March 12, 200817 yr Just from glancing through the data...it appears as though Columbus and Cincinnati fared the best out of the Ohio markets. Whereas Cleveland and NE Ohio seemed to feel the brunt of these job losses. I don't know if I can agree with that since it says that Springfield MSA and Dayton MSA lost the most and third most respectively(-10% and-7.5%), and Akron had the highest growth at +4.1%
March 12, 200817 yr The growing markets: 1. Akron (4.1%) 2. Cincinnati (2%) 3. Columbus (1.7%) The losing markets: 1. Canton (-8.6%) 2. Dayton (-7.6%) 3. Mansfield (-6.5%) 4. Youngstown (6.3%) 5. Lima (-5.7%) 6. Cleveland (-5.5%) 7. Toledo (-5%) 8. Stuebenville-Weirton (-3.8%) 9. Sandusky (-2.7%)
March 12, 200817 yr ^ I see that, but why isn't the Springfield one shown at -10%. I'm not trying to say one area faired better than the other, but if you look at the data, the state as a whole pretty evenly distributed the job losses.
March 12, 200817 yr It is really the middle-sized and smaller parts of Ohio that have gotten crushed. That used to be where lots of Ohio's wealth was and it is disappearing. With Cleveland and to a lesser degree Toledo - they lost a lot in raw numbers but the local economy is big enough to swallow the losses. The smaller towns eventually stop being significant economic centers. If you want to see what this looks in ten or twenty years, New England and the mid-Atlantic are great examples as they preceded Ohio in the completeness of their deindustrialization.
March 12, 200817 yr I think one of the most frightening things in that study is (and it's a national trend, just more extreme in Ohio): "Every industry that is capable of exporting and faces foreign imports or routine outsourcing lost jobs in Ohio over the past seven years. All new jobs are in domestic consumer services that rely on soaring levels of debt." -236,000 (almost a quarter!) manufacturing jobs +100,100 health care bureaucracy (don't produce anything) +24,500 bars and restaurants (don't produce anything) +12,500 leisure and hospitality (don't produce anything) +18,700 state and local government (don't produce anything) How long until this economic house of cards collapses (or is it already?)?
March 13, 200817 yr Evergray hits the bullseye. If one looks at the job growth stats for Dayton, they are in health care, which is funded by insurance and out-of-pocket. It's just a service. Locally the emphasis is on defense spendng to generate job growth, but this is sort of parasitical, using the taxpayer-supported (or defict financed) federal budget to pump money into a local economy for something that isnt really profit-oriented, nor produced for export or consumption.
March 13, 200817 yr Just from glancing through the data...it appears as though Columbus and Cincinnati fared the best out of the Ohio markets. Whereas Cleveland and NE Ohio seemed to feel the brunt of these job losses. I don't know if I can agree with that since it says that Springfield MSA and Dayton MSA lost the most and third most respectively(-10% and-7.5%), and Akron had the highest growth at +4.1% Just for fun... let's compare Cincinnati-Dayton-Springfield and Cleveland-Akron-Canton... two relatively equivalent mega-regions (though neither encompasses the entirity of NE or SW Ohio). Cleveland-Akron-Canton 2000 job total: 1668.1 Net Jobs 2000-2007: -65.9 Growth Rate: -4.0 Cincinnati-Dayton-Springfield 2000 job total: 1531.0 Net Jobs 2000-2007: -18.3 Growth Rate: -1.2% So... it appears the NE megaregion (not including more "stand-alone" areas like Youngstown-Warren and Mansfield) fared worse overall than the SW megaregion... though both experienced overall job declines. btw, the Cincinnati Metro numbers include jobs in KY and IN... I wonder how growth in the non-OH portions of the metro (which are obviously not included in Ohio's totals) compare to the growth in the OH portion of Metro Cincy (Steubenville-Weirton is another multi-state metro... but who cares)
March 13, 200817 yr one other thing... check out the chart on page 7 of "7 year job growth" periods since 1940-47. Remember the 80s? That's remembered as a time of rather significant manufacturing decline, economic malaise and restructuring in Ohio (and the rest of the Rust Belt). And you can see the late 70s and early 80s were the 2nd worst period in recorded history (after post-Korean War) with several years of meager growth to mild decline. But look at what's happening in the past few years... it is much worse than the 80s... this is the type of economic decline that could have significant demographic implications for decades to come (on top of already poor demographic trends from the 80s malaise).
