connect - The Greater Cleveland Partnership

C O NM ENM BEE RCS HTI P
BROCHURE
2013
GET INVOLVED.
STAY CONNECTED.
With more than 14,000 members, the Greater Cleveland
Partnership (GCP) works on behalf of the business
community to advance economic development
priorities that lead to more jobs and investment in our
city, region and state and improve the business climate.
As a GCP member, your company is positioned to:
• Influence the private sector’s regional economic agenda
through involvement with us and our partner organizations
• Connect with companies of all sizes and business leaders
from across the region
• Access a wide range of member benefits and sponsorship opportunities
We’re committed to serving our members by serving as the “one voice” to advocate on
behalf of Northeast Ohio’s business community and providing your company with resources
and connections you need to advance your company’s goals and foster business growth.
For more information, please contact the GCP Investor Development Team
at 216.592.2370 or [email protected].
Christopher M. Connor
Chairman, Greater Cleveland Partnership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Joseph D. Roman
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Greater Cleveland
Partnership
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Timeline
Greater Cleveland Partnership
Membership Benefits
MEMBERSHIP
INCLUSION
Cleveland Tomorrow, Greater
Cleveland Growth Association
and Greater Cleveland Roundtable
merge to form the Greater
Cleveland Partnership.
PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION
AND WORKFORCE
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
ADVOCACY
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Membership
Benefits
INVOLVEMENT
SPONSORSHIPS,
PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
Greater Cleveland Partnership
Advocacy Special Ambassadors
Business Growth and Development Committee
• Air Service Demand Task Force
Education Committee
Finance Committee
• Audit Committee
Game-Changing Real Estate
Development Committee
We have more than
• Cleveland Development Advisors
350 opportunities for
involvement to help
• Opportunity Corridor
advance Greater
• Lakefront/Central Business District
Cleveland business
Government Affairs Council
community priorities.
Membership and Marketing Committee
• Nominating Committee
• Middle-Market Committee
GCP Member Programs
Annual Meeting
Meet the Chairman Forum
GCP Middle-Market Initiative
Middle-Market Forum
Health Care Forum
Human Resource Roundtable
Cyber Security Forum
Advocacy Events
Morning Conversations
Government Affairs Webinars
Public Officials Reception
State and Federal Lobbyists Briefings
Commission on Economic Inclusion
Annual Meeting
CEO Briefings
Chief Procurement Officers Group Forums
Diversity Professionals Conference
Diversity Professionals Quarterly Forums
Minority Business-to-Business Conference
Senior Executive Forums
Commission on Economic Inclusion
Advisory Board and Committees
Chief Procurement Officers Group
Diversity Professionals Group
Membership
Partner Organizations
Special Programs
Cleveland Clinic Ideas for Tomorrow Speaker Series
City Club of Cleveland Forums
Corporate Club at Landerhaven Luncheons
Association for Corporate Growth Events
Entrepreneurs Organization Events
COSE Small Business Programs
The GCP Public Officials Reception is the business
community’s premier holiday gathering held on
the third Friday of November. This year marks the
event’s 50th anniversary!
MEMBERSHIP
EDUCATION
AND WORKFORCE
INCLUSION
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
ADVOCACY
GCP joins Ohio Business Roundtable to successfully advocate for
Ohio House Bill 66, the state’s first
significant tax reform legislation since
the 1930s.
Commission on Economic Inclusion
forms Diversity Professionals Group
(DPG).
Timeline
GCP helps attract $205M in investment through federal transportation
legislation for Cleveland infrastructure priorities.
New committees formed to better
serve and engage our members.
GCP develops Charter One Global
Enterprise Center with support
from the Cleveland Foundation and
Charter One Bank; Tenants include
NorTech, JumpStart and Team NEO.
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PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT
Commission introduces
report cards to track
members’ individual yearto-year progress toward
diversity goals.
Euclid Corridor, Battery Park and
Flats East Bank are among projects
completed or that saw steady progress through CDA efforts.
GCP plays lead role in saving
the Cleveland DFAS office,
retaining 1,100 jobs with
potential to bring as many as
700 new jobs to Cleveland.
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MARKETING AND
COMMUNICATIONS
BENEFITS
Access to Minority Vendors
Annual Inclusion Benchmarking Survey
Business Development Consultation and Services
Employee Benefits
LifeLock® Identity-theft Protection
Our members
Health Insurance
benefits list is always
Workers’ Compensation
evolving, as we
GCP Member e-newsletters
Every Monday
Event Reminders
Investor Alerts
Middle-Market Updates
Advocacy Updates
Election Report
Hot Issues
continue adding
value to your GCP
membership.
