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Charles Slife Ward 17

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Councilman Charles Slife was appointed to represent Ward 17, the far west area of the city and includes West Park, Kamm's Corners and Puritas neighborhoods.

Councilman Slife is a member of Development, Planning & Sustainability, Utilities, Rules and Workforce & Community Benefits committees. He is vice-chair of the Transportation Committee. He took the place of Martin Keane, who resigned. Slife was a site selection and economic development consultant with The Austin Company, a Cleveland-area industrial design, engineering and construction firm that does work around the world. He had been with the company since 2017.

Previously, Slife worked for the City of Cleveland from 2012 to 2017. As an intern in the Department of Economic Development, he worked on economic development, real estate, and urban planning projects. As a special assistant to the mayor for regional development, Slife gained experience in workforce development, business attraction, brownfield remediation, project design review, and zoning regulations. Slife has his Master of Public Administration in Urban Economic Development from Cleveland State University’s Levin College of Urban Affairs.

Slife lives in the West Park neighborhood of Ward 17 with his wife and young son. He graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and grew up primarily in Avon Lake. He had been a board member for nearly two years on Kamm’s Corners Development Corp. (now named West Park Kamm’s Neighborhood Development).

Slife is an active mentor, previously having volunteered with College Now Greater Cleveland. Currently he is a volunteer mentor with Minds Mater Cleveland. Minds Matter’s mission is to transform the lives of high-achieving high school students from low-income families by broadening their dreams and preparing them for college success. Slife has mentored two Cleveland seniors since their sophomore year and said he is currently helping them navigate through college applications, including financial aid and scholarships.

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