Midtown Mornings 10-27

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Links for Midtown information:

My Midtown

Martinis Over Midtown event: over 100 RSVP's; invites are still available

Follow up to event:

1) Post card to attendees who were not able to attend

2) Initiative report

3) My Midtown book distributed at event

4) What does the next phase of storytelling look like? Suggestions:

• Podcasts, ie., Cool Cleveland
• Put up post at event for participant suggestions
• Distribute information on being a good storyteller
• Personal call/email/visit/note follow up - delegate 10 follow ups to individuals
• Leverage follow up opportunity to engage others around new opportunities
• My Midtown Blog platform

Midtown Mornings hosted 1 time per month beginning Jan 12; until then here are the dates to get together: Nov 17, Dec 1

Look for other businesses and entrepreneurs to host MM in NEO for the alternate weeks

Suggestions:

Webtego - Jeff - yes

Theos in Old Brooklyn - Tim Ferris

Dave Perkowski - Paul

Key 55 - Frank - Dec 15 - Frank

Lakewood location - Paul

Partner with colleges and universities - Jocelyn

Use the Midtown Blog to support continued conversation - Put schedule up - Betsey

Leverage My City My Town on alternate weeks

What are some next steps to support intiative development?

1) Funding networks - tapping into resources quickly

- Foundations

- Internal resources and capabilities

- Identify resources and capabilities of the network itself

- Giving circles: ClevelandCollectivo.org

- Local real estate developers

2) Public interaction - ie., partnering with Urban Affairs; guerrilla activity; if we are a design disctrict, let's define it!

3) Spend one week learning more about individuals or, 30 second introduction - what do you do?, efficient conversations with outcomes

4) Tell "connecting" stories that benefited business development

- Page up on My Midtown - put content on Storytelling page

- Community development

- Connect with residents

5) Midtown newsletter offering editorial content about the neighborhood and other neighborhoods