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Marketing and Branding Innovation Zones: Telling the MidTown Story

Join us for New Approaches to Economic Development

Dates: Monday, March 27 & Tuesday, March 28
Time: 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Place: Baldwin Wallace College

Open Source Economic Development is a new approach to economic development that shows you how to develop the open networks that drive innovation. Register here for this new curriculum.

The City of Cleveland and Myers University generously support Midtown Wednesdays and the development of an innovation corridor along Euclid Avenue.

Marketing and Branding Innovation Zones: Telling the MidTown Story

Date: Wednesday, March 22
Time: 5:00 P.M. - 6:45 P.M.
Place: Myers University, Chester Campus
3921 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH
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What does it take to make the MidTown Innovation Zone a Quality, Connected Place?

Beautiful streetscapes, renewable energy sources, arts & culture festivals, ethnic food restaurants, city side gardens, interesting cafes, public WiFi, public art, entrepreneurial incubators and labs humming with activity...

We'll learn the Midtown story from Nead Brand Partners , the firm who developed the initial research and branded messages for Midtown in 2003 with the MidTown Development Corp.

Fuel this week's dialogue with your ideas, questions and what-if stories building next steps and initiatives to bring the Nead Brand Partners vision to life.

Be a part of the networked hub of innovation in MidTown. Join us to create new MidTown opportunities in the arts, technology and education.

Facilitators:

Mark Nead and Mark Zust, principals and growth partners, Nead Brand Partners

Visit the Midtown Wednesdays Blog to learn about marketing and branding innovation in the Second Curve.

Coming up: Wednesday, March 29: Criteria for Innovation Zones

Time: 5:00 P.M. - 6:45 P.M.
Place: Myers University, Chester Campus
Cleveland, OH 44114

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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I-Open: An Invitation to Learn

New Approaches to Economic Development

Date: Monday, March 27 and Tuesday, March 28
Time: 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Place: Baldwin Wallace College
275 Eastland Rd. Berea, Ohio 44017-2088
Register here.

Learn the latest approaches to building an innovation economy in your region

Innovation drives regional economies forward, but how do economic developers promote innovation?

The traditional tools of economic development are inadequate to the task. We need new models, new tools, and new approaches to economic development leadership.

Join us on March 27 and 28 for the first two day workshop on Open Source Economic Development. This new approach to economic development shows you how to develop the open networks that drive innovation.

This workshop is designed for economic development professionals looking for practical, new approaches to building prosperity in their communities and regions.

You can learn more and register 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

I-Open is presenting this workshop in partnership with Executive Education at Baldwin Wallace College

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