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Celebrating the Year of the Dog In observance of the Chinese "Year of the Dog", the St. Clair-Superior Development Corpration commissioned a number of area artists to decorate 25 dog statues that are on display around the downtown neighborhood. Here are a few examples. Viability of City Living - Interview with CSU's Thomas Bier For years, Thomas Bier has tracked housing trends in Northeast Ohio as a faculty member of Cleveland State University's Levin College of Urban Affairs. Recently he spoke with ideastream's David C. Barnett about the viability of people living in the central city. Bier says downtown living is an established tradition all over the world. Keeping Up With Global Competition An example of the new world of workforce training needs can be found in an industrial park in Medina County. Destiny Manufacturing is an automotive metal stamping plant that had it's origins in the Rockstedt tool and die company of Cleveland. Rockstedt has built a reputation on making precise metal forms - or "dies" - that Destiny uses to stamp out thousands of hinges and brackets a day. In 1998, the companies moved their operations to Brunswick, where there was room to expand, along with some favorable tax breaks. Destiny's Michael Schuessler recently spoke with ideastream's David C. Barnett about that move and about the changes that his industry has weathered in recent years. Schuessler says, the making of dies used to be a big business here. Nano-Tech
in Northeast Ohio I am not a scientist. The last science class I took was “Biology for Poets” my freshman year of college. So I’m the last person anyone would expect to get excited about scientific concepts. And yet to me, Nanotech is exciting stuff... [Read more] See Also: Small Technology with a Big Impact [October 27, 2004 Feature Story]
Craig
James Interview The region needn't
despair when considering who will come along to head up vital community
organizations and to make sure Northeast Ohio grows. As I explained
in the story on the new style of leadership (aired May 12, 2004),
there are dozens of so-called "young leaders" in the region
who are already actively engaged in changing the regions economic
development. We'll meet one of them, Craig James, in this exclusive
web interview.
Leadership
Commentary I’m embarking on a story about leadership in Northeast Ohio. It’s not the usual story about leadership - trying to find the new leaders and blaming the established leaders for not giving up the reigns. Instead, it’s based on a thought that perhaps there are plenty of youthful, energetic leaders in Northeast Ohio; we just don’t know how to recognize them... [Read more]
Cleveland
Convention Center 
New Businesses Help Drive Growth March 7, 2003 ideastream(sm) Web Exclusive Small Businesses represent an important part of the economy. They are a major source of new job creation as well as a major employer of the region’s workforce. They are responsible for product innovation and creation and nationally generate over 50% of the Gross Domestic Product... [View Presentation]
Phil Hart on Sustainability, Smart Growth, and Building Green March 6, 2003 WCPN Web Exclusive Interview By: Shula Neuman "Our thanks to Phil Hart for providing this information. Mr. Hart is chair of the planning committee for of SCS, an amalgom of organizations working to promote sustainable communities. Mr. Hart is also an architect and is past-president of the American Institute of Architects, Cleveland Chapter."
Interview with Barbara Byrd-Bennett and Mohsen Anvari February 2, 2003 WVIZ Web Exclusive Interview By: Julie Henry (January 13, 2003) Julie Henry met with Barbara Byrd-Bennett, CEO, Cleveland Municipal School District and Mohsen Anvari, Dean, Weatherhead School of Management, CWRU to discuss the role education plays in the success of our local economy. [Read Article]
January 15, 2003 WVIZ Web Exclusive Interview By: Julie Henry (December 17, 2002) Julie Henry talks with Larry A. Viterna, Chief, Commercial Technology Office at the NASA Glenn Research Center. She finds out what role NASA Glenn plays in the NASA system, what kind of programs they are involved in terms of education and technology transfer, as well as what steps NASA Glenn is taking to help the economy. [Read Article] January 15, 2003 WVIZ Web Exclusive Interview By: Julie Henry (December 17, 2002) Julie Henry meets with Gail E. Wright, Program Manager for the Great Lakes Industrial Technology Center (GLITEC). Julie gets the scoop on the NASA Glenn Garrett Morgan Commercialization Initiative (GMCI). The GMCI is a program which has the potential to help small business with their technology needs. Find out more about the program and how NASA is doing their part to help reinvent our economy. [Read Article] January 2, 2003 WCPN Web Exclusive By: Mike West Northeast Ohioans of various backgrounds are banding together to try and help the city become a better place to live and conduct business. For decades community and business leaders have worked on similar efforts. But these new groups are impatient. What they lack in funds they make up for in energy and vision. Ideastrams Mike West has this look at The Connection Series and their goal of changing the way Northeast Ohio and the rest of world views Greater Cleveland. [Read Article] |
