At a Glance 2019 the Greater Cleveland Partnership Our Mission
AT A GLANCE 2019 THE GREATER CLEVELAND PARTNERSHIP OUR MISSION As part of the strategic plan, Forward CLE, the Greater Cleveland Partnership’s mission is to mobilize private-sector leadership, expertise and resources to create attractive business conditions that create jobs, grow investment and improve the economic prosperity of the region. This work is supported by an integrated public policy agenda and a commitment to diversity and inclusion in each initiative. forwardCLE History Budget, Initiatives, 2018–2021 Strategic Plan • Nearly 15 years old, Governance & Footprint GCP completed a new • Improving skill sets to meet the Greater Cleveland • GCP supports both strategic plan, forwardCLE, the talent demands of Partnership is the result typical chamber activities in 2018, and launched a our core and/or growing of a merger between (membership and campaign among board industries (manufacturing, Cleveland Tomorrow, the advocacy) along with members to support new health care, information Greater Cleveland Growth novel programs in inclusion initiatives while continuing to technology) Association and the Greater (Commission on Economic support normal programming Cleveland Roundtable. Inclusion) and real estate through membership dues. • Expanding the commitment (Cleveland Development The plan’s core themes to diversity and inclusion • GCP and its predecessors Advisors, Inc.) include: across all activities created JumpStart, MAGNET, BioEnterprise • Budget: $15M a year for • A new strategy • Focusing on mobility and Team NEO. core activities driving innovation and and place-based commercialization in development (Opportunity • GCP is also a charter • Staff: 72 people Greater Cleveland Corridor, MetroHealth member of the Fund for Corridor, Aerozone, etc.) our Economic Future. • Includes Cuyahoga, Lake, • An expanded Business Geauga, Lorain and Medina Development program Counties—the fastest focused on helping existing growing GDP in the state employers expand (likely in 2017 to represent 20% of the region’s employment growth) GET INVOLVED.
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