Mayor Jackson issues three strokes to ensure Sustainable Cleveland Summit 2019 continuity

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Mayor Jackson issued three bold edicts at City Hall on Tuesday, September 22nd at 10:15 AM, to help ensure sustainability of the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Conference [2] objectives:  First, he designated a cabinet-level position, Chief of Sustainability and promoted Andrew Watterson to that position.  Second, he designated a twenty-five member special advisory council to ensure strategic progress and coordination - their purpose and makeup are detailed here [3].  Finally, he assigned the formation of a sixty-three member steering committee, which will include two representatives from each organic work group, to ensure meaningful and strategic design for next year's 2010 Summit - the next annual installment on the way to realizing a 2019 vision for a better city.

It was empowering to attend this session at City Hall and hear these leaders make earnest commitments to positive change.

My teacher and mentor, David Cooperrider, who did a such a great job with Summit design and facilitation with the Fowler Center for Sustainable Value, gave a nice assessment of the current progress, speaking of the nicely-evolving combination of grassroots, bottom-up development and top-down development to advance our city's progress.   This commitment and action bodes well for our great City and Region.

A robust set of organic work-groups and action teams are pushing twenty-eight core initiatives [4] as a result of this summit = a nice diversity of efforts towards positive change and transformational outcomes.  Kudos to all.