August 19, 200915 yr $300,000 would be chump change for the Cleveland Foundation. Also, by purchasing hard assets, the money could be recovered later when other funds are raised for a museum/working line. This bad economy won't last forever. I love how we play "bean counter" with someone elses money. All these organizations/foundations are experiencing "issues" in this economy. They've got to manage their money differently, I wouldn't say 300k is chump change for any group today.
August 19, 200915 yr A relatively narrow segment of their overall giving, but given the shrinking of their available funds to give over the next several years (they operate on a 3-year-delayed giving cycle, so gifts given in 2010, for instance, will be based on cash flow in 2007), I can't imagine that they will be taking on too many funding priorities. I would love to see us retain these trolleys and reinstate a trolley line, but given the priorities on the plate, I would hate to see them move the funding from other arts and culture grantees, which is what they would probably have to do.
August 20, 200915 yr More medical mart casino scuffling.... Developer Jeff Jacobs proposes own plan for 1,000-room hotel-casino downtown COLUMBUS — Cleveland developer Jeff Jacobs wants a 1,000-room hotel with a full-service casino built alongside the city's planned convention center and medical mart. More at http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/08/developer_jeff_jacobs_opposes.html
September 2, 200915 yr Pierre's Ice Cream Co. wants to expand Cleveland operations by Janet H. Cho/Plain Dealer Reporter Tuesday September 01, 2009, 6:12 PM Business: Makes more than 235 varieties and sizes of ice cream, sherbet,frozen yogurt, sorbet and novelties sold under the Pierre's brand and about 125 varieties and sizes for private labels. Also distributes over 400 national brand items including ice cream, frozen pizza, entrees and side dishes. Founded: 1932 Headquarters: 6200 Euclid Ave., Cleveland President and Chief Executive: Shelley Roth Employees: 104 employees CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Pierre's Ice Cream Co. wants to double its capacity to churn out its popular ice cream and other frozen treats. The 77-year-old Cleveland company, the last ice cream maker still based in Cleveland, has submitted plans to the City Planning Commission's Euclid Corridor Design Review Committee to build a 35,540-square-foot factory adjacent to its corporate headquarters and warehouse at 6200 Euclid Ave. More at http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/pierres_icecream_wants_to_expa.html
September 2, 200915 yr Pierre's open up a retail store on west fourth, shaker square and d-s. HELLO!! Your a cleveland company..
September 2, 200915 yr Do they have a retail store at their HQ/Dist center? I dont think a distributor getting into the retail biz is necessarily a good move. Its not their strength. Their strength is making quality ice cream here in cleveland. Now if you would like to open a few retail stores and sell scoops of Pierre's then that would be great, especially as this is one segement that is lacking DT.
September 2, 200915 yr Do they have a retail store at their HQ/Dist center? I dont think a distributor getting into the retail biz is necessarily a good move. Its not their strength. Their strength is making quality ice cream here in cleveland. Now if you would like to open a few retail stores and sell scoops of Pierre's then that would be great, especially as this is one segement that is lacking DT. REALY??? :? They started of as a retailer with a store on Euclid and 85 St. near the Cleveland Clinic. This is blurry, but if my memory serves me correct, they had a partnership with Hough Bakery's. I'm not saying expand nationally. But a company with a retail store in their home town is usually successful. To me, if they can open one or two retail locations in walkable high visibility neighborhoods, that would be a win-win.
September 2, 200915 yr Yes when they were starting out they likely had a storefront as they had to move their product before they were able to sign distribution deals. All I am saying is that there is a sizable risk for a company that operates as a distributor to enter into the retail side. This was why I asked if they had a retail store at their HQ/Distribution center. Some will do this as the RE costs are nil considering they own the land, shipping (and even cross town counts in a perishable product) is in the back. What comes to my mind is Tofts out in Sandusky, they are a much smaller operation but they have a retail store at the front of their HQ. I can't think of a stand alone Tofts in Sandusky.
