From CrainTech, we see a great development for Cleveland
especially with CoolCleveland
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The Civic Innovation Lab Selects First Projects To Receive Funding

The Civic Innovation Lab, a project funded by The Cleveland Foundation has selected Cool Cleveland, the Cleveland Rowing Foundation, Microsystems Academy, and NEOBio as its first projects to mentor, support and fund.

The four projects were selected from among 35 proposals submitted to the Lab between October 1st and November 5th, 2003.

“We were very pleased by the number of quality proposals the Lab received for its first round,” said Jennifer Thomas, director of the Civic Innovation Lab. “And we’re excited to be working with the selected champions, whose initiatives all present an innovative approach to addressing economic development in our region.”

Cool Cleveland will receive support from the Civic Innovation Lab to continue to promote “cool” arts and events happening in Cleveland and the Northeast Ohio region, to engage and inspire the community to participate in those events, and to provide commentary on current issues that are critical to Cleveland’s economic recovery and re-imagining of its own role in the future. Since its inception in October 2002, this free, weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting local events and issues has seen its distribution grow from a few friends and business associates to a network of more than 10,000 individuals across the Northeast Ohio region and beyond.

Creator Thomas Mulready is the project champion. Scott Roulston, president and CEO of Fairport Asset Management, Tom Furnas, senior director of technology for ideastream, RK Khosla, founder of Rumplestiltskin Toys, and John Polk, director of the Muldoon Center for Entrepreneurship at John Carroll University, are serving as the project’s mentors.

Cool Cleveland reflects economic development because its support of participation in arts and culture is a crucial part of creating a vibrant urban economy.

Subscribe at www.coolcleveland.com/

Here's a business news journal that seems to provide good coverage of entrepreneurial type developments in Silicon Valley and world-wide - worth reading what the competition reads!

sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/

A friend from Cleveland turned me on to this very brainy science and technology news portal, which has a free email news services - www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html

If you're into things like the following, you should add them to your favorites:

KURZWEILAI.NET NEWSLETTER

NEWS
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Federal nanotech confusion spreads
to California
KurzweilAI.net Jan. 20, 2004
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In "Nanoscience and Nanotechnology:
Opportunities and Challenges in
California," released today at a
meeting of the state's Joint
Committee on "Preparing California
for the 21st Century," the concept
of molecular machines appears only
in the form of "plagues of
self-replicating nanobots," as in... www.kurzweilai.net/email/ne...rect.html

There is a very good blog on Economic Development, with a focus on Ohio, which considers many of the issues posted here - by a consultant in the field, Donald Iannone. See: www.don-iannone.com/edfutures/

About:

Donald T. Iannone & Associates (DTIA) is a source of innovation and a catalyst for planned change for economic development organizations and higher education institutions.

The firm was formed in 1986 by Don Iannone, a 27-year veteran of the economic development and higher education industries.

Since its start, DTIA has consulted with more than 200 public and private sector clients in 41 states and 13 countries.

What sets us apart from other consulting firms? First, we are dedicated to helping our clients get results from their plans and strategies. Second, our central concern is helping you deliver greater value to your customers and other stakeholders. Finally, we are very flexible in how we work with your organization. Different clients need different things. We recognize this and we are willing to customize our approach to fit your needs.

www.don-iannone.com/index.htm

Cleveland's Urban Dialect has developed an excellent alternative source for insight on local economic development, arts and culture.

From their site:

"Urban Dialect Mission Statement

“We need a voice like our music — one that samples and layers many voices, injects its sensibilities into the old and flips into something new, provocative, and powerful. And one whose occasional hypocrisy, contradictions and triteness guarantee us at least a few trips to the terror-dome, forcing us to finally confront what we’d all rather hide from.”
— Joan Morgan Murray

Urban Dialect magazine is for the reader that is interested in the arts, music, politics and culture affecting urban areas. The magazine will provide an alternative point of view to traditional daily and weekly news and lifestyle coverage. Urban Dialect magazine combines a commitment to inventive, insightful, and analysis-driven journalism presented in an eye-pleasing package that emphasizes artistic excellence.

We expect to attract and retain the interest of active and forward-thinking individuals who are often difficult to reach through traditional media. These are the traditional readers whom advertisers want and need: intelligent, thoughtful, dynamic adults in their primary years of acquisition.

During its first year of inception, the magazine will focus on reaching readers in the Greater Cleveland area, with an eye on readers throughout the Midwest. By year three, Urban Dialect magazine will endeavor to include considerable coverage of major urban areas within a 400-mile-radius of Cleveland, including Columbus, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Buffalo.

Urban Dialect, LLC, through its magazine and website, will be a vessel to inform its readers of the shifting trends within urban communities. Our mission is to provide news and lifestyle coverage that cannot be found in any other news source."

See: www.urbandialect.net/main.php