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"Some people ask, ""Who am I?"" Mark Giuliano woke up one morning and asked, ""Where am I?"" Better yet, ""Where is home?"" In the spirit of Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat Pray Love) and Richard Florida (Who's Your City?), Making It Home is a memoir of both journey and placemaking. With gritty optimism, heart-wrenching honesty, and playful humor, Giuliano shares the story of his audacious endeavor to trade the coastal suburbs of Savannah, Georgia for a home in the hardscaped core of the second poorest city in America - Cleveland, Ohio. ""Home is where the cause is,"" writes Giuliano. ""Our restless passion for a better world urges us toward our true purpose."" Weaving together personal anecdotes with iconic Clevelanders such as Congressman Dennis Kucinich to the rustbelt superhero, Guitar Man, Making It Home is the story of the tenacity, entrepreneurial spirit, and redemptive conviction of America's comeback cities. With eloquence and passion, hope and vulnerability, Giuliano shares his unrelenting faith, the limits of love, and those people and places worth living and spiritually dying for."

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First de Tocqueville, then Mark Giuliano. Alexis came up the Cuyahoga to a city and saw a steeple. Mark came to Cleveland and saw the amazing people. -Christopher Ronayne, President, University Circle, Cleveland Between the lines of this lovely book, one can find the story of how every city has hope as long as good people find a way to love it. -Jeff Speck, city planner and author, Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

First de Tocqueville, then Mark Giuliano. Alexis came up the Cuyahoga to a city and saw a steeple. Mark came to Cleveland and saw the amazing people. -Christopher Ronayne, President, University Circle, Cleveland Between the lines of this lovely book, one can find the story of how every city has hope as long as good people find a way to love it. -Jeff Speck, city planner and author, Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time Mark Giuliano's wonderful memoir is a beacon of light shining with humor, insight and a deep and abiding love for the city that almost broke his heart. Well worth the read! -Jennifer Ammoscato, author, Dear Internet: It's Me, Avery Urban Pastor Mark Giuliano shares his keen observations - communicated through his soft heart, intelligent mind and compassionate soul. A lover of popular culture as well as the Gospels, Mark explains the value of urban planning and authentic place-making as a means to bring people together. City planners and architects can better their practices by listening to his voice. -Kathleen H. Crowther, President, Cleveland Restoration Society Mark's journey is as much about finding home as it is about believing in an idea so much you'll sacrifice everything to make one. Anyone with passion will find themselves in both stories. -Mark Lammon, Executive Director, Campus District, Inc., Cleveland

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"""R. Mark Giuliano has dozens of articles and media appearances focused on faith and the city. He is a Presbyterian (USA) pastor and a professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Mark hosts a podcast called, Rags of Light: Ordinary People. Extraordinary Stories. Of all his awards and accolades, Mark was especially moved to be voted Cleveland's 2019 ""Downtown Resident of the Year."""

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