“Regionalism is a better model and could be instigated with federal funds. Basically perusing government locally that operates on the same platform.

“The person does not need to be from an established local institution, in fact they should not be, having the backing of the federal government will basically bring all institutional entities involved in planning into alignment by controlling federal purse strings.

“The requirements would be a command of broad economic knowledge and the local environment. Cleveland is falling short of its potential.”

That’s the sense that we’ve been getting around here but without enough oomph to really make it happen on a grand scale. Certainly worth getting federal support, even if only token.

A person in the region that is federal and has access to capital, that person would have to get the region motivated.

Good data is imperative, you have to demonstrate measurable improvement.

Regionalism based on consolidation of municipalities into larger regional areas all as parts of larger regional government. That is about resource sharing and federal funds to insure better overall results.

That could lead into regional planning offices, that would work with regional municipal governments.

The fed is throwing money around and the environment is not changing, people need to see the change.

Regionalism is a better model and could be instigated with federal funds. Basically perusing government locally that operates on the same platform.

The person does not need to be from an established local institution, in fact they should not be, having the backing of the federal government will basically bring all institutional entities involved in planning into alignment by controlling federal purse strings.

The requirements would be a command of broad economic knowledge and the local environment. Cleveland is falling short of its potential.