Pittsburgh, PA

Torrice Productions launched The New Metropolis national community engagement project with Public Media Station WQED Pittsburgh and local community organizations. Called Building Community Connections: A Film Screening and Civic Engagement Dialogue and Program about Revitalizing our Core Communities…

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Cincinnati, OH

Intentional Integration Workshop on Saturday, July 24th
Inspired by the public response to the local broadcast of The New Metropolis' Episode 2: "The New Neighbors," Citizens for Civic Renewal Cincinnati hosted a workshop for community members on Intentional Integration...

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Baltimore, MD

BRIDGE (Baltimore Regional Initiative Developing Genuine Equality) hosted the Maryland premiere of The New Metropolis, at the Ascension Church, in Towson, MD. Over 150 citizens, public officials and clergy attended the Maryland premiere and the follow-up community discussion with panelists about the issues and future of the Baltimore region's first suburbs...

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What is a First Suburb?

What is a first suburb (also called first-tier or first-ring suburbs)? Why are their problems important to the future of our metropolitan regions? Rev. Tim Feaser explains in an introduction to The New Metropolis premiere screening event in Baltimore, Md...

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Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, PA

The Sardoni Theater at Scranton PBS affiliate station WVIA-TV was the scene of a dynamic and productive dialogue about the region’s first suburbs following a broadcast of Episode One of The New Metropolis. Designed to engage local politicians about the region’s problems while exploring the issues, the event drew together many of the players needed to craft positive solutions...

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