Last year, we redefined our core vision: MidTown is a connected community in the center of it all. But what makes a
connected community? 2018 ANNUAL REPORT
What is a Connected Community? A vibrant place where those who
An inclusive place that advocates
live and work in the area feel a
for equity, expands opportunity,
common bond and connection.
and is welcoming to its visitors.
A close-knit place where people
A proud place that taps into the
know each other and share strong
currency of its collective history
ties with their neighbors.
to enhance quality of life.
A collaborative place, linked to
A dynamic place that nurtures
other neighborhoods, that shares
its shared strengths to both grow
opportunities and amenities.
and enhance its connections.
?
Creating connections is a core piece of both our strategic plan and our ongoing efforts. A connected community is a goal that we – and many others in MidTown – work toward every day. In the last year we have made remarkable progress
Murals, pole banners, bike share, pedestrian crossings,
towards creating a more connected community.
and green space enhancements better connected our
The Children’s Museum of Cleveland, University
community physically. And residential projects like
Hospitals Rainbow Center for Women and Children,
One MidTown and the Innerbelt Lofts are adding to the
DigitalC MidTown Tech Hive, and Agora Theatre all
remarkable diversity of our neighborhood.
opened in new or renovated spaces, offering connections
Thanks to the hard work of our staff, board,
for play, health care, technology, and culture. The new
volunteers, and community partners, we are positioned to
Dave’s Market will open next year and add connections
build on our success and create even stronger connections
to healthy food. New programs like the Leo’s Listening
that benefit our neighborhood, the City of Cleveland, and
Party, MidTown Mornings, and Kickball Tournament
all of Northeast Ohio. We are excited to continue this work
helped create more connected community fabric.
with your support and partnership.
Lloyd Bell
Jeff Epstein
CHAIRMAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
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A Year of Creating Connections ANNUAL REPORT
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CONNECTING COMMUNITY ECONOMY RESIDENTS PLACE DESIGN VISITORS HEALTH IMPACT MEMBERSHIP LEADERSHIP Introduction & Contents
NITY
Neighborhood Links
ECONOMY
Economic Initiatives
FEBRUARY 2018
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Banner Program
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Food & Wellness
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By the Numbers
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MidTown Members
SEPTEMBER 2018
New housing taking shape OTHERWISE NOTED
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Community
SPOTLIGHT
The Chomp
CONNECTIONS
Now in its seventh summer, The Chomp attracts over 300 hungry patrons each week who enjoy lunch from gourmet food trucks in Col. Young Park. This summer has been “recess� themed through a partnership with the nonprofit Recess Cleveland who brought supersized games and gear (pictured at left) out for the day.
Creating Connections in the Neighborhood At the center of the MidTown community are its people. MidTown works to foster connections within the neighborhood through events that bring people of diverse backgrounds together to share their common ties.
M I D T O W N
C L E V E L A N D
SPOTLIGHT
Kickball Tournament Ten teams representing nonprofits, tech startups, youth groups and design firms, among others, competed under a cloudless summer sky at historic League Park in the first annual MidTown Cleveland kickball tournament. After a day of spirited competition, the team from the Fund for Our Economic Future won the championship trophy. B I K E T O W O R K D AY
SPOTLIGHT
Leo’s Listening Party
GABRIEL KRAMER
Longtime neighborhood residents have fond memories of Leo’s Casino, a legendary jazz and Motown club which hosted legends such as Otis Redding and the Supremes in the 1960s and 1970s. The venue was torn down in 1999, but a series of recent community programs and concerts have brought back the music and memories from Leo’s.
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Economic CONNECTIONS
Broadenin MidTown is a growing job hub well connected to transit. We need to better connect the existing workforce in and around MidTown to those jobs.
M I D T O W N
C L E V E L A N D
SPOTLIGHT
Health-Tech Corridor The HTC continues to attract innovative businesses to the area, with 15 companies attracted in the last year – adding
ABEONA THERAPEUTICS
over 200 employees to the district. HTC also holds regular networking events that draw an average of 150-200 attendees.