March 13, 200817 yr Demographic implications ...as in outmigration of the early-career workforce, including women in their prime childbearing years?
March 13, 200817 yr Demographic implications ...as in outmigration of the early-career workforce, including women in their prime childbearing years? Exactly. The out-migration of the 80s already depressed population growth rates... skewing the population older and eliminating a large chunk of children that theoretically would've been born in Ohio (and just now entering the workforce). This drags down growth in "population-dependent" economic sectors (retail, construction, schoolteachers, etc.), further depressing job growth rates. The rather extreme job loss going on this decade leads me to believe that Ohio will face some difficult demographic trends in the future. While still positive, Ohio has one of the lowest rates of "natural increase" (births vs. deaths) in the nation, and this decade's job loss combined with declining fertility, could tip the scales towards a "natural decrease" in the near future... a phenomenon already experienced in some parts of Ohio, Western NY, Western PA and West Virginia. I have to admit I am shocked when comparing this decade's job growth to that of the 80s... and it worries me.
March 13, 200817 yr The 80s were great for FIRE (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) and that helped places like the 3 C's, unfortunately very little of it spread to the rest of the state. This is also true in SE Penn. The early 90s recession and the effect of a strong dollar at the turn of the millenium crushed Ohio more than most realize because the closures were more of a slow bleed than the crushing closures of the 70s and 80s. The demographic part is especially scary since Ohio hasn't attracted many immigrants since WWII besides moderate internal migration from the South and that has mostly stopped and in many cases reversed. I say we ban air conditioning in America.
March 13, 200817 yr The Federal Government needs to re-prioritize! Hopefully, our new persident will do as they all promise and work toward decreasing this huge trade deficit, which has all but destroyed Ohio's manufacuring base. We need to initiate some serious changes in NAFTA and increase tariffs on inports until we are treated more fairly by other countries. There needs to be a huge push to buy American and we need to focus on our education system. We can find billions of dollars to fund a war that results in getting our children killed but can't find billions to improve thier education. If we had the most well educated graduates in the world, which we should, companies from around the world would be forced to locate within our borders because this is where the talent would be. It is also where the spending would be because of the abundance of well paid consumers. There would be more high paying jobs, less crime due to education, more jobs and less need for jails, which is a drain on local economies. I think Ohio should focus on lobying for the pre-mentioned changes and re-focus on the education of it's youth. Just opinions.
March 13, 200817 yr I don't know that it's a case of Akron doing something "right" as much as it's a case of Akron's a smaller city and is able to be more flexible to react to economic trends. With less infrastructure to be revitalized, less industries to be revamped, less public services to provide, it's in a better position simply by being smaller. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are some things that other cities could be learning from Akron. It probably doesn't hurt that Akron has a mayor with a lot of clout - like him or not, when Plusquellic wants something to happen, it usually does. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
March 13, 200817 yr I don't know that it's a case of Akron doing something "right" as much as it's a case of Akron's a smaller city and is able to be more flexible to react to economic trends. With less infrastructure to be revitalized, less industries to be revamped, less public services to provide, it's in a better position simply by being smaller. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are some things that other cities could be learning from Akron. It probably doesn't hurt that Akron has a mayor with a lot of clout - like him or not, when Plusquellic wants something to happen, it usually does. You are right. That is a major part of Akron's relative success. However, I do think Akron suffered relatively the same manufacturing hits that Cleveland did. I remember Goodyear and Firestone with nearly 20,000 employees each and B.F. Goodrich with nearly 15,000. General Tire was up there, as well, not to mention Akrons, Auto Parts and Machine Tools Industry. Goodrich, General Tire and Firestone are all but gone and Goodyear is down to less than 3,000, which almost disappeared. Akron is trying to save the last of Firestone, now. Akron began a program of Urban Renewal where it quickly demolished most all old and delapedated buildings through the 70's, 80's and 90's, resulting in less delapadation and more open and available land. That is why large portions of Akron has lost it's building density. They ignored Downtown and focused on revitalizing neighborhoods. Cleveland seemed to ignore neighborhoods and delapadation to focus on Downtown Development. The result is that Akron has beautiful, clean and neat neighborhoods and a weak Downtown that is finally recovering. Cleveland has a much more vibrant Downtown and because of it's size, has a backlog of delapadated buildings and less than desirable neighborhoods, which are recovering. However, there are so many areas with so much to do, that it's taking a much longer time and much more investment for Cleveland to recover. Today, Akron is replacing every or nearly every public Primary and Secondary School with the new Learning Centers, which are designed to generate parent participation in afterschool activities and education. Akron U is exploding and the three primary hospitals are rapidly growing, as well. The city has a successful Business Incubator Program that they have now adapted to attract foreign ventures. They have The Medical Cooridor to attract medical research and development companies and Joint Economic Development Districts with the suburbs as a regional approach. Plusquelic has proposed a plan to lease it's sewer system to finance every graduate of Akron Public Schools to go to college. After the student has exausted all means of getting grants and scolarships, the program would take up the slack. I love Cleveland and Akron! I have spent about equal years in both. I feel that Cleveland could learn some things from Akron. I think that Cleveland should check it's ego and work on a more regional approach with Akron for the benefit of the region, as a whole. Akron has pusued this more vigorously over the years than Cleveland has.
