June 9, 20232 yr Cleveland e-mobility firm LAND raises $7M, plans to scale up production Rachel Abbey McCafferty | June 8th 2023 2:42 PM "LAND in Cleveland makes what it calls its eMoto, a flexible, two-wheeled electric vehicle branded The District. The District features four settings, from an e-bike setting that reaches 27 miles per hour to the e-motorcycle setting that can reach more than 70 miles per hour, a news release said. In between are settings that allow the vehicle to serve as a moped or a commuter bike, Colosimo said. ... Until recently, LAND was assembling bikes in an approximately 1,500-square-foot space, Colosimo said, making about a bike a week at first and then moving up to two. But in the past year, the startup completely renovated its space at 1265 West 65th St. in Cleveland, giving the company about 35,000 square feet in which to work. The building includes space for research and design, as well as fabricating and assembly. Colosimo bought the building, which he previously used to house his old company, Cleveland CycleWerks, more than a decade ago with a real estate partner. Colosimo has since sold his portion of Cleveland CycleWerks, noting that it was too difficult to go back and forth between gas-powered vehicles and electric ones. ... The West 65th Street facility could now support LAND making 15,000 bikes a year, Colosimo said. And he expects the demand will be higher, so he thinks the company could contract with local manufacturers or expand further to make even more." https://www.crainscleveland.com/manufacturing/land-cleveland-plans-scale-production
June 24, 20231 yr Author New numbers are out from the BLS. There's a definite slowdown in hiring which is occurring here. Total Nonfarm employment grew by only 0.7% during the month of May. The 5% growth in Education and Health Services and 2.3% growth in Manufacturing, are helping keep the region in the positive at this point. Some of the other large sectors in the local economy aren't doing as well. https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.oh_cleveland_msa.htm#eag_oh_cleveland_msa.f.3
June 30, 20231 yr Bank of America has decided to expand its Cleveland business. In the past two years it has opened 12 local offices now it plans to expand the service lines offered. Why? Internal BofA data says Cleveland is one of the top five markets its customers are moving to and they don't want to lose those customers. https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2023/06/29/bank-of-america-expands-in-cleveland.html Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
June 30, 20231 yr 2 minutes ago, LibertyBlvd said: Link above not working. Any word on how many new jobs will be added and where? No, not in the report. Sorry about the link; try it now. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
July 5, 20231 yr The Fitch Ratings have upgraded Cleveland from A+ to AA-, with a similar upgrade from Moody's. http://www.fitchratings.com/entity/cleveland-oh-general-government-credit-summary-96249678
July 18, 20231 yr Any chance Cleveland could benefit from this new trend? What are you hearing? https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/green-steel-rust-belt/
July 18, 20231 yr 3 hours ago, OH_Really said: Any chance Cleveland could benefit from this new trend? What are you hearing? https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/green-steel-rust-belt/ Cleveland Cliffs has bought in. https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/news/news-releases/detail/591/cleveland-cliffs-completes-successful-blast-furnace
July 21, 20231 yr The tornado damage at the Pfizer facility in North Carolina has got to be good news for Xellia, the Danish company that bought the local Ben Venue facilities from Boehringer Ingelheim. They both make injectables. Since starting with 170 employees in 2015 Xellia has grown to more than 300 and currently have 8 openings. From Xellia's annual report: Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
July 21, 20231 yr 5 hours ago, Dougal said: The tornado damage at the Pfizer facility in North Carolina has got to be good news for Xellia, the Danish company that bought the local Ben Venue facilities from Boehringer Ingelheim. They both make injectables. Since starting with 170 employees in 2015 Xellia has grown to more than 300 and currently have 8 openings. From Xellia's annual report: BE grew too quickly, hell I even interviewed there they were bringing people in so fast. (At least I would have spotted the compliance issues that shut them down).
July 21, 20231 yr 4 hours ago, E Rocc said: BE grew too quickly, hell I even interviewed there they were bringing people in so fast. (At least I would have spotted the compliance issues that shut them down). That was an interesting saga. Boehringer Ingelheim said they spent $350 million trying to make the place compliant and eventually gave up, saying they forecast $700 million in losses over ten years. And yet Xellia seems to be doing reasonably well; of course their rate of expansion is VERY deliberate. Still, The Cleveland facility apparently absorbed one Xellia had in North Carolina. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
July 21, 20231 yr https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.oh_cleveland_msa.htm June BLS numbers show total employment (household survey) above 1 million for the first time since February, 2020. The month over month change from May to June was very substantial.* July is usually the peak month. * The household survey numbers for Cleveland often smell very fishy, so I don't think one can put much stock in month over month changes.
