JC Penny Co. will close 33 stores across the US. None are in Cleveland; the only one in Ohio on the list is in Wooster.

JC Penny Co. will close 33 stores across the US. None are in Cleveland; the only one in Ohio on the list is in Wooster.

 

That can close more!  I'm still upset how they treated Halston!

Clothing company The Wahconah Group opening headquarters in Cleveland and hiring 200 new employees

 

CLEVELAND - New clothing company, The Wahconah Group, will open its headquarters at the former Goodwill facility at East 55 and Central Avenue and hire up to 200 new employees.

 

According to The Wahconah Group CEO, Issac Crawford, the new headquarters will house a customer service call center, design studio, sampling and apparel prototyping, central warehouse and distribution and small scale apparel manufacturing. The company will hold a job fair on March 19 for perspective employees.

 

The Wahconah Group designs, manufactures and sells tailored clothing with a focus on men's apparel. It was founded in 2011 and the company is committed to providing jobs in the United States and expanding its "Made in America" network consortium.

 

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown joined Crawford for Thursday's announcement.

 

Browns said, "It is excellent news that the Wahconah Group has decided to make Cleveland its headquarters. I believe that the company will find the support it needs to succeed, grow and create more jobs in Ohio

 

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/clothing-company-opening-headquarters-in-cleveland-and-hiring-200-new-employees

^Thats great news.... those call center jobs sound like something that particular area needs as well. OK paying and low skilled.

Sounds like Cleveland may be losing the fight against Pittsburgh for this large manufacturing potential gain:

 

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/2014/01/13/Local-firm-reviewing-possible-U-S-partnership-with-Slovenian-LED-firm/stories/201401130137

 

http://www.popcitymedia.com/devnews/grahlighting012214.aspx

 

 

But it looks like there was in depth discussion in Cleveland this November:

 

http://www.izvoznookno.si/Dokumenti/S-%20SABA%20Agenda.pdf

I wonder how much having GE Lighting in East Cleveland helps/hurts setting a local headquarters in Cleveland. I would expect having engineers and local experience in the area would be a major selling point.

I wonder how much having GE Lighting in East Cleveland helps/hurts setting a local headquarters in Cleveland. I would expect having engineers and local experience in the area would be a major selling point.

 

I had the same thought about Nela Park.  I'm concerned this will be more of a detriment.  I mean is it possible to leverage the clustering of the industry overall... spinoff business?  Collaboration? Healthy competition?  Cleveland is already a hub for flexible electronics for example.

Just saw that United Airlines is dehubbing Cleveland. That sucks. it's not unexpected, but it sucks really bad.

^Please keep discussion of CLE in the appropriate thread - thanks!

 

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,3010.1820.html

In other regional news:

 

Made in Cleveland again: Manufacturing makes a comeback in Northeast Ohio

By Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer

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on February 02, 2014 at 8:00 AM, updated February 02, 2014 at 9:51 AM

 

 

High-tech and healthcare companies are key engines in the new economy, but so too are venerable manufacturers with a new spring in their step, Northeast Ohio is finding.

 

Factory work, with a dash of innovation, has re-emerged as a strong player in the region's economic mix, according to a study being released today.

 

The 18-county region added manufacturing jobs for the first time in a decade in recent years, the study reveals, and they appear to be good paying jobs with a future. Between 2010 and 2012, researchers found, manufacturing accounted for the largest share of new jobs and did more than any other sector to drive the region out of the Great Recession.

 

The study by the Center for Economic Development at Cleveland State University adds facts to anecdotal evidence of factories thrumming with new production lines in cities and suburbs. But it also reveals a Darwinian-like transition. A hearty band of manufacturers -- many of them small and mid-sized shops -- survived the trials of the early 2000s to emerge smarter, slimmer and stronger.

