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INNOVATION in UNIVERSITY CIRCLE

August 15: Tuesdays@FUTURE

Building The Next Milan Design Showcase on Euclid Avenue
The Cleveland Design District initiative represents the core of design and product development in Northeast Ohio. The project will create a design identity for the region, and establish Cleveland as the design city in the US.
 
Learn more about the model. Connect to new business leadership bringing design to the streets of Northeast Ohio. Link to new opportunity where you live, work and play.
 
Forum Leaders: Dan Cuffaro, Associate Professor and Chair, Industrial Design, The Cleveland Institute of Art & Ned Hill, Ph.D., Vice President for Economic Development, Cleveland State University
Date: Tuesday, August 15
Time: 4:30 P.M. - 6:15 P.M.
Place: FUTURE: Center for Design and Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art
11610 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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For updates read the Tuesdays@FUTURE Blog.

INNOVATION IN MIDTOWN

Friday, August 18: Midtown Mornings. Share coffee and bagels, make new connections and work on transformative initiatives. Download the PDF here.

Date: Friday, August 18
Time: 7:30-8:30 A.M.
Place: Nead Brand Partners
3635 Perkins Avenue, Suite 6a
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Midtown Wednesdays. Forums connecting entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio. We'll see you in September!

Date: Weekly, every Wednesday
Time: 5:00 P.M. - 6:45 P.M.
Place: Myers University, Chester Campus
3921 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH
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KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES.

Listen in on cutting edge conversation. Click to the July 27, 90.3 WCPN Podcast on the status of the NEO economy with Tom Waltermire, Ed Morrison, and Jay Miller here. Read Ed Morrison's additional resources posted here.

Interested in learning more about a networked economy? Check out the news source leaders across the country are reading. Visit the EDPro Weblog here.

Questions? Contact:

Betsey Merkel, Network Development
The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open)
Cleveland Midtown Innovation Center
4415 Euclid Ave., Suite 310
Cleveland, OH 44103 USA
Tel. 216-246-2447

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