As if the last few rounds of fare hikes and service cuts haven’t already crushed RTA and its riders, the proposed round of service cuts for next April will be absolutely devastating.
It’s not just that some routes are being eliminated or cutback and frequency again reduced. If you look [...]
In Part I, I told you about the emergence of the first killer app of open fabrication (formerly known as open source digital fabrication).
In Part II, I showed you that it works.
Now, Part III – Cliché Time
The train has left the station. It’s Game On!
Though leaves are falling [...]
Looking forward to Startup Weekend Cleveland Nov. 20-22. It is going to be a fun-can-do-action-packed event. Get your tixs: [cleveland.startupweekend.org]
Can’t make the whole event? Buy a Sunday Night Demo Ticket for only $20 and join us Sunday evening around 5pm for drinks and final presentations.
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Research from Purdue’s Department of Child Development and Family Studies just released. In the paper, the authors provide a detailed description of how problem gambling impacts families…
[T]he negative financial consequences of problem gambling can occur quickly and can result in extensive financial consequences for other people. [...]
A major competitive opportunity has been staring Cleveland in the face for at least five years, and no one at the Greater Cleveland Partnership seems to get it.
The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage
Instead, I wonder, how much time and money the GCP [...]
ThatGirl writes: “All your empty homes and broken dreams, annually reselling our souls and our firstborns to men in suits who suck us dry, and girls go missing but no one pays attention because they’re from “that side” of town. You get drunk and complain about your losing sports teams. [...]
When I was growing up, Gordon Cobbledick, PD Sport Editor, lived across the street. He’d often ask us to come to the Brown games.
Brother Hunter and I sat there shivering in the old Municipal Stadium, but we had great seats to watch some amazing players: Jim [...]
Philadelphia and Chicago are both leading cities when it comes to implementing “green” strategies and sustainable development.
About a week ago, the Philadelphia Environmental Council released a report on building a green infrastructure in Philadelphia. You can access a copy of the report from this page
Here is a YouTube [...]
Interesting opportunities with Weatherhead and the Cleveland Institute of Art, I suspect…
When I was at REI, our best interns came from the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Does Integrated Creativity Exist Today?
Interesting idea? Check out Fast Company’s expert design blogs for more.
BTW, whatever happened to the idea of a [...]
Yesterday, I participated in Region Day at The University of Akron. Over 400 participants from leadership programs across the 16 counties of Northeast Ohio registered for the event. In the morning, they listen to Ned Hill of Cleveland State University and Christine Maher of the Fund for Our Economic Future [...]
I’m on the organizing committee for Cleveland Startup Weekend November 20-22nd in conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week. You may have heard of Startup Weekend as it is a national organizing non-profit based in Seattle that has been around for a couple years and has gotten a lot of [...]
An awesome retro ad from my friends at CLE SGS. Would love to see it updated and plastered all over.
clevelandsgs.com » Blog Archive » CTS – it’s not hard to take.
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I’d like to thank everyone who participated in this conversation on Issues 5 and 6 particularly Nina Turner and Mike Foley. I think you’ll have a much different perspective on this issues if you’ll give this a listen. It’s worth listening to the entire hour, particular for Marc Canter’s [...]
Report on Ohio Gaming Initiative by Hiram College
My friend Di is co-charing this event: IPM’s 2009 Annual Luncheon featuring Hina Shah of India’s International Centre for Entrepreneurship & Career Development. A great op to support IPM’s work while learning how ICECD is creating “a new cadre of Entrepreneurs, Managers and Specialized Professionals to foster the [...]
On Mon 10/26 at 5PM, a group of bloggers will be meeting at Gypsy Beans to discuss the County Reform issues on the ballot. Feel free to join us.
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Artists vs. Blight – WSJ.com
Artist Fellowships Available
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For the past week, I’ve been exploring Barcelona, a city with an advanced urban form. As city planners and economic developers look for insights into how to regenerate older industrial cities, the lessons of Barcelona will serve as important guides.
Cities in Europe are redefining themselves through [...]
What are you doing tomorrow night after work? I’ll be speaking here: NEO Premiere of PolyCultures v1.2 @ CSU: The Social Media & Sustainability Conversations. Join us?
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CLE+ might learn a few things from Barcelona, where I’m hanging out for a few days.
The Barcelona City Card features free travel on public transport and over 100 discounts and free offers at museums, cultural venues, entertainment, leisure attractions, evening venues, shops and restaurants. You can [...]
Another piece to creating the culture of innovation is introducing the Innovation Think Tank to agile strategic planning through the assistance of Jack Ricchiuto, designer and author on creativity (www.DesigningLife.com), in providing a new model for operating in our businesses. Branded as Strategic Doing 365, this is a process [...]
