Rust Belt Rundown

We’re starting the new year off with an exciting episode featuring Mayor of Cleveland Candidate and Chief Strategy Officer of Urbanova, Justin Bibb. Listen in as Justin talks about his career journey from working in Washington, D.C. to his passion projects for Cleveland and his ideas on improving our local community.

What does it take to have a large corporation move its operations to Cleveland and impact the community? In this episode, we talk with Jay Foran, Senior Vice President of TeamNEO, who shares his experience educating businesses on the benefits of moving their mid-sized startup or their large enterprise conglomerate into the heart of NorthEast Ohio.

Passion projects, entrepreneurship, and coffee. In this episode, we speak with Cleveland business owner Pete Brown of Six Shooter Coffee and discuss everything from roasting beans in his basement to sharing details about the coffee business and his experience growing a startup into an authentic shop loved by locals.

On this episode, listen in as we talk with Steve Peplin, the CEO of Talan Products about current trends in metal press, LED lighting, solar, and electric transportation. As an industry expert, Steve shines a light on how these industries have evolved over the past several decades and shares his input on what’s expected in the future.

From early stem programs and public policy to reentry programs and unemployment, listen in as we talk with Bishara Addison of Towards Employment about hot topics in the Cleveland workforce and the many opportunities we as a community can get involved with to improve it. 

In this week's episode, we chat with the National Association of Manufacturers Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Chris Schmitt. Listen in as we talk about the impact the Conoravirus has had on manufacturing in the Midwest alongside the economic and workforce challenges manufacturing has been facing for the past decade, and what is being done to stimulate the industry.

Listen in as we talk with Christopher Nance, the Vice President of Construction & Inclusive Talent Initiatives at the Greater Cleveland Partnership. Christopher shares details of the impact the GCP has on the Cleveland community since its start and what they are doing today to help local businesses in all industries that continue to grow our wonderful city. 

Join us as we chat with Tayte Lutz, Director of Marketing at French Oil Mill Machinery, and talk through her career journey, the French Oil's origin story, and the state of manufacturing in Ohio. 

In this week's Rundown, listen in as we talk with industry veteran and CEO of Technical Alchemy, LLC, Roy Hardy. Roy shares his approach to keeping up employee morale as well as current workforce trends throughout the trades.

On our third episode of the Rust Belt Rundown, Rust Belt Recruitings' very own, James Smith discusses how the day-to-day operations of a recruiting firm specializing in the skilled trades have changed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.