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"The number one thing for people has nothing to do with facilities, but rather who's on campus, who can they collaborate with. You can have the finest facilities, but if you don't have recruitment, it doesn't matter."

This one is key for economic development in Cleveland, the Convention Center may build temporary ties, or fleeting contact networks, but to be a strong regional area we need to build long term networks locally that have many radial arms outside of NEOhio, these radial arms will be the pathway people use to find their way to Cleveland. They will want to be here, be part of the scene. We are developing the rep for having the coolest people, the coolest network in this location. That is really Silicon Valley's secret. Engineers and software geeks go there because that is where the other cool geeks are -- it's not the real estate market, nor even the sunny weather [geeks are indoor types]. We must forget the stupidity of the dot comedy -- place is irrelevant in human ties. Birds of a feather flock together -- the creative class will find others of the same class. We have to help create the 'tipping point' for flocking to Cleveland.