On Monday Reason.tv launched Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey, an original documentary series that will air from March 15-19.
Featuring sitcom legend, Price Is Right host, and proud Clevelander Drew Carey, each 10-minute episode investigates and analyzes the problems that turned Cleveland from the nation’s sixth-largest city in 1950 into today’s “Mistake On The Lake.”
Like all too many American cities, Cleveland seems locked into a death spiral, shedding people, jobs, and dreams like nobody’s business. When it comes to education, business climate, redevelopment, and more, Clevelanders have come to expect the worse. Is a renaissance possible? Of course it is, but only if the city’s leaders and residents are willing to learn from other cities such as Houston, Chicago, Oakland, and Indianapolis. And only if they’re willing to try new approaches to old problems.
Reason.tv’s Nick Gillespie narrates and talks with educators, elected officials, businesspeople, policy experts, and residents from all walks of life. Stay tuned for a documentary series that maps a route back to prosperity and growth not just for Cleveland but for other once-great American cities.
On Monday they released the first two episodes:
The Decline of a Once-Great City:
Fix The Schools
More episodes will be released throughout the week. For a full episode guide and release schedule—and video of Drew talking about how what’s wrong with Cleveland can be helped by Adam Smith’s invisible hand—go here.
And look for an announcement about a very special episode of Fox Business Channel’s Stossel featuring Drew Carey and Nick Gillespie talking about urban decline—and urban renewal done right.
