The Plus Partners
The Greater Cleveland Partnership:
The Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP) is a membership-based association of companies in Northeast Ohio, with approximately 17,000 members. GCP is the largest private-sector economic development organization in Ohio and one of the largest metropolitan chambers of commerce in the nation. GCP’s organizational core includes a small-business division, the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) a one-stop resource for our approximately 16,000 small-business member companies.
The Greater Cleveland Partnership was created in March 2004 by the consolidation of Cleveland Tomorrow, the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, the Greater Cleveland Roundtable and their primary affiliates—COSE, the Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition (NorTech), and the Commission on Economic Inclusion.
Greater Cleveland Partnership: www.gcpartnership.com
Positively Cleveland:
Positively Cleveland is an award-winning, DMAI-accredited destination marketing organization. The organization works closely with area hotels, restaurants and attractions to promote Greater Cleveland and all of Northeast Ohio as a leading destination in the Midwest.
Positively Cleveland also attracts leisure and group travel, as well as meetings, conventions and trade shows. The organization aggressively markets and advertises to surrounding areas such as Detroit, Columbus and Pittsburgh, as well as fly-in markets such as Baltimore and Nashville, helping to drive nearly 14 million visitors to the region each year. The tourism industry contributes more than $3.9 billion to the region’s economy and employs 65,000 residents.
Positively Cleveland: www.positivelycleveland.com and www.clevelandmeetings.com
Team NEO:
Team NEO advances Northeast Ohio’s economy by attracting businesses worldwide to the 16-county Cleveland Plus region. The organization is a joint venture of the region's largest metro chambers of commerce. Since 2007, the organization has attracted 25 new companies, 3,000 new jobs and approximately $95 million in annual payroll to Northeast Ohio, leading to a total regional annual impact of $175 million.
Team NEO acts as the regional catalyst to understand the needs of the key industries of the region and develop public-private partnerships to provide solutions to address them. Through this role, Team NEO serves as the first point of contact for businesses in targeted industries that are seeking to locate or expand in Northeast Ohio.
Team NEO: www.clevelandplusbusiness.com
The Fund for Our Economic Future:
The Fund for Our Economic Future is an informal collaboration of philanthropic organizations and individuals that have united to strengthen the economic competitiveness of Northeast Ohio through grantmaking, research and civic engagement. With the input of more than 20,000 residents, the Fund created the region’s economic development action plan, called Advance Northeast Ohio, which you can view on this Web site by clicking here.
The Fund's members have raised more than $60 million and the majority of its charitable grantmaking by its members has gone to regional economic development organizations that work to start, accelerate, attract, and grow companies in the region.
The Fund for Our Economic Future: www.futurefundneo.com
Special Thanks to Our Major Funders
Platinum Plus Contributors:
Medical Mutual of Ohio*
PNC*
Gold Plus Contributors:
Eaton
Forest City*
George Gund Foundation*
KeyCorp*
Parker Hannifin*
Timken*
Silver Plus Contributors:
Cleveland Clinic*
The Cleveland Foundation*
Ernst & Young*
The Sherwin-Williams Company*
Squire Sanders & Dempsey*
University Hospitals*
Westfield Insurance*
Bronze Plus Contributors:
AultCare*
Aultman Health Foundation*
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Museum of Art*
GE Consumer & Industrial
Hyland Software
Lubrizol*
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Time Warner Cable
U.S. Bank
Copper Plus Contributors:
1-888-OHIOCOMP
Cleveland Browns
Cohen & Company
Dealer Tire
Mercy Medical*
Minute Men Staffing
Ozanne Construction
Reminger Foundation
Roetzel & Andress
Tucker, Ellis & West
*Designates Founding Funder