 

Exports are up. So is nostalgia.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/greater_clevealand_manufacture.html

Cleveland State, Team NEO work to discredit job data:The two team up to say Cleveland stats from Bureau of Labor Statistics are very 'unreliable'

 

February 16, 2014

Several watchers of the local economy are mounting a crusade because they believe the federal government isn't giving the Cleveland area a fair shake when it reports on employment.These crusaders from Cleveland State University and Team Northeast Ohio, the regional business attraction nonprofit, say federal number-crunchers unfairly have pinned a “job loser” sign on the Cleveland metropolitan area. So they're challenging the way the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS, estimates the number of jobs gained or lost monthly in metropolitan areas.

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20140216/SUB1/302169992

Cleveland State, Team NEO work to discredit job data:The two team up to say Cleveland stats from Bureau of Labor Statistics are very 'unreliable'

 

February 16, 2014

Several watchers of the local economy are mounting a crusade because they believe the federal government isn't giving the Cleveland area a fair shake when it reports on employment.These crusaders from Cleveland State University and Team Northeast Ohio, the regional business attraction nonprofit, say federal number-crunchers unfairly have pinned a job loser sign on the Cleveland metropolitan area. So they're challenging the way the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS, estimates the number of jobs gained or lost monthly in metropolitan areas.

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20140216/SUB1/302169992

That's great that they want to do that, and more power to them to unfold errors and omissions on the part of the federal government publishing these stats.  However, if it's wrong for Cleveland, then it's wrong for everyone.  It would all be relative in the end, and continue to put Cleveland on the lower end for business and employment growth. 

Not necessarily.  It depends on how they collect and process their data.  It sounds like the data is collected nationally, and then somehow they later break it out by state and metro.  So what assumptions are used to determine how they do this break out?

Fresh data suggest Northeast Ohio has been creating jobs, not losing them: editorial

 

News accounts from last year and earlier this year purporting to show drastic job losses in Greater Cleveland had many people scratching their heads.

 

The economy may not have been booming, but it certainly wasn't imploding, as front-page headlines in The Plain Dealer and on cleveland.com suggested.

 

Yet, the employment estimates provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and cited in the paper and online showed large year-over-year decreases in total jobs for several months in a row. We were on a losing streak, so the story went.

 

Only we weren't. It now appears the Cleveland metropolitan area actually was gaining jobs.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/02/fresh_data_suggests_northeast.html#incart_river_default

I love where they talk about what all the bad publicity might have done to Cleveland's reputation. Maybe they could have talked a little bit of the unreliable  nature of the numbers when they were shouting the bad news from the mountain tops... hmmm...

^Right! I wonder what the headline will be when next month's numbers come out. If they continue with the status quo and don't point out how unreliable the numbers are they'll look like fools even more than they do now. If they speak about the numbers but put more emphasis on how they'll likely be revised up and about how wrong the estimates tend to be, there may be a beginning to a real shift in how folks perceive the Cleveland economy.

It seems that most journalists assume little interest in and no responsibility for the validity or accuracy of the statistics they report on.  I wouldn't expect the coverage of these numbers to get any better.  Not when there's a paper to put out, and space to fill between the ads.

Ummm..... is the "Editorial Board" not responsible for choosing the headlines?  From October through January, the PD ran with the doomsday headlines in extra large, bold print on the front page.  Everybody who still receives the paper couldn't miss it.  Everyone who passes by the PD on the stand at the store couldn't miss it.  This 'mea culpa'/revision was buried in the Forum section of today's paper.  Goes to prove the point that bad news sells.

Good news is very difficult for many journalists to report. When it is reported, the perception among hardline, veteran journalists is that it's just a rewrite by a newbie or lazy reporter doing a rip-and-read of a press release. The real story is somewhere beneath the cover story, or so the thinking goes by the veteran reporter or by a young aggressive report trying to make a name for him/herself. Headlines are written by the editor directly above the reporter. And considering the volume of stories they must write headlines for, the editor often doesn't read more than a paragraph or three into the article to get the gist of it. The headline is written and then the story is edited to fit the space available between the ads, which are already laid out on a page. For online articles, these can sometimes be longer than the print version. But they generally try to keep the articles in the 10-20 column-inch range no matter where/how the article is published (print or online).

