The Excellence Roundtable is pleased to host OneCleveland/OneNEO CEO Scot Rourke, August 9th at the City Club, for an insightful discussion on the latest developments with his influential initiative bringing ultra-broadband communications and related applications to Northeast Ohio.

Michael Easterling, graduate student, CSU College of Urban Affairs and Executive Director, Open Roads Institute (http://www.open-roads.net/) will introduce the strategy of integrating ecology, economy and education.

This week’s I-Open Tuesday

"Workforce Development: The Critical Dimension of Economic Development"

Remedies for Change: Developing Effective Strategies to Eliminate Health Disparities
Georges C. Benjamin, M.D., FACP
Executive Director, American Public Health Association

Sponsor: St. Luke’s Foundation and Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation

REALNEO is pleased to host a luncheon at the New York offices of Jones Day, 222 East 41st Street, Thursday, August 11th, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM, for the NEO-X Roundtable.

Party Details
What: 'Til It Hurts! Cool Cleveland Night Out in Lakewood
Date: Thursday, August 11, 2005
Time: Pre-party, DJs and tours from 6 to 8PM, bands start at 7PM and continue 'til late nite

 Congressman Barney Frank
Massachusetts 4th Congressional District

Congressman Barney Frank, representative of his district since 1981, is the most prominent openly gay politician in the United States and is known for his witty candor and his dedication to liberal causes.

Frank had been in Washington six years before he “came out� to his colleagues and the nation in 1987. Frank’s constituency has voted him back into office 12 times. Most recently he has introduced legislation that would allow unmarried federal government employees to apply for benefits for their domestic partners.

As a Jewish American, Frank believes in making a commitment to achieving peace in the Middle East that will fully protect Israel’s right to exist as a secure, Jewish democratic state. He also supports direct aid to the Palestinian Authority.

As the senior Democrat on the Financial Services Committee, Frank’s big issues include the GSE bill and housing policy generally, predatory lending, OCC preemption, data security and consumer protection.

Prior to the U.S. Congress, Frank was a Massachusetts State Representative and an assistant to the Mayor of Boston. He has also taught at several Boston area universities. Frank received a BA and his JD from Harvard University.

August 12-15
Whether you’re Italian or not, this festival is popular for all walks of life. There is a traditional religious processional through the ethnic neighborhood streets following a mass at the church.

MOCA partners with Cleveland Public Art and ParkWorks to take you off-site for an evening of art, music and fun. Headlining the event are The Heavyweights, a three-person art troupe based in Montreal and Los Angeles.

NOON - 2 PM: Celebrate this historic event and show your support to keep our waterfront parkland and public access marina. In 2004, Cuyahoga County acquired the 20-acre parkland and 10-acre marina for continued public access and recreation. In June 2005, Wendy Park at Whiskey Island was dedicated. The initial cleanup and restoration efforts of the parkland, the only natural shoreline in downtown Cleveland, and the River Boardwalk are complete.

Check out the hottest music & environmental
festival celebrating the latest sustainable local efforts to revitalize
Northeast Ohio. Rock out as national, regional and local bands take the
stage. Enjoy stilt walkers, jewelry artists, scupltors, landscaped
gardens and gourmet goodies from Lola Bistro, Baricelli Inn, Grovewood
Tavern and more. Proceeds will benefit local environmental nonprofit
groups.

The Cleveland Orchestra

Jahja Ling, conductor and piano

Andrew Grams, conductor

Jessie Chang, piano

The Cleveland Orchestra

Jahja Ling, conductor

Jon Kimura Parker, piano

William Preucil, violin

Desmond Hoebig, cello

Dialogues on Leadership New Leaders Only
Christopher M. Carmody
President, Greater Cleveland Film Commission

The last few weeks have seen the subject of education reach front and center across Northeast Ohio. Public school funding, the end of the BBB era and the hyper-politicizing of the selection of her successor, and the realization we need progress educating the region's children are all important drivers for discussion. The NEO Excellence Roundtable has maintained an ongoing dialogue on such key issues impacting economic development in Northeast Ohio, which we will broaden beginning at the August 16th session.