March 14, 200817 yr I think the only point I really disagree with is this - your last paragraph could be construed as "regional approach means we should continue to empower and subsidize outer-ring development as equally as the inner city". That mentality sounds nice on the "let's cooperate" level, but it doesn't play out well in reality - see the I-90 Lear Road interchange "struggle" as an example. The core cities aren't the only places where egos inflate. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
March 14, 200817 yr MayDay, your point is well taken. Egos are everywhere. I'd like to clarify that I am all for strong central core cities and suburbs should be suburbs. However, our core cities are not attracting the large companies that they should be attracting. Unfortunately, the inner cities aren't desirable to people or businesses right now. If it weren't for our awsome suburbs, almost the entire population of this region would have left. Because people enjoy our suburbs, they have been willing to locate their small businesses there, close to where they live, for convenience. These small businesses are where the majority of our economic growth in this area is coming from. People who can't find a job in the city, drive to the burbs to work. Our big cities are not attracting these small businesses. Because our cities are in survival mode, we need to appreciate the fact that the burbs are and have been sustaining them for a long time, now. This must continue until our inner cities are able to begin to make themselves attractive to the small business owner, again, and to big business, as well. There is no competition between the burbs and the inner cities for big business because the burbs don't want them and the cities can offer more incentives. The burbs would rather not have mid size businesses but accept them for the benefit of the region. We all need places to work. Until we can make our inner cities competitive with other inner cities for big and small business, we need to thank God for the burbs! The question is how do we get our inner cities back on track. I think that a more regional approach is part of the answer. The key phrase being a more regional approach. Here are examples of what I mean: The partnership between Akron and Cleveland to bring visitors from Isreal to the area. This was awsome! No fighting over who should win projects. They showcased the best that both cities had to offer and some companies will choose Cleveland and some Akron, depending on many different factors, like which city is closer to potential suppliers, etc. If Akron wins a company, the company will do business with Cleveland Companies and employees will go to Cleveland Sporting Events to spend money. It is a win-win for both cities and the region. Another example is the colaboration between Cleveland and Akron Hospitals for research and development, etc. Each hospital has it's own strengths to bring to the table. Why compete when they are stronger as a team? If a piece of land stretches across a border, why not agree to cooperate on how that land should be developed instead of each town or city trying to develop it's own small portion. One may have resources and the other doesn't. The result is undeveloped land. This is what I mean by a more regional approach, not all out rediculous suburban sprawl and urbanization. I know this was lengthy and not really on the point, but I just wanted to clarify.
