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GalleryTake a look at some of our work over the years: national and local speakers, citizen planning exercises, voter's forums, community cleanups, neighborhood walking tours, merchant workshops, the Best of the Heights, and publishing the Heights Observer community newspaper.  2001: Lee Road Design CharretteFutureHeights hosted 40 residents in a morning workshop in the basement of Church of the Saviour, to discuss and envision design ideas for the Lee Road Corridor. Later, volunteer architects and artists rendered the information gathered and presented their final drawings to the public at the CHUH Library. View Album  2003: New Home on the Heights Forum'New Home in the Heights' Forum 2003: A community forum about new home construction in historic Cleveland Heights. Panelists: Mayor Edward Kelley, EcoCity Cleveland Executive Director David Beach, Developer Peter Rubin of the Coral Company, Progressive Urban Real Estate founder Keith Brown, and Architect Andrew Baque. Held at the soon to be adaptively re-used Red Door Church on Euclid Heights Blvd. View Album  2003: Clean and GreenClean and Green, Euclid Heights Blvd. minipark (corner of Derbyshire). May, 2003. View Album  2003: National Town Meeting on Main StreetFutureHeights hosted Cedar Fairmount Merchant Association Administrator Kaye Lowe and Cedar Lee Merchant Association Administrator Joan Costello at the National Town Meeting on Main Street in Cincinnati in June, 2003. Also in attendance were Julie Langan, FutureHeights Director, and Sarah Wean, FutureHeights trustee. View Album  2003: William HudnutWilliam Hudnut The Brookings Institution presents his new book 'Halfway to Everywhere: A Portrait of America's First Suburbs' ,at St. Paul's Episcopal Church to a crowd of 300. View Album  2004: Annual MeetingTom Bier, director of the Center for Housing Research & Policy at Cleveland State University, spoke on housing issues at the first FutureHeights Annual Meeting, held at The College Club and attended by 100. View Album  2004: Clean and GreenClean and Green. October 2005, Euclid Heights Minipark. View Album  2004: Considering Lee Road ExhibitThese illustrations incorporate citizen planning ideas for Lee Road, generated by the Lee Road Charrette and the Considering Lee Road Exhibit.
View Album  2004: First Suburbs Development CouncilLou Tisler, Director of the 1st Suburbs Development Council, spoke to a FutureHeights audience about the work of the organization. View Album  2004: Holiday Stroll on LeeView Album  2004: Members tour of duplex conversionBeachwood Avenue duplex conversion to condo. A project of the First Suburbs Development Corporation. View Album  2004: Stacy Mitchell merchants workshopStacy Mitchell, a founder of the Local Institute for Self Reliance, conducted a workshop at the Alcazar Hotel for Cleveland Heights merchants, policy makers, and interested citizens. View Album  2004: An Evening with Stacy MitchellStacy Mitchell is a founder of the Institute for Local Self Reliance and author of Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses. View Album  2004: Clean and Green Cedar-Lee MiniparkView Album  2004: Greater OhioPatricia Carey, district administrator of Greater Ohio, spoke at the Fairmount Presbyterian Church in May, 2004. View Album  2004: The Big Dig Perennial ExchangeHeld in the Cedar-Lee district, this event brought together avid gardeners to exchange plants. View Album  2005: Best of Cleveland HeightsThe 1st Annual Best of Cleveland Heights Awards at Studio You on Lee Road. View Album  2005: Big Dig Plant and Perennial ExchangeGardeners dug up their favorites for trade and purchase. Held in Forest Hill Park. View Album  2005: Cedar Hill Cleanup2005 spring cleanup of Cedar Hill, the gateway to Cleveland Heights. View Album  2005: Cedar Lee Minipark cleanupOur thanks to Girl Scout Troop 1074 and their leaders for their expert cleaning and greening help on a hot and muggy afternoon. View Album  2005: City Council Candidates ForumThis forum concentrated on developement and planning issues in Cleveland Heights. Dr. John Lentz, Moderator.
