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2023

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The Nasa John H. Glenn Research Center: An Economic Impact Study Fiscal Year 2022, Molly Schnoke, Jack Yochum, Georgina Guadalupe Figueroa Jun 2023

The Nasa John H. Glenn Research Center: An Economic Impact Study Fiscal Year 2022, Molly Schnoke, Jack Yochum, Georgina Guadalupe Figueroa

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The NASA John H. Glenn Research Center, located in Cleveland and Sandusky, Ohio, continues to create vast economic benefits within the regional economies of Northeast Ohio and Ohio by employing local labor, paying high wages to their employees who spend most of their income locally, engaging local contractors, and collaborating with local higher education institutions, providing them with research grants and contracts. This study uses a multi-regional input-output (I-O) model to estimate the effect of NASA Glenn Research Center's spending on the economies of Northeast Ohio and Ohio. For the total economic impact in the state of Ohio in 2022, …


Investing In The Middle, Molly Schnoke, Jack Yochum, Shannon Driscoll, James Flanigan May 2023

Investing In The Middle, Molly Schnoke, Jack Yochum, Shannon Driscoll, James Flanigan

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Middle Neighborhoods (MNs) are generally recognized for their safety, stability and affordability for residents. They also provide an important opportunity to give lower-income populations access to affordable housing and an overall higher quality of life, but the number of MNs is declining throughout the U.S. Recognizing these opportunities and challenges regarding MNs, the research team set out to fill in the existing knowledge gaps about which public policies and programmatic activities are effective at 1) stabilizing MNs and 2) providing equitable access for lower-income and marginalized populations to join and stay in MNs.


Reframing Project Goals In Alignment With Responsive Ecosystems, Jack Yochum Mar 2023

Reframing Project Goals In Alignment With Responsive Ecosystems, Jack Yochum

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This presentation offers a window into the progress and changes made as a part of the 5-year research-practice collaboration funded by the E.M. Ewing Kauffman Foundation exploring the strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in three major entrepreneurial ecosystems across Ohio- Cleveland, Toledo, and Dayton. This project's heavy reliance on collaboration with service providers was complicated by the ecosystem’s immediate responses to the economic duress of the pandemic and the influx of new entrepreneurs and capital. Like how these ecosystems responded, the project team adjusted by reframing this study as a deep dive into how entrepreneurial ecosystems grow and change to best …


The Economic Consequences Of The East Palestine Train Derailment, Molly Schnoke, Iryna Lendel, Jack Yochum, Shannon Driscoll, Matt Saneda, Georgina Guadalupe Figueroa, Mary Isler Mar 2023

The Economic Consequences Of The East Palestine Train Derailment, Molly Schnoke, Iryna Lendel, Jack Yochum, Shannon Driscoll, Matt Saneda, Georgina Guadalupe Figueroa, Mary Isler

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The Center for Economic Development at Cleveland State University, in partnership with the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, is engaged in an ongoing effort to track the economic consequences of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on the evening of February 3, 2023. This initial report focuses strictly on effects felt throughout the city of East Palestine, with special attention paid to the evacuation area, and covers the period from the date of the derailment until two weeks afterward (through February 17, 2023). This period coincides with the mandatory evacuation time ordered by the office of Governor …


Front International: Cleveland Triennial For Contemporary Art 2022 Economic Impact Study, Molly Schnoke, Shannon Driscoll, Jack Yochum, Izzy Esler Feb 2023

Front International: Cleveland Triennial For Contemporary Art 2022 Economic Impact Study, Molly Schnoke, Shannon Driscoll, Jack Yochum, Izzy Esler

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FRONT International Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art 2022 public art exhibit ran from July 16 through October 2, 2022. The FRONT exhibit takes place every three years and this iteration, Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows, was displayed in Cleveland and Akron, OH at a variety of locations through partnerships with museums and other institutions in the region. This study uses a multi-regional input-output (I-O) model to estimate the effect of the exhibit on the economies of the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor and Akron Metropolitan Statistical Areas. The economic impact consists of two components: impact of visitor spending and impact of the …


Economic Vitality Index: Is There A Pandemic Recovery In Ohio?, Molly Schnoke, Georgina Guadalupe Figueroa, Jack Yochum Feb 2023

Economic Vitality Index: Is There A Pandemic Recovery In Ohio?, Molly Schnoke, Georgina Guadalupe Figueroa, Jack Yochum

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The 2021 update of the Economic Vitality Index (EVI) illustrates the ongoing effects of the global pandemic and economic slowdown and highlights the impacts of policy responses aimed to ease its detrimental and uneven impacts on the economies of Ohio’s 88 counties.