Founded in Cleveland’s Little Italy, Inizio is a cultural, social & networking club that brings together Northeast Ohio’s Italian American leaders and builders (ages 21–39).
Not Your Nonna’s
Local Lodge
CULTURE
History, heritage and tradition, celebrated by the next generation of Italian Americans.
EVENTS
Neighborhood crawls, food & wine demonstrations, cultural programming and recreation.
Networking
White collar, blue collar and all the gig workers in between have come together to build up one another.
Not Your Nonna’s
Local Lodge
CULTURE
History, heritage and tradition, celebrated by the next generation of Italian Americans.
EVENTS
Neighborhood crawls, food & wine demonstrations, cultural programming and recreation.
Networking
White collar, blue collar and all the gig workers in between have come together to build up one another.
Inizio was founded in 2023 by Greater Clevelanders who attended the national Italian American Future Leaders Convention. To learn more about the annual convention, visit iafuture.org.
© 2026 Inizio — Cleveland, Ohio