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Wow. That was fast.

Business Week gives the Democrats a 2010 headline, and the right wing of the GOP continues to stumble toward political irrelevance.

GOP to Detroit: Drop Dead

From Julie Michael Smith at the YBI.

You can see a report on this seminar from Toledo here.

WHAT: RETOOLING FOR OHIO’S ADVANCED ENERGY MARKET STRATEGIES AND FUNDING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ADVANCED ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES

Presentation by the Ohio Department of Development Energy Office

WHERE: KENT STATE TRUMBULL CAMPUS
Workforce Development and Continuing Education Building
4314 Mahoning Avenue – Room 211
Warren, OH 44483

WHEN: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008
9:00 A.M. TO NOON

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Businesses who want to learn about energy efficiency.
Businesses interested in manufacturing and supply chain development opportunities in advanced energy markets.
Economic Development organizations and government entities looking to explore strategies and initiatives they can utilize to assist Ohio companies.

AGENDA TOPICS:
Review of Bipartisan Economic Stimulus Package
Overview of the $1.57 billion jobs stimulus package that aims to create new jobs while laying the foundation for future economic prosperity.

Review of Federal Energy Programs
Representative from Congressman Ryan’s office will review several programs offered by the U. S. Dept. of Energy designed to encourage businesses to invest in alternative energy projects. From reducing the costs associated with installing green energy projects to investing in research to identify new product lines.

Review of Programs offered by the Ohio Department of Development Energy Office
Industrial Efficiency EnVinta Program
Wind Industry in Ohio and Supply Chain
Solar Industry in Ohio and Supply Chain
Biomass and BioFuels in Ohio
Renewable Deployment for Commercial and Industrial

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Representatives from the Ohio Dept. of Development Energy Office, ODOD Regional Economic Development office and the Office of Congressman Tim Ryan

THE SEMINAR IS FREE BUT PLEASE REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 12 TO: SUE.WATSON@DEVELOPMENT.OHIO.GOV OR 330-797-6301.

Great video on YouTube on making steel in Youngstown in 1944.

From CEO for Cities:

Take a look at Pittsburgh’s Citiwiki that invites citizens to offer their own ideas to develop an intelligent, easy-to-use transportation system that works for people of every stripe?

The goal of the Wiki is to harness the considerable intellectual firepower of the Pittsburgh region’s thoughtful citizenry to help transform it into a world-class city, a leader in the best kind of urban living.

Also, lessons of neighborhood democracy.

JPMorgan to freeze foreclosures

The Kauffman Foundation has launched a remake of its website.

Jack and I worked together when I was at Case Western Reserve. He is a gem.

Cleveland (Oct. 31, 2008) — Jack Kleinhenz, Ph.D. CEO of Kleinhenz & Associates was recently named a Fellow by the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) at its annual meeting in Washington, DC.

NABE Fellows are selected on an annual basis by NABE’s board of directors. Selection criteria include service as a professional business economist, contributions to the field of business economics, and outstanding contributions to NABE.

Kleinhenz joins a select group of 100 NABE Fellows that include Nobel Laureates Lawrence Klein, Milton Friedman, James Tobin; Federal Reserve Board Chairmen Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan; several former chairs of the President’s council of economic advisors and current or former presidents of Federal Reserve Banks.

Richard Herman passed me along an interesting white paper produced for Advance NEO by Scott Shane at Case Western Reserve University. It’s sure to spark some discussion:

Contrary to much popular opinion on economic development, encouraging the total amount of entrepreneurial activity in a region is not a worthwhile goal for philanthropists or policy makers.

The paper concludes:

This white paper suggested several next steps to take in enhancing the amount of “attractive” entrepreneurial activity in the region. The Fund should collect primary data to understand better how to encourage the development of “attractive” entrepreneurial activity in the region. The Fund should create a dashboard of measures of “attractive” entrepreneurial activity to measure how well the region is doing in enhancing the level of “attractive” entrepreneurial activity. The Fund should create a task force to identify specific interventions to attract high-growth venture capital-appropriate entrepreneurial talent to the region. The Fund should also create a task force to identify interventions to encourage the growth of existing businesses. Finally, the Fund should coordinate its efforts with those of the Lt. Governor’s office.

You can download the white paper here.

Compare a recent report from the Kauffman Foundation on strategies to support entrepreneurs available here.

Richard Herman has a lot to say about this report. I posted his e-mail over at NEOhioXT.

via Twitter:

Wendy Hoke has an article on Cleveland in the Christian Science Monitor:

From housing rubble, sprouts green furniture

What would it take for Cleveland to scale this thinking into a city strategy? Youngstown’s starting to think at this level with its Grey to Green Festival.

Despite Court Wrangle, Ohio Officials Take Steps to Builds Life-Sci Industry in State

Eaton Corp. gets $71 million from state to move from Cleveland to Chagrin Highlands

Ohio’s stake in GM, Chrysler enormous

Rebuilding a neighborhood: Group works to revitalize Fairfax, one house at a time

NE Ohio plant could be hurt by a GM-Chrysler deal

Hudson, Boston Heights officials pursue partnership