NE Ohio economy growing but not as fast as nation’s
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The core issues are relatively low educational attainment and relatively low rates of innovation. See Sandy Pianalto’s speech: Innovation and Education: Renewing the Northeast Ohio Economy
See also from the Fed: Altered States: A Perspective on
75 Years of State Income Growth
What do you think would happen?
I’ve got a way to reduce global poverty, decrease the number of workers crossing our borders illegally, save American taxpayers money, and cut your supermarket bill — in one fell swoop. How? Get rid of US farm subsidies and tariffs.They were supposed to be a temporary remedy for small farmers during the Depression. But, renewed every five years regardless of which party controls Congress, farm subsidies keep going and going. They’ve been costing taxpayers some $11 billion a year. The Senate is now considering the latest version, and it’s hardly better than what’s come before.
Look, I have no problem insuring small farmers against major losses. But farm subsidies go mostly to big agribusinesses that hardly need them…
One of the majority tenets of Meet.The.Bloggers* is that they’re open to the public (i.e. any political persuasion is welcome as long as everyone attempts to keep conversation is civil). While not many Rs show up, we’ve never barred anyone from coming…
Chris Varley on design-oriented MBAs:
With the Cleveland Institute of Art right next door, the possibilities are extremely exciting–CIA students have long turned to Case for their “non-design” courses. If Weatherhead is serious about make design a central tenent of how they teach management, then the school may well be able to carve out an exciting and necessary niche for itself in a degree program that has been showing signs of weakness and age at all schools that offer the traditional MBA degree….
Thomas bought our plane tickets to LV for the BlogWorld Expo today. Tons of speakers. Who would you go see?
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Make sure you click thru and check out Kim Homan’s first menu…
Marketing genius:
The Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland (CVB) announced today that it is changing its marketing moniker and adopting a more energetic icon-based logo. Positively Cleveland is designed to fit in with the region’s Cleveland Plus branding initiative, while shortening the organization’s name and expressing more of the city’s vitality and spirit…
In my view, talking about merging the University of Akron and Cleveland State is a non-starter and a time sink.
Investing in centers of execellence at all our colleges and universities makes far more sense.
Northeast Ohio can look to North Dakota for inspiration. Since 2005, the state has been investing in centers of excellence in all its campuses. Here’s the latest.
Centers of Excellence recommends funding for Minot State center
Download a summary of investments
(By the way, North Dakota is home to a major research campus for Microsoft. Read more.)
A Cleveland+ move: Get visitors here and then gouge them on the way to their hotel.
Taxi costs to soar under new deals at Hopkins
For months, as the new taxi plan was formulated, airport director Ricky Smith repeatedly said he didn’t expect cab fares to increase.
A cynic would say we are witnessing the costs of political corruption.
Any defenders? Perhaps Positively Cleveland can explain what — on its surface — appears to be a real bonehead move. (Roche’s flat fee argument is a good one in a developing country, but we are probably past that….Hmmm, on second thought…)
Ricky Smith has another problem: Blown public credibility. You can fix the taxi fares by lowering them.
Rebuilding credibility is not so easy.
MarilynJane’s reaction:
Positively Not Necessary…
Positively Not Original…
Positively A Waste of Money…
Positively a Laughing Stock…
Positively Who in the Hell’s Opinion Did You Ask About This…
I’m sick to my stomach right now because the shooting today at Success Tech High School didn’t need to happen for two reasons.
First, student safety should have been a priority over uniforms and it was obviously not. Second, last Friday and Monday there were incidents involving guns carried by students at Max Hayes High School. Friday a gun was shot off three times outside right after school let out during an altercation between students. Monday a rifle was discovered in a student gym bag with several rounds of ammo (this was confirmed to me yesterday by Channel 19 News who reviewed the police report).
Four people have been shot at Success Tech High School at 1440 Lakeside Avenue in Cleveland.
The victims were two men ages 57 and 42; and two boys ages 17 and 14. A 14-year-old girl hurt her knee leaving the building but was not shot.
All the children are in good condition and the two adults’ conditions were “slightly elevated,” according to Mayor Frank Jackson. The mayor and schools CEO Eugene Sanders came to the school and have been giving brief updates to the media.
Early reports were that the shooter was 14 and was in custody. Officials would not answer questions about the suspect.
