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FIGHTING MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION
Guarding election integrity a job for all Disinformation poses a serious threat to democracy. Experts say a full range of efforts is required from public officials, political party leaders and citizens before votes are cast. PAGE 9
Expert: Akron’s Innerbelt offers many possibilities
Agency’s new president, CEO is first woman in role
Future of the site should honor past, architect says
By Kim Palmer
By Dan Shingler
Under Sharon Sobol Jordan, the United Way of Greater Cleveland’s newest and first female president and CEO, the organization is evolving its long-standing mission from providing “crisis aid” funding for those in need to addressing the causes and systems barring economic mobility.
Jordan aims to transition one of the largest and, at 122 years old, one of the oldest philanthropic organizations in the country from a traditional passthrough funding model to more of a think-tank approach, a convener of best practices to examine and, eventually, help break the cycle of poverty in the region. See UNITED WAY on Page 16
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Jordan brings mission into focus at United Way
Sharon Sobol Jordan is the United Way of Greater Cleveland’s newest and first female president and CEO.
Akron is about to learn more about what could be its most important new development in decades — one that could produce recreation space, honor local history, and result in new housing and commercial development. It might even produce a new neighborhood that comes with its own storied history.
It’s all possible at the site of the now-closed Innerbelt highway that cuts through downtown and has been slated for redevelopment since it was shut down in 2018, says the city’s consultant on the site. Nationally renowned architect and urban planner Liz Ogbu, the founder of California’s Studio O, said she has completed her See INNERBELT on Page 17
SPORTS BUSINESS The Cleveland Guardians have begun offseason renovations at Progressive Field. The new-look upper deck will feature a beer garden down the left field line. PAGE 5
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