DISQUS

smoMashup · 2 years ago

NEO's got this on lockdown!

Joel Cheesman · 2 years ago

Thanks for the kudos, Jim. Stories such as the ones you've outlined go largely unnoticed by The Plain Dealer, Crain's, Inside Business and the like, but are surprisingly frequent from what I can tell. There is a very vibrant underworld of creative people and businesses here in NEO that deserve to be recognized. Who knows? Low opinions of our fine city just might improve if they were.

smoMashup · 2 years ago

This is an interesting observation Joel. Cleveland is in a pretty old school mentality I think. It looks at business and success in the way that oil companies look at energy. Anything outside of the frame isn't important as it's beyond their scope of vision. Credibility doesn't even enter into it because comprehension of the field of influence isn't an option.

NEO has many many problems-- from public education to mass media to urban sprawl to the Fulton Rd. Bridge and way beyond.. It would be nice though if the area could give some credit where credit is due.

Or wait, maybe that's up to us?