Midwest Mayors' Institute on City Design (1999-2001) Between 1999 and 2001, the Community Design Center led the Midwest Regional Mayors' Institute on City Design. Funded by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the American Architectural Foundation the College invited six mayors from mid-sized cities in the region to work with nationally known experts in Urban Design, Economic Development, Environmental Sustainability, Transportation Planning, and other disciplines. The goal of the event is to empower Mayors, as their city's "chief designer", to be able to make and to encourage knowledgeable urban design and development decisions. Staff made site visits to each city, and worked with each Mayor to develop problem statements to be addressed in the three-day event. Experts and Mayors analyzed and made recommendations on each city's development concerns and experts provided resource presentations in their area of expertise. Urbanist and Architect Stan Allen provided the keynote lecture to the Mayors and a college-wide audience.

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Participants: Mayor Morris Lanning, Moorhead, MN Mayor Karen Hasara, Springfield, IL Mayor Marilou Smith, Kettering, OH Mayor Chuck Canfield, Rochester, MN Mayor John Stozich, Findlay, OH Mayor Fred Nielsen, Muskegon, MI Mayor Debra Powell, E. St. Louis, IL Mayor Russell Lloyd, Evansville, IN Mayor John Antaramian, Kenosha, WI Mayor Jack Kellogg, Marion, OH Mayor Gary Loster, Saginaw, MI Village President Catherine Melchert, Bartlett, IL CDC: Ryan Kolb, Zhang Ying, Sandesh Samdaria, Frank Russell Experts Don Zuchelli, ZHA Inc Maurice Cox, U. of Virginia Dianne Dale, U. of Virginia Brenda Scheer, U. of Cincinnati Udo Greinacher, U. of Cincinnati Michael Sorkin, New York City Robert Levin, U. of Michigan Mark Robbins, N.E.A Christine Saum, National MICD Mayor Roxanne Qualls, Cincinnati Ross Tilghman, TDA Illinois Frank Russell, Institute Director Robert Richardson, City of Cincinnati Stan Allen, Field Operations Doug Kelbaugh, University of Michigan Cindy Holler, Fannie Mae Andrew Baque, Kent State University Christine Saum, National MICD Jane Wolf, Ohio State University