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ULI Cleveland Womens Leadership Initiative August 2021 Breakfast Series
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Join the Urban Land Institute’s Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) for a virtual breakfast meeting featuring highlighted female guest speakers in an intimate breakfast setting. The August guest is Tania Menesse, the CEO and President of Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, an intermediary whose mission is fostering inclusive communities of Choice and Opportunity throughout Cleveland. The organization provides funding and capacity building support to the City's Community Development Corporations. Its portfolio includes placemaking services for neighborhoods and economic opportunities for residents. Village Capital Corporation, a Community Development Finance Institution, and New Village Corporation, a development arm, are subsidiaries of CNP.
Through October 2020, Tania Menesse was the Director of Community Development for the City of Cleveland. The Department of Community Development is responsible for the city's housing and neighborhood commercial redevelopment programs and the city's efforts to develop neighborhood strategies. The Director also manages the Office of Fair Housing and Consumer Affairs, which enforces Cleveland's Consumer Protection Code and fosters relationships with the lending community. During Menesse’s tenure at the City, she led the community wide equitable development taskforce, started the Middle Neighborhoods initiative, was an active participant in establishing the Lead Safe Home Fund and kicked off the City’s Ten Year Housing and Investment Plan.
Prior to joining the City of Cleveland, Menesse was the Director of Economic Development for the City of Shaker Heights. The primary objective of her role was to generate a commercial revenue base for the City by attracting, retaining and facilitating the expansion of businesses that contributed to Shaker’s distinctive character. Menesse developed the City’s economic development plan and led the development of The Van Aken District, Shaker Heights’ downtown. Eleven years of experience in sales, product development, project management and process re-engineering in the private sector provided a foundation for Menesse’s neighborhood economic development efforts. She made the transition to the public and non-profit sector by completing her Master’s Degree in Urban Studies with a concentration in Economic Development at Cleveland State University’s Levin College of Urban Affairs.