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SMART MEETINGS CLEVELAND NAMED CLEVELAND WAS VOTED makes ONE OF THE The No.1 BEST CITY TO 15 GREAT GO CAR-FREE MEETING CITIES IN USA TODAY’S the List 10 BEST READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS CLEVELAND IS ONE OF THE 5 GREAT CITIES FOR MEDICAL MEETINGS BY SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS

CLEVELAND SMART MEETINGS WAS NAMED ONE OF NAMED CLEVELAND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER THE TOP 10 MOST ONE OF THE NAMED CLEVELAND TO ITS INNOVATIVE CITIES 10 BEST CITIES FOR BY CNN BUSINESS TRAVEL 2018 BEST OF THE WORLD LIST No. 4 on USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice for Best Beer Scene was named one of the 21 MUST-SEE TRAVEL + LEISURE READERS CHOSE ART MUSEUMS CLEVELAND AS ONE OF IN AMERICA by FODOR’S TRAVEL AMERICA’S MOST UNDERRATED CITIES

COVER: AERIAL AGENTS; ROCK HALL, CAR-FREE, ART MUSEUM & BEST OF THE WORLD: CODY YORK; 2 ThisisCleveland.com SMART MEETINGS: DESTINATION CLEVELAND; BEER SCENE: COLLISION BEND Health-Tech/ High-Tech INDUSTRIES

BUILDING ON A RICH MANUFACTURING HERITAGE, WORLD-CLASS HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY AND VIBRANT ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE, CLEVELAND IS A RICH HUB FOR INNOVATION.

CLEVELAND SKYLINE: AERIAL AGENTS; ; NASA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS; MANUFACTURING: TIMKEN 3 CLEVELAND’S 21ST CENTURY eco- Technology nomic and employment environment The Global Center for Health In- builds on the city’s rich industrial and novation in Cleveland brings world entrepreneurial heritage. It’s now the health care leaders together to develop 16th largest U.S. economic region with solutions to high-priority issues. Major $236 billion in gross regional product. collaborators include: Healthcare There are 109,000 diverse companies, Information & Management Systems many of which have a health-tech or Society, Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth, high-tech focus. University Hospitals, Siemens, Ac- centure Healthcare, GE Healthcare, Health Care Advanced Manufacturing Cardinal Health and Steris. Cleveland’s health care industry Cleveland’s manufacturing past In 2018, Cleveland became the third is as strong as ever. The city has the started with John D. Rockefeller found- American city, following Silicon Valley most concentrated area of hospitals ing Standard Oil of in 1870. That and New York, to become a home for and medical research centers in the success has continued to be present Plug and Play. The digital health innova- nation. Cleveland Clinic and University in Cleveland, but has evolved in recent tion accelerator is now part of the Global Hospitals alone are the city’s largest years to occupy other sectors, including Center. employers with a combined workforce advanced manufacturing. In addition, The Medical Capital of more than 46,000. Cleveland Clinic’s It has been so successful that 16,939 initiative is a Cleveland collaboration main campus is essentially a city within jobs were added between 2010 and 2012. of the area’s medical, educational, civic itself, requiring its own zip code, and its The industry has also seen a 92 percent and private organizations. BioEnterprise physical expansion shows no signs of increase in manufacturing productivity is an initiative that promotes the slowing down. from 1990 to 2015. The value of exports biomedical and health care industry in In particular, Cleveland Clinic is during 2014 from the region’s 18 coun- . capitalizing on IBM’s latest development, ties rings in at $29 billion, with the largest Having such a wealth of knowledge IBM Watson Health. It is a cognitive sys- manufacturing export sectors being and opportunity in one location, tem enabling a new partnership between Transportation Equipment, Chemical Cleveland attracts the best in interna- people and computers as health care Engineering, Chemical Manufacturing tional health care professionals and becomes more technology-dependent. and Primary-Metal Manufacturing. researchers.

