Thu 2/22 @ 4PM
Once again, the Cleveland Leadership Center is hosting Accelerate, a pitch competition where people with ideas for projects to improve the Greater Cleveland region share their proposals for the chance to win seed money to fund them.
Its upcoming event at the Huntington Convention Center celebrates the tenth anniversary of the event, with Mayor Justin Bibb serving as the honorary chair. Community leaders will judge competitors in the categories of social change, thriving neighborhoods, “technovation,” arts and culture, education, and health & well-being (there’s also a teen accelerate competition.) The winner in each category moves on to the final competition. The final winner gets $5,000 toward their project, while each semi-finalist gets $2000.
“Most of the ideas presented at Accelerate are in the early stage of development and the presenters do not have business plans or implementation timelines,” they say. “The goal of Accelerate is to help them begin the process of bringing their ideas to reality.”
You can see who the competitors and judges are online.
You can get tickets to the event here.
Cleveland, OH 44114