Savings Programs
Energy Audits
Natural Gas Purchasing
Group Transportation Services
Commission on Economic Inclusion e-newsletters
GCP Website: CEO and Company Profiles
Free Meeting and Conference Space at GCP
Middle-market Research and Programs
Planning and Estimating Room
Special Discounts
Cleveland Orchestra
Club at Key Center
Great Lakes Science Center
House of Blues
PlayhouseSquare
COSE Update: CEO and Company Profiles
Facebook Messaging (Like us!)
Twitter (Follow us @GCPartnership!)
Our Every Monday e-newsletter keeps you up to date and
informed with stories about GCP priorities, economic
development news and positive happenings in the
Cleveland Plus region.
YMCA Wellness
GCP partners with City of Cleveland
and Cuyahoga County to create the
Grow Cuyahoga Fund; loans used for
small and medium-sized businesses.
Enhanced efforts to keep members
“in the loop” through launch of new
GCP website and members-only
briefings.
CDA continues key role in
Cleveland’s revitalization providing
support to several projects including
Flats East Bank, which wins
demolition approval.
Commission grows membership to
85; makes strides toward becoming
more regional.
GCP launches all-out federal
lobbying that helps ensure NASA
Glenn’s key role in Orion crew
exploration vehicle development.
Work gets underway on first phase of
$100M Battery Park project.
East Fourth Street project, with CDA
funding, moves forward as Corner
Alley Bowling and martini bar opens
on schedule.
$1.5M in CDA New Market Tax
Credits approved for Eveready
Powerhouse restoration.
GCP spearheads business
community input to City of Cleveland
Operations Efficiency Initiative,
identifying key areas for greater
efficiencies and cost savings.
Efforts by GCP, NorTech and
others, lead to $153 million+
in Third Frontier investment
for Northeast Ohio.
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Membership
Benefits
The 2013 Greater Cleveland Middle-Market Forum featured an all-star lineup of business executives and academics.
Panel discussions were moderated by faculty members from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business
(left to right): Dr. Jill Ellingson, Gretchen Goffe, Dr. Thomas Goldsby and Dr. Oded Shenkar.
GREATER CLEVELAND PARTNERSHIP
MIDDLE-MARKET INITIATIVE
market companies are connected to our
regional economic development agenda.
It includes:
The U.S. middle-market — companies with
annual revenues between $10 million and
$1 billion — also is known as “the market
that moves America.” It is composed of
about 195,000 companies, employing
approximately 3 million individuals,
with a collective GDP that ranks it as the
world’s fourth-largest economy, behind
Japan and ahead of Germany. Clearly,
there is a need to better understand these
companies and provide them with the
level of support, attention and advocacy
they need.
• Connecting middle-market companies
with information that can help them
increase their competitiveness;
• Strengthening relationships
among the region’s middle-market
executives;
GCP-supported initiatives provide
more effective career preparation and
opportunities for students at Max
Hayes, E-Prep and Cleveland School
of Science and Medicine.
GCP, NASA Glenn and Ohio
Congressional delegation secure
$63M investment in Plum Brook
Station and $5M State of Ohio grant.
GCP Business Development projects
create more than 700 new jobs,
generate $200M in capital investment
and up to 1.5 million square feet of
real estate development.
GCP works with NASA Glenn
to secure role as a Constellation
Program primary provider.
Commission provides more
comparative metrics for diversity
survey participants.
Timeline
For list of our middle-market events, see
the Sponsorships, Programs and Events
listing on page 3.
• Expanding knowledge about middlemarket research and trends through a
robust online Middle-Market
Knowledge Center; and
GCP’s middle-market initiative focuses on
ensuring that Northeast Ohio’s middle-
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• Providing programming and resources
to help middle-market companies
understand the marketplace and help
them grow their bottom lines.
GCP continues to administer Third
Frontier college internships for
students majoring in science, math,
or engineering.
GCP and business allies help
ensure Ohio tax code’s major
reforms remain intact.
More than $5.5B of catalytic
infrastructure and real estate projects
launched or advanced.
GCP provides manufacturing
company members with joint
membership in MAGNET.
With strong backing
from GCP, Cleveland
Medical Mart project
proposed.
Bonding Prep
program launches.
GCP, in conjunction with BUGC
stakeholders, reaffirms commitment
to delivering major transportation,
infrastructure and aerospace developments totaling more than $1.5B.
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Greater Cleveland
Partnership
Partner Network
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Investing your dues: GCP supports
several external economic
development organizations,
highlighted in bold, with an
investment of more than
$20 million from 2004-2013.
GCP mobilizes business community
response against proposed Card
Check Bill.
Commission receives $1M grant to
execute management of Minority
Business Accelerator 2.5+, which
completes first year with $9M in
revenue growth for MBEs.
