Old Brooklyn | Economic Development
Carolyn R. Smith works with the City of Cleveland’s Storefront Renovation Program (SRP). She formerly worked at Glenville Development Corporation and St. Clair Superior Development Corporation completing numerous projects that created stabilized Business Revitalization Districts and jobs for neighborhood residents. In 2005, she became a Coordinating Consultant with the SRP providing technical assistance, training and mentoring to SRP Program Coordinators in eight community development corporations. Carolyn completed the Certification in Professional Main Street Management Institute through the National Trust for Historic Preservation and became a Certified Main Street Manager. Carolyn holds a BS in English from Tennessee State University; Master of Educational Administration from Kent State University and a Master of Public Administration concentration in Economic Development from the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University.