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	Assisting a movement We are pleased to present this special section of our site with the proceedings of the Sustainable Communities Symposium 2000. One of EcoCity Cleveland's essential roles is to chronicle and interpret the movement for sustainability in Northeast Ohio. It's a diverse and complex movement ranging from groups that rehabilitate housing in the inner city to programs that help businesses reduce energy costs to organizations that preserve natural areas. Our job is to draw relationships, integrate ideas and information, and help people understand the connections between different activities and organizations. On a practical level, we helped with the planning of SCS 2000. And we acted as fiscal agent to manage the funding for the project. The latter role project management is a growing realm of activity for us. Our core staff gives us the capacity to manage a number of projects. And because we are nimble enough to respond quickly to opportunities, other groups in the community (such as the ad hoc committee of groups that planned SCS 2000) are approaching us for assistance when they are not in an organizational position to seek funding. There is a clear need for nonprofit organizations like ours to be able to do this. We hope that the umbrella of EcoCity Cleveland can continue providing a home for good projects. In this way we can leverage our resources for the broad movement for sustainable communities. SCS 2000 thanks Thanks to all the participants of SCS 2000 who made it a memorable event especially the members of the working groups, who devoted countless hours to thinking through what we need to change in Northeast Ohio if we are to become a national leader in the thought and practice of sustainability. Working group chairs included Paul Alsenas and Paul Volpe (Architecture and Urban Design), Chris Swift (Infrastructure), Chris Cole (Business and Economics), and Kenneth Montlack (Political/Legal issues). Congressman Dennis Kucinich provide the initial inspiration for having a sustainable communities conference. Special thanks to major funders of SCS 2000 the Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Additional support was received from the Cleveland Green Building Coalition, East Ohio Gas Co., LTV Steel Co., Schmidt Copeland Parker Stevens, City Architecture, Ohio Planning Conference Cleveland Chapter, American Institute of Architects Cleveland Chapter, ParkWorks, Montgomery Watson Inc., and the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Back to top EcoCity Cleveland 3500 Lorain Avenue, Suite 301, Cleveland OH 44113 Cuyahoga Bioregion (216) 961-5020 www.ecocitycleveland.org Copyright 2002-2003		Proceedings of Sustainable Communities Symposium 2000 Three days in May 2000 Symposium agenda The thought and practice of sustainability Themes of the discussion Agenda for architecture/urban design Agenda for business/economics Agenda for infrastructure Agenda for political/legal issues Agenda for health Forging a regional civic vision Committed to people and place Sustainability pledge Quotes from speakers Participants Resources for sustainability Thanks Download publication of SCS 2000 proceedings Back to main sustainability page Go to SCS 2000 site