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(Hunter Morrison is donating on hour of his time for the winning bidder. The meeting will be at the Kent Urban Design Center located in Cleveland.)

Hunter Morrison is the Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies at Youngstown State University. The Center was established by the University for the purpose of undertaking applied research addressing issues of urban and regional development and providing technical assistance to local government, social service organizations, and businesses. Mr. Morrison is also Senior Fellow in Urban Design at Kent State University's Urban Design Center.

Prior to assuming these positions, Mr. Morrison was Director of the Cleveland City Planning Commission and was responsible for overseeing the City's planning, zoning, design review, and capital improvements programming. He served in this capacity since 1981, making him one of the longest-serving big-city planning directors in the country.

Mr. Morrison was responsible for Civic Vision 2000, a $3 million initiative that resulted in the comprehensive updating of the City's Downtown Plan, Citywide Plan, and Zoning Code. The Civic Vision program was awarded the 1992 American Planning Association National Planning Award for Comprehensive Planning.

Under his direction, the department was responsible for the development of master plans for North Coast Harbor District, site of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Cleveland Browns Stadium; the Playhouse Square Theatre District, site of the country's second largest performing arts center; and the Gateway Sports District, home of Jacobs Field and Gund Area. The Gateway project was awarded an Urban Design Citation from Progressive Architecture in 1990, an Honor Award for urban design from the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1991, and the AIA Urban Design Award in 1996.

Prior to joining the City of Cleveland in 1980, Mr. Morrison worked for the Hough Area Development Corporation, a neighborhood development organization in Cleveland; for private consulting firms in Boston, and for the cities of Nairobi and New York. He holds a Bachelors Degree in City Planning and Political Science from Yale College, a Masters in City Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design; and an Executive Masters in Business Administration from Cleveland State University. Mr. Morrison was awarded the American Institute of Architects 1997 Thomas Jefferson Award for Design in the Public Sector.

Mr. Morrison has served on the Cleveland Landmarks Commission and the Ohio State Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board. He has been a member and has served as president of the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, the 5?county Greater Cleveland metropolitan planning organization. He has taught at the graduate level at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and at Cleveland State University's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs.

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(Hunter Morrison is donating on hour of his time for the winning bidder. The meeting will be at the Kent Urban Design Center located in Cleveland.)

We accept Mastercard and Visa(not American Express) payments and cash payments. All money is due by Friday, July 16.

The executives will meet with the winning bidders at a time convenient to both parties, on or before December 1, 2004.