July 22, 20231 yr As a result of the newly announced MSA definition, the Cleveland MSA will almost certainly have recovered its pre-pandemic labor force number as soon as BLS integrates Ashtabula in their numbers.
July 28, 20231 yr Angstrom Graphics is closing. https://www.cleveland.com/business/2023/07/cuyahoga-heights-digital-print-shop-will-close-leading-to-131-lost-jobs.html * Subscriber Exclusive
August 4, 20231 yr Flexjet builds on in-house maintenance services with Flying Colours acquisition Jeremy Nobile | August 2nd 2023 "Flexjet Inc. has announced the acquisition of Flying Colours Corp., a Canadian maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company for the aviation industry, in a deal that builds on its international network and enhances its internal maintenance and product support services. ... Flying Colours, founded in 1989, is based in Peterborough, Ontario, with additional facilities in St. Louis and Singapore. In addition to MRO services, the company also provides work related to airline interior completions and refurbishments as well as custom aircraft painting. Flexjet notes that Flying Colours recently opened large paint and completions hangars that can “handle any size business aircraft as well as airliner category aircraft.”" https://www.crainscleveland.com/transportation/flexjet-inc-buys-flying-colours-corp-canada
August 9, 20231 yr Cleveland drops to No. 13 in ranking of Midwest cities for startup, VC growth SCOTT SUTTELL August 09, 2023 Quote Cleveland keeps sliding in an annual ranking from M25, an early-stage venture firm based in Chicago, of Midwestern cities for their startup and venture capital growth. The city was No. 13 in the 2023 ranking, down from No. 12 in 2022 and No. 11 in 2021. In 2017, Cleveland was No. 5. ... Gutwein, in looking at Ohio's three largest cities, wrote that while "some of the causes of Columbus' (5) rise may not be permanent, the flywheel of talent and capital clearly will be. What we can all hope for is that Cincinnati (10) and Cleveland (13) continue to deeply invest in new startup creation and a variety of funding opportunities (both effectively activating federal/state dollars but also outside private capital like Cintrifuse has done with mobilizing Cincinnati's corporate resources). These efforts have shown they can pay off and are even more critical in a slower startup economy." https://www.crainscleveland.com/economic-outlook/cleveland-falls-no-13-city-ranking-midwest-startups
August 16, 20231 yr This is kind of relevant to Cliffs, but I'm posting here, because it opens up broader speculation. Elon's jet is still here, 48 hours later. Granted he doesn't necessarily travel on it, but he usually does. So I'm going to go out on a limb and say more likely than not he has been doing something here since Monday morning. It's basically impossible to know what to read into this, except to say that if Elon is actually spending two+ days here, it's not a vacation. Medical treatment? Negotiations with Cliffs? Something unrelated? All plausible IMO. And on an even more basic level, whether or not Elon was on this jet, it flew from the Bay Area to Hopkins and has now spent two days here. Someone associated with Musk is doing something here that's worth spending at least two days and a private jet trip on. Also, Mike DeWine is going to be in Cleveland today (facially because of discussions about Cleveland police). Maybe that's coincidence, or maybe it's an excuse to come up here for a discrete afternoon meeting. Finally, just wanted to comment on this article: https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2023/08/15/elon-musk-jet which suggests that maybe Elon's plane just came here to refuel. I'm no aviation expert, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that flying halfway across the country to refuel and then sit for 48+ hours at a random mid-tier airport is the least plausible explanation.
