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THE WORK

Programs we've designed and launched.

Each one started as an X — an unclear problem, an ambitious goal, or an underused resource. Here's what we built.

17 projects

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Green Minds, Green Futures
Education · Community

Green Minds, Green Futures

What if a student project became a community experience?

Authentic Learning Through Internship
Workforce · Education

Authentic Learning Through Internship

Career readiness shouldn’t happen in a classroom.

Business-in-a-Box
Entrepreneurship · Technology

Business-in-a-Box

Small business owners don’t need another tool. They need capacity.

EdTech Educator Fellowship
STEM · Workforce

EdTech Educator Fellowship

Don’t just put new technology in communities. Build the people who know what to do with it.

FutureLAND: Youth Track
STEM · Community

FutureLAND: Youth Track

If young people are part of Cleveland’s future, they should have a hand in designing it.

Robots & Rockets
STEM · Education

Robots & Rockets

When the mission is on the line, what can you build with what you know?

Sustainable Impact
Education · Community

Sustainable Impact

What if students didn’t just study sustainability — they helped design what came next?

Systems: Mission Possible
Education · STEM

Systems: Mission Possible

Understanding complex systems by designing one with the power to create real change.

What's Your Message?
Education · Arts

What's Your Message?

What does it actually take for an idea to become a message someone else can hear, see and understand?

Creative Collisions
Entrepreneurship · Innovation

Creative Collisions

What if the building itself became the curriculum?

Community Forward CLE
Community · STEM

Community Forward CLE

Taking a national digital-inclusion initiative and turning it into a Cleveland ecosystem.

Career Camps
Workforce · Education

Career Camps

You shouldn't have to choose a career before you've had a chance to try one.

Mastery-Based Learning
Education · Systems

Mastery-Based Learning

What if time was fixed — but learning wasn't?

Café CoLab
Entrepreneurship · Workforce

Café CoLab

What if a coffee truck could be a classroom, a workplace and a community business at the same time?

CentroVilla Power-Up
Workforce · Entrepreneurship

CentroVilla Power-Up

What if an internship helped students build careers while helping real businesses grow?

STEM to STEAM
STEM · Arts

STEM to STEAM

What happens when a STEM school decides its students should exhibit in an art museum?

Social Justice League
Education · Community

Social Justice League

What if we were the superheroes?

WHAT'S YOUR X?

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Launching January 1, 2027

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