Ed Morrison · Three predictions for the region

January 1st, 2010

Cleveland+3
From Amanda Garrett in today’s PD: Welcome to the decade of the Super Region: Cleveland’s future entwined with Youngstown’s

  • Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution: To survive, Northeast Ohio must set audacious education goals, Katz said. Blacks and Hispanics will soon be 40 percent of the work force and they’re lagging most behind. Providing better education “is not just a nice thing to do, it’s a competitive thing to do,” he said.
  • David Beach of Green City, Blue Lake: As energy prices rise, more Cleveland neighborhoods come back to life, said David Beach, director of Greencitybluelake. And by 2019, when Cleveland marks the 50th anniversary of the infamous Cuyahoga River fire, it will also celebrate its transformation as one of the most livable and sustainable cities in the world.
  • Hunter Morrison at Youngstown State: The proposed $600 million casino and a $475 million convention center/medical mart that are supposed to be built in Cleveland this decade get lots of attention, but they don’t really matter much, Morrison said. “What we have is a longtime weakening that began 40 years ago and it’s not subject to silver bullets,” Morrison said. “Casinos and convention centers don’t reverse the decline of population or attract immigrants to knowledge economy.”

    • Five years ago, my brother Hunter made a presentation at the first Region Day in Northeast Ohio. (Region Day represents one day in which all of the leadership programs from across the region come together to explore regional issues in Northeast Ohio. The Future Fund sponsored the latest region day in October 2009 at The University of Akron.)

    Hunter’s presentation raises some important perspectives as leaders across NEO look for stronger connections.

    H Morrison Presentation NEO Region Day 2004

    Last 5 posts by Ed Morrison

    Random Posts

    Category: BFD
    Comments Off