August 16, 20231 yr 18 minutes ago, LlamaLawyer said: This is kind of relevant to Cliffs, but I'm posting here, because it opens up broader speculation. Elon's jet is still here, 48 hours later. Granted he doesn't necessarily travel on it, but he usually does. So I'm going to go out on a limb and say more likely than not he has been doing something here since Monday morning. It's basically impossible to know what to read into this, except to say that if Elon is actually spending two+ days here, it's not a vacation. Medical treatment? Negotiations with Cliffs? Something unrelated? All plausible IMO. And on an even more basic level, whether or not Elon was on this jet, it flew from the Bay Area to Hopkins and has now spent two days here. Someone associated with Musk is doing something here that's worth spending at least two days and a private jet trip on. Also, Mike DeWine is going to be in Cleveland today (facially because of discussions about Cleveland police). Maybe that's coincidence, or maybe it's an excuse to come up here for a discrete afternoon meeting. Finally, just wanted to comment on this article: https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2023/08/15/elon-musk-jet which suggests that maybe Elon's plane just came here to refuel. I'm no aviation expert, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that flying halfway across the country to refuel and then sit for 48+ hours at a random mid-tier airport is the least plausible explanation. I saw someone on twitter/x claim to know why the jet was here and it would be obvious if you knew what hanger his jet was in. I don't know how you look that sort of thing up, @Cleburger? But from the commenter's suggestions it sounded like it related to routine maintenance so I'm guessing its sitting in the Constant Aviation hanger. EDIT: adding link to Twitter comment https://twitter.com/photowolfTV/status/1691255567749136384?t=Z1jIrxloXllQtrO94TI8eg&s=19 Edited August 16, 20231 yr by Luke_S
August 16, 20231 yr 4 minutes ago, Luke_S said: I saw someone on twitter/x claim to know why the jet was here and it would be obvious if you knew what hanger his jet was in. I don't know how you look that sort of thing up, @Cleburger? But from the commenter's suggestions it sounded like it related to routine maintenance so I'm guessing its sitting in the Constant Aviation hanger. EDIT: adding link to Twitter comment https://twitter.com/photowolfTV/status/1691255567749136384?t=Z1jIrxloXllQtrO94TI8eg&s=19 See, to me the Twitter comment doesn't mean anything. Obviously if a mega-billionaire's private jet flies into Hopkins they're gonna stash it in a hangar well equipped for its maintenance needs. Constant Aviation is a local Gulfstream expert. So, if I'm a billionaire with a Gulfstream flying into Cleveland for business, I want to leave my jet with the people who can double check everything is in working order and fix any little issue. Is there some jet-related service provided in Cleveland that Elon Musk can't get in LA or SF or Austin? I looked at the ElonJet flight history, and I can't find evidence that he's ever flown into Hopkins before, so there's something that's not just routine maintenance happening here. So, again, I'm sure his jet is getting routine inspections, maintenance, etc. while it's here, but it's impossible for me to believe it flew into Cleveland specifically for routine maintenance.
August 16, 20231 yr He flew end for the last day of the Feast in Little Italy. He heard how good Corbo's lemon ice is and just had to get himself some.
August 16, 20231 yr My guess is a Cleveland Clinic visit. I don't think this has anything to do with the potential CLF/USS merger.
August 16, 20231 yr SpaceX does do a lot of work with NASA, including at NASA Glenn. Not sure why Elon would need to personally be a part of any of that though, especially for multiple days.
August 16, 20231 yr It’s official, San Francisco continues to bleed office workers. Elon Musk is here to negotiate office space to transfer Twitter/X workers here. Cheaper office space and cost of living was too much for him to pass on. I’m obviously joking but that would break the internet if it were true lol. In all seriousness the NASA Glenn thing makes the most sense. If he was doing a cliffs visit why wouldn’t he fly into Burke, closer to Downtown where Cliffs has its HQ and is literally where a lot of jets take off and land at. Landing at Hopkins instead, where NASA Glenn is located makes too much sense to be a coincidence. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
August 16, 20231 yr 5 hours ago, acd said: SpaceX does do a lot of work with NASA, including at NASA Glenn. Not sure why Elon would need to personally be a part of any of that though, especially for multiple days. Somewhat related, it could be that SpaceX will be a sub on Ohio Aerospace Institute's new $17.5 million DoD contract and SpaceX people are here for a post-award conference. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
August 19, 20231 yr FundThatFlip, Inc., a real estate new construction and rehab lender, now lists Cleveland as its North American headquarters and New York as its global headquarters. It's occupying new offices in the AECOM Building, 1300 E9th Street. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
August 19, 20231 yr On 8/17/2023 at 6:21 AM, Dougal said: Somewhat related, it could be that SpaceX will be a sub on Ohio Aerospace Institute's new $17.5 million DoD contract and SpaceX people are here for a post-award conference. A poster on Reddit claimed to be an employee at Constant and involved on the installation of some new equipment (Starlink system, specifically) on the Elon jet. No evidence of anything beyond some minor systems upgrades on the plane, if that is to be believed (and would explain the multi-day stay). Didn’t realize that Constant’s reputation was such that it would be worth flying over all the other MROs closer home to Elon, but makes sense if so. Wish it was a sexier explanation! Edited August 19, 20231 yr by brtshrcegr
August 26, 20231 yr On 6/9/2023 at 7:40 AM, Luke_S said: Cleveland e-mobility firm LAND raises $7M, plans to scale up production Rachel Abbey McCafferty | June 8th 2023 2:42 PM "LAND in Cleveland makes what it calls its eMoto, a flexible, two-wheeled electric vehicle branded The District. The District features four settings, from an e-bike setting that reaches 27 miles per hour to the e-motorcycle setting that can reach more than 70 miles per hour, a news release said. In between are settings that allow the vehicle to serve as a moped or a commuter bike, Colosimo said. Two companies named LAND in Cleveland? Wasn't there an urban planning or something company called LAND connected to some dirty doings of Joe Cimperman when he was councilman? I don't remember exactly but something like steering city contacts to LAND because his wife was an owner or VP or something, which when it came is why I think he left office.