GCP Business Development: outreach to more than 150 companies;
68 expansion opportunities that could
generate $350M in capital investment.
GCP plays leadership role in formation of Cleveland Airport System
Business Advisory Committee to help
ensure CLE’s expanded air service
meets business community needs.
GCP helps expedite proposed
Opportunity Corridor project.
GCP forms Mid-Market Involvement
Committee (MMIC) to increase opportunities for mid-sized company
leadership.
Commission annual survey enhanced by incorporating national
benchmark data from DiversityInc.
CDA provides over $12M in investment for downtown and other
neighborhood revitalization projects.
GCP/COSE work with partners to
remove “Healthy Families Act” from
November ballot.
Bonding Prep graduate gets bonded
and lands $3M contract.
$208M Euclid
Corridor Health Line
opens; estimated
$4B in private
development and
improvements.
Local foundations GCP member
companies commit almost $3M
for initial phase of STEM school
construction project.
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Partner
Network
Physical
Development
Advocacy
Cleveland Development Advisors (CDA)
BioEnterprise
...invests in and supports targeted catalytic real estate and
business development projects.
A business formation, recruitment and acceleration
initiative designed to grow health care companies
and commercialize bioscience technologies.
Build Up Greater Cleveland (BUGC)
Build Up Greater Cleveland
A unified, regional collaborative focused on advancing the
health and vitality of our economy through infrastructure,
utility, and public transit investment.
Cleveland Development Advisors
Cleveland Plus Marketing Alliance
City of Cleveland*
Northeast Ohio’s first and only regional marketing
campaign.
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority*
Commission on Economic Inclusion
Cleveland Engineering Society*
COSE
Cuyahoga County*
Great Lakes Metro Chambers Coalition
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority*
JumpStart
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency*
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District*
A nationally recognized nonprofit that seeks to grow
the economic impact of entrepreneurial ventures in
our region.
Ohio Department of Transportation, District 12*
Downtown Cleveland Alliance
Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth
Network (MAGNET)
...is committed to making downtown Cleveland the most
compelling place to live, work, play and visit in the region.
NorTech
L.A.N.D. Studio
Ohio Aviation and Aerospace Council
Neighborhood Progress Inc.
Ohio Metro Chambers Coalition
University Circle, Inc.
Team NEO
*Stakeholders with GCP in BUGC
MEMBERSHIP
EDUCATION
AND WORKFORCE
INCLUSION
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
ADVOCACY
Business development: 88 expansion
opportunities expected to create
more than 1,400 new jobs, $440M in
capital investment and 1.5M square
feet of new real estate development.
Timeline
Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+
generates $63M+ in revenue growth
for MBEs.
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PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT
GCP advocates for State Issue 3,
which passes, approving casinos for
four Ohio cities including Cleveland.
CDA, with a $5.7M investment, helps
initiate and reenergize $270M Flats
East Bank project’s first phase.
GCP/COSE help mobilize opposition
to Employee Free Choice Act;
Congressional action delayed.
GCP and other BUGC stakeholders
help attract over $193M of federal
stimulus funds.
GCP manages capital campaign
to fund renovation of more CMSD
STEM school classrooms.
Commission members spend
with minority businesses tops $2B
nationwide.
GCP, other Ohio metro chambers
and Ohio Chamber of Commerce
collaborate to protect state
funding for internships.
GCP MMIC shapes strategy to
increase mid-sized companies’
participation and identify prospects
for GCP leadership.
GCP advocates for
passage of Issue 6,
which voters approve,
to ensure immediate
reform of Cuyahoga
County government.
Commission hosts
inaugural DPG conference.
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Economic
Development
Inclusion
Advance Northeast Ohio
Advance Northeast Ohio
BioEnterprise
Commission on Economic Inclusion
Cleveland Plus Marketing Alliance
A coalition of more than 100 Northeast Ohio
employers committed to making the region’s
diversity a source of economic strength.
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Commission on Economic Inclusion
JumpStart
Fund for Our Economic Future
Minority Business Development Agency
Business Center Cleveland
GCP Business Development Team
The only federal agency created to support
establishment, growth and global competitiveness
of U.S. minority-owned businesses.
JumpStart
Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth
Network (MAGNET)
MWV Pinnacle Fund
A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping
Northeast Ohio manufacturers compete and grow.
Northeast Ohio Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce
National Center for the Middle Market
Northern Ohio Minority
Supplier Development Council
NorTech
A regional nonprofit, technology-based economic
development organization serving 21 counties in
Northeast Ohio.
The Presidents’ Council
Team NEO
Team NEO
...advances Northeast Ohio’s economy by marketing
the region’s many assets, attracting new businesses
from around the world, building collaboration among
the 18-county region’s economic development
organizations and linking the region to the state’s
JobsOhio program.
