Greater Cleveland is an immovable force when it comes to nudging the unemployment meter. But we’re making headway in the realm of those coveted “green” jobs they talk about on NPR.
The Cleveland Metro area ranks 18th out of 100 U.S. cities in green-job generation, according to a recent report from the Brookings Institute, a group traditionally associated with studies that compare us unfavorably to cholera-stricken villages.
Since 2003, we’ve added 6,440 green jobs, with an annual growth rate of 4.4 percent. Since the recession started in 2008, the number of green jobs here has grown more than the national average. Was there perhaps something to that green economy federal stimulus?
This article appears in Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2011.