After it was obvious that the School District was not communicating the details of these incidents to parents and staff I called both the Plain Dealer and Channel 19 News. I spoke directly with the Education Editor at the Plain Dealer on Monday. I also spoke with a reporter at Channel 19 news Monday and yesterday to warn them both that something was seriously wrong with how these incidents were being handled.
After Virginia Tech I couldn’t believe the Cleveland Municipal School District did not institute a communications plan or use mobile metal detectors the morning after any confiscation of guns as part of overall measures. It is my understanding that the Cleveland Heights School System at least has a communications plan in place regarding incidents that happen that threaten student and staff safety.
It is also my understanding that there have been several other guns in schools incidents since the beginning of the school year that the CMSD has essentially enacted a hush policy about. The result of this inaction is that staff and parents have not been provided with the critical information needed to allow themselves to makes decisions about the safety of themselves and their children.
Because of this inaction it is obvious that both Mayor Jackson and Eugene Sanders should be held accountable for the death and injuries that occurred today. Both the lack of communications and any plan and the resulting injuries and loss of life are the direct result of a complete lack of competent leadership. When you are a leader and you can not ensure the safety of those you are responsible for you are then responsible for communicating with them when their safety is at risk.
Multiple people shot at Cleveland high school; shooter dead - Cleveland’s Top Story from The Plain Dealer
P.S. I regret that I didn’t post here at BFD about the problems at Max Hayes Friday and Monday to at least offer a warning. I had a feeling in my gut something bad was about to happen.
P.P.S. Methinks we should redirect the .25 cents county sales tax increase toward making our schools and streets safer. That would do more for economic development than a Medical Mart (and I did a post here this past July 25th about an article that highlights how improving basic infrastructure is how successful cities grow).
You’re kidding, right?
Many economic impact studies are very badly designed. “If you see multipliers in excess of 2.5, get very nervous.” (Sheppard)
Lemme see, which economic dev projects had those sorts of multipliers?
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From Christine:
I hope city leaders learn something from the tragedy — and the bad, bad press generated by it — and adopt the following attitude:
THINGS CHANGE. NOW.
Really Bad Cleveland Accent: School Shooting in Downtown Cleveland
From Bob Rhubart:
On the heels of the shootings in Wisconsin comes the news of similar violence right here in Cleveland, just a couple of blocks from where I’m sitting right now.
Who needs Al Qaeda? We’re doing a damn good job of terrorizing and killing each other without foreign intervention. Can Homeland Security protect us from ourselves?
Bob Rhubart’s Weblog: BBC NEWS | Americas | Students shot at Cleveland school
Carrie Callahan (from Chicago):
One of the teachers who was shot at SuccessTech in Cleveland today was my eighth grade math teacher, David Kachadourian. The Plain Dealer said he was taken to Metro Hospital in “good condition,” and I hope that’s completely true. Also I hope his family is doing ok, considering, and they’re with him and he’s awake. Let’s all put a lot of happy wishes and prayers in their direction; they’re all good people and hopefully the good karma they’ve accumulated is kicking in and his recovery will be a fast one…
Lifted this from a Cleveland Colectivo update:
Due to a variety of factors, the Parish Hall recently held its last performance. Founder and Director Ryan Weitzel decided to move on, in order to focus more time on his successful recording studio, Exit Stencil, as well as his band, Mystery of Two. Ryan recently leased a space for his studio on Waterloo Road in North Collinwood, down the street from the successful Beachland Ballroom…
CMSD schools are closed today:
Really wish my first random day off was due to a snow day, not a shooting.
YaY Cleveland.
So now they start communicating after 4 are injured and the shooter is dead. They didn’t include the incident Friday that happened outside Max Hayes High School after school let out. I guess because “it wasn’t on school grounds”…it happened behind a vacant gas station adjacent to school grounds.
Wednesday’s shooting spree at SuccessTech Academy was the bloody climax to a week’s worth of gun-toting incidents across the Cleveland school district.
Oct. 3: A Margaret Ireland School student was arrested after school security officers found a loaded .25-caliber handgun with a six-shell clip in his book bag. The boy told officers he paid $25 for the weapon and carries it for protection. He was arrested after a gang fight involving nearly three dozen students, according to school security reports.
Cleveland police arrested the mother of a 15-year-old Genesis High School student who came to the school with a loaded .22-caliber gun, according to police reports. The woman told police her son had been jumped by students at school and called his mother on his cell phone. She brought the gun and confronted the attackers outside, who then scattered.
