Cleveland, Ohio
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Cleveland is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the U.S. state of Ohio. The municipality is located on the southern shore of Lake Erie, in the Western Reserve in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River, approximately 60 miles (100 km) west of the Pennsylvania border. It was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the river, and became a manufacturing center owing to its location at the head of numerous canals and railroad lines. With the decline of heavy manufacturing, Cleveland's businesses have diversified into the service economy, including the financial services, insurance, and healthcare sectors.
As of the 2000 Census, the city proper had a total population of 478,403, making it the 33rd largest city in the nation and the second largest city in Ohio. Recent estimates from the United States Census Bureau show it to currently be the 36th largest in the nation.
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The local economy
Cleveland is the corporate headquarters of many large companies such as National City Corporation, Eaton Corporation, Forest City Enterprises, Sherwin-Williams Company, and KeyCorp. NASA maintains a facility in Cleveland, the Glenn Research Center. Jones Day, one of the largest law firms in the world, traces its origins to Cleveland, and its Cleveland office remains the firm's largest.
Cleveland has also become a world leader in health care and health sciences. The world-famous Cleveland Clinic, the area's largest employer, is one of the highest-ranked hospitals in the United States as tabulated by U.S. News and World Report. Cleveland's healthcare industry also includes University Hospitals of Cleveland, a noted competitor of the Clinic's which is ranked #18 in cancer research, and MetroHealth medical center.
Cleveland is emerging as a leader in biotechnology and fuel cell research, led by Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic, and University Hospitals of Cleveland. Cleveland is now one of the top areas in receiving seed money for biotech start-ups and research. Case Western Reserve, the Clinic, and University Hospitals have recently announced plans to build a large biotechnology research center and incubator on the site of the former Mt. Sinai Medical Center, creating a research campus to stimulate biotech startup companies that can be spun off from research conducted in the city.
Source - Wikipedia: Cleveland, Ohio
Recent Cleveland business news
News headlines via: Topix.net
- ABBA, Jimmy Cliff Among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
- ABBA, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, The Hollies and the Stooges will become the latest inductees in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, officials said.
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- The Cleveland Browns continue to revamp their organization, as they today announced the hiring of Jim Ross as senior vice president-business development.
- North Point Office Building and Tower
- When first proposed by Joseph Cole, the owner of Cleveland's afternoon newspaper, The Cleveland Press, in 1979, North Point was to become a significant new development marking the northern end of Cleveland's business and financial corridor along East Ninth Street.
- The Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building
- Two historic structures from Cleveland's past had to give way in the 1960s to the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building.
- Cleveland's Erieview Tower
- Whether you call it Erieview Tower, or the Tower at Erieview, or Erieview Plaza Tower or simply 100 Erieview, this 40-story modernist slab, designed by the architectural firm of Harrison & Abramovitz, dominated Cleveland's financial district for more than 20 years.
- Betty White is 'Hot in Cleveland'
- Betty White is 'Hot in Cleveland' March 17, 2010 -- Betty White is hot right now.
- Cleveland loan program helping turn vacant property into productive space
- Steve Pickett, project manager for First Interstate Properties, walks through a former factory building at the old White Motor Corp.
- Judge allowed reporter to see Sowell psych evaluation
- An Ohio judge has learned that a colleague allowed a newspaper reporter to see a psychiatric evaluation on a Cleveland man accused of killing 11 women.
See also
External links
- Official website
- Cleveland business Chamber of Commerce