UNIVERSITY CIRCLE/UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: AERIAL AGENTS; GLOBAL CENTER: CODY YORK; TIMKEN 4 ThisisCleveland.com Health-Tech/High-Tech BY THE NUMBERS 16TH LARGEST U.S. ECONOMIC REGION #1 CONCENTRATED AREA WITH $236 BILLION OF HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTERS IN GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCT IN THE NATION 109,000 Business DIVERSE COMPANIES, Friendly MANY WITH HEALTH- COMPANIES THAT ARE SEEING SUCCESS IN CLEVELAND Did You TECH/HIGH-TECH FOCUS HEALTH CARE Know? + BIOMED 46,000 Cleveland Clinic Nottingham Spirk, University Hospitals an open innovation COMBINED BioEnterprise and product developer in Cleveland, WORKFORCE GE Healthcare Philips brokered AT CLEVELAND CLINIC AND UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS options Steris between two of its clients, AEROSPACE Dirt Devil and Procter & + AVIATION Gamble, to create Arconic the Swiffer Sweep + Eaton Vac, the largest selling GrafTech International vacuum of all time. No. 34 ATTRACTED BY HEALTH CLEVELAND'S RANKING Lockheed Martin Troy-Bilt FLEX, a CARE AND BIOSCIENCE ON A LIST OF THE 50 NASA Glenn multifunction IT ENTREPRENEURS MOST ENTREPRENEUR- The Timken Co. yard care SINCE 2001 FRIENDLY CITIES IN system, is THE WORLD, AHEAD MANUFACTURING part of a line OF DENVER, SALT LAKE + INNOVATION of products by MTD, CITY AND ATLANTA ArcelorMittal headquartered Diebold in Northeast Ohio. GE Lighting 700 BIOMEDICAL Goodyear Fitbit, the $4 billion Nestlé USA company that made wearable COMPANIES Parker Hannifin tech cool, was MAKE UP A $5.6 BILLION SECTOR PolyOne hatched in OF NORTHEAST OHIO’S GROSS Sherwin-Williams California by REGIONAL PRODUCT (GRP) Shurtech a Cleveland native. But Swagelok Cleveland Clinic gave the product a giant IT boost when it became BrandMuscle an accepted device for HIMSS the Cleveland Clinic HEALTH-TECH CORRIDOR Healthy Choice Portal HOUSING MORE THAN 170 BIOMEDICAL, Hyland Software that strives to keep its HEALTH CARE AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES Plug and Play employees fit.

5 DOWNTOWN’S MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR MAKEOVER CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE, ALL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF 5,000 HOTEL ROOMS AND THE HUNTINGTON CONVENTION CENTER OF CLEVELAND.

EAST FOURTH STREET, RNC WELCOME EVENT, CONVENTION CENTER, CASINO, ROTUNDA, ROCK HALL: CODY YORK; WALNUT: LARRY E. HIGHBAUGH JR.; LUMEN: 6 ThisisCleveland.com On the Rise Downtown, the evidence of Cleve- BY THE land’s economic renaissance can be seen in the $8 billion in investments NUMBERS spent here since 2012, including a reinvented Public Square unveiled in the summer of 2016 and expanding development on the shore of $8 BILLION and the banks of the . INVESTMENT IN Downtown Developments 129 ANNOUNCED OR Downtown is growing stronger every COMPLETED quarter, attracting more residents and businesses that support the city center. DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 2012 From 2010 to 2016, Downtown saw a 40 percent population increase and an expected 20,000 residents will call $140 MILLION Downtown home by 2020. QUICKEN LOANS ARENA RENOVATION TO COMPETE FOR The Cleveland Athletic Club: The NATIONAL EVENTS former CAC building will house new “members” when it opens 166 apart- ment homes, along with 8,000 square A RECORD feet of retail. 18.5 MILLION Residences at : K&D Group’s Residences at Terminal Tower VISITORS project includes 300 units in Public TRAVELED TO CUYAHOGA Square. COUNTY IN 2017 May Company: Bedrock Cleveland’s May Company renovation will result in 240 units, along with dedicated park- 20,000 ing, retail and entertainment space. DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS Lumen: Gilbane Building Co. broke BY 2020 ground on the 34-story Playhouse Square Lumen building, adding a modern glass highlight to the Cleve- 27 land skyline. It includes 318 units, open by summer 2020, along with 20,000 ACCREDITED square feet of amenities. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Flats East Bank Phase III: Plans for the next phase of the popular entertain- ment and residential district include a 21 FORTUNE movie theater, street-level retail and up to 100 additional residences. 1000 COMPANIES ARE LOCATED Down to Business IN NORTHEAST OHIO Not only is the residential sector expanding, businesses are moving into some of Downtown’s historical 2 MILLION renovation projects and taking up SKILLED LABOR FORCE occupancy in the city center. Last WITHIN 45-MINUTE year, the NRP Group stationed 116 COMMUTE IN INDUSTRIES employees in the Halle Building, and INCLUDING BIOMEDIAL AND Electronic Merchant Systems brought MANUFACTURING. THAT 180 people into a 45,000-square-foot TRANSLATES INTO A BUILT-IN office space on Huron Road. ATTENDEE BASE.

