Veysey is the only representative from the state of Ohio in the program’s second class.
The sixth-month “executive style” program will take participants to various presidential centers where they’ll “learn from former presidents, key administration officials, and leading academics.” Then they’ll return home and apply their leadership skills (and utilize new connections) to make a positive impact in their communities.
Veysey lives in the old firehouse building on Church Avenue and W. 29th St. that he’s redeveloped with his wife and partner Marika Shioiri-Clark. For better or worse, he has been the face of new development in Ohio City.
Though he’s far from universally adored — a healthy contingent of longtime residents look upon Hingetown with disdain — his name has been tossed into the hat of potential replacements for Joe Cimperman. Cimperman, who represents much of downtown and the near west side, is taking the reins at Global Cleveland and is scheduled to vacate his City Council seat in March.
Veysey’s no stranger to politics. He ran for a congressional seat back in 2012, but came in third in a crowded 9th district primary behind Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich.
This article appears in Feb 10-16, 2016.
No offense to Mr. Veysey – but if the powers that be want him as Ward 3 council – I advise him to run like hell.
Ward 3 includes downtown and funds several CDCs with federal CDBG funds and NDA Neighborhood Development Allocations. As cities are driven to be more transparent and open- residents will finally start to examine these CDC slush Other-Peoples-Money funds known as CDBG funds. Ohio City and Tremont CDCs will be made to merge. Cimperman will expect Veysey to do his bidding with respect to funding LANDstudio.
Been there – http://realneo.us/content/how-cdcs-work-or…
Jeff Ramsey is the ultimate power broker right now with the Mega CDC Detroit Shoreway – that has to balance their efforts on behalf of developers by installing low-income housing in their service area that also includes Stockyards, Clark-Fulton, and Brooklyn Centre (part of old Brooklyn township). This huge area of merged services allows the rich to have their playground along the lake, while Ramsey shoves low income housing in other parts of their CDBG service area. The NEOMG refuses to write about Ramsey’s bullsh#t along West 25th Pearl. The YMCA is a super shady deal in the works – Sam Allard – please call me.
This is so broken – when does it end…even Obama admin realizes these quasi-governmental agencies are huge mob-money pits…
Obama wanted to cut community development block grants, or CDBGs, as other presidents have wanted to do. The grants are handed out based on formulas for poverty and population, and Cleveland awaits its annual award eagerly. Cities use the grants to improve their neighborhoods physically and aesthetically — and for museums, recreation centers and gentrification projects that include privately owned coffee shops andmicro-breweries. Supporters say these businesses create jobs and improve cities, while Obama, like President George W. Bush before him, has said the block grants need to be better targeted.