View Album  2005: Euclid Golf walking tourDeanna Bremer Fisher and Hugh Fisher, authors of 'Euclid Golf' and the nomination for the Euclid Golf District's National Historic Register designation treated FutureHeights members to a walking tour on Sunday, June 12, 2005. View Album  2005: Phil Star - The Continuing Significance of NeighborhoodsPhil Star, Director of the Center for Neighborhood Development at the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University, led a stimulating discussion on the topic of neighborhoods and their role within our community. Philip Star began the discussion by reviewing basic principles of neighborhood planning. Together he and the audience considered questions such as 'What is a neighborhood?', 'Why are neighborhoods important?' and 'What makes a neighborhood a community?' View Album  2005: Picture Cedar LeeParticipants walked the Cedar Lee district on Saturday, September 24th, shooting photographs of the best of the district. View Album  2005: Pocket Park CleanupOur thanks to Girl Scout Troop 1528 from Noble Elementary School as well as neighbors and friends who worked to make this visible corner of the Cedar-Fairmount neighborhood shine! View Album  2005: Storefront and Signage Design WorkshopFutureHeights sponsored a storefront and signage design workshop on April 29, 2005. Designed to educate merchants, building owners, and local planners the workshop was attended by over 30 people and held at Studio You on Lee Road. Terry Schwarz of the Urban Design Center, and Vince Reddy and Jevon Hull of the City of Cleveland Heights Planning Department presented. View Album  2005: Annual MeetingEconomic developement expert Donovan Rypkema of Place Economics in Washington, DC, was the keynote speaker for the 2005 FutureHeights Annual Meeting in January. Attended by 115 members of FutureHeights, Donovan's talk on 'Competitive Neighborhood Commercial Districts' was riveting, timely, and engaging. View Album  2005: Picture Noble-MonticelloPicture Noble-Monticello, a citizen participation project, was held on two Saturdays in June, 2005. The first day, 12 residents of the Noble-Monticello neighborhood were given disposable cameras and turned loose to take pictures of the the physical features (homes, gardens, public spaces, architectural features) that best exemplified their neighborhood. View Album  2006: Annual MeetingHeather Hughes and Hansen Hosein presented their documentary: Independent America: The Two-Lane Search for Mom & Pop, to a crowd of 200 at the Cedar Lee Theater. View Album  2006: State of the CityFutureHeights Speaker Series presented Mayor Ed Kelley who presented his State of the City address to a crowd of 160 people on Thursday, September 7, 2006. View Album  2006: The Vision RevisitedAttended by over 40 citizens, policy makers, private sector professionals, and vision committee members, Celebrating the Vision on October 26th generated thoughtful discussion among the principals and sparked audience interest in revisiting the goals of the Vision, gauging its current relevance, and deciding how to continue to move planning issues forward into the future. Panelists Jodelle Coleman, Calvin Singleton, Gus Kious, and Mayor Ed Kelley. Mark Majewski, Moderator. View Album  2006: University Circle's Future DevelopmentChristopher Ronayne, President of University Circle, Inc., presented development realities and opportunities for University Circle, Cleveland's premier cultural district and neighbor to Cleveland Heights. 110 interested citizens attended the final installment of the FutureHeights Speaker Series 2006 at the CHUH Main Library. View Album  2006: Best of Cleveland HeightsAlmost 200 merchants, families, and friends crowded into Nighttown on Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 to celebrate the Best of Cleveland Heights. View Album  2006: Mayfield Heights Neighborhood Walking TourMembers walking tour of the Mayfield Heights section of the historic Coventry Village neighborhood. Charles Owen, Historian and tour guide led the enthusiastic crowd of 60 through the neighborhood. View Album  2007: Annual MeetingThe 2007 Annual Meeting presented the showing of "Cleveland: Decline of an American City" from the Lincoln Institute at the Cedar-Lee Theatre. Attended by 150, the film sparked much discussion. After-party at Studio You. View Album  2007: Best of Cleveland HeightsOver 700 unique ballots were cast to crown the winners of the 3rd Annual Best of Cleveland Heights Awards held at Nighttown. View Album  2007: Cynthia Nikitin speaks on PlacemakingCynthia Nikitin, Vice President with Project for Public Spaces (PPS) in New York City, presented "Main Street at Work: Shaping Neighborhood Commercial Centers around Places" at Forest Hill Church. Co-Sponsor: Ohio Planning Conference. View Album  2007: Inglewood Neighborhood Walking TourTour of historic Inglewood neighborhood with tour leaders Diana Woodbridge and Cleveland Heights Preservation Planner Kara Hamley O'Donnell. View Album  2007: New Home on the Heights RevisitedA reprise of the topic of one of our first public events: New Home on the Heights. Discussion of new residential housing in Cleveland Heights. Panel: Mayor Ed Kelley, Hoby Hanna of Howard-Hanna Smythe-Cramer Real Estate, Ken Lurie of Rysar Properties (Bluestone), Rob Acker of Al.Neyer (The Terraces on Lee), and Paul Volpe, City Architecture. View Album  2008: Annual MeetingThe FutureHeights Annual Meeting was held on Thursday, April 10, 2008, at the Heights Rockefeller Building. Fifty people heard guest speaker Lauren Rich Fine talk about hyperlocal journalism and the wave of the future for local newspapers. Executive Director Deanna Bremer Fisher unveiled Vol.1, Issue 1, of the newly printed Heights Observer. View Album  2008: Best of Cleveland Heights AwardsThe 4th Annual Best of Cleveland Heights Awards were held Sunday, September 28, at Nightown Restaurant. Over 100 people attended and celebrated the results of over 500 unique entries to the FutureHeights Best Of Cleveland Heights survey. New this year was the inclusion of University Heights businesses.
