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Northeast Ohio continues growth in high-tech industries
Friday, July 30, 2010
The Northeast Ohio High-Tech Economy Brief sites that high-tech industries are adding jobs to the economy with a higher annual average wage than non high-tech industries. The jobs include both technology and non-technology workers.
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Midwest health care startups raise $412M in first half of 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Midwest health care startups reported $412 million in total investments across 75 companies in the first half of 2010, according to the BioEnterprise Midwest Health Care Venture Investment Report released earlier this week.
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Cleveland named as a "best city" for new college grads
Monday, July 26, 2010
Northeast Ohio is one of the best places for new college grads, and the experts at Bloomberg/BusinessWeek just highlighted that fact. In the publication’s latest list of “Best Cities for New College Grads,” Cleveland ranked 17th, up 11 spots from its 2009 ranking.
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Commission on Economic Inclusion receives two grants totalling $1.15M to continue progress in MBE development
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Commission on Economic Inclusion has been awarded two grants totalling $1.15 million to support the Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+ initiative and to help launch an access-to-capital fund for Northeast Ohio minority business enterprises (MBEs).
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Business leaders say Cleveland schools need change now, declare support for Academic Transformation Plan
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
A group of Cleveland’s leading business executives voted today to publicly declare support for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s (CMSD) Academic Transformation Plan.
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Commission on Economic Inclusion announces Best-in-Class winners
Thursday, May 13, 2010
The Commission on Economic Inclusion, a coalition of more than 100 Northeast Ohio employers committed to making the region's diversity a source of economic strength, honored its 2009 "Best in Class" member organizations for their progress in building and maintaining diverse and inclusive organizations at its Annual Meeting held May 12 at Corporate College East in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.
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Cleveland Plus region well-positioned for "Cleantech" economy
Monday, May 10, 2010
Northeast Ohio is well-positioned for the next generation of energy products, known as “Cleantech” says Team NEO in a report issued today.
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GCP comments on announced Continental-United merger
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
The Greater Cleveland Partnership continues to follow closely the Continental-United merger developments. We have established a good working relationship with Continental Airlines CEO Jeffrey Smisek, who would be the chief executive of a merged United-Continental airline.
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Dan Berry to remain at MAGNET as president and CEO
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The Board of Directors of MAGNET, the Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network, today announced that Dan Berry has accepted their offer to become the full-time president and chief executive officer of MAGNET.
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MBAccelerator company lands $3.7 million subcontract with VA Medical Center project
Monday, April 05, 2010
Price Builders & Developers, a Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+ portfolio company, has landed a $3.7 million subcontract for a 2,080-car parking garage to be built on East 105th Street near the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center.
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GCP Board votes at Annual Meeting to support passage of State Issue 1
Thursday, March 11, 2010
The Greater Cleveland Partnership Board of Directors unanimously endorsed a resolution to support of passage of State Issue 1, Jobs for Ohioans, the ballot issue that would renew bonding authority for the Ohio Third Frontier (OTF) technology development program.
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Significant changes, emerging opportunities: GCP outlines 2010 priorities at Annual Meeting
Thursday, March 04, 2010
About 500 people attended the Greater Cleveland Partnership’s Annual Meeting, held today at the Cleveland Museum of Art, where the business community outlined its priorities for 2010.
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MBAccelerator2.5+ company secures $400K subcontract with Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Raymond Jackson Enterprises (RJE), a Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+ portfolio company based in Akron, has secured a $400,000 subcontract with Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority's Washington Area Rehabilitation Project.
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New developments in place to move county government transition effort forward
Thursday, January 28, 2010
A newly announced goal for reforming Cuyahoga County government is to cut spending by 15 percent and invest $50 million of the resulting annual savings into local job creation efforts.
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Venture capital investment in 183 Cleveland Plus™ region companies tops $1 billion over past 5 years
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The 2009 Venture Capital Report for the Cleveland Plus Region announces that between 2005 and 2009, $1.1 billion has been invested by venture capitalists and angel investors in 183 unique companies in the region.
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Team NEO report indicates diversifying industries positively impacting Cleveland Plus™ region's economy
Monday, January 18, 2010
Northeast Ohio is trending closer to the U.S. in this current recession than in the 1981 recession, according to the most recent edition of Team NEO’s quarterly Cleveland Plus® Economic Review released today.
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Cleveland Orchestra, City of Cleveland, in cooperation with GCP, announce winners of 2010 Dr. M.L. King Jr. Community Service Award
Friday, January 15, 2010
The Cleveland Orchestra and the City of Cleveland, in cooperation with the Greater Cleveland Partnership, today announced the recipients of the 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award.
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Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+ exceeds deal-value expectations
Friday, January 08, 2010
The Minority Business Accelerator 2.5+, an initiative of the Commission on Economic Inclusion, has exceeded expectations for the amount of deals closed since the first deal was announced in April 2008.