Monday: Security officers found a semiautomatic rifle, a scope and 43 rounds of ammunition in a duffel bag belonging to a 17-year-old special education student at Max S. Hayes Vocational School. The boy said he didn’t know how the gun got there.
Tuesday: A student brought a high-caliber, semiautomatic handgun to Michael R. White K-8 School.
Wednesday: The same day as the SuccessTech shooting, security officers confiscated a .38-caliber handgun from an East Technical High School student.
Last school year: Districtwide, there were 304 incidents involving possession of dangerous weapons such as guns and knives. Assaults on security guards nearly doubled from the previous year. At SuccessTech, there were just nine incidents.
Cleveland schools record several gun incidents - cleveland.com
This is an impressive piece, with fantastic shots of Cleveland. In the era of globalization, marketing is king, and perception drives reality.
The world at large is open for a new Cleveland story. Polls show the outside world is rather agnostic in opinion. This is a tremendous opportunity to redefine ourselves as the negatives connotations have largely passed.
America wants to believe in Cleveland’s resurgence. It is against our national ethos and the “American Dream” for a city to die from stagnation and a lack of innovation. The narrative of Austin and Portland is old, and America is waiting for the next big thing, and we hold the potential for a real Horatio Alger story.
“These days Clevelanders laugh along. They know that the region is turning itself around in a big way. After all, President Bush was indeed in Cleveland, spotlighting the area’s cutting edge work in health care and energy technology. Northeast Ohio’s economy is beginning to boom again, and the rest of the world is taking it seriously.” http://www.usairwaysmag.com/2007_10/profiles.php
Significantly the story highlights water, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, alternative energy, nightlife and culture. Add this to recent press with the Indians, Cavs, and No Reservations, we actually have real momentum for good press outside of the region.
If only we did not have parking lots downtown and Public Square as a vibrant public space. Too me that is the last big key to get in place to send Cleveland over the tipping point.
As for the first comment to say humbug, our only headline is a tragic school shooting, not true. Not one colleague mentioned it this morning. The reaction to the shooting is a general sadness of the problems in our urban centers that can happen anywhere, not a reflection on Cleveland specifically.
From Cleveland Scenes Best of 2007:
Best Blog (2007)
Brewed Fresh Daily
www.brewedfreshdaily.comThe great thing about blogs is that anyone can write one. What sucks about blogs is, well, anyone can write one, so getting to the good stuff means sifting through a lot of garbage. That’s why Brewed Fresh Daily is so useful. Instead of ruminating on his own big ideas or breaking down his morning breakfast, Brewed Fresh blogger George Nemeth rifles through Cleveland’s blogosphere so you don’t have to. Focusing on Cleveland-based news and opinion, Nemeth includes the best posts from Cleveland’s most consistent blogs, from Callahan’s Cleveland Diary to Political Science 216 to Writes Like She Talks. Nemeth also helps run the Meet the Blogger series, wherein bloggers sit down to BS with local politicians and other players.
On the shooting:
For my part I’ll only add that this is not a security problem. This is not a school problem. This is not an educational problem.
Primary responsibility for Asa Coon’s death and the injuries he caused lies with his family and his community.
And one year from today; nothing substantive will have changed.
That’s what Bill Callahan’s asking:
Um, “punched him in the face?” For accidental bumping? In CMSD’s geek school, the “calmest school” in the system?
Hmmm. And the school’s Student-Parent Organization has been asking for more security. Something else going on here, don’t you think?
There’s also a link in Bill’s post to MaryBeth’s blog re: the shooting. Sorry I missed it. I’m increasingly disappointed with Google Reader…
Callahan’s Cleveland Diary » Blog Archive » The shooting at Success Tech
Dig this over at Bad American:
When you take a fatherless home, a struggling mother, a deteriorating crime-ridden neighborhood and schools ill equipped to handle the social ills thrust upon it, is it any surprise that we don’t have more of these incidents?
What kills me is that underneath all that angst and rage, Asa Coon apparently had quite an intelligence. Reportedly, he had a gift for understanding the structure of mechanical and electrical machines and could take them apart and put them back together. He would not have been at SuccessTech if he had not had the smarts.
But his potential was overwhelmed by a lack of intervention on the part of the people that mattered most. Whether anyone or any agency could have reached this young man at some point before this tragedy is debatable. Thankfully, all four people who were shot will live so no more potential died with Asa.
