Start-up capital and venture funding are terms not often heard in cities like Erie, but that’s already changing as a group of very big investors have banded together to target the underserved cities in the midwest and rust belt with seed money to get their start-ups off the ground or to scale them up. Venture […]
Making the Move From Shop Floor to Computer Keyboard
If you build locomotives at GE, you’ll be looking for a job pretty soon, but there aren’t many jobs like that around Erie, so what can you do? Well, the digital world of the internet, software and web apps is huge, but there’s no place for a blue collar factory worker in computer programming, … […]
Shinola is Creating Jobs in an Old Manufacturing City, Could This Work in Erie?
Detroit, Michigan has suffered a massive decline from those years of automotive dominance and prosperity, but they’re building things again in smaller companies and creating hundreds of jobs in the process. Shinola may be an example of the kind of thinking we could apply in Erie County to rebuild our reputation for producing high quality […]
Could Small Scale Micro-farming Work in Erie County?
Look around Erie County Report for more than a minute or two and you’ll see articles about TechShop, makerspaces and microfactories, but have you ever heard of micro-farms? If you haven’t, you really need to read this. Micro-farms are starting to take off around the country and they’re tailor made for Erie County. With the […]
Could Small Scale Manufacturing be a Big Win for Erie County?
Buying Made in America products whenever you shop is great, but how about Made in Erie County? With the dwindling number of manufacturing jobs in our area, is that even possible anymore? Can we rebuild Erie County employment and offer opportunities for high school and college graduates from local schools, or even attract some from […]
A Modest Proposal for Parents and Students in Erie Schools
Now that everyone knows the Erie schools are in dire financial straits, it’s time for each parent and student to take matters into their own hands. The proposal to close all four high schools has everyone’s attention, but does fixing the budget, however it’s done, mean the schools are fixed, too? Convince someone else or […]