The free visual arts exhibition includes a collection of art created by 10 African American Detroit-based artists, each inspired by and representing black music: the music of West Africa, spirituals, gospel, blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, funk, and hip hop.Community events are planned throughout the exhibition and will include a two-week summer Rock N Art residency for young artists, a community mural project, artists’ development workshops, author/illustrator visits, second Friday night of the month programs featuring a Gospelfest, West African Drumming Dance, and the Hip Hop Culture and, three community and school residencies. The exhibition will be opened for school tours beginning September 19, highlighting a curriculum confluence of art, history, and music. The opening reception is Friday, June 17, all programs are free and open to the public. Call (216) 623-2822 or check the library’s website (www.cpl.org) for additional information and updates.

 Our Lips Are Sealed? Journalists and Confidential Sources
Linda Foley, President of The Newspaper Guild, and Irwin Gratz, President of Society of Professional Journalists

Lake County has a $90 million/yr. farming industry and is twice as
productive farmland as any around the state. Despite the pressures of
urban sprawl, farm preservation efforts are underway. Hear from Tom
Rapini of Lake County Farmland Conservation Taskforce.

Hear One of the Most Successful Entrepreneurial Stories to Ever Hit Cleveland!

Business Unusual: “BrandMuscle: An Entrepreneur’s Story!� Phil Alexander

Ever hear of someone starting a new business and turning it into gold and find yourself saying, “Why didn’t I think of that?� Well a lot of people have dreams of starting their own business but few actually take the leap because of the risks, hard work and dedication involved.

The Great Lakes are a
bi-national public treasure and are held in trust by the Great Lakes
states and provinces. For the last twenty years, the Great Lakes
Governors and Premiers have followed a set of principles included in
the Great Lakes Charter to guide them in developing, maintaining and
strengthening the regional management regime for the Waters of the
Great Lakes Basin.

Health Protection in the 21st Century: Exploiting Small World Networks
Dr. Julie L. Gerberding, M.D.
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Friday, Aug 19, 2005, 7:00 pm $5,8

Trumpeter,Jack Schantz, dir. of Jazz studies @ Akron U, dir. of The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra teams up with Ron Busch , Vibes; Dave Morgan, Bass; Matt Perko, Drums for a Brown Bag Concert...BYOB, and Food, casual attire.

The Cleveland Orchestra

Franz Welser-Most, conductor

Emily Magee, soprano

Yvonne Naef, mezzo, soprano

Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

Franz-Josef Selig, bass

Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

A free summer festival performance from a professional ballet company

What a wonderful way to spend your Saturday mornings, learning T’ai Chi surrounded by the beauty of our gardens. This ancient art, practiced daily by millions of people around the world to enhance health and well-being, involves a series of movements created to relax the mind and strengthen the body’s muscles, flexibility, and coordination. Our classes are appropriate for any level of fitness and flexibility. In case of rain, classes will be held indoors. T’ai Chi classes are scheduled to take place when the Garden is closed to the public. Series Fee: $84 member; $90 non-member Please register in Advance

 Cleveland 104 - The Curator's Keys: Unlocking the Doors to Cleveland's Museums
Western Reserve Historical Society

Fun and educational activities, games, exhibits and a presentation about backyard conservation. Picnic lunch.

A juried survey of 80 works by artists from across Northeast Ohio.

History is not just about dates and precious artifacts hidden behind glass cases. It's about people: their hopes, dreams, struggles, communities and jobs.

Discover why Cleveland was the original motor city in the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum.

This new display of war memorabilia and local history exhibited throughout the Hoover family homestead includes artifacts and local information on the Civil War, WWI and WWII and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.

Saturday, Aug 20, 2005, 7:30 pm $20,53.50

One of America's most endearing comedies, this family-friendly, Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a hilariously unconventional family and their unusually eclectic friends will leave you breathless with laughter. The crazy, lovable Sycamore family plays impromptu hosts when their soon to be in-laws arrive unexpectedly for dinner. Sparks fly (literally!) as the non-conformist Sycamores face-off with the ultra-traditional Kirbys. Classic comedy takes center stage in Kaufman and Hart’s American masterpiece.