 

Anyway....... Most of my former colleagues were very skeptical by their nature. And if they didn't already believe it in their soul, they were taught in J-school that optimism is for gullible wimps and that skepticism and negativity equals taking a hard, sober view of reality, or at least their version of it. They are more likely to believe that things are worse than officials portray, or that things are never as good as the official story. In my 20+ years on both sides of microphone in a media interview, I have NEVER met anyone in journalism who thinks that things are better than what is portrayed officially.

 

So when the official story is that jobs are fleeing Northeast Ohio, at best this fits with a journalist's view that bad news is the safe, expected and sober view. At worst, a journalist may view that when bad news is being shared by officials, that it may actually be disguising something even more depressing or sinister.

So how do they approach a story when the news is indisputably positive such as Heinen's opening downtown?

It seems that most journalists assume little interest in and no responsibility for the validity or accuracy of the statistics they report on.  I wouldn't expect the coverage of these numbers to get any better.  Not when there's a paper to put out, and space to fill between the ads.

 

I'm sure you don't mean this in a mean spirited manner, but the way you worded your response it can be taken offensively. 

 

Situations are different at all news and media outlets, but from my professional opinion, the person reporting the news is just that, they are working with a team of people to help produce that "piece". If I'm working at a small news paper, I'm going to have to do more of the ground work and research myself.  Yet if I'm working for a media conglomerate, there are various departments involved in the production or publication of said piece.

So how do they approach a story when the news is indisputably positive such as Heinen's opening downtown?

 

You haven't seen the coverage? They say something along the lines of: "It's a big gamble for Heinen's...."

 

So how do they approach a story when the news is indisputably positive such as Heinen's opening downtown?

 

You haven't seen the coverage? They say something along the lines of: "It's a big gamble for Heinen's...."

 

And of course they always have to throw in something about parking after that.

I thought Heinens said its a big gamble.

It seems that most journalists assume little interest in and no responsibility for the validity or accuracy of the statistics they report on.  I wouldn't expect the coverage of these numbers to get any better.  Not when there's a paper to put out, and space to fill between the ads.

 

I'm sure you don't mean this in a mean spirited manner, but the way you worded your response it can be taken offensively. 

 

 

Or maybe people can thicken their skins and take it for what it is- a criticism. 

 

No apology offered.

It seems that most journalists assume little interest in and no responsibility for the validity or accuracy of the statistics they report on.  I wouldn't expect the coverage of these numbers to get any better.  Not when there's a paper to put out, and space to fill between the ads.

 

I'm sure you don't mean this in a mean spirited manner, but the way you worded your response it can be taken offensively. 

 

 

Or maybe people can thicken their skins and take it for what it is- a criticism. 

 

No apology offered.

Oh honey my skin is pretty thick. So I'll ask you this, how qualified are you and what is your journalism knowledge and experience, to offer a serious critique?  I'm not saying that to be a bitch, I'm asking to better understand how you formed your opinion.

Let's get back on topic

Cle lost a company to Cbus...

 

http://www.themetropreneur.com/columbus/bullseye-media-telling-brand-stories-through-video/

 

So Cle is part of what is described as a Megalopolis, part of a region that stretches from Chicago-PITSburgh. Equivalent to the worlds 7th largest economy. An article from the infamous Richard Florida describing  The Dozen Regional Powerhouses Driving the U.S. Economy is an interesting take. And the comment section is always fun.

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/03/dozen-regional-powerhouses-driving-us-economy/8575/

lorain steelmaking industry spotlighted on msnbc 'fighting chance: american steel' part 4 with host ed schultz. nice writeup in the paper:

 

http://www.morningjournal.com/general-news/20140321/lorain-steelmaking-industry-spotlighted-by-msnbc-host-ed-schultz

Steris Corp. to eliminate 100 jobs in Ohio, 50 outside the state

By CHUCK SODER

5:07 pm, March 26, 2014

 

Steris Corp. plans to eliminate about 100 positions in Ohio and shut down the Mentor plant that makes a variation of the medical equipment maker's first product.