March 14, 200817 yr If you look at the charts, Akron has lost a much smaller proportion of its manufacturing base this decade than the rest of Ohio. Also, Metro Akron has eperienced "booming" growth in Professional and Business Services. Cleveland has lost jobs in this sector. The cynic in me wonders if (suburban) Akron is gaining at Cleveland's expense due to the spatial decentralization of this sector caused by suburban sprawl
March 14, 200817 yr I agree, Cleveland has lost a bigger share, in the last decade. But Akron lost a bigger share all at once when rubber bailed. Rubber was the primary industry with tens of thousands of jobs, which vanished all at once between 1975 and 1990. Eighty Thousand People went with them. Cleveland, because of it's size, had a much more diverse base and more manufacturing and people to loose. It has been a long and continual leak, compounded by NAFTA, Unfair Foreign Tariffs, The Snow Ball Affect, resulting in population loss and now The Mortgage and Real Estate Industries. During this time, Cleveland has focused on Downtown Development which has allowed the neighborhoods to decay. Akron's suburbs have not taken anything from Cleveland. I don't think finger pointing is the way to go (Not saying that was your intention). Akron has joined it's suburbs to help them sustain the inner core while it works out it's inner city problems and now the inner city is finally in a position to begin a growth pattern. Sure, there has been some suburban sprawl, but it was, unfortunately, necessary for the survival of the inner city. Until recently, there were absolutely no jobs in Akron (Slightly exaggerated, of-course). That suburban sprawl kept inner city dwellers working and it kept migraters out of the city, from migrating too far. This sustaining affect has given Akron time to reinvent: Polymer Industry, Incubators, Education, Research and Development, Rebuilding Neighborhoods and now, working with the college and hospitals to rebuild downtown. This, hopefully, has resulted in the strengthening of the inner core to attract people back into the city and lure small and big business development, which would end the urbanization of it's burbs. Temporary Sprawl: Call it a necessary evil. Cleveland, in my humble opinion, could follow Akron's example. The result will be a stronger Cleveland Core, in the long run. Unfortunately, Cleveland's size is to it's detriment. It is also so focused on being big that it seems to have forgotten what makes a city livable. It is still overly focused on winning big time developments downtown and fighting suburbs, who are neighbors and have stake in the community, as well. Most of those huge developments were responsible for few jobs in comparison to the expenditures. The also drained resources needed for neighborhoods. Right now, Cleveland should focus all resources on making sure National City or it's new owner stays in Cleveland. Everything else needs to be put on hold. This is a page out of Akron's book, as well.
March 14, 200817 yr Akron's suburbs have not taken anything from Cleveland. As of the 2000 census Summit County had a net gain of 8,301 people from Cuyahoga County: Outflow from Summit to Cuyahoga 6,763 Inflow from Cuyahoga to Summit 15,064 ________________________________________ Net gain to Summit 8,301 http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/ctytoctyflow.html
March 14, 200817 yr Akron's suburbs have not taken anything from Cleveland. As of the 2000 census Summit County had a net gain of 8,301 people from Cuyahoga County: Outflow from Summit to Cuyahoga 6,763 Inflow from Cuyahoga to Summit 15,064 ________________________________________ Net gain to Summit 8,301 http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/ctytoctyflow.html I can't dispute the figures, but I don't think that we should put this migration in a context where we say that Summit County took what belonged to Cuyahoga County. People are not a commodity. They have freedom of choice and used free will to move to an area that was either more attractive or beneficial to them. Lets be thankful that we had quality suburbs to contain that migration within this region. Cleveland Proper, was unable to keep them within their borders. The majority of those Cuyahoga County losses were from Cleveland Proper and not it's suburbs. And more of the people who left Cleveland Proper, migrated to Cleveland's suburbs rather than out of the county. The problem is inner Cleveland Politics, not that any other suburb or city is somehow robbing Cleveland. Cleveland, as a city, has a responsibility to make itself more competitive and attractive than the suburbs that surround it and the other cities in this country. With all do respect, pointing at everyone but itself is not the answer. Of-course Cleveland has fallen victim to some extraneous forces, just like the entire state of Ohio. Each individual city and Metro handled things their own way. Cleveland may have made some poor decisions, which made it less attractive than it's own suburbs. Small business is the source of the regions economic growth, yet Cleveland is doing very little to encourage small business growth within it's borders. Spending billions on attracting major downtown development that results in relatively few jobs, force people to move to areas where they can get a job. Trying to discourage small business to locate in the burbs instead of encouraging them to locate in the city, doesn't work. The people of North East Ohio are still in the region, for the most part. Lets focus on pulling them back into the city by solving the inner city problems and making it more attractive than the burbs. In order to do this, you must, sometimes, actually work with the burbs. The key words are jobs and neighborhoods. Cleveland needs to stop spending billions on big ticket and spectacular downtown development and reallocate those resources to Job Retention, Job Creation and The Revitalization of it's Neighborhoods, where people live. Akron has worked with Summit County, in a more regional approach, to help the mortgage climate with a program aimed at lowering the county Foreclosure Rates. This is an example of a regional approach on a specific issue; to use regional resources to help everyday people. I love Cleveland, but this is one example of what Cleveland could be doing better. Again, I'm not a proponent of all out Regionalism but most everything has positive aspects, in moderation. Moderation is the key, when it is feasible. :lol:
March 20, 200817 yr the charts are actually from the Cleveland Fed's economic analysis of Erie, PA MSA... but I thought comparing Lake Erie metros was an interesting idea... as they often have more in common with each other than with the "interior" portions of their respective states the Erie, PA analysis http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/trends/2008/0208/01regact.cfm the Cleveland Fed website has a fascinating collection of articles, charts and data concerning the economy of Ohio, Western PA, northern WV and eastern KY http://www.clevelandfed.org
March 25, 200817 yr Ugh. . . . : :cry: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23777614/ 1 In 10 Ohioans On Food Stamps NBC 4 updated 11:30 a.m. ET, Mon., March. 24, 2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- More Ohioans -- nearly one in 10 -- are now receiving food stamps. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says caseloads have almost doubled since 2001 -- with 1.1 million residents now collecting benefits. More above link To send a news tip or submit a story idea, e-mail us at [email protected].