Ki Allen, one of Cleveland's Unique song stylists with her trio; Drene Ivey, Piano; Glenn Holmes, Upright Bass; Bill Ransom, Drums; Brown Bag Concert...BYOB & Food

The Cleveland Orchestra

Franz Welser-Most, conductor

Yvonne Naef, mezzo-soprano

Women of The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Cleveland Orchestra Children's Chorus

A free Summer Festival Performance from a professional ballet company

Saturday, Aug 20, 2005, 9:00 pm $10

The tour begins at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds and travels through the countryside to Sandusky where they are greeted by family and friends and treated to dinner and a complimentary ticket to Cedar Point. Then it's back to the Fairgrounds where they receive a celebratory picnic for their efforts. For more information please contact Bridget Andrews at (800)667-7131 or go to www.MSohiobuckeye.org.

Three newly-conserved Japanese hanging scrolls are a highlight in this installation of Chinese and Japanese art dating from 2000 BCE to the present. The earliest scroll, Gibbon on a Rock by Kanõ Yasunobu (1613­1685), is one of only five Kanõ-school ink paintings in the Allen's collection. It illustrates the important connections between Kanõ painters and Zen Buddhism.

Sunday, Aug 21, 2005, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm, $4; $3 seniors, students; kids under 12 free

Be among the first to view the video and photo-based work of eight national and international artists featured in Out There: Landscape in the New Millennium and the ceramic sculptures of regional artist Alicia Basinger, our latest in the Wendy L.

Robert J. White M.D., Ph.D.  Professor of Neurosurgery  Case Western Reserve University

Monday, Aug 22, 2005, 10:00 am FREE

Children and parents alike were, and still are, captivated by Where the Wild Things Are that tells the story of a boy named Max who “made mischief of one kind or another� and is sent to his room without his supper. As readers will recall Max then sails on a private boat “through night and day� and becomes “king of the wild things�. Published in 1963, the book was awarded a Caldecott Medal in 1964. An exhibition for people of all ages, Where the Wild Things Are provides the opportunity for hands-on interaction with Sendak’s stories and characters. Visitors are encouraged to dress up like a “wild thing� and dance in the wild forest, cook in the “night Kitchen,� read on Rosie’s stoop, slide into a bowl of chicken soup and create their own masterpieces while listening to classical music.

Monday, Aug 22, 2005, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm, FREE

Please join us next week for,Workforce Development Forum No 2: Building Innovation & Entrepreneurship in NEODate: Tuesday, August 23

The 08.23.05 NEO Excellence Roundtable will feature leaders of new arts innovations and movements in NEO, including William Scheele of newCAT, the New Collaboration for Arts and Technology, who will be able to update attendees on Ingenuity Fest, with which he is affiliated - we'll invite other Ingenuity spokespersons to attend as well.

Attraction, infatuation, going steady, engagement…and finally marriage! Sounds like the evolution of your relationship with your significant other, right? Well your business relationships are no different. And COSE has a way you can form a new business relationship and take it straight to the altar!

Building Innnovation and Entrepreneurship in North East Ohio

Thank you to everyone who helped to make the Tuesday, August 9 I-Open forum a success!

Please mark your calendar for the August 23 forum. 

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is calling for public comments on “The
Great Lakes Restoration Strategy,� which would clean up pollution, end
untreated, raw sewage dumping into the lakes, prevent the introduction of

Tuesday, Aug 23, 2005, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, $10

Akron, Ohio - at the Akron-Summit County Public Library Auditorium
Rebecca Ryan will speak on her work for the Akron Chamber of Commerce

http://www.greaterakronchamber.org/ 

LEARN ABOUT AND SEE AN INSTALLATION OF A 'GREEN' PERVIOUS PAVEMENT:
• COOLS THE COMMUNITY
• SAVES REAL ESTATE, REPLINISHES GROUND WATER
• NO PUDDLES, NO SPLASHING
• NO RUTTING, NO POT HOLES

Wednesday, Aug 24, 2005, 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm, FREE

Wednesday, Aug 24, 2005, 8:00 pm Price Info Not Available

Longtime castmember of "Mad TV" and also seen in "Jerry Maguire."

On Thursday, August 25 from 9-11 a.m at the Cleveland Environmental
Center (3500 Lorain Ave.), EcoCity Cleveland hosts the third in a
series of workshops designed to help nonprofits sharpen their Web site
skills. In this training session, we move beyond the basics to discuss
more advanced tools for effective communications such as surveys,
integrating your group email, and alternative software to build
community online.