GCP and other chambers form
coalition to change state-mandated
teacher seniority rules.
GCP MMIC identifies talent and
workforce as primary areas of focus.
Business development: Over 125
calls on businesses; expected
results include 300+ new jobs, $60M
in capital investment and nearly
400,000 square feet of new real
estate development.
GCP plays key role in advancing
legislation enabling Cleveland
casino and Medical Mart projects
to move forward.
Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+
reports three-year results closing 54
deals valued at $131.6M.
Flats East Bank project breaks
ground. Phase I to be anchored by
GCP-member companies Ernst &
Young and Tucker Ellis & West.
GCP efforts help ensure Issue 1—
renewed funding for Ohio Third
Frontier—goes before voters; $700M
four-year bond issue authorized.
Commission inaugurates Senior Executives Forums to support their role
as change-management leaders.
CDA convenes investors to
provide more than $7.3M of total
support for $43M University
Circle Uptown project.
GCP convenes business working
group to help CMSD improve shortand long-term financial outlook.
GCP plays key role in
advancing key legislation
for Medical Mart;
construction begins.
GCP and nine Ohio metropolitan chambers produce
Redesigning Ohio report, recommending sweeping changes to
help improve Ohio’s economic performance and reduce costs.
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Network
Small
Business
Education
& Workforce
Cleveland-Cuyahoga Workforce Investment
Board Employment Connection
Commission on Economic Inclusion
COSE
Cleveland Plus Marketing Alliance
GCP’s small business partner is one of the largest
regional small business support organizations in
the country with more than 14,000 members.
COSE helps its small business members achieve
their definition of success by…
Cleveland Leadership Center
The premier center in our community for building
and engaging civic leadership capital.
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Connecting them to people, resources and
opportunity
Cleveland School of Science and
Medicine, John Hay Campus
Guiding them to the right resources at the
right time
CMSD MC2STEM Initiative
Educating them and their employees with
valuable knowledge and expertise
Max Hayes TEAM Academy
Global Cleveland
Strengthening their community by advocating
for them on a regional and national level
...focuses on attracting and retaining newcomers and
welcoming and connecting them to opportunities in
Greater Cleveland.
Minority Business Development Agency
Business Center Cleveland
Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education/
Third Frontier Internship Program
Plexus
WIRE-Net
...strengthens manufacturing to create healthy
communities and fuel economic growth.
Timeline
GCP instrumental in formation
of statewide coalition to support
education reform items in state
budget.
GCP MMIC Committee begins
planning first major conference for
middle-market companies.
Air Service Task Force begins
working with Hopkins Airport
leadership to improve airport’s
infrastructure and efficiencies;
business community engagement
begins to help grow Hopkins Hub.
GCP educates and empowers
members to respond to proposed
National Labor Relations Board
rule changes.
Business development: 1455
jobs created, 3444 jobs retained,
2,397,500 square feet in real estate
development and more than $270M
capital investment.
CDA receives $35M in federal tax
credits and $5M in state tax credits
to attract additional public and
private investment capital.
GCP plays key role in education
reform changes adopted or under
consideration by General Assembly.
Group Plan Commission continues
work to develop a new vision for
downtown public spaces and
connectivity.
Five inaugural members inducted
into Commission’s Hall of Fame.
Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+
increases total deals closed to 155,
valued at $148M.
Two projects partly funded by CDA
open: Tudor Arms Double Tree Hotel
and Shoreway Industrial Commerce
Park. Work moves forward on $287M
Westbound I-90 Inner Belt Bridge.
Commission receives
contract to operate new U.S.
Dept. of Commerce minority
business center for Ohio.
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Contacts
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MEMBERSHIP
ADVOCACY
Rob Recker
Senior Vice President, Membership,
Marketing and Communications
[email protected]
216.592.2384
Carol Caruso
Senior Vice President
[email protected]
216.592.2741
Paul Federico
Vice President, Sales and Member Relations
[email protected]
216.592.2368
Steve Baucher
Manager, Investor Development
[email protected]
216.592.2206
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT/
CLEVELAND DEVELOPMENT
ADVISORS
ECONOMIC INCLUSION/MINORITY
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
REAL ESTATE AND
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Deborah Bridwell
Deputy Executive Director
Commission on Economic Inclusion
[email protected]
216.592.2345
EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
Deb Janik
Senior Vice President
[email protected]
216.592.2268
SMALL BUSINESS
Shana Marbury
Vice President and General Counsel
[email protected]
216.592.2249
Sarah Shoaff
Manager, Investor Development
and Sponsorship
[email protected]
216.592.2438
Yvette Ittu
Executive Vice President and CFO
[email protected]
216.592.2363
Steve Millard
President and Executive Director
Council of Smaller Enterprises
[email protected]
216.592.2436
Chris Momon
Coordinator, Investor Development
[email protected]
216.592.2239
GCP “United for the Hub” efforts
mobilize support for Hopkins Hub.
