Our Fund is proud to support the development of sector partnerships in Cuyahoga County, designed to improve connections between residents and employers in the manufacturing, health care and information technology industries.
Sam Allard of Scene magazine takes a look at the audience responses to questions on Cleveland's civic strengths and weaknesses during our Two Tomorrows briefing at the City Club.
Emily Bamforth of cleveland.com shares insights from a free discussion on our Fund's Two Tomorrows report held at The City Club of Cleveland on August 24.
If you missed the City Club forum on the future of the Cleveland economy featuring Fund Vice President Bethia Burke, Don Graves, Jr., director of corporate responsibility and community relations at KeyBank, Councilman Blaine A. Griffin, Ward 6, and Brian E. Hall, senior vice president of the Greater Cleveland Partnership and executive director for the Commission on Economic Inclusion, you can access full replay here.
Our Fund is pleased to have supported the Strengthening Stark effort, and to continue to support the implementation of the new Strengthening Stark Economic Empowerment Plan.
In an opinion piece for The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com, Fund President Brad Whitehead calls for "greater civic alignment and commitment to implementation at scale." He adds: "Perhaps what we really have is a cultural problem masquerading as a strategy question."
Crain's shares news of coming collaborative program from Cuyahoga County to close the talent gap in three industries. As stated in our Two Tomorrows report, job preparation is a team sport requiring high performance and increased alignment across a variety of institutions. This is a great example of such alignment.
This Crain's editorial calls for increased focus in job creation, job preparation and job access, echoing many of the recommendations in our Fund's Two Tomorrows report. It also references our Fund's Kevin Alin and Peter Truog's urging that our region maximize its participation in the new federal Opportunity Zones program.