Join us for a great networking opportunity to meet the entrepreneurs presenting in Palo Alto.  Learn more about JumpStart and SayYES! to Cleveland. See the new Hyland Software facility.

2005 Featured Palo Alto Entrepreneurs are:

• Ayalogic - Mike Rojas, President
• Gene Express Inc. - Terry W. Osborn, Ph.D., M.B.A., President & CEO
• SageQuest - David B. Lowman, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
• SamePageSolutions  - Andrew Vaeth, President
• Tooling University LLC - Chad Schron, Vice President & Tom Barrett, Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Cost:       Ticket Price: $25.00 includes drinks, hors d'oeuvres and a chance to win 1 of 2 fabulous door prizes:

Thursday, Aug 25, 2005, 7:00 pm $5,8

 Small Business: Leadership in the New Economy
John Koten
Editor-in-Chief of Inc. Magazine, and CEO of Mansueto Ventures

Friday, Aug 26, 2005, 8:00 pm $10

Bobby on Alto & Soprano Saxophone;
Kip Reed, Elec. Bass;
Matt Perko, Drums;
Dan Murphy, Piano;
Brown bag Concert BYOB, and food, we have mix, and glasses.

Here's your chance to study and explore the landmarks, architectureand history of distinct neighborhoods along the Ohio Canal. Tour the Flats. History hikes are led by local historians, architects and community planners. The tour starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 11 a.m.

Cleveland's 4th annual Aerosol and Urban Art Festival. Live spray art muraling & contest. Philly's GRAND AGENT headlines a full day of hip hop, B-boy/B-girl two person team battles, an MC battle and more, free. Festival hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Blossom Festival Band

Loras John Schissel, conductor

Laura Pedersen, soprano

Blossom Festival Band

Loras John Schissel, conductor

Our community is being challenged by the migration of homegrown talent to other areas. Join area business leaders Aug. 29 as Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce launches “Brain Drain to Brain Gain,� a major economic development initiative poised at retaining and attracting young talent for the Stark County community. The Chamber has hired Rebecca Ryan, economist, futurist and president of Next Generation Consulting Inc. to lead this effort. Next Generation is a talent cooperative that helps communities uncover the “best of what is� in the community to retain and attract the brightest young talent. In-depth research is conducted to make this happen. Be a part of the solution; ensure the community’s future. Start by attending “Brain Drain to Brain Gain,� a free presentation. Light complimentary refreshments will be available.

Engaging the Next Generation

Do you think all Gen X'ers are lazy apathetic slackers? Think
again...they are entrepreneurs, stay at home dads, and are making
political waves. In this session, Rebecca Ryan shares the results of
over 7,000 interviews and focus groups with the next generation: what
they think of their politicians, what they're looking for in their
communities, and how they prefer to make a difference at work and in
their neighborhoods.

Learn why collaborative planning for our waterways and greenspace is vital to building a sustainable community. Ed Hauser, with the Friends of Whiskey Island, will share his thoughts on this topic and give an update on the latest Whiskey Island issues.

A discussion about how we should plan for the future of our waterways and greenspace will follow the presentation. The forum is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The Mayor and the Schools: What Is the Mayor's Role?
Wilbur C. Rich
Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College, Boston

From Public Square to University Circle, a number of large-scale investments are being made in new development, research, and health care that will have long-term impact on our region’s economy. Join us to learn more about how these exciting new projects are changing the shape of the region.

From Public Square to University Circle, a number of large-scale investments are being made in new development, research, and health care that will have long-term impacts on our region's economy. Join us to learn more about how these exciting new projects are changing the shape of the region. Free and open to the public. The dialogue will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

In NEO today, we see a growing consciousness in the alternative energy and sustainability movement, a resounding catalyst in the digital cities OneCleveland phenomenum, and many other indicators that we are finally developing a vibrant new economy mentality.

Visit OSU's Ohio Ag R&D Center to see what researchers are doing in
organic agriculture research. Get an overview presentation at the
Fisher Auditorium, visit three organic farms, see a new modular
ecological design experiment and taste the fruits of the harvest.  Contact Phone:614-421-2022
oeffa [at] oeffa [dot] org

With interest growing in bioswales, green roofs, etc., comes the need to better understand on-site conditions and vegitative components to produce the desired effect on water quality in post construction. The meeting is from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.