August 26, 20231 yr 23 minutes ago, DinaB said: Two companies named LAND in Cleveland? Wasn't there an urban planning or something company called LAND connected to some dirty doings of Joe Cimperman when he was councilman? I don't remember exactly but something like steering city contacts to LAND because his wife was an owner or VP or something, which when it came is why I think he left office. Land Studio. His wife was an employee and he sponsored resolutions and voted on contracts over the years in its favor when Ohio law required that he should have recused himself.
August 26, 20231 yr 16 minutes ago, Htsguy said: Land Studio. His wife was an employee and he sponsored resolutions and voted on contracts over the years in its favor when Ohio law required that he should have recused himself. Yes, that was it!
August 30, 20231 yr On 8/19/2023 at 12:47 AM, brtshrcegr said: A poster on Reddit claimed to be an employee at Constant and involved on the installation of some new equipment (Starlink system, specifically) on the Elon jet. No evidence of anything beyond some minor systems upgrades on the plane, if that is to be believed (and would explain the multi-day stay). Didn’t realize that Constant’s reputation was such that it would be worth flying over all the other MROs closer home to Elon, but makes sense if so. Wish it was a sexier explanation! Yeah I was totally wrong before I think. Since the jet has been here more than two weeks, it makes sense that service WAS the stop. I'm still surprised to learn we have, apparently, the best service in the country for whatever is needed here.
August 30, 20231 yr 36 minutes ago, LlamaLawyer said: Yeah I was totally wrong before I think. Since the jet has been here more than two weeks, it makes sense that service WAS the stop. I'm still surprised to learn we have, apparently, the best service in the country for whatever is needed here. I'm guessing he has more than one jet, especially with the online stalker in the picture.
August 30, 20231 yr On 8/26/2023 at 1:24 PM, Htsguy said: Land Studio. His wife was an employee and he sponsored resolutions and voted on contracts over the years in its favor when Ohio law required that he should have recused himself. One of the all time greats at working the system. Not only the Land Studio thing, but the way Tremonster would cause trouble and he'd come riding in the rescue. Never mind who gave HS the ideas to begin with.
September 9, 20231 yr LAND tops $7 million in funding to scale production with Series A fundraise https://www.crainscleveland.com/manufacturing/electric-bike-startup-land-closes-series-fundraising-round?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_term=crain's+cleveland+business&utm_content=2ef5b0cd-e19e-4029-bf97-d2b570c3bfa5
September 18, 20231 yr Provocative, although hyperbolic from Brent Larkin https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2023/09/why-is-cleveland-falling-so-far-behind-columbus-failed-leadership-failed-structure-failed-vision-brent-larkin.html. Links to another interesting piece in the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/opinion/cities-elites-baltimore-pittsburgh.html. There are a million threads to pull on to agree or disagree. But both articles do a decent job explaining why the Greater Cleveland region struggles to achieve growth. One thing Larkin touches on that I personally think is a huge issue for us is the fact that we have so many different political jurisdictions, universities, non-profits, etc. It's easy to say we've had "poor leadership" from these entities, and that is true in many ways, but with that many players in the mix with their unique interests, it's not surprising that it's hard to drive change. Citizens fight simple bike paths. If we're blaming our leaders, we also need to look at ourselves. Northeast Ohio does not embrace change.
