NewtoCLE

great article, Ken. You outclass any professional journalist in this city by leaps and bounds. Kudos. Hoping for something larger than 40 stories also. Keeping fingers crossed for that and also the selection of Public Square

totally agree - what a misleading headline followed by nothing more than extremely bland speculation that was as insightful as some man-in-the-street interview. I don't want this thread to be locked again but let me just say this: despite whatever index cited in this piece and used by "experts", there is not one domestic business center of relevance to SHW that is currently underserved by the existing inventory of commercial flights out of KCLE. And if a direct doesn't currently exist, most business centers in the U.S. are still reachable from KCLE with a maximum of two hops. Same for international. Two hops max. I am glad the article mentions this however not until the very end and only after you realize this important fact belies the misleading headline that preceded it. Akron and Columbus are both home to combined 15-20 legacy Fortune 1000 companies that all presumably seem to make gobs of money for their shareholders while still being able to attract talent year after year. Hopkins has those airports beat in terms of total annual passenger rate and daily non-stop destinations (by multiple carriers) by an objectively large margin. Again, not saying that Hopkins does not have its issues. But let's please stop pretending that Cleveland Hopkins is Manchester, NH or Buffalo, NY

https://www.crainscleveland.com/scott-suttell-blog/apartment-prices-are-rise-most-big-cities-and-clevelands-near-top-list Interesting article. Nice photo of the Lumen taken on 25 Sep

just curious: which 'domestic business centers' of relevance to SHW are currently being underserved by the existing inventory of commercial flights out of KCLE? If a direct doesn't currently exist, most cities in the U.S. are still reachable from KCLE with a maximum of two hops. For cities with a direct SWH corporate presence (Minneapolis, Chicago, et al), there is significant direct service offered daily by competing carriers. What are the markets that SHW needs but are currently being under represented? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Hopkins_International_Airport

this is unnecessary, in my opinion. The C-suite is likely unaffected by any perceived inconvenience of KCLE as they can always have on-demand access to corporate aircraft out of KBKL. Furthermore, are we forgetting that KCLE is perfectly fine in terms of available domestic destinations? Hopkins is going to exceed 10 million pax this year which is incredible given the de-hubbing of United in 2014-2015 which currently puts Hopkins in the same category or higher as other midsized airports such as Pittsburgh or Indianapolis. Not bad. Furthermore, which U.S. market with a Sherwin Williams corporate presence is currently underserved by KCLE? Minneapolis? There are about 10 roundtrip flights daily combined (KCLE-KMSP; KMSP-KCLE) between these two markets on Delta and Frontier, respectively. Which other market? Chicago (home of SW's R&D Arthur Steudel Technical Center)? Just on United there are almost 20 roundtrip flights daily combined between here and Chicago. This is not even including American Airlines which also does a ton of business to ORD and Southwest, which of course flies into MDW. My point with all of this is that Hopkins - despite its design flaws and aging infrastructure and the recent ignominious distinction given by JD Power & Associates - is perfectly sufficient to provide reliable, daily connections to any business-relevant city in this country with as little as two hops, max (assuming a direct does not exist). Of course, we aren't talking about international, but that is the case for most Fortune 1000 companies. How many Fortune 500 firms are based in Columbus? Tons. e.g. you don't see subsidized Columbus-LHR flights

Another amazing job, @KJP. Once again exposing the limitations of Cleveland's local news and their inability to provide well-researched, well-sourced, and thoughtful reporting on real news. Fantastic piece.

In today's Crain's online there is an article how the Cleveland Institute of Music received two gifts totaling $2.5 million. If you're wondering how I am going to tie this to Sherwin Williams HQ move, it's pretty straightforward. One of the donors of this generous gift is A. Malachi Mixon. Although it did not indicate this in the article, Mr. Mixon appears to be on the BOD at Sherwin Williams. Bio here: https://www.mcmcapital.com/professionals/a-malachi-mixon-iii/ Obviously, @Frmr CLEder is right above. It just seems to me that SW leaving Cleveland is an implausible notion. I realize this is more of a superficial observation, as I have no relationships and no connections to any of this. But if the company is making money here, and has been since its inception, and the people who will make the decision on this topic - such as Mr. Mixon above - are likely *all* civic boosters who are committed to local philanthropy as well as the forward momentum of this city and its institutions, then how can one reach a different conclusion?

https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2019/09/sherwin-williams-hq-decision-and-money-for-cleveland-lead-safe-efforts-are-separate-issues.html Interesting editorial on Sherwin by PD. That having said, I honestly cannot get over just what a toxic, pessimistic cesspool the comments section of online newspapers have become but clevleland.com in particular. I would like to know who these miserable people are and who hurt them. It is so so tiring.

there are several rectangular "Now Leasing" nuCLEus signs affixed to perimeter fencing around a couple of the parking lots near the arena. It's nothing significant, but if the project is indeed dead, hoping they remove these trophies of lost hope. Hope you are right, @KJP!

I think it is absolutely ridiculous that local media is letting Stark get away with overpromising and underdelivering (er, not delivering at all) on something he has been front and center pushing for over five years. Where is the criticism directed against him? Why isn't any reporter at least hounding him for an interview so he may publicly comment on the latest status with this project? I have no idea who Stark is or what his reputation is among developers, but as a new resident to this area and as an urbanist who wants nothing but forward momentum for Cleveland, he seems like a colossal disappointment (Beacon notwithstanding). Bottom line: reporters should be pressuring him for a public comment. Developers like him need to eat crow if this is dead. Those nuCLEus signs near the Q ought to be removed. And he owes Cleveland an update after years of benefitting from free media and big promises on what would have been such a nice transformational project.

this was just tweeted by Ward 3 councilman McCormack:

it's unfortunate the people behind Real Life's website did not apply any basic editing or due diligence in their copywriting. I looked up their domain registrant/WHOIS information and the web hosting is based in Israel. Clearly whoever authored their marketing content does not speak English as their primary language. Too bad, because it is leaving a horrible impression with visitors to their site.