Writer, Cleveland lover, economic development tracker. Co-author of Immigrant Inc. Believer in the power of immigrants and entrepreneurs.
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Fascinating look at the working world in much of America, and the ham-fisted effort to change it overnight.
nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/ic…
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Two big happenings today @CuyahogaCounty
1) Welcoming America designated Cuyahoga County a Certified Welcoming Community
2) We opened the 1st Cuyahoga County Welcome Center @ Fulton in Old Brooklyn
We welcome the world to Cuyahoga County
With 140 ethnicities #WeAreCuyahoga 🌎
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Great to see Margaret Bernstein at Cleveland Reads! An excellent journalist, author, advocate, TV personality, & literacy activist, she celebrated the year-long finale, inspiring Clevelanders to read. The Library can always count on her diverse talents and commitment to literacy.
As a subscriber, I'm worried about @CrainsCleveland. Editor @McIntyreCrains and reporter @mjarboe greatly enhanced its coverage and made it a must read. The loss of both is huge loss for Crain's and a loss for journalism in CLE
Those of you still using twitter, you're supporting this cnn.com/2023/12/09/business/…
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Downtown is looking magical for #WinterLandCLE!! ✨ So many people inside @TowerCityCLE, at the 5th Street Arcades, around @CLEPublicSquare, and all across Downtown! Tis the season!!🎄
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For whom the bells toll? Thanks to a @CaseEngineer , they toll for thee @inthecircle . George Leggierro is celebrating his 50th year as player of Cleveland's only carillon casealumni.org/stories/alumn…
Only in Cleveland (maybe in Budapest) "Members are all Hungarian youth...who speak, read and write fluent Hungarian."
coolcleveland.com/2023/11/cl…
No. 18 and rising. The Financial Times offers some good reasons why.
"Cleveland is small enough that you can get your arms around it, but big enough to matter" @danmoulthrop ft.com/content/46584ea0-984b…
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SOC: Our Men of the Match in the State Championship were none other than Bryce Ince-Lovelace and Colin Monroe! Bryce headed in the equalizer with 5-minutes remaining in regulation and Colin secured ring number 13 with his clutch saves in penalty kicks!
#GoCats
maddening out of town insight--
"It's ironic how the Twins have now swung into the position of Goliath to Cleveland's David from a spending perspective, adding to their advantages in talent and continuity. " twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/m…
This just proves, once you get in, anything can happen. And don't bail at the trade deadline #Guardians espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/3873…
Pittsburgh is rising in the tech economy, thanks largely to a university. "CMU’s expertise in computer science and robotics is helping to draw high-tech jobs" and revive city neighborhoods wsj.com/tech/pittsburgh-hot-…
A picture still worth 1,000 words washingtonpost.com/sports/20…
This sounds fantastic. Way to grow @rockhall cleveland.com/news/2023/10/r…
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Today in 1908 East Technical High School opened as the first trade school in Cleveland and one of only five in the country. A good idea then and a good idea now.
#GoScarabs
