Tessa Jackson seemed to be shining a light on inequities and other problems in Cleveland’s development world. One council member thanked her for her candor. Meanwhile, some big developers were displeased with her work.
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb is refusing to say why he fired his economic development director, Tessa Jackson. Developers in recent months had been complaining about her work.CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland’s recently-fired
economic development director, Tessa Jackson, spent nearly an hour before City Council earlier this year, outlining a slew of concerns about how the city has historically doled out millions in taxpayer-funded development incentives. Jackson said she was working to change those troubling practices – things like ensuring the city is no longer “over-subsidizing” development projects, or just making sure that city loans are repaid when developers fail to show they’ve used the money to create jobs, as promised.
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