From Rusting to Bustling – Cleveland, OH

Yesterday NPR reported something that most people just a few years ago would scoff at, Cleveland is cool.  It seems that Cleveland’s economic development strategy of “targeting stronger market neighborhoods” and around “areas with major assets” during the down years of population and economic declince  it experienced, are paying off. Incremental in their approach, Cleveland seems to have wisely used it’s limited resources to leveage people, dollars and
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Youngstown, Ohio Shrinks to Revitalize

In May of 2011, PBS released a  video, as part of “Blueprint America: PBS reports on Infrastructure,” which spotlights Youngstown, Ohio’s efforts to successfully shrink.  The video discusses strategies and tools that the city is using to improve quality of life for residents who continue to live there.   To watch the video, please visit:
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