The Decline of a Once-Great City: Reason Saves Cleveland Wit

UPDATE, MARCH 2011: We're happy to announce that Reason Saves Cleveland with Drew Carey is a finalist for a digital National Magazine Award. Check back on March 16 to see if we take home the big prize! For more info, go to http://reason.com/blog/2011/03/15/reason-saves-cleveland-with-dr
Sixty years ago, Cleveland was a booming city full of promise, opportunity, and people.

Today, the city's population is less half of what it was in its prime and it ranks as one of the poorest big cities in the United States. Hometown hero Drew Carey reflects on how the city became the mistake on the lake and wonders about the city's future.

Is a Cleveland renaissance possible or is the city doomed to a long, slow death?

Reason Saves Cleveland with Drew Carey is written and produced by Paul Feine; camera and editing by Roger Richards and Alex Manning; narrated by Nick Gillespie; music by the Cleveland band Cats on Holiday and Max Bowerman.

This is the first of six episodes that will air between March 15-19, 2010.

The next episode, Fix the Schools, will go live at noon ET today.

Approximately 5 minutes long.

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