What You Can (and Cannot) Do with ARP Funding
We combed 151 pages of Treasury guidance on how local governments can use their share of the American Rescue Plan (ARP). Here’s what you need to know.
Good Growth: Driving a New Community-Ownership Paradigm in Cleveland
Can growth ever be good for low-income neighborhoods?
Brad Whitehead and Gordon Gray on State and Local COVID-19 Relief Funding
Brad Whitehead and Gordon Gray talked about the state and local funding in the American Rescue Plan on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal on April 26, 2021. Watch
Crain’s editorial: Spend wisely
The past year has been rough, but with the federal government’s help, it has not been as brutal on state and local governments’ finances as originally
The Fund for Our Economic Future hires new jobs director
Bishara Addison will join the Fund in April as its director of job preparation. Janine Kaiser, who had been serving in that position since 2019, will
Fund for Our Economic Future Welcomes Bishara Addison as Director of Job Preparation
The addition expands the Fund’s staff focused on talent initiatives in Northeast Ohio CLEVELAND—March 26, 2021—Bishara Addison will join the Fund for Our Economic Future as
How should local leaders use their American Rescue Plan funding?
Among the $1.9 trillion worth of federal COVID-19 relief in the newly signed American Rescue Plan Act is $350 billion for “Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.”
Test Concept Aims to Close Cleveland’s Wealth Gap and Build Inclusive Economy
Exploring the potential for an investment vehicle that would enable residents to influence neighborhood development and financially benefit from growth.
How Ohio is helping displaced workers prepare for better careers
The state of Ohio and various local partners in Cuyahoga County are mobilizing to ensure the current wave of unemployment is met with increased opportunities for individuals to access upskilling.
CWRU, CSU and partners enter federal competition to connect workers without cars to sprawling job hubs along highways
Local entry is part of a national competition to implement solutions to the “spatial mismatch’’ between jobs and employers created by sprawl.
