TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainable Cleveland 2019: Designing a Green Economic Future Using the Appreciative Inquiry Summit Process
AU - Meyer-Emerick, Nancy
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - Many cities across the United States are struggling to transition to sustainable development. The city of Cleveland, Ohio, is no exception; however, in 2009, it took the unusual path of using the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Summit process to engage a broad group of stakeholders in envisioning a new sustainable local economy for the Cleveland region. Cleveland's plan, Sustainable Cleveland 2019, is built on the vision of the city becoming a Green City on a Blue Lake by 2019, the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire that helped to launch the environmental movement in the United States This article describes the AI Summit process, how it was applied in Cleveland and the outcomes of the two summits that have been held thus far. © SAGE Publications 2012.
AB - Many cities across the United States are struggling to transition to sustainable development. The city of Cleveland, Ohio, is no exception; however, in 2009, it took the unusual path of using the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Summit process to engage a broad group of stakeholders in envisioning a new sustainable local economy for the Cleveland region. Cleveland's plan, Sustainable Cleveland 2019, is built on the vision of the city becoming a Green City on a Blue Lake by 2019, the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire that helped to launch the environmental movement in the United States This article describes the AI Summit process, how it was applied in Cleveland and the outcomes of the two summits that have been held thus far. © SAGE Publications 2012.
KW - appreciative inquiry
KW - citizen participation
KW - decision making
KW - local government
KW - sustainability
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U2 - 10.1177/1087724X11429043
DO - 10.1177/1087724X11429043
M3 - Article
SN - 1087-724X
VL - 17
SP - 52
EP - 67
JO - Public Works Management and Policy
JF - Public Works Management and Policy
IS - 1
ER -