Brewed Fresh Daily

Update your websites, dammit! If you've got a presence on the internet, you damn well better change the content on a regular basis. Why is George ranting about this, you ask yourself. Because! I was pouring over my City Strategies newsletter (yes, again) and there's a meme about clustering:

'One of the handiest concepts for understanding how cities develop is the notion of "clustering," developed by Harvard business professor Michael Porter. Simple concept: It holds that, in some highly developed industries, leading practitioners need to be near one another, even when logic and high land costs might suggest that it's better to disperse. Hence, the Silicon Valley, Hollywood, the auto industry in Detroit, high finance in New York and scores of other advanced industry clusters. But maybe it's not just high-tech or high-value industries that need to rub elbows.'

So I recall hearing something about clustering in Cleveland. Naturally, I google it. Which leads me to a site that appears not to have been updated since 1997! It's pre-Y2K. It's a shame, because I think this is important info. As an aside, look for an article about the "Creative Corridor" in the Midtown section of Cleveland. It's one of those areas where cool design type are going because the costs of operating a business is inexpensive compared to downtown. I predict this area is the next Ohio City or Tremont district. Not that I'd be the first.