March 26, 200817 yr The card has the Columbus skyline on it. I always wonder when I see someone swiping it here in Cincinnati if they know that city in the picture is Columbus, you know, the state capital (of Ohio, the state we're living in), or if it's just some imaginary city. I've got some food stampers setting off fireworks on my street right now.
March 26, 200817 yr There will be a series of public meetings to begin public support for the "Building Ohio Jobs" iniative announced by Governor Strickland in this year's State of the State address. Below is a list of meetings provided by the Columbus-based organizationOne-Thousand Friends of Central Ohio ( www.1kco.org ): To Join the Discussion Please Hold the Dates Below: Columbus Monday, April 14th @ 10:00 am Cedar Ridge Lodge-Battelle-Darby Metro Park, 1775 Darby Creek Drive Southeast Ohio (Athens) Thursday, April 17th @ 2:00 pm ODNR Forestry District Office, 360 E State St, Athens Cincinnati Monday, April 21 @ 10:00 am Winton Woods Center, 10245 Winton Rd Cleveland Monday, April 28 @ 10:00 am Canal Way Visitors Center-Cleveland Metro Parks-4524 E. 49th St Akron Area (Cuyahoga Falls) Monday, April 28 @ 2:00 pm The Natatorium-City of Cuyahoga Falls, 2345 4th St Dayton Area (Troy) Tuesday, April 29 @ 10:00 am Hayner Cultural Center- 301 W. Main St, Troy Northwest Ohio (Perrysburg) Thursday, May 1 @ 1:30 pm W.W. Knight Nature Preserve- 29530 White Road, Perrysburg
March 26, 200817 yr Nice. I like the idea... we've taxed ourselves for worse things. A bond issue that will actually help create jobs and lure businesses would be great. Thanks for the info!!
March 26, 200817 yr To me it seems simpler to just lower taxes and cut off access fat. Don't you mean "excess" fat? That way we can get private enterprise to invest in public infrastructure, right? Rarely happens, and when it does, it rarely works. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 26, 200817 yr That economic stimulus package will benefit Cleveland and Columbus more than Cincinnati. They should at least give us a brownfield site bias! :)
March 27, 200817 yr I don't think we have much of a biomedical industry here. In Cincy? VC dollars for Ohio and especially Cleveland have skyrocketed in the past couple of years in biotech. Cleveland's biotech industry is expanding greatly.
March 27, 200817 yr I don't think we have much of a bio products or biomedical industry here. That's really only a small chunk of the total.