7 Transformation at the Q Quicken Loans Arena ranks No. 11 in the country for concert ticket sales, and a $140-million upgrade will modernize Water Works the 23-year-old building. Renovations The new Edgewater Beach House include adding a glass exterior, public connects city and sand, where guests gathering spaces and more dining can enjoy 360-degree views of Down- options to enhance the fan experience. town along with a seasonal, full-service The reimagined Q will be complete bar and made-to-order beachside fare. before the 2019-2020 NBA season, and The Centennial Plaza provides versatile will position the city to compete for space for socializing and special more national events. events.

FLATS EAST BANK: DESTINATION CLEVELAND; SKYLINE: AERIAL AGENTS; PUBLIC SQUARE, BEACH HOUSE & HILTON: CODY YORK; ARENA: QUICKEN LOANS ARENA 8 ThisisCleveland.com CLEVELAND'S VAST OFFERING OF Hallmark FLEXIBLE MEETING SPACES CAN venues HOST A WIDE RANGE OF EVENTS.

THE PLACE CAN HUNTINGTON CONVENTION CENTER OF CLEVELAND make or break any + GLOBAL CENTER FOR HEALTH INNOVATION meeting. Cleveland offers an array of attractive, easy-to- 1 MILLION SQ FT CONVENTION CENTER CAMPUS navigate options that CONNECTS TO PUBLIC AUDITORIUM, HILTON CLEVELAND DOWNTOWN AND OUTDOOR MALL SPACE work for everyone — a few people, a few hundred or 400,000 SQ FT 225,000 SQ FT a few thousand. OF PRIME MEETING OF CLASS A EXHIBIT COLUMN-FREE Whether you want a AND EVENT SPACE SPACE, DIVISIBLE INTO GRAND BALLROOM beachfront location 3 EXHIBITION HALLS with a side of sunsets and cocktails or 15,000 DEVICES CAPABLE #4 CONVENTION flexible indoor rooms MEETING OF CONNECTING CENTER minutes away from SIMULTANEOUSLY IN HIGHLY WALKABLE PLACES the ROOMS BY PCMA CONVENE MAGAZINE Hall of Fame, the city’s spaces have got I-X CENTER you covered. 9TH LARGEST 1.2 MILLION 7,200 CONVENTION SQuare FeeT ON-SITE CENTER OF FLEXIBLE PARKING SPACES IN NORTH AMERICA MEETING MEETING SPACE ROOMS FOR ATTENDEES

CONVENTION CENTER & PUBLIC AUDITORIUM: CODY YORK; OUTDOOR MALL: AERIAL AGENTS; I-X CENTER 9 A THRIVING DOWNTOWN PROVIDES with a VISITORS WITH 18 HOTELS AND NEARLY 5,000 ROOMS.

Crowne Plaza Cleveland at Playhouse Square Rooms: 170 rooms and 33 suites Meeting Space: 9 meeting rooms totaling 13,079 sq ft largest meeting room size: 5,112 sq ft Hilton Cleveland Downtown Proximity to CC: 15-minute walk Rooms: 563 rooms and DoubleTree by Hilton Cleveland 37 suites Downtown Lakeside Hampton Inn Meeting Space: 20 meeting rooms Rooms: 374 rooms and 5 suites Cleveland Downtown totaling 50,000 sq ft Meeting Space: 10 meeting rooms Rooms: 185 rooms and 9 suites largest meeting room size: 20,825 sq ft totaling 10,347 sq ft Meeting Space: 1 meeting room Proximity to CC: Connected largest meeting room size: 5,643 sq ft largest meeting room size: 600 sq ft Proximity to CC: 5-minute walk Proximity to CC: 5-minute walk Renaissance Cleveland Hotel Rooms: 441 rooms and Hyatt Regency Cleveland at Drury Plaza Hotel 50 suites The Arcade Downtown Cleveland Meeting Space: 34 meeting rooms Rooms: 269 rooms and 24 suites Rooms: 170 rooms and 19 suites totaling 64,734 sq ft Meeting Space: 15 meeting rooms Meeting Space: 3 meeting rooms largest meeting room size: 22,590 sq ft totaling 14,100 sq ft totaling 3,992 sq ft Proximity to CC: 5-minute walk largest meeting room size: 7,000 sq ft largest meeting room size: 2,458 sq ft Proximity to CC: 5-minute walk Proximity to CC: 5-minute walk The Westin Cleveland Downtown Rooms: 446 rooms and 38 suites Hilton Garden Inn Residence Inn by Marriott Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Downtown Meeting Space: 19 meeting rooms totaling 20,130 sq ft Rooms: 232 rooms and 8 suites Rooms: 175 suites largest meeting room size: 9,050 sq ft Meeting Space: 14 meeting rooms Meeting Space: 3 meeting rooms totaling 17,058 sq ft totaling 3,086 sq ft Proximity to CC: 5-minute walk largest meeting room size: 5,430 sq ft largest meeting room size: 1,680 sq ft Cleveland Marriott Proximity to CC: 15-minute walk Proximity to CC: 10-minute walk Downtown at Key Center Rooms: 385 rooms and The Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland The Metropolitan Hotel at The 9 15 suites Rooms: 178 rooms and 28 suites Rooms: 98 rooms and 58 suites Meeting Space: 16 meeting rooms Meeting Space: 9 meeting rooms Meeting Space: 32 meeting rooms totaling 17,000 sq ft totaling 19,000 sq ft totaling 20,955 sq ft largest meeting room size: 9,746 sq ft largest meeting room size: 7,565 sq ft largest meeting room size: 5,122 sq ft Proximity to CC: 5-minute walk Proximity to CC: 10-minute walk Proximity to CC: 10-minute walk