Would it matter any less if the shooting had been at John Hay? Rhodes? Collinwood? It shouldn’t. Every live holds within it the potential for greatness.
The second issue here is the national media’s obsession with the case which is understandable. This could have happened anywhere, unfortunately it happened here so Cleveland gets yet another black eye.
Unfortunately, I have little faith that the city or the school system will do much other than put band aids on the wound. Yes, they’ll probably have metal detectors full time at SuccessTech and every Cleveland secondary school. That will not stop the violence once those students exit the school and perhaps not inside the school either…
Grab a cup of coffee and click thru for the whole thing. Add a comment while you’re at it.
Keep Your Head II; The Cleveland School Shootings « Bad American
From Jeff:
What a horrible tragedy yesterday in Cleveland. Please keep the families of the victims, other students, and staff at Success in your thoughts and prayers.
To me, that is what we need to do - mourn with those hurt and look inwardly to find solutions.
Just now as I was reading all the comments and props George is getting for BFD being recognized as Cleveland Scenes Best Blog 2007, I thought about all the great people I’ve met and new friends I have now because of him. I think it’s time we all celebrate George so I hope you’ll join me at my first Cleveland Weblogger Meetup:
THE CLEVELAND WEBLOGGER MEETUP:
Wednesday, October 17th
The Happy Dog @ 7:00PM
5801 Detroit Ave Cleveland, OH 44102
(216) 651-9474
Mel of Music Saves circulated the above flyer. My neighbor Nan Kennedy sent one with these details:
You’ll see the first rehabbed house in NSDC’s Model Block program at 428 E157. This 4-bed gem is freshly painted, roofed, electrified and plumbed, and comes with a fenced backyard, 2-car garage and $1500 appliance allowance.
You’ll also see live/work space at the Zaller Building (16006 Waterloo): two stunning apartments on the second/third floor, plus potential studio space downstairs (early tenants will be the Waterloo Seven group of artists led by sculptor Jerry Schmidt, whose studio is at the back of the building, and Little Jacket press, best known for its high-end music posters). And don’t miss the outdoor sculpture garden.
Then you can buy high-end leather products and other fun stuff at ShopARooni (15813 Waterloo), shop for discs at MusicSaves, take in the closing reception at the Arts Collinwood gallery AND the opening at TRUEArt (details below).
Cafe Marika will be serving high-end snacks and pastries, coffee and wine; the Arts Collinwood gallery will be holding the closing reception for Razzle Dazzle (Jeffry Chiplis and Jacob Wesley Lang), with refreshments and poetry reading. 6-9. Call 216-692-9500.
TRUEArt will be opening a show of new work by Joan of Art and Joe Day: stained glass pieces themed “Keyholes and Effects,” and surreal montages incorporating meticulously handcut pieces of magazines and sheet music. Music by Theodore Vril and Scarcity of Tanks. 7 to midnight. Call 393-0230.
Don’t miss this brothers and sisters:
So a self-described homeless guy approaches me yesterday, tentative in his ask while I am obviously deep in laptop work cafe side. I immediately flash back to hearing John McKnight’s case for the exchange of gifts, including our stories, instead of the clientization of the so-called marginalized.
He’s slightly taken aback with full eye contact request for his name and story, which he unravels like threads off his worn coat. I thank him for his story and give him some money, which he returns full eye contact thanks, and as he turns to walk on, he turns back and with a taciturn pause, says in a most sincere tone, “You know, I really hate doing this, asking for money. What I really want is work.” The sidewalk turns into a brief brainstorm session, and he makes his way into the neighborhood.
This seems like as good a time as any to mention to book Jack and I are working on together, that will include “ingredients” for community change. I think this one should be included.
Jack Ricchiuto on what happened at SuccessTech:
Schools need to redefine themselves. Away from places designed to remind children that they are problems to be fixed to places designed to remind children that they are gifts to be engaged.
The mistake is to think that violence has anything to do with security or the lack of security. It is a lack of engagement. When we understand engagement, safety will be remembered as a conversation of generations passed.
From Janko:
Have you ever found something online that makes you scream out:
“YES, this is exactly what I’m looking for!”Something that weaves together design, economic development, technology, city planning, and the plans for the future . . .
