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December 29, 2009 January 4, 2010
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Ohio recovery could be sluggish, report states
(Dayton Daily News, December 29, 2009) Ohio may be
in for a sluggish recovery if the economy's
performance following recessions in the past two
decades are any indication, according to a new report
from the Ohio State University's Swank Program in
Rural-Urban Policy.
Ohio braces for enrollment decline (Cincinnati
Enquirer, December 29, 2009) Ohio will be among 16
states to lose elementary and high school students
over the next eight years, the National Center for
Education Statistics predicts. But Cincinnati's metro
area is not as bad as the rest of the state, because its
diversified economy still attracts families to some stillgrowing suburban school districts, such as Mason,
Lakota, Little Miami and others.
Welcome to the decade of the Super Region:
Cleveland's future entwined with Youngstown's
(The Plain Dealer, December 31, 2009) At least we're
not Youngstown. That has been the tired refrain of
many Greater Clevelanders for a generation. Every
time a street of bungalows falls to foreclosures or a
manufacturer moves another 150 jobs to a state
without labor unions, we try to reassure ourselves that
things could be worse. But now American cities are
joining within their larger metropolitan areas to form
huge economic, social and urban systems.
Court says Ohio can use $258M in tobacco funds
for other purposes (Toledo Blade, January 1, 2010) A
state appeals court yesterday said Ohio can confiscate
some $258 million in tobacco settlement funds it had
initially set aside nearly a decade ago exclusively for
anti-smoking programs.
Editorial: Borrowing is concern in Ohio (Wheeling
Intelligencer, January 2, 2010) Ohio simply cannot
continue to pile up debt without making some provision
to pay it off. Yet Gov. Ted Strickland and leaders in the
General Assembly reportedly have not been
developing a plan to do that.
Pensions help in recruiting talented faculty, says
colleges (Dayton Daily News, January 2, 2010) As
Ohio's economy continues to struggle, some
government officials bristle at the cost of maintaining
public pensions, which are all but untouchable in
budget discussions.
Variety of project progressing within Lawrence
County (Herald Dispatch, January 2, 2010) The
coming year could be one of the best in a number of
years for economic development in Lawrence County,
according to Bill Dingus, executive director of the
Greater Lawrence County Area Chamber of
Commerce.
Cities quaking at prospect of paying more for
pensions (Columbus Dispatch, January 3, 2010)
Columbus already is struggling to cut its publicemployee pension costs. So when the Ohio Police &
Fire Pension Fund recommended that the state require
cities to make pension payments equal to 25 percent
of each police officer's salary by 2013 -- up from 19.5
percent -- those who watch the city's budget cringed.
Signs of recovery appear for Toledo area (Toledo
Blade, January 3, 2010) Northwest Ohio and southeast
Michigan today, economists say, are like a trauma
patient emerging from the operating room: We've
survived the radical economic surgery of 2009 and are
about to begin a long, collective recovery.
County facing key challenges (Newark Advocate,
January 3, 2010) The county still faces many
challenges that will continue into the new decade, and
few local leaders disagree the need for high-paying
jobs is at the top of the list.
Gateway Project a major focus in 2010 (Middletown
Journal, January 4, 2010) The beautification of the
Ohio 63 and Interstate 75 interchange streetscape in
Monroe will be a main focus of the city in 2010,
according to City Manager William Brock.
Some businesses open despite the dour economy
(Marietta Times, January 4, 2010) Although the state
of the economy forced several area businesses to
close their doors in the past year, a few new
businesses - from restaurants to garden supply stores
and auto repair shops to hair salons - sprung up
around the region in 2009.
Fund has gained strength, will survive on less
money from contributor (Wooster Daily Record,
January 4, 2010) As the Fund for Our Economic Future
prepares for its third, three-year phase, it will do so
with its top donor significantly scaling back its
contribution.
Edited and compiled by: Molly Schnoke, Center for Civic Education, Maxine Goodman
Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
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