1. Building the Cuyahoga River
Valley Organization
Presented by Group:- 1
Leena Chellani (11015)
Paresh Ghaghada (11019)
Meet Gor (11020)
Nikunj Gajara (11046)
Chandan Pahelwani (11047)

2. The Cuyahoga Valley
 Cuyahoga Valley is situated near northeast ohio in USA.
 It is the 12th largest body of fresh water on the planet.
 It is Prime contributor to Northeast Ohio’s preeminence as
an economic leader and now an integral part of the region’s
recreation system.
 Cuyahoga River Valley is the setting for one of the most
significant examples of industrialization, urbanization and
preservation in America.
 Cuyahoga River Valley is home to many of physical,
economic and regional assets.

3. Cuyahoga River Valley Organisation (CRVO)
 CRVO is an organization which is carrying out the
Cuyahoga Valley Initiative (CVI) through projects to
restore the health and strength of the region.
 CRVO hired the OD consulting firm, Currere, for the
purpose of CVI project.

4. Cuyahoga Valley Initiative (CVI)
 One author named Steven Litt highlighted in local news
paper in one of the article History of The cuyahoga river
valley and explained its Natural Beauty and full throated
industry.
 After that cuyahoga county commissioner took up the
challenge and CVI was born.
 CVI began in 2001 as a Cuyahoga county-funded project
under the direction of Cuyahoga County Planning
Commission whose director was Paul Alsenas.
 Main objective of project is to create codes and other tools
that municipalities in Cuyahoga County would use to direct
redevelopment and for sustainable transformation and
regeneration.

5. Cont…
 Four principles and six organizing ideas formed the basic
structure.
 4 principles are
 Build Connections
 Renew the Economy
 Create Sustainable Urban Ecology
 Appreciate Shared Heritage.
 6 organizing ideas
 Working River
 Healthy Valley
 Destination
 Art and Design
 Business Innovation
 Community Capacity.

6. The Design Process
 Sally’s team did conversation with more than 80
representative from local and regional organizations.
 From these conversations Sally’s team drew 3 conclusions:
 CV is an asset worth and CVI appears to be an adequate
framework for its regeneration.
 To accomplish its objectives the CVI needs
organizational capacity beyond that currently present in
the community.
 The formation of any new organization will have to be
justified in the eyes of the community as an organization
that is essential, non redundant and legitimate.

7. Developing the Design
 Gund Foundation
 Team created matrix of characteristics, expertise, experience.
 Primary point of leverage for effecting change in Valley was
not a project or physical place but transformation was people
and human network they formed.
 The design process was grounded on 4 key principles:
 Place Based
 Experimental, Participatory, Collaborative
 Task and Capacity Focused
 Transparent

8. The Cuyahoga River Valley Partnership
Regional
Priority
The Triad Networks
legitimizing Partners
activity enabling
action
The CVRO
orchestrating
resources
Legitimacy Resource and
and Guidance
Direction
Projects
transforming
the place

9. A Process to operate the System
 The Design team realized that valley’s transformation
would require a new protocol or process for working
together within and expanded set of values that integrate
economic, environmental and social benefit.
 The protocol would require working in ways that probably
felt counter to conventional wisdom and often seem
unreliable.
 The protocol would help to identify how the Triad, network
partners and the CVRO contributed to such a process.

10. Implementing the Design
 The design will be implemented in five primary categories
 Leadership
 Network Development and Management
 Marketing/Branding
 Knowledge Creation and Management
 Funding

11. Ques. 1:- Design Process and Protocol
 Design Process:
 Provide strategic thought leadership and direction
 Establish a sense of identity and coherence for the valley
 Set and contribute a course for aligned and collaborative
action
 Invite the organizations and individuals within the
network partners to work together in the valley
 Identify, facilitate and launch projects responsible for
revitalizing the Valley.

12.  Protocol
 The organizations should be committed to accomplish their
own objectives and also the larger regional objectives.
 Organizations are committed to do and enable the work of
transformation in the valley.
 Performance of organizations will be measured on the basis
of promoting and leveraging the Cuyahoga Valley Initiative.

13. Ques. 2:- Organization Design Features
 Features
 Facilitating new kinds of Collaborations and cooperation
whose work will benefit both the valley and the members
of the collaboration.
 Reducing government fragmentation and inefficiency.
 Making the efficient use of resources.
 CVI will help to promote Cuyahoga river valley as a
tourist destination.

14. Cont..
 Human Resource Practices
 Protocol will help to identify how the TRIAD, Network
Partners and the CVRO contributed to such a process.
 Participant of the divergent groups would be asked to
work in the interest of the mutual benefit so that
organization as well as valley can be developed.
 Currere and the CVI team formed an ad hoc group of 14
individuals representing different organizational and
initiatives throughout cuyahoga and summit county.
 They looked for individual not afraid to speak the truth
yet willing to listen to others.

15. Cont..
 Leadership
 The team was leaded by 14 individuals whose
characteristics were required as expertise, experience and
perspectives.
 The Leader should have qualities such as systematic
thinkers, civic champions and innovators.
 Their commitments was needed towards Time and
Energy.
 Under Currere’s leadership the design team immersed
into the valley as place- a physical ecology, human
community and economy.

16. Ques. 3:- Obstacles and Facilitators of the process
 Obstacles
 Non profit organizations and government entities are
already competing for an insufficient and shrinking pool
of resources.
 To reduce the redundancy of the funders.

17. Cont..
 Facilitators
 Restore air, water and land quality in the cuyahoga
valley.
 Improve the performance of business already sited in the
valley with respect to sustainable ecological practices,
and create an attractive market for new sustainable
businesses in the valley.
 Promote and advocate for investment in high performing
infrastructure through out the valley watershed.
 Advocate for a regulatory and legislative environment
that supports “Healthy place making” in the valley.
 Build a healthy valley network.