Cleveland International Welcome Center opens arms to immigrants

[costello_musicman]

Global Cleveland opens May 24.

The Job Machine | News Features | Cleveland Scene

"The principal goal is to attract population to Cleveland," says Baiju Shah, Global Cleveland's recently appointed chairman. "We want to attract 200,000 people over 20 years."

[CLEJoe]

Aaaaand that's awesome. Anyone going to the launch? I believe it's open to the public...

[SquareBetterThanAll]

Originally Posted by costello_musicman

Global Cleveland opens May 24.

The Job Machine | News Features | Cleveland Scene

"The principal goal is to attract population to Cleveland," says Baiju Shah, Global Cleveland's recently appointed chairman. "We want to attract 200,000 people over 20 years."

Setting socio-political entanglements aside, foreign-pop immigration is what has propped up other American cities if for nothing else than in the population department (cough cough Chicago).

That being said I think the core of all growth is going to be jobs. Even back in the day the Slavs weren't coming over here for a change of pace, they came here to work.

[costello_musicman]

I wish them good luck

Global Cleveland launches with a goal of attracting 100,000 new Clevelanders | cleveland.com

It has been launched.

[jmv]

This is an exciting initiative for Cleveland. I was at the Summit. Many good ideas, lots of excitement and plans for next steps. Plenty of big Cleveland companies/organizations and the Mayor's office are on board. This could be a great thing for our economy and the energy of the City of Cleveland.

One thing to note is that the initiative includes not just attracting immigrants to Cleveland, but also attracting people from all over the country, including "boomerangers," people who grew up here and want to come home. That is the low hanging fruit, in my opinion, because so many people feel a strong attachment to Cleveland and would be open to considering coming home if they were reminded about all the City has to offer (including plenty of jobs according to groups like JumpStart).

[Heidi60]

Originally Posted by jmv

This is an exciting initiative for Cleveland. I was at the Summit. Many good ideas, lots of excitement and plans for next steps. Plenty of big Cleveland companies/organizations and the Mayor's office are on board. This could be a great thing for our economy and the energy of the City of Cleveland.

One thing to note is that the initiative includes not just attracting immigrants to Cleveland, but also attracting people from all over the country, including "boomerangers," people who grew up here and want to come home. That is the low hanging fruit, in my opinion, because so many people feel a strong attachment to Cleveland and would be open to considering coming home if they were reminded about all the City has to offer (including plenty of jobs according to groups like JumpStart).

California has plenty to spare!