 

The Mentor-based company plans to close the Hopkins Production Facility by Oct. 31, 2015. The facility mainly focuses on producing the System 1E, which is used to sterilize medical equipment. That work will be moved to other Steris facilities in North America, according to a Steris news release.

 

 

The company, which is eliminating another 50 positions outside Ohio, expects to save about $10 million per year because of the cuts. However, Steris also expects to incur about $20 million in one-time costs due to the changes.

 

READ MORE AT:

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20140326/FREE/140329819

 

 

We also have a physical disconnect between jobs and job seekers. We need more, faster transit to outer areas where jobs are available. And we need to clean up more polluted, abandoned industrial sites in the city to attract manufacturers seeking to re-shore in the USA for cheap NatGas, skilled workers and proximity to markets....

 

With so many unemployed, why are 7,400 manufacturing jobs open in this region?

By Teresa Dixon Murray, The Plain Dealer

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on April 03, 2014 at 7:05 AM, updated April 03, 2014 at 7:37 AM

 

For all the talk about the lack of jobs in Northeast Ohio, there are 7,400 open manufacturing jobs in the region.

 

If that seems jarring, consider this: The number is so high because many workers don't have the skills that area employers need, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President and CEO Sandra Pianalto said Wednesday.

 

"That has to change," Pianalto told a group of about 150 who attended the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership regional meeting at the University of Akron. The figure of 7,400 jobs, all within a 100-mile radius of Akron, comes from the state's OhioMeansJobs.com web site, according to the Fed. About 12 percent of Ohio's workforce is in manufacturing. Ohio's overall unemployment rate last month was 6.5 percent.

 

READ MORE AT:

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/04/with_so_many_unemployed_why_ar.html

We also have a physical disconnect between jobs and job seekers. We need more, faster transit to outer areas where jobs are available. And we need to clean up more polluted, abandoned industrial sites in the city to attract manufacturers seeking to re-shore in the USA for cheap NatGas, skilled workers and proximity to markets....

 

With so many unemployed, why are 7,400 manufacturing jobs open in this region?

By Teresa Dixon Murray, The Plain Dealer

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on April 03, 2014 at 7:05 AM, updated April 03, 2014 at 7:37 AM

 

For all the talk about the lack of jobs in Northeast Ohio, there are 7,400 open manufacturing jobs in the region.

 

If that seems jarring, consider this: The number is so high because many workers don't have the skills that area employers need, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President and CEO Sandra Pianalto said Wednesday.

 

"That has to change," Pianalto told a group of about 150 who attended the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership regional meeting at the University of Akron. The figure of 7,400 jobs, all within a 100-mile radius of Akron, comes from the state's OhioMeansJobs.com web site, according to the Fed. About 12 percent of Ohio's workforce is in manufacturing. Ohio's overall unemployment rate last month was 6.5 percent.

 

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http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/04/with_so_many_unemployed_why_ar.html

 

The skills that are missing aren't the ones you might think.  We have a high turnover among younger workers and it's not because they can't handle the equipment and tasks.  Hell, they grew up messing with and programming electronics.

 

It's basic stuff like attendance that gets them.  Also, doing things "our" way instead of their way.

 

This is a relatively recent phenomenon.  It wasn't like this in the mid 90s, by 2002 or so it was.

 

The industrial sites are a big factor, but we need to reconsider the meaning of the word "polluted".  CERCLA has become a jobs program for environmental lawyers and consultants, at the expense of the productive.

^I think what the article is referencing is 'minimal qualifications' to get these jobs in the first place, not a high turnover rate for those who already met the minimum qualifications and were hired.

These articles are regurgitated nonsense that fail to address market realities and employer disconnect. The companies won't train employees for these specialized positions, yet attach all sorts of ridiculous criteria for applicants. If these openings really exist, and no applicants can satisfy the unrealistic requirements, maybe the problem goes beyond a lack of relevant experience and training. 

