The same question arises in Detroit:

Commentary: Will next mayor continue Detroit’s death spiral?

Cleveland can look to Youngstown…where the city has developed an international reputation for confronting reality and finding opportunity.

Smaller is Better for Youngstown, Ohio

The Incredible Shrinking City

In regional economic development, demography defines your trajectory.

The Greater Cleveland Partnership, some years ago, published a strategy named Cleveland on the Edge.

But “Edge of what?”