Cleveland Developer Suggests Changes in City's ED Approach

Here is what developer Dan Moore suggests:

"Focus the Port Authority on industrial job creation by forming an investment banking arm, which would lure manufacturing companies.

Create a deputy mayor position to function as a city manager.

Reduce City Council from 21 members to 11.

Establish a 3-1-1 citizen service center to direct calls and take complaints from residents.
Create a job advisory board to oversee Cleveland's Economic Development Department. The board would include three venture capitalists, a real estate expert, an investment banker and other experts.

Create a voluntary, 11-person advisory board to counsel the schools chief executive officer and school board."

Reprint from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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