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11th Annual Sustainable Cleveland Summit | Celebrating 10 Years of Cleveland Growing Toward Becoming a Sustainable City! This was the first year I was able to attend the Annual Sustainable Cleveland Summit. What I did not fully realize was that the 11th Annual Sustainable Cleveland Summit was the final event planned as part of this ten-year initiative.

From Waterfalls to Wilderness Workshops | Weekend Journey: New York & Massachusetts Parks, and Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association (ALDHA) Gathering. Every year, we go to the ALDHA Gathering for trail workshops. This year, we added some great New York State Parks with beautiful waterfalls.

50 Years of Euclid Beach Park Memories | Our family participated for the fifth consecutive year in the 15th Annual "Remembering the Sights & Sounds of Euclid Beach Park." For the amusement park, it represented 50 years of memories. For our family, it represented a new role for Julie & our son, Kevin. For the Cleveland Metroparks, it represented fulfillment of a plan.

IngenuityFest 2019: Dreamscapes | On Friday night, September 27, 2019, and Saturday, September 28, 2019, I continued my annual tradition of attending IngenuityFest and sharing in a blog post some of what I saw there. I am proud that my sons, Kevin and Mike, had a booth at IngenuityFest for their tabletop game, perMUTATIONS, for the third consecutive year!

A Celebration! MNO Accreditation! | I was invited to a special Master of Nonprofit Organizations (MNO) celebration. I was very impressed with the evening's program, and look forward to learning more about the activities of the Master of Nonprofit Organizations (MNO) program as future leaders of the nonprofit sector are developed.

#MyTwitterAnniversary! Ten Years of Exploring! | Today is my 10th anniversary on Twitter! I want to thank all the good people in the Twitterverse who have invited me to learn about their lives and activities. And to the cultural, art, civic, and creative organizations, thank you for bringing joy into my life.

Michelangelo: Mind of the Master | This whole year, I have been looking forward to this exhibition, so imagine how excited I was to receive an invitation to attend the Media & Influencer Preview of "Michelangelo: Mind of the Master." First Time In USA! Teylers Museum's Collection of Michelangelo Drawings at Cleveland Museum of Art!

30th Year! CMA Chalk Festival 2019 | Congratulations, Cleveland Museum of Art, on celebrating the 30th year of the Chalk Festival! We were able to continue our annual tradition of creating a blog post with photos from the Cleveland Museum of Art's Chalk Festival. Every year, the chalk art created is outstanding!

Print Club of Cleveland’s 35th Fine Print Fair | This is the third year that I have been fortunate to be invited to the Print Club of Cleveland’s Fine Print Fair Opening Night Preview Party at the Cleveland Museum of Art. I am grateful to be able to attend many great art events at the Cleveland Museum of Art!

Cleveland GiveCamp 2019 – 10th Anniversary! | It is hard to believe that it has been ten years! It has been exciting to see Cleveland GiveCamp grow over the years and help so many nonprofits with free websites and other tech solutions.

Rails-to-Trails Opening Day for Trails Cleveland 2019 | What a day! We attended Cleveland's second Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Opening Day for Trails - Cleveland on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at Cleveland Metroparks' Merwin's Wharf. We knew to expect a great event, but the very large participation of Clevelanders interested in learning about Cleveland's urban trails was beyond what we had expected.

OHTec 2019 Annual Best of Tech Awards | I was fortunate to be invited by Pandata to the 13th Annual Cleveland Best of Tech Awards, which is part of OHTec Tech Week. This blog post includes information about the 2019 Best of Tech Awards finalists, and lists the winners.