Plan Principles

The Western Reserve Plan will focus on these 12 key areas:

1. Metropolitan Government:
   Implementing a practical strategy for creating a functioning, county-wide metropolitan government.
2. Entrepreneurship and Job Growth:
   Establishing Greater Cleveland as a center of entrepreneurship and job growth.
3. Downtown Cleveland:
   Designing a place-based development strategy which recognizes the centrality of downtown Cleveland to the region as a whole.
4. Human Service Needs:
   Aligning and coordinating both public and private resources around our most pressing human service needs.
5. Education:
   Identifying education, from early childhood forward, as the central factor in individual and community success.
6. Health and Wellness:
   Embracing a health and wellness culture which mirrors the excellence of our major medical institutions.
7. Economic Inclusion:
   Incorporating economic inclusion as a guiding principle in our economic development strategy.
8. International City/Younger Generations:
   Branding our metropolitan area as an international city which harnesses the energy of our younger generations.
9. Foreclosure Crisis:
   Adopting a collaborative approach to the foreclosure crisis- from prevention to restoration.
10. Veterans:
    Honoring the service of our veterans by giving them priority in hiring, training and education.
11. Public Safety:
    Protecting our county by leading a county-wide public safety initiative.
12. Good Government:
    Creating a culture within county government which implements nationally recognized good government practices and innovations.