Marc Canter’s 5 min Blip/Flip video. Check it out.
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Re-Imagining Cleveland: Audacious… or Realistic?
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Exploring Innovation in Community Development conference
PostSecret: [...]
The Plain Dealer published some devastating RTA ridership numbers last weekend. If 2009 plays out as expected, RTA will have its lowest year of ridership since the agency was formed in the mid-70s.
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Last month I argued here that RTA fares are among [...]
From my friends at Currere:
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Fourteen years ago, a small group of us set out to change the economic dynamics of Oklahoma City. At the time OKC lagged far behind similar capital cities like Nashville, Austin, Indianapolis [...]
Strongsville’s new business guide for starting a business. Download a copy.
Strongsville Economic Development Department publishes small business guide
Random Posts A PDF of Mayor Frank Jackson PD OpEd titled “Cleveland is a Great City” [...]Dan Mouthrop posts this note to his Twitter feed:
hilarious news from inside city hall @HenryJGomez [bit.ly]
(Note: IBM introduced its industry standard laptop in the early 1990’s. Netscape released the first web browser about 1995. OMB established the first eGovernment task force in 2001. Local governments began implementing the [...]
Chris Thompson of the FFEF has asked us at Purdue and The University of Akron to help out with a Strategic Doing session later this month in Akron. The session will include NEO regional leadership groups.
Folks can get a sense of Strategic Doing from the materials I posted [...]
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Social Media Revolution
Ohio is Carrot Country?
Please spread the word to anyone in the NEO recovery community!
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Study: Cleantech fuels local economy
On Monday, I’ll be in Orlando introducing Florida’s business leadership to Strategic Doing at their Future of Florida Forum. Florida is launching their Talent Caucus and will be using Strategic Doing as their strategy framework.
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Good interview on the MA strategy, including emerging clusters in gaming and design:
“Not Your Father’s Route 128″: Jason Schupbach Promotes Massachusetts’ Creative Economy Random Posts Councilman Cummins’ Restructuring Proposal Medical Shows Flat at Best in 2008 The Next [...]“The philosophy works because it’s all based on relationships and trust. And people don’t understand, but it’s so simple. You have to be consistent.”
Self-Made Educator Fulfills a Vision for Boys in Cleveland Random Posts Politics: Parallel realities, a viral video and Ohio [...]Mansfield Frazier on Eric Brewer @ CoolCleveland.com:
Besides writing a book and erecting a website, as one experienced TV producer recently said to me, Brewer needs to develop a cable TV show where he debates with himself. Yes, a debate between his two personas. Stay with me here: He comes [...]
The Cleveland business leadership has never seen this as much of an economic development opportunity for Cleveland+.
I have no idea why not.
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Interesting model: Milwaukee BizStarts
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The art of creating a connected community
I’m going to LEGOLand
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As I walked along my neighborhood picking up a Wendy’s soft drink container, I thought to myself, I am not a fast food fan whatsoever. Suddenly, someone yelled from their car “Is there a McDonald’s around here?” I was taken aback, nobody has ever asked me a question like that [...]
And this is economic development for Ohio?
How silly.
How sad.
Casinos spend millions to make losers feel like winners
See also:
* Audio timeline: A gambler’s tragedy
* Interactive: Slot tutorial and calculator
* Profile: A family man’s tragic transformation
Beanbag chairs for picnickers to tweet from.
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That’s how David Pilbeam, a Harvard paleontologist, describes the work of a team of scientists based in Northeast Ohio:
“This is an extraordinary achievement, of discovery, recovery, reconstitution, description and analysis, which will keep many others busy for at least another 15 years.”
Downtown Cleveland congregations to ‘experiment’ with combined services
Sunday, October 4 at 11:00am, the usual 250 attendees of First United Methodist Church located on the corner of E. 30th and Euclid will head to the corner of E. 107th and Chester to experience a combined service at Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church [...]
I’m posting photos and probably videos too over on Flickr. I’m calling the series “Watching Amsterdam” (ask me about that conversation) because “Lost in Amsterdam” was a cafe down the strat. Some of the images [...]
Ever wonder why SteelYard Commons (and every single other shopping mall) has SO MANY parking spaces?
The Austin Contrarian presents a short and insightful piece that directly quotes Donald Shoup’s The High Cost of Free Parking regarding the strange method by which planners determine the number [...]
A big thank you to my neighbor John Copic for producing this event
Join Arts Collinwood for a Casino Night fundraiser in partnership with UpStage Players at the Slovenian Home on Waterloo.