September 2, 200915 yr Yes when they were starting out they likely had a storefront as they had to move their product before they were able to sign distribution deals. All I am saying is that there is a sizable risk for a company that operates as a distributor to enter into the retail side. This was why I asked if they had a retail store at their HQ/Distribution center. Some will do this as the RE costs are nil considering they own the land, shipping (and even cross town counts in a perishable product) is in the back. What comes to my mind is Tofts out in Sandusky, they are a much smaller operation but they have a retail store at the front of their HQ. I can't think of a stand alone Tofts in Sandusky. There are so many ways to build out a retail location these days. It doesn't have to be permanent or a location where ice cream is made. With many vacant store fronts they can work with a building owner to take up space and increase patronage and walking stats. Build a store next to gateway....people would flock to it. Build a store near the RRHF, it would be a terrible spot especially in winter. So instead they use a kiosk that they share with Nestle that in winter would serve cocoa and it's related items. Build near the Westside Market. Cha-Ching. Clevelanders are very generous and supportive of home grown businesses. They don't have tours, unless that has changed, but I dont ever recall seeing a store.
September 2, 200915 yr Tedders they were strictly an ice cream store with no intention of being a distributor (along with dozens of others). They were eventually acquired by Royal who was a store/maker/distributor. Yes at some point they should have all the "Cleveland" brands somewhere downtown, to showcaseall the good stuff that is made there.
September 14, 200915 yr Just speculating, but what would have to happen to make Progressive want to move downtown, or at least have a downtown presence? They have been doing better financially lately, partially thanks to "Flo", the newish president of the company went after the naming right of (forever) Jacob's field. So, any chance they would want to either build new, or be 'progressive' and rehab a property and have a signature building? This could have been put into urban bar, because it is complete speculation. But, if anyone knows anything, spill!
September 17, 200915 yr Bernie Madoff, Cleveland Film Office, Nehst Studios, Forest City, and the State of Ohio http://clevelandindependent.com/The_Independent/Arts_%26_Film/Entries/2009/9/7_Nehst_of_Vultures.html http://online-newyork.blogspot.com/2009/08/bernie-madoffs-son-is-being-sued-for-53.html . wow
September 21, 200915 yr ArcelorMittal fires up one blast furnace in Cleveland By Frank Bentayou September 21, 2009, 3:59PM ArcelorMittal stoked up a furnace at its Cleveland steel mill Friday and resumed production over the weekend, bringing about 150 workers back from layoffs that the company ordered earlier this year. ... The results of firing up the first furnace after months of idleness should be apparent to Cleveland residents in the area and to motorists commuting into the city from the south: Plumes of smoke have begun to appear from stacks rising from the plant. MORE AT CLEVELAND.COM: http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/arcelormittal_fires_up_one_bla.html
September 25, 200915 yr Cleveland Foundation awards nearly $15 million in grants By SHANNON MORTLAND 9:30 am, September 25, 2009 The Cleveland Foundation is following through with a project it began pursuing two years ago to create an arts and technical center that would provide art projects for children and job training resources for adults. The foundation announced it has granted $3 million to the Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology to partner with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to create a year-round, after-school program for local children to participate in ceramics, sculpture and digital arts. MORE AT CRAINS: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20090925/FREE/909249973
September 25, 200915 yr ArcelorMittal fires up one blast furnace in Cleveland It was nice to see smoke coming out of the stacks on the way into work this morning. It was a little creepy when that giant plant was sitting there inactive.
September 25, 200915 yr The flame is important as I understand it; it "burns off" excess pollutants. I can't say I'm excited to see the pollution back in the air but I'm glad that some people are back to work.
