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Council approves contracts for summer youth marketing academy and theater arts program

3381121 · May 19, 2025
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Summary

Cleveland approved emergency ordinances authorizing 12-month contracts (with two one-year renewal options) with Rhonda Crowder and Associates LLC and Karamu House to run out-of-school summer programs: a marketing/creative academy for grades 9'12 and a performing/technical theater program for grades 6'12 and 8'12 respectively.

Cleveland City Council approved emergency ordinances authorizing the director of finance to contract with Rhonda Crowder and Associates LLC and Karamu House to deliver out-of-school summer programming aimed at older youth.

Ordinance 5592025 authorized a contract with Rhonda Crowder and Associates for a city marketing academy that will operate as part of the mayor's Summer Soundtrack initiative and the city's expanded programs. The contract term is 12 months with two separate one-year renewal options exercisable by the director of finance. Rhonda Crowder, CEO of Rhonda Crowder and Associates, described her firm as “a creative services agency that specializes in developing messaging and design strategies for branding, public…

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