Former Ohio Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher has been a long-time public servant in our region and beyond for many years. Now he’s serving as CEO and President of CEOs For Cities, helping to make our urban areas more connected, talented and innovative. Plus he moved their HQ to Cleveland.
Their upcoming annual meeting, Art of the Collaborative City, takes place in Grand Rapids Sun 9/29– Tue 10/1, and Cool Cleveland met with Fisher on E. 4th Street in the heart of our own connected, talented and innovative city to talk about the brilliant speakers and activities they have lined up, including the international ArtPrize. Watch the video here.
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One Response to “VIDEO: Lee Fisher Gathers CEOs For Cities in Grand Rapids”
Linda Nemec Foster
I was born and raised in Cleveland but now live in Grand Rapids (I was selected to be that city first Poet Laureate from 2003-05), so I was particularly interested in this video clip. I really admire Cool Cleveland and the vision of people like Lee Fisher who are helping cities reinvent themselves. And speaking of Grand Rapids, even though ArtPrize is a neat event it is not without its flaws. The major problem is how long the event lasts–about three weeks. That’s way too long in my opinion. Many other organizations have had to reschedule events because ArtPrize seems to monopolize all the publicity in town for that time. If Cleveland and the other cities are thinking of doing something similar, don’t follow ArtPrize’s blueprint insofar as the timeframe goes. Two weeks–or even one week–is plenty. With that said, Cleveland still holds a special place in my heart. GO TRIBE!!!