Business development: 3,371 new
jobs, 6,796 jobs retained, more than
$280M in capital investment and
over 1.2 million square feet of new
real estate development.
GCP leads broad coalition to secure
passage of historic education reform
state legislation.
GCP joins alliance to oversee growth
of high-performing CMSD district
and partnering charter schools.
GCP and other metro chambers
update Redesigning Ohio, urging
continuing state budget reforms.
CDA invests more than $33M into
various real estate and business
development projects.
CDA receives $5M in Ohio tax
credits, used to attract additional
public and private investment capital.
GCP and coalition partners craft
“The Cleveland Plan” with
recommendations to reform public
education in the city and secure
broad-based support.
Commission members spend
> $2.7B with MBEs nationwide,
> $450M in-region.
MBDA Business Center-Cleveland
concludes first year with $18M in
contracts, procurement and financial
transactions with 133 jobs created.
GCP holds inaugural Greater
Cleveland Middle-Market
Forum.
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GCP mobilizes business community
to support Cleveland’s first successful
school levy since 1996.
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1-888-OhioComp • A.M. McGregor Home • Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio • Accenture • ADALET, Division of Scott Fetzer • Adcom Group Inc. • Aero-Instruments Co., LLC • Air Enterprises • Air Power
Dynamics, LLC • AirMall USA • AkzoNobel Decorative Paints US • Albert M. Higley Co. • Alco Manufacturing Corporation LLC • Alcoa • Allegro Realty Advisors • Alliance Staffing Solutions • Alloy Bellows & Precision Welding
Inc • Alpha Group • American Commodore Tuxedo of Ohio, Inc. • American Greetings Corp. • American Interiors • American International Group, Inc • American Landmark Properties, Ltd. • Ameritech Advertising Services
• AMPCO System Parking • Amresco LLC • Anderson-DuBose Co. • Andrews Moving & Storage Co. • Apex Paper Box Co. • Apple Growth Partners • ArcelorMittal USA • Ariel Ventures, LLC • Ashtabula Rubber • AssuraMed
Inc. • Aster Elements, Inc. • ASW Global • AT&T Ohio • Atlantic Tool & Die Co. • Atwell, LLC • Audio-Technica U.S.,INC. • Austinwoods Nursing Center • Automatic Data Processing • Avery Dennison • Avtron Holdings,
LLC • BAC Distributing, Inc. • BakerHostetler LLP • BARJAYS,LLC • Battelle • Beacon Journal Publishing Company • Bendix • Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP • Berea Children’s Home & Family Services •
BioEnterprise Corporation • Blue Technologies • BlueBridge Networks • BNY Mellon Wealth Management • Bonfoey Co. • Bonnie Speed Delivery, Inc. • Bradley Bay Health Center • BrandMuscle, Inc. • Bricker & Eckler LLP
• Brilex Industries • Brouse McDowell • Bryant & Stratton College • Burges & Burges Strategists • Burgess & Niple, Inc. • C & K Industrial Services, Inc. • Calfee • Canon Business Solutions • Canterbury Golf Club • Card
Pak, Inc. • Cardinal Rubber Co • Cargill Deicing Technology • Cascade Ohio, Inc • Case Western Reserve University • Catanese Classic Seafoods, Inc. • Cataract Eye Center • Catholic Diocese of Cleveland • Cavitch,
Familo, Durkin • CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann • Center For Dialysis Care • Center for Families & Children • Center Ridge Nursing Home • Central Cadillac • CFC Management, Inc. • CGI Group Inc. • Chamberlain College
of Nursing • Charter One Bank • Chicago Title Insurance Co. • China Centric Associates • Chromaflo Technologies Corp. • Cicerchi Development Company • City Architecture, Inc. • City of Beachwood • City of Bedford
• City of Cleveland Heights • City of Independence • City of Shaker Heights • City of Twinsburg • Ciuni & Panichi, Inc., a C&P Advisors Company • CJR Group, Inc. • Clampco Products, Inc. • Clark-Reliance Corp. • Clear
Channel Outdoor • Clear Channel Radio • Cleveland Browns, Inc. • Cleveland Clinic • Cleveland Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. • Cleveland Foundation • Cleveland Gladiators AFL • Cleveland Housing Network • Cleveland
Indians Baseball Club • Cleveland Institute of Art • Cleveland Institute of Music • Cleveland Job Corps Center • Cleveland Leadership Center • Cleveland Marble Mosaic Co. • Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center
• Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. • Cleveland Metroparks • Cleveland Metropolitan School District • Cleveland Museum of Art • Cleveland Museum of Natural History • Cleveland Play House • Cleveland Public Library •
