20110801-NEWS--1-NAT-CCI-CL_-- 7/29/2011 4:36 PM Page 1 $2.00/AUGUST 1 - 7, 2011 IT collaboration sparks interest By CHUCK SODER OneCommunity is offering to [email protected] NE Ohio governments warm to shared extend its super-fast fiber-optic network to the offices of cities and Scot Rourke long has dreamed services amid mounting budget pressures counties that put together propos- of a day when governments all als showing a serious commitment across Northeast Ohio would work number of cities and counties in However, his organization — a to sharing IT resources and putting together to become highly efficient the region are showing a willing- Cleveland-based nonprofit that them to good use. digital machines. ness to share software, hardware offers high-speed Internet access The nonprofit plans to use $15 Only now are many area govern- and even staff members who know and information technology ser- million to connect 200 government ments starting to embrace the how to use the technology. vices to area governments and sites and 600 other nonprofit institu- idea. The attitude shift is far from nonprofits — might be able to per- tions to its bigger fiber-optic Driven largely by falling tax complete, said Mr. Rourke, who is suade a few more communities to network, which is undergoing a receipts and rising costs, a growing president of OneCommunity. join the cause. See IT Page 17 STEVE BENNETT Country club surfaces in talks on AG JOBSOHIO expansion BOSS MEANS Crocker Park neighbor may be on firm’s radar BUSINESS By STAN BULLARD [email protected] Mark Kvamme sees momentum Crocker Park, the sprawling mixed-use center in Westlake, has building behind state’s shops, restaurants, offices and apart- ments on its 75-acre grounds. How- economic development efforts ever, a deal announced in May to add American Greetings Corp.’s headquarters to the mix appears to By JAY MILLER be triggering a quest for land at adja- [email protected] cent Lakewood Country Club. A forest on the private country e’s only been in Ohio seven club’s northeast corner brushes months setting up Gov. John against open land on the southwest Kasich’s JobsOhio, the nonprofit edge of Crocker Park that American vehicle for the governor’s job Hcreation push, but Mark Kvamme already Greetings picked as the destination for its new home. Word of interest in is working on JobsOhio 2.0. the country club’s land came out The Silicon Valley entrepreneur said at during a June 18 meeting of West- a meet-and-greet swing through North- lake’s planning commission. east Ohio last Thursday, July 28, that he Residents of the Wyndgate Club expects legislation to be introduced in the condominiums, which abut Crocker state Legislature in the next few weeks that See CROCKER Page 6 will fill in the details of how the new non- profit will work with the state Department of Development. ONLINE While by giving the bill the “2.0” suffix he’s implying a new and improved ver- Sports chat goes live sion, Mr. Kvamme said businesses and the economic development community won’t Crain’s last Thursday launched see big changes in the way the state pack- the first of a periodic online chat ages its incentives to businesses. feature, at which readers can com- See KVAMME Page 6 ment on topics, from sports to news. Watch for the next edition on MARC GOLUB www.CrainsCleveland.com. Mark Kvamme, who is leading Ohio’s economic development efforts at JobsOhio, says he is confident the nonprofit will help generate new business activity in the state. SPECIAL SECTION 31 6 REAL ESTATE NEWSPAPER Euclid Avenue has undergone a renaissance Entire contents © 2011 74470 01032 fueled by calculated redevelopment ■ Page 11 by Crain Communications Inc. 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