In 2001 GCF launched the Food for Thought series of community briefings to provide donors with information and ways in which they can respond to issues more effectively. These periodic sessions are just one way that donors can take advantage of GCF's community insight to enrich their own grantmaking efforts.
That was the question put to panelists at the summer installment of GCF’s Food for Thought series. The answer from two of the tree panelists featured was, “You decide!”
The Cincinnati Art and Technology Center is a prototype of the Manchester Craftsman’s Guild and Bidwell Training Center in Pittsburgh. For the past year, Mr. Strickland and the Manchester Bidwell Team have worked with Cincinnati business leaders, Cincinnati Public Schools, city government, community leaders, and Cincinnati CAN to ascertain Cincinnati’s interest.
In 2001 GCF launched the Food for Thought 