Cleveland Research Co • Cleveland State University • Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority • Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. • Cligrow & Associates • Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Tarantino & Garofoli Co., L.P.A. • Clinical
Research Management Inc. • Club at Key Center • Codonics, Inc. • Cohen & Company • Coleman Spohn Corp. • Collection Auto Group • Colortone Audio Visual Staging & Rentals • Coltene/Whaledent Inc. • Command
Plastics • Connections in Ohio • Consolidated Graphics Group, Inc. • Cox Business • Crain’s Cleveland Business • Cranwood Manufacturing, LLC • CSA America, Inc. • CT Consultants • Cumberland Development LLC •
Cutting Dynamics, Inc. • Cuyahoga Community College • Cuyahoga County Board of MRDD • CyrusOne • D.O. Summers Co. • D.W. Dickey & Son, Inc • DAF, Inc • Davey Tree Expert Co. • DC Transportation LLC • Dealer
Tire • Deforest Enterprises, Inc. • Deloitte & Touche, LLP • Delta Systems Inc • DeVry University • Dinesol Plastics • Diocese of Steubenville • Discount Drug Mart, Inc. • Dix & Eaton • Dollar Bank • Dominion • Doubletree
Cleveland Downtown/Lakeside • Downtown Cleveland Alliance • Dune Craft, Inc. • Dunlop & Johnston, Inc. • Dutchman Hospitality Group, Inc • Dwellworks • E.L. Mustee & Sons, Inc. • E.O. Cleveland • Early Stage Partners,
LLP • Earnest Machine • Earthlink Business • Eaton • Eberhard Manufacturing Co. • Eco Products, LLC. • Edge Point Capital Advisors • EDM Management • Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County • Electronic
Merchant Systems • Elite Information Services • Eliza Jennings Senior Care Network • Elsons International Inc. • Enterprise Welding & Fab., Inc. • Entrepreneurship Preparatory School (E-Prep) • Equity Trust Company •
Erie County, Ohio • Ernst & Young • Ernst & Young LLP - National • Evant, Inc • Executive Caterers at Landerhaven • Expedient Communications • Eye Care Associates, Inc. • Fabrizi Trucking & Paving Co. Inc. • Fahlgren
Mortine Public Relation • Fairmount Minerals • Falls Communication • Family & Community Services, Inc • Fastener Industries, Inc. • Fasteners for Retail, Inc. • Fedeli Group • Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland • The
Ferchill Group • Ferragon Corp./Ferrous Metal Processing Co. • Ferro Corp. • Fifth Third Bank Northeastern Ohio • Finch Group • Findley Davies, Inc. • First American Title Insurance Company • First Federal of
Lakewood • First Interstate Properties, Ltd. • FirstEnergy Corp. • FirstMerit Bank, N.A. • FIT Technologies • Forest City Enterprises • FormFire • Fortney & Weygandt, Inc. • Franchise Operations Inc. • Frantz Ward LLP •
Fredon Corporation • Fund For Our Economic Future • Fusion Filmworks • G & S Metal Products • Gardiner Trane Co. • Gateway Electric Inc. • Gatto Group, Inc. • GCA Service Group, Inc. • GE Lighting • Geauga Logistics
LLC • Geis Construction • Genesis Plastic Technologies, LLC • Glazen Creative Studios • GLI Pool Products • Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP • Goodrich Corporation • Goodwill Industries of Akron • Grace Hospital • Grant
Thornton, LLP • Graystone Properties • Great Lakes Brewing Company • Great Lakes Construction Co. • Great Lakes Integrated • Great Lakes Petroleum • Great Lakes Textiles Co., Inc. • Greater Cleveland Media
Development Corporation • Green Products, Inc • Group Transportation Services • Growth Capital Corp. • Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP • Hampton Inn-Cleveland Downtown • Harrah’s • Harvest CFO Consulting • Hatch Mott
MacDonald, LLC • Hattie Larlham Center For Children With Disabilities • Health Action Council Ohio • Healthier Products, LLC • Heery International, Inc • Heidrick & Struggles • Heinen’s, Inc. • Hillcrest Food Service • Hinkley
Lighting, Inc. • Hispanic Roundtable of Cleveland • Hissong Group Inc • HKM Direct Market Communications, Inc. • Horizons, Inc. • Horsburgh & Scott • Hospice of the Western Reserve • Hospitality Restaurants, Inc •
Hospitality Restaurants, Inc. • Hospitality Restaurants, Inc. • House of Blues • House of LaRose, Cleveland/Akron, Inc. • Howard Hanna Co. • Howard, Wershbale & Co., CPA’s & Consultants • Hughie’s Audio-Visual • Human
Arc Corporation • Huntington Insurance • Huntington National Bank • HWH Architects Engineers Planners Inc. • Hyatt Regency Cleveland at The Arcade • Hyde Park Restaurant Systems • Hygenic Corporation • Hy-Ko
