The economic collapse has knocked hard and fast against many of the underpinnings of the middle class: homeownership, education, healthcare, employment and retirement, and against the economy of northeast Ohio in general. But it also has escalated change in the way we approach our individual economies and the way we, as a region, approach the bigger economy. This site is a service of WKSU public radio, the Akron Beacon Journal and The Center for Community Solutions. It's devoted to examining the challenge to personal and regional economies, and connecting you and others in the discussion of solutions. Sponsors: 
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Ohio Tea Partiers and the Third FrontierApril 30, 2010
Among the traditional core of the Republican Party, it's hard to find anyone with a bad word to say about the 700 million dollar renewal of the Third Frontier program on Tuesday's ballot.
It's the...Full story |
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Wilmington still hurtingApril 27, 2010
One city in Southwest Ohio is in desperate need of an economic lifeline. In Wilmington and Clinton county one in six adults, or 19 percent of the workforce, remains unemployed after DHL closed its...Full story |
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| "Education: Is there still a return on this investment? " - 02/23/2010
Stacy Stevenson
A New York Times article about the current economic status of the class...
More | | | | "Ohio Policymakers Need to ‘Think the Unthinkable’ to Fix Next State Budget" - 06/24/2010
By John A. Begala
Ohio’s elected officials are faced with the prospect of having to
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