September 18, 20231 yr 28 minutes ago, coneflower said: One thing Larkin touches on that I personally think is a huge issue for us is the fact that we have so many different political jurisdictions, universities, non-profits, etc. It's easy to say we've had "poor leadership" from these entities, and that is true in many ways, but with that many players in the mix with their unique interests, it's not surprising that it's hard to drive change. To me, the word "infighting" seems to be the Cleveland area's middle name. As you said, there are so many entities haggling about the smallest details, it seems to takes forever to get anything accomplished. Is it just in our culture that a "Can Do" attitude seems to overlooked by our leaders? Is there any sign of improvement? There are so many things to tackle! Here's a link to a similar article. It was written awhile back, but still applies in many ways. https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/cleveland-whats-wrong/9024/
September 18, 20231 yr I think the article is right on target. We don't have the civic leadership that we need--whether in city hall (the only difference between Jackson and Bibb is that Bibb is younger) or from the other organizations like the Greater Cleveland Partnership. Larkin is right on target unfortunately.
September 18, 20231 yr ^The downvote I just got for my comment above--made me think. That's a big part of it---our own denial of where we really stand and our own impediments to progress. If we don't like the truths about what is holding us back, we can't fix things and eventually get better.
September 18, 20231 yr I would argue that while Larkin is pointing out a valid lack of corporate leadership (note, he is emphasizing the absence of corporate leaders - and mentions Bibb briefly at the end of the article), he is also failing to provide any leadership himself or suggest any ideas for improving the community beyond telling people in power to do better. His most specific idea is basically to ask for more money from our foundations? That’s the best he could come up with? Dina, regarding your comment that I’m in denial … I would love to hear more specifics from you about why you think Bibb and Jackson are equivalent. From my point of view, we have a new lakefront plan, Bedrock’s riverfront plan, RISE is working, the city’s first protected bike lanes are funded, collaborations with the Metroparks are going to reshape the city’s east side… maybe this isn’t enough, but in under two years it’s miles better than anything Jackson accomplished in his final term.
September 18, 20231 yr Fixing what Larkin suggests would be a drop in the bucket compared to the enormous global economic forces at play for the past 100 years. Such facile thinking to posit that the main difference in the post-industrial economies of Columbus and Cleveland is a lack of civic gumption. Maybe we could go back in time 100 years and found the state’s biggest university here instead of Columbus? Buy stock in Apple instead of building blast furnaces? Eradicate institutional racism?
September 18, 20231 yr 40 minutes ago, Henke said: I would argue that while Larkin is pointing out a valid lack of corporate leadership (note, he is emphasizing the absence of corporate leaders - and mentions Bibb briefly at the end of the article), he is also failing to provide any leadership himself or suggest any ideas for improving the community beyond telling people in power to do better. His most specific idea is basically to ask for more money from our foundations? That’s the best he could come up with? Dina, regarding your comment that I’m in denial … I would love to hear more specifics from you about why you think Bibb and Jackson are equivalent. From my point of view, we have a new lakefront plan, Bedrock’s riverfront plan, RISE is working, the city’s first protected bike lanes are funded, collaborations with the Metroparks are going to reshape the city’s east side… maybe this isn’t enough, but in under two years it’s miles better than anything Jackson accomplished in his final term. Jackson's administration pronounced lakefront plans too. the bike lane plans have been ongoing for years jackson turned edgewater over to the metroparks and got the towpath thru. the riverfront plan was announced by jackson. flats east bank/ey tower and sherwin williams hq were negotiated by the jackson admin Why do people need to pretend that jacksons administration was an abject failure?