Products Company • Hyland Software Inc. • Hyndsight Productions • Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc. • iDatix Corporation • IER Industries, Inc. • Immediate Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (IPS) • Indiana Wesleyan
University • InfoGrow Corp. • Inner City Nursing Home dba Fairfax Place • Innogistics, LLC • Integrys Energy Services, Inc. • InterChez Logistics Systems Inc. • InterContinental Hotel • InterDesign, Inc. • International
Management Assistance Corp. • Interstate-Mcbee LLC • Javitch, Block & Rathbone • Jennings Center for Older Adults • Jergens, Inc. • Jewish Family Service Association • Jewish Federation of Cleveland • John Carroll
University • Jones Day • JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. • JumpStart, Inc. • K & M International • K&D • Kaleidoscope Magazine • Kaufman Container Co. • Kent Displays Inc • Kent State University • KeyCorp • Koinonia
Homes, Inc. • KPMG LLP • Kurtz Bros., Inc. • Ladies & Gentlemen • Laird Technologies • Lake Health • Lakeland Community College - The Lakeland Institute for Economic Advancement • Lakewood Country Club, Inc. •
LAND studio • Landau Public Relations • Law Offices of John D. Clunk Co., LPA • Lazorpoint • LeanDog Inc • Leff Electric • Lesic & Camper Communications • Libra Industries Inc • Lincoln College of Technology • Lincoln
Electric Holdings, Inc. • Lindsay Concrete Products Co, Inc • Litigation Management, Inc. • Littler Mendelson • Live Forward LLC • LNB Bancorp, Inc. • Lorain County Community College • Lube Stop, Inc. • Lubrizol Corp.
• Lukjan Metal Products, Inc. • Lutheran Home at Concord Reserve • Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry • MAGNET • Main Sequence Technology, Inc. • Maloney + Novotny, LLC • Manpower • Mar-bal Inc. • Marcus Thomas
LLC • Marous Brothers Construction, Inc. • Materion Corporation • mbi I k2m Architecture, Inc. • McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff, Inc. • McDonald Hopkins LLC • McGladrey • McGowan Consolidated Insurance Holdings
Group Inc. • McKinsey & Co. • MCPC-Technology Products and Solutions • McTech Corporation • Meaden & Moore, LTD. • Medical Mutual • Medical Service Company • MedWish International • Mental Health Services
• Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. • Mercury Machine/Plas-Mac Corporation • Meriam Instrument • Meridian Community Care • Metal Fabricating Corp. • MetroHealth Medical Center • Miceli Dairy Products Co. • Michael
Baker Jr., Inc. • Mid-West Forge Corporation • Mifsud Group • Millcraft Group • Minute Men Staffing Services • Mobil Martin • Mold Masters • Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. • Montefiore Home, Inc • Moody/Nolan,
Inc. • Moreland Group, Inc • Morrison Products, Inc. • MRN Limited Partnership • MTA Investments, Inc. • MTD Products, Inc. • Musical Arts Association • NACCO Industries, Inc. • Nai Daus • NASA Glenn Research Center
• National Enterprise Systems • National Kidney Foundation, Inc. • NCC Solutions, Inc. • Neighborhood Progress, Inc. • Nestle USA, Inc., Prepared Food Division • New Avenues to Independence, Inc. • Neway Stamping
& Manufacturing Co., Inc. • Newcomerstown Progress Corporation • Nexus Academy of Cleveland • NFM Welding Engineers, Inc • Ninesigma, Inc • Nippon Paint (USA), Inc. • Nordson Corporation • Norman Noble, Inc. •
Normandy Manor of Rocky River • NorTech • North East Ohio Health Services • North Ohio Heart Center • Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) • Northeast Ohio Medical University • Northeast Ohio
Regional Sewer District • Northern Haserot • Northern Ohio Printing • Northern Stamping Inc • Notre Dame College • Novidea Healthcare, Inc. • Novogradac & Company LLP • NTH Consultants LLC • Oberlin Farms
Dairymens, Inc. • OEConnection, LLC • OfficeMax, Inc. • Ohio Aluminum Industries, Inc. • Ohio CAT • Ohio Savings Bank • Ohio Wholesale • Ohio.net • Old Trail Printing Company • OM Group, Inc. • OM Partners LLC • One
Restaurant Group LLC • Optima Management Group • Orlando Baking Co. • Osborn Engineering Co. • Osborne, Inc • Oswald Companies • Our Lady of the Wayside • Ozanne Construction Company, Inc. • Packaging
Specialties, Inc. • Pako, Inc. • Panzica Construction Co. • Paramount Distillers, Inc • Park View Federal Savings Bank • Parker Hannifin Corp. • Parkwood