CODY YORK 10 ThisisCleveland.com CC = Convention Center 600 ROOMS BY THE CONNECTED TO THE NUMBERS HUNTINGTON CONVENTION CENTER OF CLEVELAND DOWNTOWN HOTEL MEETING SPACES UP TO 60,000 SQ FT

NEARLY 5,000 HOTEL ROOMS IN 18 DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND HOTELS

Aloft Cleveland Downtown Rooms: 150 rooms Meeting Space: 4 meeting rooms totaling 3,630 sq ft largest meeting room size: 3,130 sq ft ALL DOWNTOWN HOTELS Proximity to CC: 10-minute walk WITHIN A 15-MINUTE WALK OF THE HUNTINGTON Comfort Inn Downtown CONVENTION CENTER OF CLEVELAND Rooms: 139 rooms and 6 suites Meeting Space: 1 meeting room largest meeting room size: 1,536 sq ft Proximity to CC: 15-minute walk

Radisson Hotel Cleveland Gateway Rooms: 137 rooms and 5 suites Meeting Space: 10 meeting rooms 3,000 totaling 5,400 sq ft largest meeting room size: 1,800 sq ft HOTEL ROOMS HOTEL ROOMS Proximity to CC: 10-minute walk WITHIN 5-MILE RADIUS OF IN THE NORTHEAST CLE HOPKINS AIRPORT OHIO REGION Holiday Inn Express Hotel & AND I-X CENTER Suites Cleveland Downtown Rooms: 129 rooms and 12 suites Proximity to CC: 10-minute walk

Kimpton Schofield Rooms: 116 rooms and 6 suites 29 NEW HOTEL Meeting Space: 2 meeting rooms totaling 3,800 sq ft PROPERTIES largest meeting room size: 3,000 sq ft ARE PROPOSED AND/OR UNDER Proximity to CC: 10-minute walk DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEAST OHIO

PHOTO TOP: SCOTT MEIVOGEL; PHOTO BOTTOM: CODY YORK 11 CLEVELAND IS A CITY WITH WORLD-CLASS Entertainment EXPERIENCES WITHOUT THE WORLD-CLASS EGO. A PLACE THAT INVITES PEOPLE TO COME EPICENTER AS THEY ARE. AND FOR THAT, YOU’RE WELCOME.

