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Cleveland Innovation District is part of broader bid for economic reinvention Kent State University CUDC An overview map produced for the innovation district effort in Cleveland s Midtown neighborhood shows how four of the five institutions in the JobsOhio partnership touch the Health-Tech corridor. The MetroHealth System is further west, but its focus on understanding and addressing health disparities is deeply relevant to the neighborhoods along the corridor. A $565 million research and education partnership unveiled last week with the goal of creating 20,000 jobs and billions of dollars of economic impact in Cleveland over a decade is a major milestone in a broader push to reposition the region for growth. ....
Personal View: Inclusion is good economics BETHIA BURKE Bethia Burke A recent opinion piece in Crain s Cleveland Business by local economist James Trutko took aim at the Cleveland Innovation Project, suggesting the vision that the Fund for Our Economic Future and its partners support is misguided. While I disagree with many criticisms leveled by Trutko, I welcome his public scrutiny. It provides an opportunity to sharpen the project s thinking and hold it to account. However, Trutko raised one issue I cannot ignore. He asserted, sustained economic growth is … inherently unequal and further asserted the project (and presumably the region at large) should give more attention to creating a bigger economic pie and be less concerned with how the pie is split. He goes on to argue for the mythical trickle-down approach in which regional success will ultimately accrue to women and minorities, diminishing the vast difference in economic outcomes that exist today. ....