September 30, 200915 yr Ha, she is 94 years old and taking names and numbers, I would love to be at this meeting... Widow of Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum founder comes to Cleveland for answers about car sales By Joan Mazzolini, The Plain Dealer September 29, 2009, 7:02PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 94-year-old widow of the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum founder is coming to Cleveland this week to get answers from museum officials who have dismissed her pleas to stop the sale of cars and planes from the collection. continued at: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/post_31.html
October 13, 200915 yr Not sure how big this is going to be, but still interesting. Still can't find the Cleveland Conventions thread...guess it is still being cleaned: Conference on Iran threat set for Cleveland OH An international conference will be held in Cleveland, Nov. 8-19, and sponsored by Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. Topic: Iran http://www.energypublisher.com/article.asp?id=20744
November 5, 200915 yr Alcoa to rebuild 50,000-ton press in Cuyahoga Heights plant By Robert Schoenberger, The Plain Dealer Alcoa Inc. will rebuild the damaged 50,000-ton press at its Cleveland Works in Cuyahoga Heights, a decision that will protect 700 jobs and eventually create hundreds more. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/11/alcoa.html
November 14, 200915 yr Specialty grocer Chandler & Rudd closes after 145 years By Janet Cho, The Plain Dealer November 14, 2009, 2:12PM 145 YEARS OF FOOD SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Specialty grocery Chandler & Rudd Co. built its business by catering to affluent customers and surprising them with imported delicacies they couldn't get anywhere else. But owners Ruta and Fred Marino's reputation for exemplary customer service and incredible attention to detail ultimately couldn't compete with the larger chain supermarkets in an especially brutal recession. On Nov. 2, after 145 storied years in the food business, the Marinos gathered their seven employees, handed out paychecks and told them it was over... http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/11/chandler_rudd_closes_after_145.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Probably couldn't survive their business loss when MTS started splitting time between Shaker Sq and NYC... ;)
November 30, 200915 yr From Parade magazine: A City For Entrepeneurs http://www.parade.com/news/2009/11/08-cleveland-city-for-entrepreneurs.html Cleveland’s success has made it “a hotbed for entrepreneurs,” Phil Davis says. Adds David Levine, 42, whose company, Wireless Environment, has patented energy-efficient lightbulbs: “I can call a business leader or a fellow inventor, and they will return my call. That’s why my wife and I have stayed.” JumpStart has even begun its own online portal, Idea Crossing, to connect would-be entrepreneurs with investors. Still, Ray Leach, JumpStart’s CEO, is realistic about what the nonprofit organization can do to stem job losses. Phil Davis’ microwave, for example, has not brought new factory jobs to Cleveland—instead, it’s being manufactured in China. Each day, Leach and his team spend hours persuading young companies to locate their first factories and offices in Cleveland.
December 9, 200915 yr Maybe there's a better place for this...but: Cleveland's University Hospitals to add more than 550 jobs, restructure management By Sarah Jane Tribble, The Plain Dealer In an effort to keep pace with a $1.2 billion expansion and growing number of patients, University Hospitals said Tuesday that it will add more than 550 jobs in the coming year and announced a new management structure. The region's second-largest system, which saw patient volumes increase even in a dismal economic year, is gaining market share and plans to use the staff to add more services for people downtown and in the suburbs. MORE AT http://www.cleveland.com/medical/index.ssf/2009/12/university_hospitals_of_clevel.html
December 9, 200915 yr These have been some nice business announcements for Cleveland over the past three days: - UH expanding - American Sugar doubling - Biotech/manufacturing company moving to University Circle And these are just the ones who got nice spiffy news articles.
December 12, 200915 yr Author ^With UH adding 550 jobs on top of DFAS adding 500 jobs downtown, and the Clinic adding 1800 jobs next year in University Circle, seems like we're doing good!!
December 12, 200915 yr I don't believe the DFAS jobs are net additions -- just transfers of existing employees of a private contractor to DFAS.
December 12, 200915 yr i thought they were transfers of employees from other states... no? No. They initially were adding jobs here, but the recent announcement of 500 are existing jobs here that were being subcontracted. They are just bringing them "in house".
December 13, 200915 yr i thought they were transfers of employees from other states... no? No. They initially were adding jobs here, but the recent announcement of 500 are existing jobs here that were being subcontracted. They are just bringing them "in house". I think a simple and accurate description would be that, while DFAS has indeed added hundreds of jobs to DFAS Cleveland from other centers across the county over the past couple of years, the jobs announcement from this week regarded the bringing "in-house" of previously contractor-based positions, resulting in neither a net gain nor loss in employment.
December 13, 200915 yr These have been some nice business announcements for Cleveland over the past three days: - UH expanding - American Sugar doubling - Biotech/manufacturing company moving to University Circle And these are just the ones who got nice spiffy news articles. To add to the list by quoting myself: Miceli Dairy Products looks to expand Cleveland cheese operationBy Michelle Jarboe, The Plain Dealer December 11, 2009, 5:31PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Miceli Dairy Products Co., a family-owned cheese maker, wants to nearly double the size of its manufacturing operation south of Buckeye Road in Cleveland. The company is considering a $20 million expansion onto land to the west of its longtime facility at 2721 E. 90th St. The project would include building a new cheese factory and buying 12.6 acres for a facility to transform waste from the cheese-manufacturing process into energy. Roughly half of Miceli's 135 workers live in Cleveland, where the expansion could create 50 more jobs. MORE AT http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/12/miceli_dairy_products_looks_to.html And of course Cleveland Clinic: http://www2.wjtv.com/jtv/ap_exchange/business/article/ClevelandClinicToAdd1800JobsIn2010Oh/70817/
December 13, 200915 yr We're seeing a lot of expansion in our food manufacturing industry- American Sugar, Pierre's, and now Miceli Dairy.
