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Have you ever had to reinvent yourself, because of the big changes in our local economy or in your personal life? Did you lose a job, go back to school, do things you never thought you’d be doing? What is that like?

ReInvention Stories: Oronde Clarke

Oronde Clarke
Shawndra Jones
Oronde Clarke

Oronde "Ron" Clarke got into trouble as a young man in Troy, Ohio. After spending time in prison Clarke turned his life around, and with the help of Dayton social programs he started his own business, Clarke's Enterprise. ReInvention producers spoke with at his home in South Park.

This ReInvention Story was produced by Shawndra Jones, Steve Bognar and Sarah Buckingham.

Also visit ReInventionStories.org.  You’ll find a super cool multi-media, interactive website that tells seven more reinvention stories in a longer format. And that’s where you can tell your story and include your
own photographs.

ReInvention Stories is brought to you by WYSO and Localore, a national initiative produced by AIR, the Association of Independents in Radio, Incorporated – in collaboration with Zeega- with financial support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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