2012: Year of Local Foods

Local Food: Sustainable Cleveland 2019

Let’s Grow Cleveland!

2019 Blog


  • Jenita

    The City of Cleveland hosted a Local Food Fair in City Hall on Friday to launch 2012, The Year of Local Food. About 40 exhibitors representing farmers, farmers’ markets, CSAs, local food enterprises, restaurants, and organizations that connect residents to local food were in attendance. The event was well attended by the general public and City of Cleveland employees alike. A good portion of exhibitors were small enterprises and entrepreneurs—real businesses that provide local, affordable, nutritious food options for Cleveland residents. Cleveland’s leadership as a local foods hotspot is increasingly being recognized nationally and even internationally.  In fact, Cleveland got a mention in an article Salon published last week, Urban Gardens, the Future of Food....

  • F. Christopher ...

    Music, Arts, Culture and Ceremony working group would like to make our first move. During this year's pre-summit meeting, Cynthia Trotta said that she thought we are moving from the rust belt and into the water belt. The words rang in the air right after she said them. I responded that I would like to use a version of her words for a song. That's how this song began.

    At Berea High School, fellow teacher and artist, Jim Byzcnski and I began making what we call, 'guerilla videos'. The rules are low-tech and you must not work for more than an hour on the project.

    Please watch our first release, Out of the Rust and Into the Water

    warm regards,

    F. Christopher Reynolds, M.Ed.

Sustainable Cleveland 2019

Cleveland will become a model of sustainability and become a leader in the emerging green economy over the next 10 years through the efforts of Sustainable Cleveland 2019.

— From the City of Cleveland

This section of the website will chronicle and document the inspiring story of Sustainable Cleveland 2019, the process that seeks to mobilize the Greater Cleveland community to transform the city and the region — creating a green and sustainable economy by the year 2019, the 50th anniversary of the famous Cuyahoga River fire.

On this page you will find the 2019 Blog, which provides the latest updates on Sustainable Cleveland activities. The menu below (or on the upper left of the page) will take you to the main 2019 topics:

  • Summit 2009 — A record of the August 2009 appreciative inquiry summit, which kicked off the process.
  • Council — Coverage of the activities of the Sustainable Cleveland Council, the group appointed to guide the process and help set priorities.
  • Steering committee — Coverage of the group that is planning a follow-up summit in 2010.
  • Strategic plan — Information about the sustainable economic development plan that the city will be commissioning soon.
  • Work groups — Updates on the activities of the 20 summit work groups, with information about how to get involved.

To contribute information, please contact Marc Lefkowitz.