
grassroots work, which must better inform policy development.  Check out the
impressive list of leaders who are joining us as
speakers<http://greatlakesmetros.wordpress.com/speakers>
.

*Build an Organized Constituency for Great Lakes Resurgence*

The Great Lakes Urban Exchange (GLUE) and the Northeast-Midwest Institute,
co-conveners of the Summit, are building a movement of social entrepreneurs,
community leaders and public officials for a Renaissance in Great Lakes
metro regions.  Our cities face unique challenges--vacant housing, sprawl
without growth, manufacturing decline--which require targeted and strategic
policy responses.  Our unrivaled assets, including renewable energy
resources, a concentration of research universities, historic architecture,
and the Great Lakes themselves, demand development strategies that promote
sustainable and equitable economic growth.  The Summit will help to build
our movement for change.
 *Articulate a Vision*

For too long, the cities of the Great Lakes region have been behind the
curve on accessing necessary support from their states and the Federal
government.  To reverse that trend, those striving daily to make these
cities healthy and successful must influence policy discussions.  If policy
makers in DC don’t hear from Cleveland, Buffalo, and Detroit, they’ll
continue to make decisions that don’t help us.

*Have Fun in the Sun on the Shores of Lake Erie*

What could be better than spending two days in June in one of the nation's
best-planned and architecturally rich cities with fellow leaders of the
Great Lakes Metros movement?  Thursday night features a dinner with keynote
on Metropolitan Action from Jennifer Bradley from the Brookings
Institution.  After the panel sessions on Friday, we'll tour neighborhood
and waterfront development efforts on Buffalo's West Side.
 *Again, for registration and more information, see the Summit blog at **
http://greatlakesmetros.wordpress.com/register/*<http://greatlakesmetros.wordpress.com/register/>

We look forward to seeing you in a few weeks!

--
Sarah L. Szurpicki
GLUE Director * www.GLUEspace.org <http://www.gluespace.org/>
202-271-3016 * sarah at gluespace.org
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