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WEDNESDAY,JULY 14 SAVE THE DATE! THIS WEEK AT CMC People & Parks: A 100-year Love Affair SPECIAL MONDAY FORUM – MONDAY, JULY 19, 12:00 - 1:15 P.M. JULY 7 July 15th, 1910 Columbus City Council passed Ordinance No. AT ACC Metro School Makes the Grade: 25336 establishing the Columbus Department of Recreation. A Celebrates First Graduating Class merger in 1972 with the Division of Forestry and Parks Department created the Columbus Recreation and Parks Marcy Raymond, Principal with a graduating student Guadalope Department. Merina Today, Columbus Recreation and Parks Department has With support from grown from six to 215 developed parks on 10,000 acres, has established 30 community centers, seven golf courses, 51 miles of trails, and programs for residents from toddlers to those well Previews of Upcoming CMC Events into their golden years. July 14 — the eve of this 100th year anniversary — Columbus All CMC forums are held at the Athletic Club of Columbus, Metropolitan Club celebrates with Alan McKnight, Director of Alan McKnight, Peter Harnik, Special Guest 136 East Broad Street unless otherwise noted. the Columbus Recreation & Park. Director Director, Center Moderator Registration begins at 11:30AM, with lunch served With McKnight will be Peter Harnik, director of the Trust for Columbus for Park Angela Pace, promptly at noon and closing at 1:15PM. Public Land’s Center for City Park Excellence in Washington, D.C. Recreation Excellence, Trust Public Affairs, In 2000, he authored Inside City Parks, a book about the park and & Parks for Public Land, WBNS10TV JULY 14 recreation systems of the 25 largest cities in the U.S. His most Washington D.C. People & Parks: A 100-Year Love Affair recent research resulted in The Excellent City Park System: What Makes it Great and How to Get There. Currently he is heading a Alan McKnight, Director Columbus Recreation & Parks four-year research project to determine how much economic With support from Peter Harnik, Director, Center for Park Excellence, Trust for Public Land, value a park system can bring to its city. Washington D.C. Special Guest Moderator Angela Pace, Public Affairs, WBNS 10TV With support from Burgess & Niple Thank you for a very successful June CMC Founders Fund Annual Campaign SAVE THE DATE! SPECIAL MONDAY FORUM – RECAP - JUNE 30 MONDAY, JULY 19, 12:00 - 1:15 P.M. AT ACC Kindred Spirit: What We Believe JULY 21 Ann Fisher, WOSU All Sides with Ann Fisher; Nicole Dunn, President & CEO, Women’s Fund of Central Human Services Chamber: Deborah Pryce, Senior Policy Annalist, SZD Whiteboard; Karen Susan Days, President, Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence High Hopes for a New Organization Qiana Williams, Executive Director; Steve Votaw, CEO Directions for Youth & Families; Robert "Bo" Chilton, CEO IMPACT Community Action; Diane Bennett, CEO Action for Children

JULY 28 Painting the World Scarlet & Gray William Brustein, PhD Vice Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs The In partnership with the Columbus Council on World Affairs and Columbus Sister Cities

AUGUST 4 High Five Columbus Cleve Ricksecker, CEO, Capital Crossroads and Discovery SIDS

AUGUST 11 Ohio’s Education Reform Challenges Speaker Karen Days, CMC Chester E. Finn, former assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of President Kathy Fox, speakers Education and president of the Fordham Institute, on the release of his Deborah Pryce, Ann Fisher new book. and Nicole Dunn. Finn will be joined by panelists to be announced. Sponsorship Available!

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