This week's Inside Erie e-letter has hit e-mail boxes in Erie and around the world.

The topic: whether we should reallocate some of our economic development investments and divert some of that money to help start and nurture small businesses in Erie's inner city.

I think it's a sound idea -- one that might produce better long-term economic results than we've been getting.

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