By way of explanation, since it is in my backyard, so to speak... "Brice Road" retail shopping areas have declined because the stores have moved out one freeway exit (to I-70 at State Rt. 256) because of local demographic shifts not current economic conditions. This started about 3 years ago. So, not a good example.
-- -Rob de Santos From: Curt Phillips W4CP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:43 AM To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Columbus Dispatch Thursday OK, so give us the inside scoop on the economy and the stock market so we can all make a lot of money and buy more radios. :-) 73, Curt Phillips W4CP Raleigh, NC (No. 4 on the list) George Zeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . Last year, despite the jobs created by the projects cited in Site Selection , the state lost nearly 24,000 jobs, including nearly 14,000 in manufacturing, said George Zeller, an economic research analyst in Cleveland. "If we're gaining operations at a robust pace, that's good," he said. "But that doesn't mean we gained jobs. We lost jobs at a time when the country was gaining a large number of jobs in 2007." Ohio has lagged the nation in jobs created for more than a decade, Zeller said. Wallace's data and Site Selection's report don't show job declines in the retail sector, which had heavy losses last year, particularly in central Ohio, Zeller said, pointing to the empty stores along Brice Road as an example. Ohio's total of new plants and expansions fell slightly in 2007 compared with 2006. Strickland attributed the drop to a slowing U.S. economy. The state had about four times as many new plants and expansions last year as closings and downsizings, Wallace said. Zeller agreed with Strickland and Fisher that the Site Selection news bodes well for the future. But Ohio's economy is still struggling, he said. "We want to encourage the state to track new firms," he said. "We don't want to badmouth this Site Selection list. But we don't want to say from this list that everything is fine and no one is suffering. That's just wrong." _____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http:/mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDy pao8Wcj9tAcJ%20> it now.
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