This is our first joint effort with UpStage. It helps support Arts Collinwood’s programs, and also the very wonderful [...]
Comparing Candidates
The new Ward 14 Cleveland City Council election is one of the most watched races in Cleveland this year. In today’s Plain Dealer article (*see below) writer Henry Gomez covers the background of my opponent Rick Nagin.
Now that the primary is over my campaign is focusing [...]
In the mid-1990’s Pittsburgh began pulling away from Cleveland in the pace of its regeneration.
Pittsburgh, City of Renewal
Summit Spotlights ‘Steel City’s’ Extreme Makeover
Rust Belt renaissance in global spotlight
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Havin a ball in Amsterdam for the picnic conference. The last session was on alr currencies. Interesting hack of RFID chips in europass. I’ve been updating georgenemeth.com and facebook, so check things out there too.
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This is GREAT news – a new K-12 school serving the region is on the fast track to open on the Cleveland State University campus….
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via the Cleveland Plain Dealer
New Cleveland State University President Ronald Berkman makes first major personnel move
09.18.2009
Janet Okoben
“(CSU President) Berkman also [...]
If you haven’t already, please support the work of ArtsCollinwood by attending Collinwood Unveiled, a tour of some of the beautiful homes in my neighborhood, featuring area artist’s works.
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Higher education funding
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In Taiwan, judges do not mess around with public officials convicted of corruption…
Chen Shui-bian and Wu Shu-chen were sentenced to life in prison because Chen has done grave damage to the country…
Taiwanese Ex-President Is Convicted
A heavy sentence was issued against the ex-president’s former close adviser Ma Yung-cheng, who received [...]
The University of Akron Research Foundation won the University Economic Development Association’s National 2007 Award of Excellence in Technology Commercialization, ranks first in the state in rate of return per research dollar, and has helped start up some two-dozen companies since it was founded, which is competitive with many larger [...]
“The Greater Philadelphia Green Business Program was made for businesses, created by business leaders…”
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Best performing cities
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BFD Learning Moment: Dayton’s regional summit
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Starting today, a single trip on RTA’s buses and rapid trains costs $2.25. There is no denying that transit systems across the country are hurting for revenue, and RTA isn’t the only system that has had to make service cuts and fare hikes.
Nevertheless, the Plain Dealer writes:
The new [...]
The Triad region of North Carolina sees the value of design to economic development. Here’s the region’s new professional development program, for designers and business people who want to understand how “design thinking” can help to improve products, services and business processes.
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The $5 million Medical Growth Fund gathers some of the region’s well-known health-care entrepreneurs who want to make seed-level investments in start-up companies that are close to profitability. It will focus on medical device, health IT, and health-care services businesses and provide an initial investment of up to $500,000. Each [...]
Board of the World Wind Energy Association awarded the World Wind Energy Award 2009 to the Hon. George Smitherman, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of Ontario. The award recognizes Ontario’s leadership in wind power.
He’d probably make a pretty good City [...]
I’m sitting in Columbus participating in a very interesting forum on how to integrate federal resources to support auto communities in Ohio. One of the bigger challenges comes in injecting more flexibility into federal programs.
Interesting points: workforce system is doing more incumbent worker training and more [...]
Valdis Krebs and I finished a brief discussion of how NorTech could use its directory of advanced energy companies to create an opportunity map of potential connections to strengthen clusters within this sector.
It’s the first of a series of chats we’ll be doing on regional economic development.
Over on one of my other blogs, edmorrison.com, I share some of the insights that we are developing as we work with a new network-based approach to community revitalization. Pioneered by Community Renewal International, this model focuses on strengthening the networks within a neighborhood.
The strategy includes a variety [...]
If you’re looking for signs of economic recovery, look no further then Waterloo in North Collinwood. If you haven’t check out the district recently featured in the NYTimes and the Wall Street Journal, there’s no better time then today (or [...]
Earlier this week, I had lunch with a friend of mine who spends time inside the bubble of Cleveland’s leadership. Our conversation moved around to the question of whether or not Cleveland’s leadership would eventually embrace new models of economic development, based on open networks.
My friend [...]
NorTech has announced the release of the new advanced energy directory. This database includes listings for a 350 companies. The challenge, of course, is to move from a static directory to an overlapping set of dynamic networks. Increasingly, innovation takes place through collaboration in these open networks.
What is [...]
Lean, mean, productive
August 16, 2009 at 11:46 am by Larry Rulison
Jack Donaghy, the General Electric Co. exec played by Alec Baldwin in the NBC sitcom “30 Rock” isn’t the only one talking about Six Sigma or lean manufacturing these days.