It happened to me recently as I discovered the archives of Dr. Sherry Linkon’s radio interview show, Lincoln Avenue.
These shows regularly air on Wednesdays at 7:30pm on wysu, and you can now listen to the shows as mp3s or subscribe to them as podcasts. You can even leave comments about the interviews on the show’s blog.
It’s my humble opinion that everyone in Northeast Ohio should be listening to these shows. It’s a great way to get plugged in on all the things going on in the region…
Click thru for his list of must-listen-to shows.
Long-time rock-n-roll journalist and current managing editor at CoolCleveland.com (and my good friend) Peter Charkerian meets Henry Rollins:
Yesterday, me and the L’il Man are cruising the aisles at Trader Joe’s for some dinner fixins. We stop and say hello to our pal Carrie who works there. I’m pondering the Mandarin Orange Chicken and a bag of Edamame; All of the sudden, I catch a familiar face in my field of vision and can’t quite believe my eyes — I was up with the L’il Man for 3 hours the night before, so seeing this punk legend, author, actor and IFC lynchpin in a grocery store really could be a hallucination.
It’s not a hallucination. He’s in town for his Provoked gig tonight. He looks up from shopping with his female companion, and as he is explaining why he usually buys this certain kind of frozen vegetable, he sees me staring (I assume with my dropped jaw) and smiles one of those quietly intense smiles he always flashes. “What a cute little guy,” he says to the L’il Man, smiling at him. I approach, not knowing what to say. “Thanks,” I gulp and extend my hand to shake. This is weird. Unexpected. Not rehearsed for this. Doesn’t happen every day. Damn, I don’t even have a Sharpie and my copy of The Portable is nowhere near.
And I interview people all the time — so how come this run-in with Henry Rollins is different? I preface my approach with an apology. I know famous people usually hate this, especially when they’re trying to live their normal life. “Hi, sorry… I love you, man. All your work, especially your writing and spoken word stuff…”
Make sure you click thru for the pics.
George and I just had this discussion. Anybody have any ideas? For example, where was this plan before Wednesday? If you’re going to try and improve the academic performance of students in the CMSD don’t you first need to ensure their safety? How can a kid learn if he/she knows their safety is in danger while they are at school?
Dan Burns, Sanders’ chief operating officer, crafted the plan in the wake of Wednesday’s shootings at SuccessTech Academy.
Kudos to Regina Brett. At least she called our leadership, or lack of, into question today.
I’m talking about the BlogWorld Expo. Have you made your plans yet?
I think the operative word is sharing:
Several people responding to the news online at Cleveland.com have also called the deal extortion.
I certainly understand the perspective, and that is why Commissioner Jones’ remark is so important.
The Northeast Ohio Mayors and City Managers Association is working on a study that hopefully will result in a “macro way forward.” The study is a comprehensive look at the benefits and challenges involved with implementing revenue sharing throughout the 16-county region. This won’t be easy work and it may be months before initial outcomes are available. I credit the region’s political leaders for recognizing the present system isn’t sustainable and hopefully their work will result in a new way.
Regionalism needs to be about sharing — not creating winners and losers. The Avon interchange project may be just what we need to encourage a new approach to physical development in Northeast Ohio.
As today’s vote showed, if we don’t come together to shape a common destiny we run the risk of having others try to dictate our destiny for us.
Interchanges and Regionalism Continued | Advance Northeast Ohio
A contest, sent to me by VirtualLori who says “one of our participanting sellers chose your beloved Cafe Marika as her favorite place”:
The members of Cleveland Handmade want to show you — and the world — their favorite places in Cleveland. They would also like to show you that buying locally made goods online is an easy and fun way to start your holiday shopping. The prize is a $65 gift certificate good at any of the thirteen participating shops. You can use the certificate all in one shop or break it up and spend it in as many shops as you like…
Also from Lori: “We’ve had some great feedback so far, especially from out-of-towners who said it was pretty nifty to learn about some of our favorite Cleveland places.”
An email from David Lay:
George,
It looks like the PD is using a photo of mine you linked to:
http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2007/08/20/nice-work-by-david-lay/
They used it on the cover of yesterday’s Friday magazine, and on their website (toward the bottom).
They did this without my permission (or permission of the Lakewood Observer, which published the photo).
Just thought you’d like to know…
-Dave
Either that or send them an invoice for the licensing fee (double it like they do if you don’t pull a permit).
