<<<Back to Small Change Archive 2002 Spot # Spot Name 1 No Raise For You Aired: Week of 10/14/02 Source: Crain's Cleveland Business You’ve been working hard, logging extra hours, taking on new projects. So you should get a nice bump at raise time, right? Well, don’t count your chickens just yet! Crain’s Cleveland Business reports that one out of 10 northeast Ohio workers will see wages frozen in 2003. Talk about rotten eggs. 2 Fatter Paychecks Aired: Week of 10/21/02 Source: Policy Matters Ohio We Ohioans are taking home fatter paychecks than we did two decades ago. Is lugging around that extra money what’s making us feel so tired? Guess what? On average, we are making almost 20% more than we did in the mid-80s. But that jump in pay comes from working longer hours. So much for catching up on sleep. 3 Location, Location, Location! Aired: Week of 10/28/02 Source: Center for Regional Economic Issues at CWRU We’ve all heard the addage: location, location, location! Well, this time I’m not talking about real estate. Like a valuable piece of property, Northeast Ohio is in a great location - for reaching customers, that is. Get this: 42% of all Americans and 40% of all Canadians live within 500 miles of Greater Cleveland. 4 The King is Dethroned Aired: Week of 11/4/02 Source: Center for Regional Economic Issues at CWRU The king has been dethroned! And I don’t mean Elvis. 20 years ago, manufacturing was king in our region. But service jobs reign supreme today with more than half-a-million workers. That’s a 76% jump in the past two decades. As they say, manufacturing has left the building. 5 Costs Less! Aired: Week of 11/11/02 Source: Center for Regional Economic Issues at CWRU If you’re like me, you like to brag about the quality of life in Northeast Ohio. And y’know, it’s really great to brag when you’ve got proof that you’re right. Of North America’s big cities, the Cleveland area is 2.1% LESS costly than the national average. So, our houses cost less, food costs less, fun costs less. On the whole, I’d say that’s something to crow about, wouldn’t you? 6 Good (and Bad) News Aired: Week of 11/18/02 Source: AeA Publications “Cyberstates 2002” With all this talk about hi-tech industries, how does Ohio rank? Well, like most everything, there’s good news and bad. Ohio’s 150,000 hi-tech workers ranks us 12th in the nation. That’s good. But in the last two years, investments in hi-tech business dropped 72%. That’s bad. 7 The New Rule... Global! Aired: Week of 11/25/02 Source: Center for Regional Economic Issues at CWRU Okay, here’s a new rule. When you talk about Northeast Ohio’s economy do not, I repeat, DO NOT use the word local! Northeast Ohio has gone global! 2,000 companies trade internationally. 64,000 jobs involve exporting! So, the next time you think about our “local economy” remember… it’s not so local after all! 8 Putting the "Health" in Healthy Economy Aired: Week of 12/2/02 Source: Ohio Department of Development Analysis of the 2000 Census The body business adds up to big bucks for Northeast Ohio. More people work for the Cleveland Clinic Health System than for any other employer in Northeast Ohio. In fact, with a workforce of more than 21,000, the Cleveland Clinic is the 5th largest employer in the state. Talk about putting the “health” in a healthy economy. 9 Back to the Books Aired: Week of 12/9/02 Source: Cleveland.com Census; Progressive Policy Institute We already know that education makes you smart. But did you know it can make you rich, too? Most of the jobs created in the 90's were managerial or professional. What do jobs like those need? Higher education. What’s the result? Higher salaries. In fact, a four year college degree will get you almost $22,000 more per year than a high school diploma So how does Ohio rank for the number of people with advanced degrees? Not too high: 29th in the country. Back to the books, people! 10 Going Downtown Aired: Week of 12/16/02 Source: Center for Regional Economic Issues at CWRU Once upon a time, a shopping spree meant a trip downtown. But today, downtown retail is as dead as a doornail…. or is it? Don’t call the undertaker! Gregory Stoup of the Center for Regional Economic Issues says downtown retail is alive and kicking: "We're one of the handful of cities that have squeaked out a positive growth over the last 5-6 years. Now the loss of Dillard's in the last year will probably negatively impact those numbers, but the broader trend in total employment in downtown remains positive." 11 Get to Give Aired: Week of 12/23/02 Source: Northeast Ohio Regional Retail Analysis Next time you go shopping, remember: you’re not just getting something, you’re giving something too.You may not need that new sweater, but Northeast Ohio needs it - or at least, it needs the money that retail generates. The region gains more than $345 MILLION annually from the retail sector. And if you don’t shop, think of all the people that could lose their jobs because the store had to close! 20% of the region’s work force is employed in the retail sector. So go get something... you’ll be giving back to our local economy. 12 The Joy of Tax Time (No, Really!) Aired: Week of 12/30/02 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Oh, the joy of tax time! No, I’m not crazy, I just know that lately, Ohioans do pretty well by the tax man.When it comes to taxes, you want to get what you pay for, right? Well, 10 years ago for every dollar we gave to the government, they only spent 98 cents on us in public services. But last year, our buck went a lot further. We got a penny more from the feds than the dollar we forked over. I Don’t know about you, but I don’t mind getting more than I paid for every now and then.