Oldmanladyluck

Agreed. The inner city along with the inner ring suburbs will have good representation according to this map.

Agreed.

^^Too bad that in today's world Brooklyn IS Cleveland, no matter how much Brooklyn may look down on residents of Cleveland. We're all in this same boat together. It will take ALL of us to keep it from sinking. If cities within this region including Brooklyn could do it alone, the region would fare better right about now (we should go to the regionalism thread for this). I guess we'll have to wait on what happens with AG. Maybe a phone call or email blast to state politicians should be in order...

The tax sharing has been one of Frank Jackson's policies, which I am in favor of. In the end, a company will locate where it will have the most advantages... unless we're talking about large corporate headquarters, of course. If the AG is destined for 271, sharing taxes with Brooklyn would lighten the blow a bit. I agree 100% with your take on regionalism, however. My take on it is that we're stuck with the system that we have (for now, though the county in effect voted for regionalism if they know it now or not) until all cities within the region share taxes and/or merge.

Dam right. Remember Office Max? We can't afford any last minute deals. Something needs to be done NOW between the State, whichever city AG decides to move to, and Brooklyn. Tax sharing between the city of Brooklyn and the new host city, along with any and all tax incentives the State of Ohio can offer.

^I guess those renderings haven't been updated as of yet... it would still be great for the PA to be part of the larger plan in some way.

Good way for money to start coming in before the construction is completed.

I would love to see and would prefer a downtown location. However, at the end of the day I don't care where they locate- as long as they stay within the region.

As far as expanding downtown is concerned, the East Bank project is relatively small when compared to the potential of the entire downtown lakefront being developed over the next 20 years. But I can agree that as far as the perception goes, it will seem like downtown is expanding (albeit on a small scale).

The point that Litt brings up is very, VERY important to the project. How Mall and other public spaces are handled is critical to success of medical mart project: Steven Litt By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer January 09, 2010, 8:55PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- What a relief! Construction of the long-delayed medical mart and convention center complex could start this fall in downtown Cleveland, thanks to an agreement finalized Thursday between Cuyahoga County and MMPI Inc. of Chicago. The construction administration agreement, negotiated for the county by Cleveland attorney Jeff Appelbaum, sets timetables and assigns clear and logical responsibilities for all parties in the $425 million, publicly financed project. What's missing now, however, is a fundamental understanding that the public spaces, parks and pedestrian connections among the plan's various components have a bedrock importance to the success of the project. http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/01/how_mall_and_other_public_spac.html

WOW. Having an aquarium as part of the lakefront development would be great... I guess we'll see. If this developer has to go to the voters for funds, then I hope that he has the money for the campaign against Jacobs, who you can bet will have ammo ready.

1) Cavs. The team has brought so much energy to this town- gotta love em 2) The Browns. My heart is still with this team... dammit. 3) The Indians. Though I'm not much of a baseball fan, I will always root for the home team. 4) Ohio State. Nuff said.

I wasn't aware they were friends. While Stark isn't a player in the Warehouse District anymore, he does have other properties downtown (East 14th/Prospect area). Does Stark own some of the surface lots in the area? It would be great to see those developed if so.

I just thought about the proposed Jacobs tower (I believe he was looking for an anchor office tenant). He's got enough clout and connections to get something done, I believe, between the city and the State. Just wishful thinking, I guess.

The article said 2,000 workers. That would be a nice boost for downtown. I'm hoping that some of the downtown owners called American Greetings as soon as they heard the news. What about some regional cooperation? The city could share property taxes with Brooklyn and offer tax incentives to stay, along with the State of Ohio. Now that the news is out there, the region and this state needs to do all it can to keep this company here.