 

I suspect, and have read, that many (most?) of these jobs are simply fiction. They are falsely advertised to demonstrate a company's momentum (whether it's real or not) to calm investors, clients and potential clients. Of course we deserve your tax credits/investments/purchases, we're a company on the rise. And we are giving opportunities for local employment! Support us!!!!

 

It reminds me of Steris. They have searched for advanced blue collar employees for years. Mind you they haven't managed to fill these jobs, but still Steris broadcasts openings all the time. Every 6 months the PD/Cleveland.com brings them up in these kinds of articles. What a great Cleveland company. They're hiring! They're not leaving (greater) Cleveland. Jobs of the future! Good wages!

 

....and then they lay off 100+ employees with more to follow. And still the same jobs remain unfilled.

aah soo interesting hmm:

 

 

JUNAN COUNTY, China, Feb. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --American Lorain Corporation (NYSE MKT: ALN)("American Lorain" or the "Company"), an international processed snack foods, convenience foods, and frozen foods company based in the Shandong Province, China, today announced that it has received a purchase order in the amount of approximately $5 million from a renowned Turkish trading company.

 

American Lorain first commenced negotiating with the Turkish customer in December 2013 and after two rounds of on-site visits, the order was placed in late January. The order value was approximately $5 million and will be fulfilled by end of May.

 

Mr. Si Chen, Chairman and CEO of American Lorain, commented: "We are very pleased to accomplish a cooperation with our Turkish customer early in 2014; I am also very confident in the overall export sales in 2014. I believe the marketing efforts towards the global export markets as well as the growth of premium customer base will continue to establish American Lorain as a strong and growing international brand."

 

About AmericanLorain Corporation

 

AmericanLorain Corporation'sproducts include chestnut products, convenience food products and frozen food products. The Company sells its products to most provinces in domestic China as well as numerous export markets in Asia and Europe. The Company operates through its five direct and indirect subsidiaries and one leased factory located inChina. For further information about AmericanLorain Corporation, please visit the Company's website athttp://www.americanlorain.com.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and the actual results and future events could differ materially from management's current expectations. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to obtain the necessary financing to continue and expand operations, to market its products in new markets and to offer products at competitive pricing, to attract and retain management, and to integrate and maintain technical information and management information systems, political and economic factors in the PRC, compliance requirement of laws and regulations of the PRC, the effects of currency policies and fluctuations, general economic conditions and other factors detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

SOURCE American Lorain Corporation

 

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http://www.americanlorain.com

 

^What am I missing?  Why is this news interesting for this thread?  You should probably include any Cleveland connection in your post.

Looking at their site, there isn't any connection.  :wtf:

^I think what the article is referencing is 'minimal qualifications' to get these jobs in the first place, not a high turnover rate for those who already met the minimum qualifications and were hired.

 

People who have bounced between jobs are less likely to get hired.

Looking at their site, there isn't any connection.  :wtf:

 

Sounds like the (possibly apocryphal) old Japanese town of Usa, where products were made stamped "MADE IN USA".  They are trying very hard to sound like they are from Lorain.

Yes, everyone is trying to get that Lorain magic to rub off on them.

^I think what the article is referencing is 'minimal qualifications' to get these jobs in the first place, not a high turnover rate for those who already met the minimum qualifications and were hired.

 

People who have bounced between jobs are less likely to get hired.

 

And water is wet.  I won't dispute that.  But the article is raising a different issue altogether

Well, it confirms what we all suspected. The BLS initial numbers were far off the actual...

still gotta love how the PD still takes such a negative tone and buries the numbers way far down the page after a lengthy recap about how we were losing so much in the initial numbers  :roll:

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/04/cleveland_area_gained_not_lost.html#incart_m-rpt-2

 

Cleveland area gained, not lost, jobs in 2013, Labor Department revisions show

By Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer

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on April 06, 2014 at 7:00 AM, updated April 06, 2014 at 8:04 AM

 

An annual revision, released in March, showed that the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metro area was still struggling, but it wasn't as down on its luck as the Labor Department had initially reported. Instead of losing employment, the metro area was gaining. The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metro includes Cuyahoga, Medina, Lake, Geauga, and Lorain counties.

