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How Will Obama’s Administration Make Sure Stimulus Monies Get Spent When and How They Want It Spent?

February 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

That is a question running through my mind after reading the somewhat in depth and very interesting article in today’s Washington Post  on Ohio’s lobbying efforts to get stimulus package two monies.
1) if monies are given directly to Governors, will monies within the states go where they can create jobs and fix infrastructure or could [...]

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Tags: Ideas · Ohio Rail and Transit · economic development · economic news · politics

If The Feds Gave us $730 Million, What Would Be On Your Wish List?

January 11th, 2009 · No Comments

If you’ve attended meetings at which Mayor Jackson is present, or if you’ve read about his comments to candidates during the Presidential election, you know he has an Urban Agenda. Apparently it’s about to be fleshed out. Crain’s Cleveland’s  Jay Miller writes about it this week, Apparently studies have concluded that rehabbing the InnerBelt Bridge [...]

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Tags: Ideas · Ohio Rail and Transit · economic news · politics · transit oriented development

Last Night’s West Park Dialogue With Mayor Jackson

August 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Mayor Jackson likes to hold what he calls dialogues around the City. Last night it was time for the West Park Dialogue.  It was held at Our Lady of Angels school gym. Hundreds of chairs were set up in advance. I arrived about twenty minutes to six (the dialogue was supposed to run from six [...]

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Tags: economic development · neighborhood news · politics

Update on Five Year Plan

January 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Apparently, the Business Community is responding to Mayor Jacksons/City of Cleveland’s Plan announced yesterday. The Greater Cleveland Marketing Alliance is working on commericals to air Nationally – a volunteer plan at no cost to the City (meaning us). They have already raised 2 million dollars from private individuals or companies for this promotion.
On another less [...]

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Tags: economic news · politics

Mayor Frank Jackson Unveils Cleveland’s Agressive Five Year Capital Improvement Plan

January 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

When I first moved back to Cleveland in 1997, one of the first things I tried to do was go on line and see what kind of economic development issues were under way in Cleveland. Trust me, that was a frustrating experience. There was a one page website that at THAT time had not been [...]

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Tags: economic development · economic news · politics