Norman Krumholz Speaker Series on the Future of Urban Planning
The Norman Krumholz Future of Urban Planning Lecture Series was held on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. The event honors the legacy of Norman Krumholz, recognizing his pivotal role in advancing equity planning and addressing the ongoing challenges in this field. Krumholz's influence is renowned globally, as evidenced by his inclusion in Planetizen's 100 Most Influential Urbanists. However, his impact is most profoundly felt in Cleveland, where the Cleveland Policy Planning Report, produced 50 years ago under his leadership, pioneered equity focused development strategies. This seminal report addressed critical local issues in income, housing, transportation, and community development, marking one of the earliest instances of a planning department prioritizing social equity.
This Speaker Series celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Cleveland Policy Plan, a landmark document in American Urban Planning history. It will reflect upon the legacy of the first municipal equity plan and celebrate those involved in equity planning today, and in the future. Keynote speaker Dr. June Manning Thomas, a panel of local leaders, and special guests will offer their perspectives on the plan's objectives and its influence on Greater Cleveland, and beyond. Students, scholars, practitioners and community members are invited to join us for this special event.
100% of the proceeds from this event will go to support the Norman and Virginia Krumholz Scholarship. Please consider making a donation today.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. June Manning Thomas is the Centennial Professor Emerita of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where she also is the Mary Frances Berry Distinguished University Professor of Urban Planning. In 2003, she was inducted as a fellow in the American Institute of Certified Planners.
Thomas served as president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning from 2013 to 2015 and was immediate past president from 2015 to 2016. Thomas writes about diversification of the planning profession, planning history, and social equity in neighborhoods and urban revitalization. Recent research explored the relationship between the concept of social equity and the civil rights movement, and examined the land-use reactions of community organizations to vacant land in Detroit. Her books include the co-edited Urban Planning and the African American Community: In the Shadows (Sage, 1996); Redevelopment and Race: Planning a Finer City in Postwar Detroit (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997; second edition, Wayne State University Press, 2013); Planning Progress: Lessons from Shoghi Effendi (Association for Baha’i Studies, 1999); he co-edited The City after Abandonment (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013); and the co-edited Mapping Detroit: Evolving Land Use Patterns and Connections (Wayne State University Press, 2015). Her latest book is the semi-autobiographical Struggling to Learn: An Intimate History of School Desegregation in South Carolina (University of So. Carolina Press, 2022).
She is the recipient of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning’s 1999 Paul Davidoff Award for her book, Redevelopment and Race. She previously was a professor at Michigan State University, where she developed statewide initiatives to link urban planning services on campus with community development needs in Michigan cities.
She received a PhD in urban and regional planning from the University of Michigan.
Program Participants
Panel Moderator: Kathy Hexter, Associate of the University, Retired at Cleveland State University
Bob Brown, former Director of City Planning
Janice Cogger, Original member of Norman Krumholz' planning staff and co-author of Policy Plan
John Grabowski, Ph.D., Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History, Department of History, Case Western Reserve University
Bob Jaquay, Levin Senior Fellow, Levin College or Public Affairs and Education, Former Associate Director, The George Gund Foundation
Dennis Keating, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs, Levin College of Public Affairs and Education
Howard Maier, Formerly Executive Director, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) (Retired)
Beth Nagy, MCP, Ed.D., Senior Lecturer of Planning Practice, Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs
Chris Ronayne, Cuyahoga County Executive, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Jim Rokakis, Senior Advisor, Cuyahoga Land Bank
Practitioner Lead Roundtable Conversations
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Ashley King (MUPDD '16), Program Director, Equitable Resilience and Revitalization, Enterprise Advisors
Erika Shinn (MSUS Student, BAURS '23)
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Chris Alvarado (MUPDD '99), Cuyahoga County Director of Regional Collaboration
Jacob Bean, (BA+MUPD Student), Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs
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Connor Brentar (MUPD '24), Neighborhood Development Coordinator, Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation
Shneur Kushner (MUPD '22), Special Projects Officer, Slavic Village Development
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Jennifer Chandler (MUPD '19), Assistant Director, Real Estate Development at CHN Housing Partners
Dro Sohrabian (MUPD '21), Spatial Data Analyst for The City of Cleveland
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Jameesha Alexander (MUPD '21), Neighborhood Sustainability Officer, Union Miles Development Corporation
Diane Kavalchek (MUPD Student, BAES '23)
Featured Publication
Socially Responsible Practice: The Battle to Reshape the American Institute of Planners, by Dr. June Manning Thomas.
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