 

The current metro Cleveland figures are that metro Cleveland gained 8,519 jobs during the past year, a very good thing," he wrote in an email. "But, metro Cleveland still has 58,266 fewer jobs than it had in 2007, a 5.6 percent loss."

 

 

Yes, everyone is trying to get that Lorain magic to rub off on them.

 

Probably threw a dart at a map like the Bay City Rollers did.

^I think what the article is referencing is 'minimal qualifications' to get these jobs in the first place, not a high turnover rate for those who already met the minimum qualifications and were hired.

 

People who have bounced between jobs are less likely to get hired.

 

And water is wet.  I won't dispute that.  But the article is raising a different issue altogether

 

True, but it is implying something that's not really accurate, in my view.  Which has been from the "front lines", so to speak, for longer than I care to admit.

 

The skills that are lacking are not usually technical.  Especially among younger workers.

Well, it confirms what we all suspected. The BLS initial numbers were far off the actual...

still gotta love how the PD still takes such a negative tone and buries the numbers way far down the page after a lengthy recap about how we were losing so much in the initial numbers  :roll:

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/04/cleveland_area_gained_not_lost.html#incart_m-rpt-2

 

Cleveland area gained, not lost, jobs in 2013, Labor Department revisions show

By Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer

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on April 06, 2014 at 7:00 AM, updated April 06, 2014 at 8:04 AM

 

An annual revision, released in March, showed that the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metro area was still struggling, but it wasn't as down on its luck as the Labor Department had initially reported. Instead of losing employment, the metro area was gaining. The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metro includes Cuyahoga, Medina, Lake, Geauga, and Lorain counties.

 

The current metro Cleveland figures are that metro Cleveland gained 8,519 jobs during the past year, a very good thing," he wrote in an email. "But, metro Cleveland still has 58,266 fewer jobs than it had in 2007, a 5.6 percent loss."

 

 

 

At that rate, we'll break even in relation to the jobs lost during the last recession, in only 7 years!  Whohoo!!

 

Seriously, even though we gained jobs instead of lost, there's a real problem with being in second-to-last place nationally in job growth.  Without further job growth, this region will be looking at 60 years of stagnation since 1960 when the next census comes around.

lets have a win tax!

 

http://deadspin.com/cleveland-politician-proposes-tying-stadium-money-to-wi-1586674087?utm_source=recirculation&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=thursdayPM

 

Pitt Ohio trucking is consolidating its NE Ohio operations in Parma. Using part of the GM plant that the automaker gave up during the 2009 bankruptcy. Adding 60 jobs over the next 3 years.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/05/pitt_ohio_plans_northeast_ohio.html

Visualizing Cleveland's future without 'rust-colored' glasses: Richey Piiparinen

By Guest Columnist Richey Piiparinen

on June 27, 2014 at 5:19 AM

 

Cleveland is dying. It used to be the "best location in the nation." Now it is a place that people left.

 

This is the view of Cleveland's future through "rust-colored glasses." Population decline equals a failed city. Period. But there's more to the story. Greater Cleveland's demographic decline may be more a transition than some doomed destiny. This transition has macroeconomic underpinnings.

 

The region's heydays were due to manufacturing. Many had a job getting their hands dirty, at least up to 1980. Also, the pay was good, which supported the local economy. Every manufacturing job created an additional 2.2 service jobs — be they in construction, insurance, retail.

 

READ MORE AT:

http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/06/cleveland_is_dying_visualizing.html

I'm surprised nobody posted this article yet, but if so, sorry for the duplication--

 

Cleveland, a City Repurposed

JUNE 26, 2014

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/travel/cleveland-a-city-repurposed.html

 

If there had to be a slogan to describe Cleveland as it is today, “what’s old is new again” would undoubtedly be it. In the last few years, locals and businesses in this Midwest metropolis have been repurposing historic buildings from its heyday in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and turning them into restaurants, stores and draws for both residents and tourists. Many of these structures had sat empty for a decade or more before restoration efforts began infusing a vibrancy into this once-somewhat-downtrodden city.