Leveraging Lake Erie Press Release
September 10, 2004Northeast Ohio is nestled along a great natural resource. However, are we utilizing all the benefits Lake Erie has to offer? An exploration of how we might best leverage our Great Lake -including Lake Erie’s potential as a catalyst for the regeneration of the local economy- will be addressed in the next installment of A QUIET CRISIS-The Road Back. The program premieres Thursday, September 16 at 8pm on WVIZ/PBS ideastream, with a simulcast scheduled on 90.3 WCPN.
Videotaped entirely on location at key venues around Lake Erie, this episode of A QUIET CRISIS features one-on-one interviews with people who have different but significant perspectives on how to better use Lake Erie to stimulate our regional economy. Participants include: Chris Ronayne, Director, City Planning Commission, City of Cleveland; Robert C. Farley, President, Team Neo; David Beach, Executive Director, EcoCity Cleveland; and Dr. David Orr, Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College.
Plain Dealer associate editor Joe Frolik conducts these on-one-one discussions. Rick Jackson, ideastream reporter/producer, is the program host.Rebroadcasts of this program have been scheduled as follows. On WVIZ/PBS: Sunday, September 19 at 3pm. On 90.3 WCPN: Wednesday, September 22 at 8pm. Archived articles, commentary, radio reports and a transcription of each of the program interviews will all be available for download on wcpn.org, wviz.org and cleveland.com.
Since its launch three years ago, the A QUIET CRISIS series has focused its research and multiple-media content on reinvigorating Northeast Ohio’s sluggish economy. As key economic indicators (increasing unemployment and poverty rates, and the recession’s negative effect on the manufacturing sector), pointed towards dire consequences for Northeast Ohio, ideastream and The Plain Dealer partnered to pool their editorial, and other, resources. The goal of the partnership was to create a forum (with enduring print and other media products) that would encourage public discourse leading to positive economic and other development in Northeast Ohio.
To re-emphasize the goals of A QUIET CRISIS and to signal a renewed focus for action and positive results, the sub-title The Road Back has been added to the series title. Given Lake Erie’s significance to the region, arguably the primary resource and physical entity that defines Northeast Ohio, looking at how to leverage the lake seems an appropriate way to introduce the new program title.
A QUIET CRISIS-The Road Back is an on-going, multimedia project involving WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream in partnership with The Plain Dealer.