September 18, 20231 yr 46 minutes ago, bumsquare said: Maybe we could go back in time 100 years and found the state’s biggest university here instead of Columbus? I totally agree with your main point about the ranting nature of the editorial. It definitely didn't have solutions. The one thing I will say, to focus on the economic impact, is that we have a ton of good public and private universities in our region and it doesn't seem like they are being driven strategically to drive growth in our region. How do those schools coordinate with our local school systems? How do they coordinate amongst themselves? That sort of thing I would think we could make a huge impact without needing to be Nostradamus. We need more focus on education on a regional level. There are some cool collaboration happening but it doesn't seem to be organized as a big enough effort to shape the future of our economy. Edited September 18, 20231 yr by coneflower
September 18, 20231 yr A lot of us don't like facing the truth. So we make valid points when explaining why things are the way they are. But just because there is truth in their statements doesn't mean it's the whole truth and the whole truth can often significantly change the dynamic. There is truth in the statement that our leadership IS part of our problem and it is also true that ordinary citizens are a big reason why we struggle economically. We are all part of the problem. If you study why some areas take off while others languish there are always multiple reasons. Some are just fortuitous circumstances but it's usually as much about decisions people made over decades that ultimately propelled a region. Some things are out of our control. We don't have a leading university and we're not a state capital either but Columbus had OSU and was the capital for decades when Cleveland was much more dynamic and wealthy without either. All we've done is make one bad decision after another and over time we've squandered our position. The best way to turn things around? It starts with being honest about ourselves. And then what? It's actually not rocket science. If you study what worked and what didn't the answers are there for the emplmenting. The hard part is stopping the infighting and then begin to pull in the same direction. Easier said than done. But if we copy policies that have been successful in time we can turn NEO around.
September 18, 20231 yr 38 minutes ago, Whipjacka said: Jackson's administration pronounced lakefront plans too. the bike lane plans have been ongoing for years jackson turned edgewater over to the metroparks and got the towpath thru. the riverfront plan was announced by jackson. flats east bank/ey tower and sherwin williams hq were negotiated by the jackson admin Why do people need to pretend that jacksons administration was an abject failure? I’m not saying that Jackson was a failure. But his leadership happened over a 16 year timeline. I think Bibb deserves (at least) the four years we elected him to serve before we call him a failed leader.
September 18, 20231 yr Author I follow the trends occurring here which are given by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and have done so for years. I started following the statistics when I was still at CSU, and I can say that unfortunately... he's right. It's past time for the corporate community and elected officials to accept the region's shortcomings. Save for our Eds and Meds community, there has been very little growth in business since the Covid shutdown ended and without Eds and Meds, the region would be in the negative when it comes to job growth as of today. Statistically, there is no denying that.
September 18, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, cadmen said: A lot of us don't like facing the truth. So we make valid points when explaining why things are the way they are. But just because there is truth in their statements doesn't mean it's the whole truth and the whole truth can often significantly change the dynamic. It has nothing to do with facing the truth since many of us don't have the slightest clue to what the truth really even is. We continue to believe and hang onto the words of below average journalists like Larkin, without digging for actual evidence or truth. Columbus, Pittsburgh, etc. are not doing any better or worse than Cleveland. Here are some truths: 1) Cleveland (metro) has been outpacing Columbus (metro) in terms of new jobs created for years now: latest stats for June & July, below. 2) The Columbus public school system is one of worst in the entire country: see state rankings here ---> https://www.cleveland.com/education/2023/09/see-2023-ohio-school-report-cards-for-every-district-in-ohio.html notice Cleveland schools beat Columbus in virtually every category 3) Columbus is seeing record breaking homicide #'s: https://www.10tv.com/article/news/crime/columbus-homicide-rate-higher-police-looking-for-answers/530-c628a4e8-cfb6-470e-944d-fac3643a5842 So forget about the Columbus comparisons and aspire for something better. The two biggest things holding our region back are the following Unwillingness to explore regionalism - Cleveland will not come close to reaching its full potential until we see full blown regionalism, such as a city/county merger. Too much of our citizen's expendable $$$ are sent to redundant and inefficient public entities. Ohio's lack of funding public transit. You want a stronger metro/city? Fight for regionalism and public transit funding Edited September 18, 20231 yr by Clefan98
September 18, 20231 yr 2 hours ago, coneflower said: I totally agree with your main point about the ranting nature of the editorial. It definitely didn't have solutions. The one thing I will say, to focus on the economic impact, is that we have a ton of good public and private universities in our region and it doesn't seem like they are being driven strategically to drive growth in our region. How do those schools coordinate with our local school systems? How do they coordinate amongst themselves? That sort of thing I would think we could make a huge impact without needing to be Nostradamus. Great point. I've always wished the City would just donate lake or riverfront property for a collaborate Great Lakes research + education center inviting all the Ohio universities to take part.
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