The Department of State of the United States brought its International Visitor Leadership Program to North Lawndale on August 20, 2012. The Urban Economic Renewal: A Project for Zimbabwe was represented by the Mayor for the City of Masvingo, the Deputy Mayor and member of the Harare City Council, the Town Clerk for the City of Harare, the Mayor of Zimbabwe’s second city, Bulawayo, and several others. Deborah Moore from NHS described the organization’s work and Neighborhood Director Charles Leeks gave a detailed account of much of the work currently being undertaken in Lawndale by NHS. For more information on the program visit http://exchanges.state.gov/ivlp.