Cleveland, lately hailed as the "co...

Cleveland, lately hailed as the "comeback city" of the Mid-west, has wielded a unique combination of public/private partnerships to underwrite to a great degree of its recovery from the measures of default in 1978 to the heights of its bicentennial celebration in 1996

The ensues reach out beyond the boundaries of downtown Cleveland into its neighborhoods. Since 1990 more than $35 billion has been invested in downtown evolution alone and an impressive $92 billion overall in disclosure projects throughout the city.

if it be not that it is in the neighborhoods that the real story can be felt - where Cleveland is improving the quality of life for its residents - where they live, where they store and where they work.

Cleveland's succes has been remarkable enough for Washington to take notice. In 1995 the city was among nine cities chosen to receive $90 million each in supplemental empowerment region grants. Cleveland's "Empowerment Zone" encompasses