March 27, 200817 yr (Just got this via e-mail) For Immediate Release: Contacts: Keith Dailey Thursday, March 27, 2008 614 644-0957/614 506-4949 [email protected] Strickland Announces Major Workforce Initiative Columbus, OH – In order to help meet his goal of dramatically expanding the level of training and education of Ohio workers, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today signed an executive order that reassigns key workforce programs to the Department of Development and the Ohio Board of Regents. “I am determined to make sure that Ohio’s workforce development programs are more effective and responsive to the needs of workers and businesses in Ohio,” Strickland said. “This transition will bring our workforce development programs more in line with the specific missions and goals of our state departments and will allow our program to create new job opportunities, link workers with employers and help Ohio businesses be better prepared to compete globally.” Under the executive order, the Ohio Department of Development will assume responsibility for all services related to employers by transferring authority of the Workforce Investment Act discretionary programs and one-stop business support programs currently housed at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Additionally, the Board of Regents will transfer targeted-industry training grants to the Department of Development to maximize the business community’s usage of those funds. The Ohio Board of Regents will assume responsibility for the Ohio Skills Bank, which works to ensure that Ohio's educational institutions are providing programs and training most in demand by the private sector. The Ohio Skills Bank is currently housed at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services will remain responsible for programs primarily involving services to individuals, such as linking workers to employers and unemployment compensation. “The Department of Development is not alone in its mission to grow jobs for Ohio: economic development is the responsibility of every state agency, and this transformation will enable each agency to better serve our core customers – the workers of our state,” said Lt. Governor Fisher, who also serves as Director of the Ohio Department of Development. “This realignment will improve performance and accountability; better align resources and reduce redundancy; and set in place a system for sharing information and measuring program and service outcomes across state agencies.” Among the programs the Department of Development will be responsible for are the Targeted Industries Training Grant Program and the Ohio Workforce Guarantee. The Targeted Industries Training Grant Program is a training reimbursement program that supports up to 75% of the total documented costs of training and related services for companies with less than 100 employees or 50 % of training for companies with 100 or more employees. The Ohio Workforce Guarantee Program is a $3.5 million program that provides training grants of up to $750,000 to companies that are relocating to Ohio or expanding operations within the state. Under the program, funds are made available to companies to train incumbent workers, avert layoffs through business assistance, and collaborate with public education and training institutions statewide to offer credit and certification training for workers. “This realignment of our workforce systems will help the University System of Ohio seamlessly link education, workforce development, and the needs of business,” Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut said. “These initiatives are critical as our educational institutions become demand-driven engines of economic development.” The Ohio Skills Bank will fundamentally reframe the relationship between regional adult education and training and their surrounding communities, turning adult educational institutions into demand-driven engines of economic development. “This reprioritization will allow ODJFS to focus on what we do best-- provide individuals and families with solutions to temporary challenges as they navigate the barriers of job loss and employment,” Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Helen Jones Kelley said. “We will link Ohioans with the technology to assist in their job search as they secure employment and explore new career options.” By moving some of the department’s current workforce development programs, the Ohio Department of Job and Family services will be able to better focus on providing temporary workforce solutions to Ohioans through unemployment services. The department will continue to link Ohioans who are out of work with Ohio employers. In addition, through interagency agreements, the restructuring will allow for smoother and better-coordinated information sharing among the three agencies. For Job and Family Services, this will primarily mean the sharing of labor market information. The Department of Development will share its strategic research, and the Board of Regents will share data obtained through its Higher Education Information System. The transition project will begin on July 1, 2008, but the transition of staff will be formalized within the next 90 days. Affected funds will transition from Job and Family Services and Board of Regents to the Development Department over the course of the next 12 to 24 months, depending upon existing contracts and/or financial commitments. The entire executive order is below: Executive Order 2008-05S Making Ohio More Competitive in the Global Economy by Consolidating and Transitioning Ohio’s Workforce Development Programs 1. Workforce Development is an Essential Element of Ohio’s Long-Term Economic Strategy. The knowledge and skills of Ohio’s workforce are fundamental to Ohio’s ability to compete successfully in a global economy. The State’s workforce development programs enhance the quality of Ohio’s workforce by helping Ohioans maximize employment opportunities and by facilitating employers’ access to skilled workers. Still, the State must make continuous improvements to programs that work to align training and skills development with the workforce needs of Ohio’s businesses and that match skilled workers with jobs. 2. Currently, the Skill-Set of Ohio’s Workforce Is Not Consistent With the Needs of the State’s Employers. Because of the changing nature of work responsibilities, the shifting economy, and continuing technological advancements, the skills of Ohio’s workforce often do not match the current demands of the State’s employers. As a result of the demand for employees with enhanced skills and advanced educational and training experiences, many jobs go unfilled while, at the same time, many Ohioans remain unemployed. 