Streetcars, work force Mallory
Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, in his 2008 "state of the city" address, identified the creation of a streetcar system and a new work-force development effort as two of the first that should be implemented from the Go Cincinnati Growth and Opportunities initiative.
That's the economic development blueprint that 200 community and business leaders spent more than a year to develop. It was released on Jan. 22 and consisted of 14 recommendations aimed at growing jobs, new investment and tax revenue in the city of Cincinnati.
In his address at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park Monday evening, Mallory identified four recommendations that, he said, "I think we should advance right away."
Those are the development of "a streetcar system that connects downtown to uptown," the creation of a "business retention and expansion program" to attract investment to Cincinnati, forming an advisory council to review city processes and regulations and the development of new workers in nine key business sectors identified in the Go Cincinnati report payday loan. Those sectors included life sciences, chemicals, professional and technical services, aerospace, insurance and banking.
"I've asked Kathy Merchant of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation to develop a plan to prepare our work force, so that our workers are ready to fill those jobs," Mallory said.
The mayor said he would appoint an implementation team to work on all aspects of the Go Cincinnati plan, including those not identified as his top priorities.
Those other initiatives included the development of a full interchange on Interstate 71, providing access to the uptown neighborhoods surrounding the University of Cincinnati and focusing development initiatives in three new target areas: Madison Road, Seymour and Reading roads and the Queensgate/South Mill Creek corridors.
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