Dream Big with City Beautiful’s Imagine Factory

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Thu 11/6 @ 5:30 PM

If you can imagine it, it can be done. That’s the philosophy behind City Beautiful’s inaugural Imagine Factory gathering at The City Club. The motivation behind the Imagine Factory is to supercharge people and give them a venue where they can engage, connect and think big in a no-holds-barred fashion.

Gregory Soltis, Co-founder of City Beautiful explains, “It’s the ‘what if’ factory. If people have an idea for a building, or a park at the end of their street, a phase two of a neighborhood development project – whatever it may be, it’s a place to put it out there and share within the community. If you have an idea, come share it! If it’s good maybe we revise it, make it real and become a community conversation. Whatever people imagine in their heads are just ideas until they are met with, ‘yes, that can work!’”

City Beautiful was born because every successful neighborhood leverages their historic infrastructure and heritage. We’ve seen this in many of our city neighborhoods that have gone through a revitalization by mixing in the new with the old. A few examples are The Gordon Square District, Tremont, Ohio City, Hingetown, Waterloo and so on.

In order to continue revitalization in our neighborhoods, the founders of City Beautiful (all with architectural backgrounds) realized that our beloved city’s architecture was valuable, historic, precious and becoming an “endangered species.” Three important keystones emerged in support of the organization’s mission: 1) Advocacy for historic preservation 2) Education about the architecture, craftsman and era 3) Consultation for planning and designing efforts – efforts all of us can appreciate and be thankful for!

And, what better space to host the initial event than at then the nation’s oldest community gathering space for forums, lectures, ideas, and conversation – The City Club. The City Club has always been a place where community gathers to present ideas, listen, learn, share and talk since 1912. The City Club has hosted a line-up of several remarkable professors, leaders, authors, politicians, celebrities and so on – all of them game changers that provoke thought and encourage action. It’s a place where conversations get started, debates happen and great change manifests. It’s fabulous news that you’re invited to be a part of that in the presence of 10 impressive speakers interested in raising the vibration in Cleveland.

In real PechaKucha CLE style, 10 noteworthy presenters will speak for 6 minutes. Each presentation will be quick bits of digestible and impactful information shared on their topic.

Doors open at 5:30PM and presentations begin at 6:00PM. There’lll be snacks and a cash bar for attendees. Plus, the event is FREE. Since this is the first in a series of community conversations, City Beautiful, PechaKucha CLE and The City Club expect to continue forward every few months with a community conversation. Now this is something to talk about. Make sure to RSVP HERE.

 

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