These community leaders attended The Doable City forum organized by 8-80 Cities June 16-18, 2014 in Chicago, not just to learn but to share doable ideas for making communities more livable, so they can attract and keep talent, open up opportunity, and create space for engagement.

• Akron: Daniel M. Rice, Executive Director, Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition; Don Plusquellic, Mayor of Akron; Suzie Graham, President, Downtown Akron Partnership.

• Bradenton: Morgan Bettes, Realize Bradenton.

• Columbus: Teresa Tomlinson, Mayor, Columbus; Betsy Covington, CEO, Community Foundation Chattahoochee Valley.

• Detroit: Sarida Scott, Executive Director, Community Development Advocates of Detroit; Allandra Bulger, Detroit Future City. 

• Grand Forks: Michael Brown, Mayor, Grand Forks.

• Macon: Ethiel Garlington, Executive Director, Historic Macon Foundation.

• Miami: Gillian Thomas, President, Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science; Meg Daly, Founder, Greenlink.

• Philadelphia: Prema Katari Gupta, Director of Planning and Economic Development, University City District, Philadelphia; Michael Debarardinis, Deputy Mayor, Philadelphia.

• San Jose: Kim Walesh, Director of Economic Development, Chief Strategist, City of San Jose; Suzanne Wolf, Deputy Director, Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Development, City of San Jose.

• St. Paul: Marcus Young, City Artist in Residence,  Public Arts St. Paul & Housing Public Works; Lucy Thompson, Principal City Planner, St. Paul.

8-80 Cities is an organization dedicated to contributing to the transformation of cities into places where people can walk, bike, access public transit and visit vibrant parks and public spaces. The forum held in June 2014 in Chicago was called the Doable City, because it focused on how practical, sometimes simple, changes can make big differences. Read the conference coverage and watch the videos to hear what attendees learned and shared.