Congratulations, one and all! View Album  2008: Best of Cleveland Heights SurveyFutureHeights conducts its Best of Cleveland Heights Awards survey at the Coventry Arts Street Fair on July 17, 2008.
View Album  2008: East Derbyshire Condo Project TourOver 40 FutureHeights members and friends toured the City of Cleveland Heights' East Derbyshire Condo Project on Saturday, October 25, 2008. Host, and city housing manager Rick Wagner, gave an overview on the project and its mission, as well as a tour of properties in various phases of completion. This project is made possible through Community Development Block Grant funding, a federal program. View Album  2008: Levy ForumFebruary 21st the Heights Area Chapter of the League of Women Voters and FutureHeights sponsored a community forum to discuss Issue 29 and the CHUH Library Levy. View Album  2008:FutureHeights hosts International Study Group on Civic EngagementFutureHeights hosted a Polish delegation touring the United States on September 22 in the Levey Room of the CHUH Mail Library. Brought to the table by the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, the group's primary focus was on civic engagement and how non-governmental organizations and local governments interact and cooperate.
Executive Director Deanna Bremer Fisher, FutureHeights president Mark Majewski, Assistant City Manager Susanna Niermann O'Neill, and PATH director Lita Gonzalez presented. View Album  2009: 5th Annual Best of the HeightsThe Best of the Heights 2009, honoring local independent businesses from Cleveland Heights and University Heights, was held at Nighttown in October. Over 700 citizens nominated over 350 businesses this year. We thank our host, Brenden Ring and Nighttown, for their hospitality. See you in 2010! View Album  2009: Annual MeetingGuest speaker Charles Michener's topic, "Can Cleveland Heights Save Cleveland?", sparked conversation among the 150 people who attended the 2009 Annual Meeting on June 10. Our thanks to Jim Barle, of the Historic Rockefeller Building, for his assistance. View Album  2009: Citizen Journalism Workshop-Bob Rosenbaum“You Too Can Write the News,” a free workshop for citizen journalists, was held on Saturday, May 16, at the Noble Neighborhood Library, Cleveland Heights. Bob Rosenbaum is an award-winning reporter, editor and publisher -- at local, regional and national newspapers and magazines -- for nearly 30 years, and a Cleveland Heights resident. View Album  2009: Citizen Journalism Workshop-John Ettore“Feature Writing 101,” a free workshop for citizen journalists, was held Sept. 26 at the Lee Road Library. John Ettore,a professional journalist and Emmy-award-winning writer, led a lively discussion and taught basic writing skills to over 30 aspiring citizen journalists. View Album  2009: Citizen Photojournalism Workshop: Greg DonleyOn December 9, photojournalist and graphic designer Greg Donley instructed an enthusiastic class of residents in fine art of photojournalism. View Album 2009: Local resources forumThree local politicians from different municipalities got together on June 17, at the invitation of FutureHeights and the League of Women Voters, to discuss with residents how Cleveland’s suburban governments can work together — or possibly merge — to share resources and revenues.
View Album  2009: Noble Nela FairFutureHeights promotes the Heights Observer all summer long. This booth was set up at the Noble Nela Festival. View Album  2009: PartnershipsWe worked with some wonderful community volunteers in 2009. Here are just a few. View Album  2010: FutureNow Grog ShopOn January 14th, the recently-formed FutureHeights FutureNow Committee presented its first event; a fundraiser at the Grog Shop in support of FutureHeights. The event featured the entertainment of an all-Heights line-up of oldboy, Twelve 21, Sixes and Sevens and Max Stern. The Grog Shop provided the perfect forum for friends, merchants, Heights residents and music lovers to come together to celebrate life in the Heights. The event was a great success with over 150 people in attendance raising over $700 for FutureHeights. Please keep an eye out for many more future events sponsored by FutureNow! Our thanks to Kathy Simkoff and the Grog Shop for her generous participation.All photos by Kevin Smith View Album  2010: Jeff Milchen, American Independent Business AllianceJeff Milchen, co-founder of the American Independent Business Alliance, a support organization and model for buy-local efforts across the country, presented a workshop to interested citizens and businesses on March 25. View Album  2010: June Annual MeetingThe 2010 FutureHeights Annual Meeting in June featured community organizers Trevelle Harp, of North East Ohio Alliance for Hope (NOAH), and Kirk Noden, Director of the Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative.
Attended by over 100 people, discussion focused on grassroots neighborhood organizing and its effectiveness in bringing about positive change in challenged areas.
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