Once described by the Washington Post< /em> as &ldquo\;the most interesting mayor you&rsquo\;ve never heard of\,& rdquo\; Pete Buttigieg\, the Democratic mayor of South Bend\, Indiana\, ha s improbably emerged as one of the nation&rsquo\;s most visionary politici ans. Buttigieg was first elected mayor in 2011 at only 29 years old and re -elected in 2015 with 80 percent of the vote. Over the seven years that Bu ttigieg has been mayor\, South Bend went from being called one of America& rsquo\;s ten dying communities by Newsweek to seeing its fastest pace of population and investment growth in recent memory.
\nButtige ig&rsquo\;s new book\, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor&rsquo\;s Challenge and a Model for America&rsquo\;s Future\, interweaves two once-unthi nkable success stories: that of an Afghanistan veteran who came out and fo und love and acceptance\, all while in office\, and that of a Rust Belt ci ty so thoroughly transformed that it shatters the way we view America&rsqu o\;s so-called flyover country.
\nBooks will be available for purcha se and signing courtesy of Mac&rsquo\;s Backs &ndash\; Books on Coventry.< /p>\n
This event is presented in partnership with The City Club of Cleveland.
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