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Ed Morrison · Good news on Cleveland’s design district
January 19th, 2010
The good, if modest, news: Cleveland’s design district is still twitching forward.
Amish furniture makers and Cleveland planners explore benefits of Euclid Ave. design district
The challenge for Cleveland, though, is speed. Very little gets done quickly in Cleveland’s economic development. There is no real sense of urgency to transforming the city’s economy.
And that, in itself, is a major competitive disadvantage. Until Cleveland’s civic leadership can figure out an approach to translating ideas into action quickly, there’s not much chance that Cleveland will pull out of its downward spiral.
Designing and implementing an economic development strategy — one that translates ideas into action quickly — is not a trivial matter. As McAlister Clabaugh of the National Academy has noted, effective strategy may be the ultimate local innovation.
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January 19th, 2010 at 9:44 am
This sounds like a partial answer to your query about design thinking in Cleveland.
Pity not even a status news blurb can be found on the districtofdesign.com site. Perhaps the Amish can be encouraged to consult with Cleveland’s web design community as well.
Maybe the District of Design site can then move from static placeholder text to updates and just a little transparency on “…a master plan for retail and entertainment development along Euclid Avenue, from Public Square to CSU” mentioned in the article.
Since this also connects to the recently unveiled “Campus District,” one might expect how the two might jointly collaborate and interact.
Being collaboration and interaction are key features of design thinking.
Maybe what Cleveland needs is an Amish District to show the other districts the way it’s done.