Corporation • Paro Services Corp. • PartsSource, LLC • Patina Solutions • Pearne & Gordon LLP • Perrino Custom Builders • Philips Medical Systems • Pipe Line
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Inc. • PolyOne Corp. • Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur • Positively Cleveland • Powers Business Advisors LLC • Presidents Council • Pressco Technology, Inc. •
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP • Primus Capital Partners, Inc. • Private Ventures Practice Team--Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue • Pro Football Hall of Fame • Project
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and Construction Services, Inc. • Prospect Mold • PS Cleveland Inc. • Pubco Corporation • Quaker City Castings Inc • Quez Media Marketing • Quikey Manufacturing
• R.E. Warner & Associates, Inc. • R.J.G. Enterprises • Recess Creative, LLC • Recovery Resources • Refrigeration Sales Corp. • Regional Reps Corp. • Reminger
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Co., LPA • Republic Alternative Technologies • Research Associates, Inc. • Reserves Network, Inc. • Resources Global Professionals • Revol Wireless • RGH
Enterprises • Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland • RJ Martin Companies • Rock Family of Companies • Rockwell Automation • Roetzel & Andress • Roll-Kraft • Royal
Chemical Company LLC • Royal Plastics, Inc. • RPM International Inc. • S. Rose, Inc. • Saber Healthcare Group LLC • Safe for Home Products LLC • Safeguard
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Properties, Inc. • Safety Controls Technology • Sandridge Food Corporation • Sanson Company • Serpentini Chevrolet • Servisair • Sheraton Airport Hotel • The
Sherwin-Williams Company • Shook Construction • SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts • Sisters of Charity Health System • Skoda Minotti • Sky Light Financial
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Group • Skylight Financial Group • Softchoice Corporation • Solupay • Spero-Smith Investment Advisers, Inc. • Squire Sanders (US) LLP • St. Joseph Care
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Center • Staffing Solutions Enterprises, Inc. • Standby Screw Machine Products Co. • Star Extruded Shapes, Inc • STERIS Corporation • Stern Advertising, Inc.
• STF, Inc. • Strang Corporation • Stride Tool Inc. • Summitville Tiles, Inc • Superior Beverage Group • T & J Fresh Mex, Ltd. • Tazmanian Freight Forwarding Inc. •
TCP, Inc. • Team NEO • Technology Recovery Group, LTD • Tect Power • Terminal Warehouse Inc. • Therm-O-Link • Thompson Hine LLP • thunder::tech • Time
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Warner Cable Business Class • TMG Performance Products • TMW Systems, Inc. • Transtar Industries, Inc. • TRC Environmental Corporation • Tribute, Inc. •
Trumbull Community Action Program • Trust for Public Land •
Tucker, Ellis & West, LLP • Tuki Corp • Turner Construction
Company • U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United
States Coast Guard • UBS Financial Services Inc. • Ullman
Electric • Ulmer & Berne LLP • Union Club - Cleveland • United
Airlines • United Cerebral Palsy Association • United Initiators,
Inc. • United Way of Greater Cleveland • University Circle, Inc. •
University Hospitals • The University of Akron • University of
Phoenix Cleveland Campus • Urban Partnership Bank • US Bank
• US Communications And Electric, Inc. • USM Precision Products,
Inc. • Valtronic Technologies (USA) Inc • Van Auken Akins
Architects LLC • Vantage Financial Group, Inc. • VeggieU •
Vendors Exchange International, Inc. • Veritix • Vertex Computer
Systems, Inc. • Village at Marymount • Vision Service Plan • Visual
Marking Systems • Vitamix Corp. • Vocational Guidance Services
• Vocon Design Inc • Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP • Voss
Industries • VRC Management, Inc. • Walter & Haverfield LLP •
Weatherchem Corporation • Welded Tubes, Inc. • Wells Fargo
Insurance Services of Ohio, LLC • Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co.,
L.P.A. • West Side Deutscher Frauen Verein • Westfield Bank •
Westfield Group • Weston, Inc. • Willoughby Supply Co. Inc. •
Winking Lizard, Inc • WKYC-TV 3 • World Shipping, Inc. • Wrayco
LLC. • Wright Tool Co. • WVIZ/PBS & WCPN Ideastream •
Wyndham Cleveland Hotel At PlayhouseSquare • YMCA of Greater
Cleveland • Zaremba Management Co. • Ziegler Metzger LLP •
ZIN Technologies Inc. •
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