3. The State’s Workforce Development System Can Be Enhanced Through Collaborative Partnerships with Its Stakeholders. The Ohio Department of Development (ODOD), the Ohio Board of Regents (OBOR), and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) each play a significant role in the State’s workforce development efforts. These agencies are committed to collaborating with their stakeholders (business, colleges and universities, and Ohioans in pursuit of gainful employment) to create a workforce development strategy that meets, and when possible exceeds, business needs for customized, flexible and industry-driven skills training. This objective can be accomplished by ensuring that employees have access to educational and training opportunities, by developing ongoing relationships with employers so that they become satisfied business customers, by expanding the universe of workforce development programs and services available to meet the needs of employers and employees, and by the State providing maximum focus on the efforts to develop talent. As a result of this collaboration, agencies with workforce development programs will be better able to serve the workforce needs of their primary customers and maximize the benefit of their particular area of workforce development expertise. 4. Consolidation and Transition of Workforce Development Programs. In order for the State to bolster its position in the global economy, it must maximize the operational efficiency and effectiveness of its workforce development system, provide access for potential and incumbent workers to world-class training and education that is flexible and affordable, and enhance its partnership with employers doing business in Ohio through the creation of a more skillful and educated workforce. In order to effectuate these important goals, I hereby order the following to occur by no later than July 1, 2008: a. ODOD, OBOR, and ODJFS will continue to share responsibilities for the administration of the workforce development system. Those responsibilities, however, will be allocated so that each agency will oversee that portion of the system which it is best equipped to handle. To that end: i. ODOD, which routinely works with businesses, will be responsible for workforce development relating to businesses ii. OBOR, which coordinates activities among Ohio’s colleges and universities, will be responsible for workforce development relating to skill development and job training iii. ODJFS, which coordinates a variety of services for individual Ohioans, will be responsible for workforce development that assists Ohioans in competing in the State’s evolving job market b. ODJFS will transfer authority over, and responsibility for, the following workforce development programs to ODOD: i. Strategic policy for employer-focused programs supported with Workforce Investment Act (WIA) discretionary funding and administration of lay-off aversion and incumbent worker services, ii. One-Stop business support services, and iii. Business services which facilitate the efforts of employers to expand in or relocate to Ohio (known as Wagner-Peyser business services) c. OBOR will transfer authority over, and responsibility for, the targeted-industries training grants programs to ODOD, and d. ODJFS will transfer authority over, and responsibility for, the Ohio Skills Bank program to OBOR 5. Logistics Associated with Transferring Workforce Development Responsibilities. In addition to the transfer of the foregoing workforce development programs and responsibilities, I also hereby order the Chancellor of OBOR and the directors of ODOD and ODJFS to work collaboratively in an effort to ensure that the appropriate funding levels and staff are maintained when these programs are transitioned and that there is no gap in services to Ohioans and the business community. These objectives may be achieved through means including, but not limited to, interagency agreements. 6. I signed this Executive Order on March 27, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio and it will remain in effect until it is rescinded. ____________________________________ Ted Strickland, Governor
March 27, 200817 yr When George Pataki become governor of NY, the state was in crises. Jobs were leaving the state faster than houses are foreclosing in Ohio! The manufacturing sector of Upstate had completely collapsed. The financial sector of NYC was moving operations out of that city to NJ as fast as it could. Tax revenues were plummeting. So Pataki went around to companies and "paid" them to stay in business and to stay in NY State. He "paid" them with training rebates (attending 30 minutes meetings on new HR policies counted as training), he "paid" them with job creation and retention credits (you could lay off in one department, but 'retain' someone in another to earn the credit), and he "paid" them with very low-cost energy (the state 'bought' energy credits from the suppliers and granted them to companies). This was all drastic measures, but the state was sinking faster than today's credit markets, so Pataki had to take unprecedented moves. All of Pataki's moves did managed to stem the losses. Upstate NY is at about the same level it was 15 years years ago - no better but no worse. NYC area did manage to retain financial jobs in Manhattan, and eventually recovered with the stock market bubbles. Strickland's moves remind me of Pataki's efforts. They smell of desparation, they probably will stop things from getting any worse, but they are not actions you like to see the government have to resort to.
