Mayor Bibb’s development plan could benefit from national business trends
by Frank W. Lewis for Signal Cleveland Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb proposed investing $50 million of the city’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in an ambitious plan to
Closing Northeast Ohio’s racial wealth gap is a social, moral and economic endeavor
Racial income gaps are a social, moral and economic concern, said Bethia Burke, president of the Fund for Our Economic Future. Regions with wider gaps on measures like these fare worse.
The “no car, no job” dilemma is solvable
The following is an excerpt from an article by Frank W. Lewis for Signal Cleveland. Get2Work Now is a collaboration between the Cleveland Clergy Coalition, the American Association
Marcus Madison joins Fund for Our Economic Future board
Former Elyria City Councilman Marcus Madison was named to the board of the Fund for Our Economic Future at its annual meeting March 16. He joined
What Northeast Ohio workers want most
The most important benefit cited by workers in every generation was a good wage, according to a new report from The Fund for our Economic Future.
Fund for Our Economic Future elects Marcus Madison, Deryck Toles as new board members
To bring jobs back to Cleveland, we must create space for them
Shrinking economies of core cities should matter to anyone who cares about the economic future of Northeast Ohio, city of Cleveland resident or not, because place matters for economic growth.
Cleveland lays groundwork for shovel-ready sites along Opportunity Corridor
Cleveland hopes to devote $8 million to site assembly and cleanup along the Opportunity Corridor, in a project that is already likely to be a template
A seat at the table: Small community funder joins Fund for Our Economic Future board
“We sit somewhere at the intersection of grantmaking and what needs to be done,” Burke said.
Bringing Uhle on the board adds a partner with direct ties in the community where the Fund’s policies are focused.
Strengthening Workplaces
The launch of Strengthening Workplaces as we move into 2023 marks a deliberate and important transition baked into the way we work at the Fund for Our Economic Future: Taking what we learned in our efforts to understand what matters to explore and implement what works.
