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Today we are kicking off our second annual Members Week, where we take time to thank members for supporting Belt and tell you more about us.
A Few Educated Millennials, But Far More Human Misery: The Economy in Cleveland And Ohio
Bits of good news about Ohio's economy—as welcome as they may be—are dwarfed by a relentlessly bleak reality. The numbers are bad—and getting worse—and the suffering behind those numbers is more wretched.
Friday Link Roundup
Biz meetings in Cleveland: "Can I bring someone? Can my friends come?" Browns quarterbacks and symbology. It's all happening in Pittsburgh. David Lynch loves old factories. Distilling our mojo, or something.
Friday Link Roundup
Cities are organisms, whither Portland?, mortgages by race through the boom and bust, fly-over country and innovation, Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine growth, and Motor City West.
Friday Link Roundup
Midwest rankings in (stagnant) median household incomes, the rent is too damn high, Rust Belt beekeeping, careful what you wish for re: gentrification, how writers get paid in a virtual world of writing.
The Woman in the Red Glasses: Jane Scott Gets a Documentary
Jane Scott, the Cleveland music writer beloved by the rock stars she covered, was honored this week at a fundraiser for the documentary about her life and career and the iconic red glasses.
Friday Link Roundup
Whether or not fracking actually helps Rust Belt economies, a new journal of midwest culture, the Cleveland Fed talks to reporters, and where people go when they move out of your city.
Friday Link Roundup, Real Estate Edition
Places where the housing boom never arrives, what happens when white people move in, when fiber-optic cables follow Cleveland rail lines, legacy cities struggle back, and Write A House in Detroit takes shape.
Friday Link Roundup, Geography Edition
The effects of migration on 1) the US patchwork of economic prospects, 2) the St. Louis black community, 3) New Orleans' Hurricane Katrina migrants, 4) LeBron James, and 5) how country music sounds.
LeBron James, Dan Gilbert and “Owning” Professional Sports
On superstar athletes, team owners, and the economics of sports in the community.
The Second Edition of The Cleveland Anthology
Next month we publish our second edition (and third print run) of Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology, with essays by Connie Schultz, Michael Ruhlman, David Giffels, and others. This excerpt is the book’s new introduction.
Friday Link Roundup
Ferguson and #blacktwitter, the Cleveland Browns do something right, buying a house with cash, the blues and a Wisconsin chair factory, climate change and the Midwest, and that potato salad Kickstarter guy.