I guess there's a farmers market planned for the space where the Corlett building was formerly. This is a GREAT interim use of the space! From the design review committee website http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/brd/detail.php?ID=2657&CASE=DF%202010-001 Downtown/Flats Case # DF 2010-001 Address: 1935 Euclid Ave. Owner/Rep: Tania Anochin, CSU Architect: Anne Hartman, Ralph Tyler Companies Description: Site to be devoted to the North Union Farmers Market, April - October 2010 Notes: Reference DRC 2009-002 for original demolition plans and interim site use plan.

^^Akron is definitely doing well- MUCH better than many would expect. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.oh_akron_msa.htm), the metro has an unemployment rate of 9.7% as of October, 2009, which is a bit under what the national average is of 10% for the month of November. From employment numbers, it seems that Akron is well balanced and diversified. Some of the largest employment sectors in the Akron metro are the following: 15.47% of the currently employed in non-farm jobs within the Akron metro area are employed in Education and Health Services (a growing employment sector for the Akron Metro). This is compared to Cleveland's 18.42% and growing, using the available November statistics for Cleveland from the site. I believe that venture capital invested towards biomedical companies in the Cleveland area actually includes the Akron metro, with the amount of dollars invested crossing over the $1 Billion mark collectively over the past few years. As the venture capital dollars continue to come in, we will see growth continue in this employment sector (part of the reason why I believe Cleveland has "turned a corner"). Manufacturing employs 11.91% of individuals working in the Akron metro, compared to Cleveland's 11.63%. With continued growth in other sectors, these percentages will continue to shrink in both metros. Having the number of manufacturing jobs around 10% is great when compared to the numbers in the early 2000s (note the loss of 80,000+ jobs in the Cleveland metro during the 2001 recession, mostly in manufacturing). Unfortunately, unemployment sways more with manufacturing than many other sectors, so having the number around 10% of all non-farm jobs is a great factor.

Tommy's were definitely the sh!t back then. Along with Khaki pants.

Let's see... I was in high school during the 90s and there's a couple of things I haven't seen posted yet- -Beavis and Butthead. Part of MTV's addition to the 90s besides the beginnings of reality tv. It was amazing to see the impact that this cartoon had on kids when the cartoon was big. -Bone Thugs. Cleveland's own. The effect this group had on hip-hop and R&B is undeniable, though the group does not get the respect (in my opinion) they deserve. Just about every group/artist since has used their style of flow since. The group put Cleveland on the hip-hop map. Also the only group to work with most of hip-hop's elite, including Eazy E, Big Pun, Biggie Smalls and Tupac. -Sports Team Jerseys (also made by Starter, among other brands). I had em, my friends had them, we all had em. -Fubu. Besides Phat Farm, Fubu blew up in the 90s as well. I'm sure everyone on this board has seen someone wearing a Fubu jersey with "05" on the front and back of it somewhere. As quickly as they came is as quickly as the jerseys went out of fashion. I must admit that I had one as well. -Jerry Springer. This was the one show a kid could come home after school and watch strippers on. -Michael Jordan. Everyone wanted to be like Mike, and everyone had to have a pair of J's. Yes, he was on the Bulls during the 80s as well, but it was in the 90s when he was part of the "Dream Team", along with winning his 6 NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls. People would go as far as killing someone over a pair of these shoes.

I don't know how much we can quantify the University of Akron's part in the growth of the Akron region, but I would have to argue that the university HAS to play some part in this. These are great numbers for the region- hopefully we'll see growth follow in the MSA.

I think he should get another year as well. I think the Browns need to stop this rebuilding every 3 years sh!t and get the team stabilized.

Gorgeous neighborhood! Thanks for the pics

Thanks for the update Jeffery. Though the numbers are higher, we have stagnate growth. Again, I believe that future statistics will show growth in the region- however the reality is that right now the region must do more to foster growth in the tertiary economy. Thanks again

OH I envy you, but I ain't a hater. Great pics! I definitely have to check out Cancun soon.

My predictions: -Water is looked at as a major source of fuel -Gasoline prices reach $10.00 per gallon -The Water Belt becomes a place where people want to move to