The Mayor's Office on the top floor of Pittsburgh City Hall.
Leo Wallace sat behind his desk, working through the mountain of paperwork that had piled up for the day.
He picked up the first report.
It was for the approval of an expansion at the heavy machinery plant in Erie City.
The report detailed the additional land area the factory required, the projected number of workers to be hired, and the plans for the accompanying logistics routes.
Leo carefully verified the figures.
This type of approval process was highly unusual in Pennsylvania.
According to the traditional market-based logic of the United States, if a factory wanted to expand, it just needed the money, the land, and a favorable environmental impact assessment. The Mayor would typically only show up for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
But within the Industrial Revival Alliance established by Leo, the rules had been completely rewritten.
This Alliance was now a highly collaborative production community.
