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.

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Northeast Ohio steel plant's restart is newest sign of recoveryJanuary 26, 2010
Steel industry expects stimulus funds, new energy and auto recovery to play a big role in 2010
Story by M.L. Schultze

The planned restart of a steel mill in Warren this March is seen as the latest sign that the industry in America and in Northeast Ohio is creeping back.

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