Regional News Stories: May 2008

Dimora Lashes Out Over Reform Plan
Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008
A plan to restructure Cuyahoga County government has turned into a war of words between a county commissioner and The Plain Dealer. Ideastream’s Dan Bobkoff reports.

Youth Violence: A Public Health Issue
Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008
What if youth violence was like a disease -- something that could be prevented? One public health official believes a winning prescription is one that tackles violence at its root, preventing violence before it happens. Deborah Prothrow-Stith, a professor at Harvard University is working with leaders at Cleveland City Hall on ways to address this issue by focusing on prevention. She spoke with ideastream®'s Eric Wellman.

Weekly Paper Ends Student Carriers
Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Downsizing is nothing new in Northeast Ohio, but this month it's children all over Greater Cleveland who will lose their jobs. Sun Newspapers will stop hiring grade schoolers and teenagers to deliver their weekly papers. ideastreams Kymberli Hagelberg went to Brunswick recently to see how one community handled the news.

Airport Expected Bad Rating
Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The Director of Cleveland Hopkins Airport is downplaying a recent survey that slammed the facility for long lines and dirty restrooms. Ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg has details.

Housing Series: The Outer Ring Suburbs
Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Last night, North Olmsted's City Council ok'd legislation that strengthens building codes and gives inspectors more power to enforce those rules. The law is part of the suburb's efforts to keep a growing number of bank-owned and foreclosed houses from becoming blights in the neighborhoods. In part three of our week long series, ideastream's Mhari Saito reports that even Cuyahoga County's outer ring suburbs are feeling the stress from vacant houses left by the foreclosure crisis.

New Head for Combined Workforce Development Board
Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008
There’s a new workforce development director for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. ideastream’s Dan Bobkoff reports.

Housing Series: The Inner Ring Suburbs
Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The city of Garfield Heights has long had the motto "the city of homes." Vacant houses were a rare sight in this inner ring suburb a few decades ago, but now these days nearly 1400 Garfield Heights properties are vacant, bank-owned or in some stage of foreclosure. That's one in ten houses. The number of vacant houses are growing across Cuyahoga County. And that's lowering property values and impacting city budgets. ideastream's Mhari Saito has the second look on our installment on vacant or foreclosed property.

Manufacturing Still Tickin’
Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008
A group of Northeast Ohio's manufacturers gathered in Cleveland yesterday to protest stories of their demise. The forum focused on the changing nature of manufacturing in our region and how to encourage growth. ideastream®'s David C. Barnett has more.

Another Medical Mart Option
Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The Cuyahoga County competition over where to build a new Medical Mart and associated Convention Center just got a little more complicated. ideastream®'s David C. Barnett explains.

Living Outside the Circle
Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008
If you drive through many of Cleveland's neighborhoods, you'll discover remnants of a time when a person's home and workplace were within walking distance of each other. Now, in an era of sprawling suburbs and four-dollar gasoline, a new initiative being unveiled this morning seeks a return to that walkable way of life. ideastream®'s David C. Barnett has more on the Greater Circle Living program.

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