April 2, 200817 yr For Immediate Release: Contact: Amanda Wurst Wednesday, April 2, 2008 614 644-0957/614 832-7512 [email protected] Senate Contact: Maggie Ostrowski 614 995-1280 House Contact: Karen Stivers 614 466-0863 Governor, Legislative Leaders Announce Bipartisan Economic Stimulus Package Columbus, Ohio – Governor Ted Strickland, Ohio Senate President Bill Harris and Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted today announced a $1.57 billion jobs stimulus package that aims to create new jobs while laying the foundation for future economic prosperity. With the exception of the Clean Ohio program, this bipartisan package will not need to go to the ballot in November, allowing the positive benefits to the state’s economy to start almost immediately. “I am thankful to President Harris and Speaker Husted for their leadership and hard work in helping develop a jobs plan that will create thousands of new jobs in our great state,” Strickland said. “Together, we have crafted a thoughtful approach to making the investments needed to jumpstart our economy.” “I am pleased to stand in support of a bipartisan jobs package that relies less on debt, that ensures stimulus dollars can be released before the end of the year and which wisely targets investments where they can make the most difference to our overall state economy,” Harris said. "I can support this plan – it invests in people and it creates real jobs because it requires private sector investment in the economy," Husted said. "The plan does not mortgage Ohio’s future, it invests in it.” The economic package makes major investments in workforce, infrastructure and new and emerging industries that will spur job creation in Ohio. The state leaders agreed that while the availability of high-quality jobs is essential to Ohio’s future, so too are the investments we must make to link Ohio students and Ohio graduates to those jobs. This package calls for $250 million over the next five years to build a jobs pipeline for students – a resource that will greatly expand internships and co-op programs that place Ohio at the forefront of job creation. Moreover, attracting students and graduates back to Ohio will serve a critical role in this effort. The proposal’s investments of $1.57 billion, which represent approximately $700 million in less debt than the original proposal, will be funded through a combination of bond sales, existing revenue and other sources. The details of the bipartisan economic package are: New and Emerging Industries: Bio-based Products, $50 million -- will help support and grow an industry that aims to produce polymers, plastics and other crucial modern materials out of Ohio-grown crops. Biomedical, $100 million -- will help create jobs through spurring a part of Ohio's economy that saves lives and leads to medical advances. Advanced and Renewable Energy, $150 million -- will create new jobs by making Ohio a powerhouse of renewable and advanced energy production such as wind, solar and clean coal. Infrastructure: Logistics and Distribution, $100 million -- will help spur job creation through investing in infrastructure that can be used to expand and support businesses that move and distribute products. Ohio's central location in the nation makes it a perfect location for a growing logistics and distribution industry. Local Infrastructure, $400 million -- will be used to help build important local infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, sewers and water systems. Clean Ohio Conservation, $200 million -- will fund the preservation of farmland and greenspace. Clean Ohio Revitalization, $200 million --will help revitalize our cities and industrial areas by brownfield clean up and transformation into new residential and business development. Historic Preservation Tax Credit, $120 million -- will revitalize historically significant buildings that expand the tax base of the local community. Workforce: Higher Education Workforce Initiative, $250 million -- aims to keep more college-educated Ohioans in the state by linking them with good internships, cooperative education programs and jobs while they earn their degrees. Matched with private sector investments, this will make Ohio a leader in higher education and job creation efforts. “This bipartisan jobs stimulus plan will create jobs, make us a leader in emerging industries and establish the foundation for long-term growth and prosperity in Ohio,” Strickland said. --30--
April 2, 200817 yr ^Is that an additional $120 million for the Historic Preservation Tax Credit? Or funding for the existing run of the program? I would think it would be incremental, but the fact that the $120m matches the $120m given out in the first round makes me wonder.
April 2, 200817 yr Article published April 2, 2008 State leaders strike accord on $1.57 billion economic stimulus package BY JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland struck a deal with Republican legislative leaders Wednesday morning on a $1.57 billion economic stimulus package that requires dramatically less borrowing than the governor originally proposed. "These are not likely to be minimum-wage jobs," said Mr. Strickland, a Democrat. "They will likely pay a living wage and be beneficial to those that have them." The overall package is smaller than the $1.7 billion package Mr. Strickland proposed more than a month ago, and it counts on just $200 million in new borrowing as opposed to a full $1.7 billion.... Contact Jim Provance at: [email protected] or 614-221-0496. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080402/NEWS24/295629686
April 2, 200817 yr High-tech employment growing THE ENQUIRER April 2, 2008 Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana all posted slight gains in high-tech jobs in 2006, a new report released today shows. Only Ohio has seen an increase in such jobs since 2000, however. Nationally, the high-tech industry continued growing in 2007, adding 91,400 net jobs for a total of 5.9 million in the United States, according to the report, “Cyberstates 2008: A Complete State-by-State Overview of the High-Technology Industry” made by AeA, the nation’s largest high-tech trade association... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080402/BIZ01/304020059/1076/BIZ
April 10, 200817 yr http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1207816346277960.xml&coll=2 Ohio beekeepers see increased supply Thursday, April 10, 2008 Michael Sangiacomo Plain Dealer Reporter a year ago, Ohio fruit farmers will have a plentiful supply of honeybees to pollinate their orchards this spring. State beekeepers report that three-quarters of their bees survived the winter as flowering season gets under way early next month for plum and apple trees. more above [email protected], 216-999-4890
April 10, 200817 yr YAY! Hopefully this will equate to somewhat less expensive honey at the farmers markets this summer! Ohio has some awesome honey...
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