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IMEX America’s She Means Business program during Smart Monday is putting a premium on engagement and dialogue, and will also include a live panel discussion taping of the Dare to Interrupt podcast, hosted by Courtney Stanley and produced by Meetings Today. Stanley will serve as the host of the all-day She Means Business program, which is sponsored by MPI and tw magazine, with session sponsors Visit Seattle and Visit Fort Worth, and will last from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. October 16.

Spaulding, who was a key organizer of the parade in past years and commander of the American Legion Post 16, served in the Marine Corps and died shortly after being diagnosed with lung cancer last summer.

Cleveland City Council Monday approved a new $10 million workforce development initiative Monday, meant to be the a new-to-Cleveland collaborative approach across multiple partners to build a pipeline to train new workers.

Two requests for use of the city’s American Rescue Plan Act dollars on education and workforce development initiatives made it out of a Cleveland City Council committee meeting Tuesday, but not until after facing some tough questions from council members.

Cuyahoga County Council voted Tuesday evening to appropriate $4.9 million to fund family support specialists for the Say Yes Cleveland program. That's an almost 50% reduction in what the county had initially budgeted to pay for the program, now in its fourth year.