Regional News Stories: April 2007

Residential Tax Abatement Policy Renewed
Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007
A majority of Cleveland's City Council agreed yesterday to renew the city's residential tax abatement policy. ideastream's Economics Reporter Tasha Flournoy reports.

After Lapse, City of Cleveland Ramps Up Demolitions
Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007
A $6 million bond hits the street this week, money earmarked for the City of Cleveland to knock down dangerous and abandoned properties. City officials say it's the first time they're issuing bonds just for demolition and blight removal. Neighbors and housing activists welcome the money. But they warn City Hall must reform its Department of Building and Housing if the job of tackling the city's worst homes is really going to get done. ideastream's Mhari Saito reports.

Bio-Science Collaboration with Pittsburgh Announced
Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Local economic development leaders want to break down borders and join forces with Pittsburgh. The Cleveland-based business accelerator Bio-Enterprise has reached out to its counterpart in the Steel City to collaborate on growing bio-science start-up companies. The announcement came yesterday during a conference at the Cleveland Clinic to plot out the area's future in the medical industry. ideastream's Mark Urycki reports.

Ohio Public Radio: Fines Coming for Smoking Ban Violations
Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Ohio businesses could soon be fined for violating the new statewide smoking ban. The state panel that approves rules written by agencies will allow the Ohio Department of Health's new enforcement rules to go into effect. But as Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports, some groups, even those that worked to pass the new law, are not happy with the final outcome.

Juvenile Justice Reform
Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Johanna Orozco was released from MetroHealth Medical Center yesterday after the first round of a series of surgeries that will attempt to reconstruct her face. The 18-year-old was the victim of a shotgun blast allegedly fired by an ex-boyfriend who was on home arrest. The high profile nature of this case has prompted the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court to reform some of its procedures. ideastream's David C. Barnett has more.

The Captive Audience of the Barber’s Chair
Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007
How's this for a captive audience: your target client, stuck in a chair with nothing else to do but listen to your pitch for at least 30 minutes - and no remote to change the channel. The hot new marketing tool: the barber's chair. Public health officials around the country say it works and they are turning to beauticians and barbers to deliver health information to hard-to-reach populations. ideastream's Mhari Saito reports.

Raising Awareness of Organ Harvesting
Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Members of a Chinese religious group are hoping that a pair of forums being held in Cleveland today will boost awareness of a disturbing human rights issue. The spiritual practice known as Falun Gong was officially banned by the Chinese government in 1998. It's claimed that practitioners are being imprisoned and executed so that their organs can be harvested and sold to transplant patients - many of them from the west. ideastream's Lisa Ann Pinkerton reports.

Applegate Named Head of North Shore Federation of Labor
Posted Monday, April 16, 2007
For the first time a woman has the top job at the labor group formerly known as the Cleveland AFL-CIO. Harriet Applegate will head up The North Shore Federation of Labor. She replaces John Ryan, who is leaving to work for Senator Sherrod Brown. ideastream's Tasha Flournoy tells us how Applegate plans to continue the group's organizing mission.

Local Leaders to Meet on Bio-Medical Industry
Posted Monday, April 16, 2007
Tomorrow night, local leaders from the medical, academic, and philanthropic sectors are meeting to plan ways to make Northeast Ohio an important center of the bio-medical industry. They're expected to announce a new collaboration with another city. Building a cluster of life science companies in the Cleveland area is a two-decade old dream but its supporters say they're more optimistic than ever. ideastream's Mark Urycki reports.

The Downtown Comeback
Posted Friday, April 13, 2007
The City of Cleveland has been attracting new residents to its downtown, showing a steady growth in housing for the past 15 years. The jump in downtown living comes despite a loss of 26,000 residents since the year 2000. Yesterday evening the editor of Governing Magazine spoke at a forum at Cleveland State University. He says we may be needlessly hung up about some roadblocks to revitalizing downtowns. ideastream's Mark Urycki reports.

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