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This!!!

I believe the juvies who commit violent crimes should be tried as adults.

Agree 100%

I don't understand why they include Phoenix in this list. Phoenix will be nothing but an oven by then.

Back in the 1960s South Carolina (where I hail from) developed a network of two year technical schools around the state. The curricula at these schools were and still are tailored for existing industry and potential new industry. The provision of "ready-made" skilled workers attracted a great deal of business investment to the area. For example, in 1994, BMW opened a major manufacturing facility between Greenville & Spartanburg SC that employs 11,000 people with a total investment of $12.4 billion. The technical colleges in the Greenville/Spartanburg area provided a skilled pool of workers which was one of the reasons why BMW chose the GSP area. Maybe a network of public two year training schools should be considered in Ohio or at least NE Ohio.

It seems like there is a lot of undeveloped land in counties such as Ashtabula, Geauga, Medina & Portage. I'm curious why there is, to my knowledge, not much development.

Fixed it for you...

Good points! I do know we have some agencies, particularly, Team NEO that are tasked to bring new jobs to the region. I wonder just how effective is Team NEO.

Good question

In light of the Columbus area/Central OH winning some major corporate prizes such as Google's 2 billion data center expansion; Amazon's whopping 7.8 billion data center operations; Amgen with 350 new jobs; LG Energy's 4.4 billion EV battery plant in Fayette County not to mention Intel's HUGE chip facility in New Albany. I'm curious as to why Northeast Ohio, as a region, seems to always be getting passed over for the "big dogs". Unlike the City of Cleveland, there seems to be plenty of developable land in places like Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Portage counties to name a few. Please discuss. **In NO way this topic is for Columbus bashing!** I just want some insight as to what NE Ohio, as a region, could be doing better.

Agreed!

There you go!

That doesn't sound good. The WSM is a true Cleveland landmark and I hate to see its future in potential jeopardy because of possible special interests behind the scenes.😠

Does anyone know of any potential sources of funds now that City Council authorized only $10 million?

Could it be possible Cleveland assigns some cops to keep watch on the Amtrak station and its surroundings. Vehicles getting their windows smashed at the Amtrak station is not a very good look for Cleveland. ☹️

As I was writing my last post, I was thinking of maybe this effort can start with a piecemeal approach. Good post!

...Goes with our national custom of overpaying CEOs for keeping his or her seat warm...

Wow, the smoke is unbelievable!! The second pic has that Gotham City look...

But, regionalization is going to be tough. I imagine most municipality powers that be don't want to give up their fiefdoms...at least not in my lifetime.

You mean the Frank Jackson Bridge?

Cle City Council?

Exactly!! I fully believe that Cleveland should be better marketed as NE Ohio or at least as Cleveland Metro instead of just "Cleveland"

Any recent updates on Bridgeworks? 🙂

Are there any significant efforts, for NE Ohio, to work better together as a region, in terms of advertising jobs nationwide, perhaps internationally? Not only that, but outside of the Cleveland city limits, are there any major endeavors for attracting more jobs to the region. I know there were reports as to why Columbus is attracting more big name employers than the Cleveland proper, but the city of Cleveland is much smaller in area than Columbus. There is clean developable land outside of Cleveland, especially outside of Cuyahoga County.

Unfortunately yes...ugh!