The Cleveland Medical Mart and Convention Center is touted as the cornerstone of the city’s future economic development. But the head of the project’s developer has quit.
Chris Kennedy will step down as president of MMPI on July 23 in order to start other businesses that might spur economic development somewhere else. Eventually.
“I propose that I am young enough to start a new career—and old enough to know how,” Kennedy, 47, said in a statement. First, the son of Robert F. Kennedy and long-time bud of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagan, will spend more time with his famous family and keep up his charitable activities in Chicago.
MMPI was a shoo-in as Med Mart developer shortly after Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove conceived of the idea and introduced Kennedy to the city players who might have made it happen. Later, Hagan and the county stepped in and made sure it happened— before the old regime left office for prison or other pursuits.
Kennedy’s resignation won’t mean much for the Med Mart though.
This article appears in Jun 22-28, 2011.
What a blessing, get the bootleggers out of the picture. Now maybe some real progress can be made
and look who (Cleveland) is holding the bag. Is he going to move in with that school board director too?
KISS US BEFORE YOU F US.
WE A SUCKERS.
SUCKERS
Sumbitch, Another whi,,tie leaving us wit are money, ca i git sum befoe you go. I axe ya, who the hell gives yous the writes to our money!
Imagine that friends with Taxin Tim
Toby Cosgrove didn’t have to introduce Chris Kennedy to any local officials, since Tim Hagan was already Kennedy’s dear, close friend.. In fact, Hagan probably introduced Kennedy to Cosgrove. It may be legal, but it’s basically identical to Dimora and Russo doing much smaller favors — and one much less costly to taxpayers — for their buddies. Also Mark Falanga, who is taking over for Kennedy, showed the same amount of entitled arrogance at meetings with Northeast Ohio officials. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.