December 13, 200915 yr We're seeing a lot of expansion in our food manufacturing industry- American Sugar, Pierre's, and now Miceli Dairy. All good news, now lets hope this doesn't lead to expanding waistlines!
December 13, 200915 yr All good news, now lets hope this doesn't lead to expanding waistlines! Don't worry, it's being countered by the expanding health care :-D
December 13, 200915 yr All good news, now lets hope this doesn't lead to expanding waistlines! Don't worry, it's being countered by the expanding health care ;D Well lets hope this leads to expansive swaths of land being redeveloped and that the University Circle institutions launch an expansive program to keep and retain in the Fairfax and Hough neighborhoods and we'll have come full circle!
December 17, 200915 yr Cleveland: New showcase for techies Michael O'Mara Updated: 12/17/2009 10:38:52 AM Posted: 12/16/2009 CLEVELAND -- The organizers called it the "Portfolio Showcase and Open House." Inside the former Brunswick Flowers building on Carnegie Avenue in Cleveland, dozens of young entrepreneurs and techies mixing with venture capitalists, business owners and educators. The concept was very straightforward: hook up investors with money with the inventors and entrepreneurs. The organizers at Goldstein, Caldwell & Associates believe that the economy in Northeast Ohio will move forward when home grown entrepreneurs can connect with venture capitalists. MORE AT http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=127291&catid=2
December 22, 200915 yr Tech start-up company buys Hill Floral building in Midtown Cleveland By Michelle Jarboe, The Plain Dealer December 21, 2009, 4:45PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A tech start-up and a software company plan to open offices next year in a now-vacant building in Midtown Cleveland, just south of Euclid Avenue. Ardent Products Corp. has purchased the former Hill Floral Products distribution building, at 6401 Midtown Commerce Park Drive, for $665,000, according to property records. The sale closed Dec. 15, and Ardent and a new software company anticipate that they will renovate the 23,524-square-foot building and move in by August. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/12/tech_start-up_company_buys_hil.html
December 22, 200915 yr In Cleveland, Worker Co-Ops Look to a Spanish Model www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1947313,00.html Cleveland is the city with the highest unemployment rate in the country. What?? Detroit? Memphis?
December 22, 200915 yr I just reamed them a new one. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
December 22, 200915 yr Links to articles from CNN, etc. and a happy note that said something along the lines of "apparently employment for lazy journalists hasn't been affected". ;-) clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
December 23, 200915 yr I also sent an email directly to the author; and as I suspected, authors usually don't write the article captions: "Greetings, did you write the caption for the photo that appears in your article for TIME that discusses Cleveland? It states that Cleveland has the highest unemployment rate - that's not correct. http://www.bls.gov/web/laummtrk.htm" Her response: "Thanks for writing, Shawn. I didn't write the caption, only the piece, so I'm as surprised as anyone by what eventually shows up. I will try to contact my editor (I think he's away but I'll find somebody) and see what they can do. I appreciate your sending me the link--that's very helpful. And really, good readers mean everything. Have a great holiday season! Regards, Judy" clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
December 23, 200915 yr Thanks Mayday. I'm sure you did a much better job ripping them a new one than I would have.
December 23, 200915 yr Thanks Mayday. I'm sure you did a much better job ripping them a new one than I would have. No...No... Somebody else tore a hole in a cyberspace @ss!
December 23, 200915 yr They edited it! "Cleveland is experimenting with worker co-ops in businesses ranging from commercial laundry to weatherization services. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1947313,00.html#ixzz0aW1VfXYq" clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
December 23, 200915 yr Wow! That is awesome!!! The power of the pen!! That really p*ssed me off when I saw it. Thanks Mayday!!!
December 23, 200915 yr Wow! That is awesome!!! The power of the pen!! That really p*ssed me off when I saw it. Thanks Mayday!!! Thank MayDay and the 6k NE Ohioans who complained. :clap:
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