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All,

This is the last meeting before the new transition from old officers from the 2011-2012 school year to the new officers of the 2012-2013 school year as elections will be held tonight.

Additionally, Lillian Kuri from the Cleveland Foundation will be the guest speaker. For more information about Lillian Kuri, please see the Speaker Series tab on the left side of the page.

Hope to see you all in the Bonda room for another exciting meeting.

Here is the list of everyone who has been nominated for a position. Best of luck!

President: 
Jared Robbins

Vice-president: 
Greg Soltis

Secretary: 
Mike Lalich

Treasurer: 
Steven Zimmerman 

Fundraising:
Heather Lenz

Education & Professional Development Chairperson: 
Ryan McBrayer 

For the fourth CSU/APA meeting of the Spring Semester, we will host Steve Litt, Art and Architecture Critic from the Plain Dealer and Tony Coyne, Chair of the Planning Commission for Cleveland. The topic: the New Group Plan Commission and its impact on the future of Cleveland. 

If there is one CSU/APA meeting NOT to miss, it would be this one.

To familiarize yourself with the New Group Plan, click on the link below:
http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/grouplan/index.php 


To learn more about tonight's speakers: please visit the Speaker Series tab on the left side of this page.

See you all later today!

Introduction
On Thursday, March 1, 2012, CSU/APA will host the Teaching Cleveland Foundation in the Bonda Room from 2 pm to 5 pm. The Teaching Cleveland Foundation is a pending 501 (3) (c) organization with a stated mission to develop Cleveland-centered curricula in area schools that deepen an understanding of Greater Cleveland’s rich history, foster an appreciation of its varied resources, and equip participants with the skills and capacities to connect, collaborate, and commit. 

The Project

The Nine Twelve Student Planning Project, which the Teaching Cleveland Foundation is promoting a plan that introduces new initiatives and builds around existing assets to create a mixed-use neighborhood that will serve the needs of the district and complement the rest of the investments underway in downtown Cleveland. This project involves approximately 30 students from four area high schools: Western Reserve Academy, Beachwood, Hawken, and Gilmour Academy.

The Program
The following program is divided into two sections:

2 pm - 3:30 pm - Panelists from four sectors: Urban Design & Development, Sustainability, Market Forces (Real Estate and its Processes), and Community Engagement, which include:

Allen Wiant- PlayhouseSquare Real Estate Services
David Browning- Managing Director of CB Richard Ellis
Michael Deemer- Vice President of Business Development of Downtown Cleveland Alliance
Kevin Schmotzer- City of Cleveland
Brent Donnell- Charter One Bank

3:30 pm - 5 pm - Breakout Groups representing the four sectors. CSU/APA members are especially encouraged to show up and offer their own advice, comments, opinions on the topic of the sector.

Additional Information

http://theciviccommons.com/issues/teaching-cleveland

http://theciviccommons.com/conversations/student-resources--2

Come one, come all! The CSU/APA chapter will be having their bi-weekly meeting today in the Bonda Room. Although there is no speaker for this meeting, there is still a good amount of information to take in. The focus of this meeting is twofold: one is on Teaching Cleveland, a a pending 501 (3) (c) organization with a stated mission to develop Cleveland-centered curricula in area schools that deepen an understanding of Greater Cleveland’s rich history, foster an appreciation of its varied resources, and equip participants with the skills and capacities to connect, collaborate, and commit. The another is on planning for the APA National Conference, which is fast approaching. Hope to see you all there!!

From Greg Soltis, Social Chair

We went to the Pecha Kucha event at the House of Blues last night (read: Japanese for chit-chat), saw the presenters and socialized.  There were about 500 or more people at the event, and about 15 APA members showed up.  However, we met up with other people from 20/30, the Young Professional Senate, and some recent graduates as well.  We went to Pickwick & Frolic after Pecha Kucha and celebrated Amelia Caldwell's birthday!  Fun night! 

For pictures of the event, click on the Gallery tab and click the link labeled 2012 APA Spring Pecha Kucha.

Along with a slew of important information about the APA National Conference in Los Angeles, Fundraising, Social Events, and Community Service projects, today is the start of our speaker series!! Today's meeting will feature Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, Manager of Watershed Programs with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD), as our guest speaker. To learn more about Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, check out the Speaker Series tab on the left side of this page.

Miss a CSU-APA meeting, miss a lot. 

Hope to see you in the Bonda Room @ 5 pm.

The first meeting of the Spring Semester will be an informational meeting that will detail you in on who we are and what we are about, in and out of the classroom. The meeting will revolve around opportunities to get involved as well as learning about the APA National Conference, held this year in Los Angeles. See you in the Bonda Room @ 5 pm.

At our last meeting APA members selected two new officers to join our Executive Board!  We welcome Greg Soltis as APA Social Chair and Jared Robbins APA First Year Graduate Student Representative!  We look forward to working with both Greg and Jared for the remainder of this year and hope to provide members with opportunities for social events and to get to know each other!  Please help us in welcoming Greg and Jared to the APA team!