Chicken and egg for sure. I just think there probably is enough money in the east side to support small business, just not enough opportunity to do so, since starting those businesses is hard.
Also, I always balk at the use of manufacturing jobs as a solution to employment problems. I feel like whenever someone says "there are going to be these jobs" they never turn up in the quantity or quality hoped for. It would be nice if manufacturing jobs really were part of the solution, I just never buy it.