The Forward Cities Cleveland Experience: Overview and Analysis

<p> The city of Cleveland is part of Forward Cities, a four-city initiative focused on inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship. Forward Cities is a national learning collaborative, and its two-year pilot project includes the cities of Cleveland, Detroit, Durham, and New Orleans.</p><p> Forward Cities gives participating cities an opportunity to: <ul> <li> Explore issues of inclusive innovation (so that the city/region&rsquo;s current entrepreneurial boom does not leave the most vulnerable behind); </li> <li> Identify the most effective ways for supporting and developing leaders, entrepreneurs and businesses, in low income neighborhoods; and </li> <li> Discuss strategies to build innovative leadership and an entrepreneurial workforce, especially in traditionally disconnected communities (as well as developing the capacity of high-growth enterprises to recruit/train opportunity youth). </li> </ul></p>