The Center for Economic Growth, the Albany-based economic development organization that [...]
So, the Sustainability Summit is over.
Now what?
Does anyone have an action item? A deliverable?
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BFD Learning Moment: Portland, Boise, KC
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Whiskey Daredevils at The Beachland on Saturday night! – [shar.es]
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How many lawn mowers? – [shar.es]
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Why fairness?
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MUSIC SAVES celebrates 2nd Annual Record Store Day Sat 4/18
Cleveland [...]
“Shields imagines a day when the Botanical Garden and the city collaborate on an urban farm with a large-scale composting facility and an all-season greenhouse that operates with renewable energy.”
Growing more than food in inner city | GreenCityBlueLake
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Last evening, in Duluth, I took a walk along the lake front and encountered the ocean vessel, Lianmare, moving through the ship channel on her way to pick up a load of grain.
Lianmare arrives in Duluth from Ed Morrison on Vimeo.
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You’d think if NOLA could do it, CLE could attract entrepreneurs – CoolTown Studios – [shar.es]
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Connecting education with the needs of business is a tricky problem. Educators typically do not have much exposure to private sector companies and their rapidly evolving needs. At the same time, business managers are remarkably inarticulate when it comes to specifying their skill needss.
We have an [...]
From Richard Herman: Building New Economy Factories in Michigan – [shar.es]
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Foreclosure Prevention Fair
A timid step
An email from Carl @ Blue Pike [...]
Watch This! Coffee and Conversation with a Grantmaker: Cleveland Colectivo – Philanthropy Front and Center-Cleveland : [shar.es]
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Last month, the UK released its The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan.
The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan plots out how the UK will meet the cut in emissions set out in the budget of 34% on 1990 levels by 2020. A 21% reduction has already been delivered [...]
I love brewed fresh daily. Just posted, ‘Networking Is Still Key.’
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More good news from Youngstown
Pittsburgh’s G-20 investment
Retooling for alternative NRG
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I have not written in several months because of this summer class that, quite frankly, took a log of energy. Furthermore, I have been back to school for the past year in order to obtain my Master’s in Adult Learning and Development. I have one semester left, if everything goes [...]
Ohio has improved its national ranking as one America’s top states for business, ranking 29th overall, in the yearly survey conducted by CNBC. The 2009 rank is an improvement over its 30th place ranking in 2008 (tie with Illinois), a result of Ohio’s purposeful redesign of its business climate that [...]
“We are collaborative, we’re organized and we are committed to the entire Mahoning Valley and not just to our individual communities,” said Tony Paglia, the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber’s vice president of government affairs.
Nine communities in Mahoning and Trumbull counties will collaborate with Youngstown State University’s Center for Urban and Regional [...]
Developer David Sadd:
“Citizen participation is automatic everywhere else in the country. We’re surprised we didn’t see that in this Cuyahoga process.”
Jay Ross, the county’s director of central services:
“We need to sit behind closed doors and make decisions to benefit taxpayers.”
(Like buying a $40 million building, useless to the County? [...]
Burning River Fest 2009
Here are some lessons I have learned about Chinese corruption from our small water project:
The corruption requires a marriage between a criminal gang (to intimidate) and a network of corrupt local officials (to manipulate a weak legal system) — The criminal gang, by itself, only intimidates. It’s [...]I’ve got a discount code if you’d like to attend this Fri CoolTwitterConference. DM me for it.
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“Amazing Grace” Memorial & Celebration Service for Barbara Craver
Sunday, August 9, 2009
1:30pm – 2:30pm
First United Methodist Church of Cleveland
3000 Euclid Avenue (East 30th & Euclid)
Cleveland, OH
Join us to Celebrate the life of Barbara Ann Craver (2/2/33-7/7/09). As the Founder and the Executive [...]
Last day to make your vote count on who gets to share $300K. Vote today: [tinyurl.com] (@ccarsonthompson RT )
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Regulation v. stimulation
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Clear Channel lays off 1000 while [...]
This week in Xi’an, I am receiving a graduate education in Chinese corruption networks. I understand more fully how they form, how they operate, and why they are so difficult to eliminate.
In the United States, we have federal prosecutors who represent “the people” with the right to examine the [...]
Cleveland is proud to be one of the three finalist cities bidding to host the international 2014 Gay Games. With its affordability, central Midwest location and community support – lead by the Cleveland Synergy Foundation – Cleveland is a great place to hold this event. And just think of the [...]
Ed Morrison, Rob Pitingolo, George Nemeth, Rick Pollack, Douglas Craver