A VISIT TO CLEVELAND is full of pos- sibilities. Whether you are looking for highly ranked museums, restaurants owned by award-winning chefs or waterfront activities, this city has it all. And then some. Steps away The Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland’s proximity to Down- town’s hotels, restaurants, retail, green spaces and more encourages visitors to explore by foot. In Downtown Cleve- First-tier assets land, everything is within reach. “From East Bank to Play- “We punch above our weight class,” house Square to FirstEnergy Stadium says Marinucci. “Our array of assets, and , the compactness culinary, cultural and others, really here creates energy and opportunities puts us on par with a city like Chicago. for conversations,” says Michael Burns, People are surprised and amazed by senior vice president of convention what they find here in Northeast Ohio.” sales and services at Destination Set the scene Cleveland. Wow your guests with an unforget- Everything within reach table event held at one of Cleveland’s “Cleveland is a community rich with many unique venues. Art buffs, music amenities and attractions that visitors lovers, sports fanatics and more will will find remarkable given the size of revel at the opportunity to explore and the community,” says Joe Marinucci, enjoy captivating spaces during your president and CEO of the Downtown meeting or event. Cleveland Alliance. “You can stay at - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a downtown hotel and walk to three - professional sports venues.” - House of Blues Cleveland A walk down Euclid Avenue will - Playhouse Square welcome you to the renovated and - at Nautica inviting Public Square, complete with - FirstEnergy Powerhouse a splash pad, walking paths, planting - Progressive Field benches and a restaurant. The space - FirstEnergy Stadium frequently puts on free yoga sessions, - The Rotunda at The 9 live music and large events. - Edgewater Park

CODY YORK 12 ThisisCleveland.com CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART; ALL OTHER PHOTOS: CODY YORK 13 OUR CULINARY SCENE IS A REFLECTION OF ITS ENTREPRENEURIAL CHEF- OWNERS WHO ARE INTRODUCING ETHNIC, CREATIVE CONCEPTS.

BY THE NUMBERS 30+ CRAFT FROM CLEVELAND-STYLE barbecue at Michael Symon’s Mabel’s BBQ Did You on booming East Fourth Street to BREWERIES brews and hipster hot dogs with wild LOCATED IN THE toppings at Happy Dog, the culinary Know? CLEVELAND AREA scene here is creative, chef-driven and “With a name like winning recognition across the globe. Smuckers, it has The city ranked seventh as one of to be good,” one 200+ EATERIES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE Time’s “America’s Best Food Cities” in of America’s most recognizable slogans, OF HOTELS AND HUNTINGTON 2015, before foodie capitals like Port- was created in 1962 by CONVENTION CENTER OF land, Oregon, (No. 8) and San Francisco Wyse Advertising of CLEVELAND (No. 19) — even New York City (No. 10). Cleveland for The J.M. While the numbers are nice, what’s Smucker Co. better is getting a real taste for Cleve- Clevelanders are land’s culinary story by visiting any of proud of Nestle’s its 80-plus independent restaurants. Stouffer’s and Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine NEW DOWNTOWN DINING On the Menu brands, which has a LOCATIONS SINCE 2017 Downtown is home to more than distribution center 200 eateries, most of which are locally in Solon. In 1922, Abraham and Mahala MORE THAN owned and operated as well as within Stouffer opened a walking distance of hotels and the small restaurant in 50 FOOD TRUCKS Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland. ROAMING THE STREETS OF Cleveland. A few new spots to check NORTHEAST OHIO out include: Headquartered in Olmsted Township, Il Venetian the Vitamix company Marble Room Steaks and Raw Bar has been family owned 117 ETHNIC Puente Viejo since 1921. William G. Barnard introduced the GROUPS Sausalito on Ninth first basic blender to Turn Bar + Kitchen awed housewives and SPEAKING MORE THAN Zanzibar health fanatics in 1937. 60 LANGUAGES PIEROGI, MABEL’S BBQ & BREWNUTS: CODY YORK; BEER & HAPPY DOG: DESTINATION CLEVELAND 14 ThisisCleveland.com Getting to and around MULTIPLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS, CLEVELAND HOPKINS AND BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORTS, PLUS RAPID TRANSIT AND BUS ROUTES MAKE BY THE GETTING AROUND EASY. ONCE YOU ARE NUMBERS HERE, YOU CAN RIDE SHARE, HOP ON A FREE TROLLEY OR 50% OF U.S. POPULATION WALK. HOTELS AND WITHIN 500 MILES MEETING VENUES ARE WITHIN A 15-MINUTE CLE HOPKINS AIRPORT SERVES WALK OF DINING AND 9.1 MILLION ENTERTAINMENT. PASSENGERS ANNUALLY WITH 150 AVG. DAILY DEPARTURES, 50+ CITIES WITH DIRECT FLIGHTS AND 11 AIR CARRIERS 17TH MOST WALKABLE CITY IN THE U.S. ACCORDING TO WALK SCORE

ACCESSIBLE VIA 6 HIGHWAY SYSTEMS 250 BIKES IN UH BIKE SHARE PROGRAM 6,000 AVG. DAILY RIDERSHIP ON FREE DOWNTOWN TROLLEYS $2.50 RTA RAPID FARE FROM CLE HOPKINS AIRPORT TO DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND

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