Cleveland: NOW! Cleveland: NOW! means action. The entire Greater Cleveland community is moving on all fronts to meet the social and economic problems which beset America's urban centers: • Education • Employment opportunities ., Youth resources • Neighborhood rehabilitation • Health and welfare • Economic revitalization It
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• Planning for the future Cleveland: NOW! is working in a concerted effort to cure its pressing big city ills. It is in the throes of a multi-million-dollar Renaissance-fanning out in all directions from the Public Square and the dominant Terminal Tower thrusting forward to secure its dominant place in the forefront of America's great metropolises. The face of Greater Cleveland is undergoing a remarkable transformation from the inner city to suburban outreaches on the east and west shores of Lake Erie. Outcroppings of steel, masonry and glass are adding new dimensions to the profile. Upon viewing the downtown building boom, French banker Baron Guy Rothschild exclaimed, "Cleveland seems to be the center of everything - the Erieview rebuilding is fantastic." Billboards exhort area residents to "brag a little about Cleveland." And the cosmopolitan admixture of 2.1 million people has plenty of talking points. Consider that: More than 52 per cent of the American and Canadian people live within 500 miles of Cleveland and environs. Within this arc are 59 per cent of America's manufacturing industries. The annual value of Cleveland's manufactured products exceeds $ 7 billion. Cleveland, world port, is first in tonnage on the St. Lawrence Seaway as a handler of general cargo. It's a thriving hub of Midwestern rail, bus and truck traffic. Its Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, minutes from downtown Cleveland via rapid transit or freeway, is a bustling link with the world. Its Burke Lakefront Airport is one of the nation's few downtown commuter airfields.
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