by Margy Judd | Aug 1, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Dining, Nightlife, Shopping, Neighborhoods & Housing, Newcomer Profiles, Public Spaces, Parks & Recreation
Every few months we ask a recent transplant to Cleveland/Akron to share their story, as Executive Arrangements meets so many intersting, traveled, smart, people from all over the world as we help them with the acclimation and connections to quickly feel at home in our...
by Margy Judd | Jun 2, 2021 | NE Ohio in the News
Every town has colloquialisms and historic references that the locals all understand but that might make a newcomer scratch their head. How confusing is it for a recent transplant to hear locals refer to a building by it’s previous tenant/name even though it was...
by Margy Judd | Nov 17, 2020 | Neighborhoods & Housing, Networking & Connections, Newcomer Profiles, Public Spaces, Parks & Recreation
All the traditional ways a newcomer might make friends, get to know their town, feel connected and become a part of the fabric of their new community have been upended by the global pandemic. That’s not stopping Executive Arrangements from finding ways to create...
by Margy Judd | Oct 6, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Dining, Nightlife, Shopping, Neighborhoods & Housing, Networking & Connections, Volunteering
In late September, Executive Arrangements hosted 40 women for our EA Connects Class of 2020 – Zoom Edition. While we were disappointed this annual gathering, which introduces new to NE Ohio women to each other and their local peers, wasn’t on a patio with...
by Peg Furnas | Aug 21, 2020 | EA Stories, Neighborhoods & Housing, Newcomer Profiles, Public Spaces, Parks & Recreation, Recruitment & Relocation, Schools & Education
Q: Can you share a bit about yourself, where you’ve lived, schooled, worked and your moves with your husband and children? My name is Valda Clark Christian. My parents still live in the suburban New York home I grew up in. But since college, I’ve constantly been on...
