Comments on: Putting the region’s challenges in proper perspective http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2008/putting-the-regions-challenges-in-proper-perspective Locally owned and operated from Cleveland, OH since 2002 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:07:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ed Morrison http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2008/putting-the-regions-challenges-in-proper-perspective/comment-page-1#comment-1821 Ed Morrison Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:51:48 +0000 http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/?p=198#comment-1821 Chris, Thanks for your note. Recruiting researchers in targeted areas makes a lot of sense as a strategy. Perhaps most successful program in this regard has been the Georgia Research Alliance. http://snurl.com/3epn7 What's missing in this region is a focus on what local resources could do to strengthen the research base. While we are quite successful in attracting Third Frontier dollars, Cuyahoga County is about ready to invest $400 million plus in a highly questionable convention Center project. This public money could have been invested much more wisely by strengthening research connections along the Euclid Avenue corridor. Cuyahoga County has the policy framework established to build that the open innovation networks from added public investment: the Cuyahoga innovation Zones. http://snurl.com/3epqv Chris,

Thanks for your note. Recruiting researchers in targeted areas makes a lot of sense as a strategy. Perhaps most successful program in this regard has been the Georgia Research Alliance.

http://snurl.com/3epn7

What’s missing in this region is a focus on what local resources could do to strengthen the research base.

While we are quite successful in attracting Third Frontier dollars, Cuyahoga County is about ready to invest $400 million plus in a highly questionable convention Center project. This public money could have been invested much more wisely by strengthening research connections along the Euclid Avenue corridor.

Cuyahoga County has the policy framework established to build that the open innovation networks from added public investment: the Cuyahoga innovation Zones.

http://snurl.com/3epqv

]]> By: Chris Thompson http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2008/putting-the-regions-challenges-in-proper-perspective/comment-page-1#comment-1820 Chris Thompson Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:40:37 +0000 http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/?p=198#comment-1820 Attracting research spending (and then commercializing that research) is a key element to building a globally competitive regional economy. Northeast Ohio has lagged the rest of the country in research spending. As I <A href="http://www.advancenortheastohio.org/node/279">pointed out</A> a few months ago, just being average could generate 11,000 new jobs. Hopefully, the state will continue to support research through the Third Frontier program. And strong leadership from Dr. Proenza and CWRU President Barbara Snyder can help bring more research dollars to the region. Some have raised the prospect of creating a pool of money that could be used to lure top researchers to the region. North Carolina has tried such a program. Would it work here? Attracting research spending (and then commercializing that research) is a key element to building a globally competitive regional economy. Northeast Ohio has lagged the rest of the country in research spending. As I pointed out a few months ago, just being average could generate 11,000 new jobs. Hopefully, the state will continue to support research through the Third Frontier program. And strong leadership from Dr. Proenza and CWRU President Barbara Snyder can help bring more research dollars to the region.

Some have raised the prospect of creating a pool of money that could be used to lure top researchers to the region. North Carolina has tried such a program. Would it work here?

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