Group Hug Cleveland
We are asking you and your friends to scour your city for your favorite people, places, and objects—ones that define your city and/or help to explain why you love it—and HUG these subjects for the camera. Get a friend to snap a photograph of you with your arms wrapped around your favorite building, business, monument, person, etc. We want everyone to submit these photos to participate in the contest. The winners will be rewarded with some awesome gifts that will let them enjoy and celebrate Cleveland. Then we will celebrate on May 26th 2012, all participants and friends are invited to attend a GROUPHUG party in their respective cities to view pics, imbibe, listen to music and express your love for your city!
Group Hug: Rust Belt is a concept inspired by Matthew Mourning of St. Louis, MO who hosted the very first Group Hug event in his hometown in June of 2011. That event drew nearly 300 passionate St. Louis residents together to celebrate the people and places they love most in their city.
Saving Cities thought this was too cool to pass up, so we set out on creating a mega regional Group Hug: Rust Belt that will occur on the same date and time, in 5 major Rust Belt cities: Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Milwaukee, and - of course - St. Louis. This event will mark the first ever mega regional grassroots collaboration of this kind!
Group Hug: Rust Belt is a concept inspired by Matthew Mourning of St. Louis, MO who hosted the very first Group Hug event in his hometown in June of 2011. That event drew nearly 300 passionate St. Louis residents together to celebrate the people and places they love most in their city.
Saving Cities thought this was too cool to pass up, so we set out on creating a mega regional Group Hug: Rust Belt that will occur on the same date and time, in 5 major Rust Belt cities: Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Milwaukee, and - of course - St. Louis. This event will mark the first ever mega regional grassroots collaboration of this kind!
For Information regarding your specific city:
Cleveland: Charlie Kamen
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Contact Rick Stockburger with any other questions, comments, concerns or to find out how to get a Group Hug event started in your Rusty City.
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For any press related inquiries contact Bailey Venable for information at:
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Sponsoring Organizations
Saving Cities
Mission Statement
Saving Cities is an organization dedicated to using media as a tool to advance community development across the Rust Belt. Through the creation of positive, call-to-action content, we aim to inspire a new generation of leaders to take responsibility for our great region’s revitalization. By acting as a conduit of information throughout the region, we strive to integrate all parties and promote a positive rebirth.
For more info please visit http://www.savingcities.com/ Support us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/savingcities
Mission Statement
Saving Cities is an organization dedicated to using media as a tool to advance community development across the Rust Belt. Through the creation of positive, call-to-action content, we aim to inspire a new generation of leaders to take responsibility for our great region’s revitalization. By acting as a conduit of information throughout the region, we strive to integrate all parties and promote a positive rebirth.
For more info please visit http://www.savingcities.com/ Support us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/savingcities
Midwestern Sustainable Cities Symposium Co Sponsor
Mission Statement
The goal of the Midwestern Sustainable Cities Symposium is to join practitioners and academics from all over the Midwest in order to share their ideas and best practices in such fields as sustainable development, urban agriculture, public policy, cooperativism, and localism. The symposium this year will be hosted in the Waterloo Arts district of North Collinwood, September 14th and 15th
For more info please visit
http://mscsymposium.com/
Support us on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/mscsymposium
The goal of the Midwestern Sustainable Cities Symposium is to join practitioners and academics from all over the Midwest in order to share their ideas and best practices in such fields as sustainable development, urban agriculture, public policy, cooperativism, and localism. The symposium this year will be hosted in the Waterloo Arts district of North Collinwood, September 14th and 15th
For more info please visit
http://mscsymposium.com/
Support us on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/mscsymposium