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Welcome to the Northeast Ohio Citizens League

The mission of the Northeast Ohio Citizens League is to create a new regional civic space, empowering citizens to reinvent Northeast Ohio by educating and engaging them in the community decision-making process.

The Northeast Ohio Citizens League (NEOCL) strives to return the voice of the citizen to the community decision-making process, and in doing so, contribute to the renewal of Northeast Ohio''s economic and governance infrastructures. A nonprofit, non-partisan organization, NEOCL will serve all citizen stakeholders, with the goal of creating innovative public policy solutions to the critical issues facing Northeast Ohio.


News & Information

Regional Day in Akron

October 29, 2009 by Mike Gesing

Yesterday the Leadership Groups of NEOhio came together in the Student Union of the University of Akron for their annual Regional Day. Always a good event to network with citizens from all walks of life & hear Ned Hill's annual recap of how we're doing - a better prognostication but not great.

First some stats to get a better feel for things:

Sustainability : Local Food in NEOhio, Film Tonight at CSU & Tremont

October 23, 2009 by Mike Gesing

For those of you who don't know much about the local food communithy here in NEOhio it's probably the fastest growing "community of interest" amongst citizens from all walks of life.

Why a regional citizens league?

June 13, 2009 by Mike Gesing

OK…what does an organization called the Northeast Ohio Citizens League do? Why are we here and what’s it mean to you? And how to give the answers without writing a 10 page essay. Let’s give it a shot:

Announcing the Active Citizens|Active Communities Initiative

June 2, 2009 by NEOCL

Please join the Northeast Ohio Citizens League as we launch the first truly regional grassroots citizen organizing and engagement initiative - Active Citizens|Active Communities.

Civic Commons Meeting

Wednesday, November 24 2009
6:00pm – 7:30pm
Downtown Cleveland ( to be announced shortly)

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