SPOTLIGHT
SPOTLIGHT
DigitalC Tech Hive
Economic Gardening®
With an emphasis on digital empowerment and
A joint initiative with the City's Department of Development,
inclusion, the MidTown DigitalC Tech Hive opened
the Economic Gardening® program aims to provide stage two
earlier this year. DigitalC offers digital literacy classes
growth companies with insights necessary to boost revenue.
and the Tech Hive features affordable coworking and
Three companies completed the program during the 2017-2018
event space in an accessible Euclid Avenue location.
pilot year including organic juice maker Garden of Flavor.
ng business efforts Along with our partners we are working to better align
in the Cleveland Industrial Retention Initiative (CIRI),
resources to foster these economic connections, and to
and we recently brought on board an AmeriCorps
support local employers in growing their businesses and
VISTA volunteer who will spend the year developing
creating more jobs. In the past year, we continued to help
a strategy to organize local residents, employers, and
support manufacturing companies through participation
workforce providers around a hire local initiative.
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MIDTOWN MORNINGS
Residential CONNECTIONS
At Home in the Town A neighborhood becomes a true community when it has a healthy mix of residents, visitors, and employees. MidTown is working to build its resident base by connecting people to housing opportunities in the neighborhood. MidTown is working to attract more residents and partners with developers and individuals to bring housing options to market. We help facilitate giving vacant properties a new life by converting 3 8 0 0 E U C L I D AV E N U E
them to apartments, and ensure we maintain a mixed-income neighborhood with residential offerings at all price points.
M I D T O W N
C L E V E L A N D
SPOTLIGHT
One MidTown For sale townhomes are now available in MidTown at East 73rd and Euclid in the One MidTown project, one of the first new for sale projects in MidTown in a generation. Several units are under contract as people recognize the benefits of living in such a unique neighborhood.
SPOTLIGHT
SPOTLIGHT
3800 Euclid Avenue After more than four decades as a print shop, a vacant commercial building across from the
Common Ground
new Children’s Museum of Cleveland is finding new life as apartments and ground-floor retail.
What do you want the future of MidTown to be? What is
A dozen apartments are now under construction
good about the neighborhood and what is needed? A group
on the 2nd floor of the former Broadway Offset
of residents and stakeholders held a robust discussion
building and will be available in mid-2019, a
on these questions and more as part of The Cleveland
perfect location between concert venues at the
Foundation’s citywide Common Ground conversations.
Agora and Masonic Auditorium.
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Place
CONNECTIONS
Envisioning Strong Spaces Sense of place is paramount in creating community – great places inspire people to gather and to engage with others. MidTown has been working on an aggressive agenda to create more sense of place and pride within the neighborhood.
SPOTLIGHT
Paint the Town Great public art can quickly change the discussion about a place, and we are aiming to do just that through a collaboration with LAND studio. Working with an incredible network of local community artists, we are adding murals to the walls of three highly visible buildings in MidTown, with many others to come.
M I D T O W N
C L E V E L A N D
SPOTLIGHT
Euclid Ave. Bridge Project Bridges can be great connectors between neighborhoods, but they can also be barriers. A public art installation, in partnership with Campus District, Inc., helped move the Euclid Avenue bridge over the Innerbelt from a transition space to a focal point. The original mural design “Breaker of Chains� by Darius Steward (pictured above) is a response to the theme of international welcome, created so that those who are often unseen can see themselves represented in the public realm.
SPOTLIGHT
AsiaTown Blade Signage
P R O S P E C T AV E . R E PAV I N G
As an outgrowth of conversations with residents and stakeholders in the AsiaTown community, MidTown and St. Clair Superior Development commissioned a design for a series of blade signs UH BIKE SHARE
to create a sense of arrival and place in AsiaTown.
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First bike share in MidTown
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A Banner Year for the Town MidTown’s brand is built to showcase the district’s diverse stories. Our banner program uses those voices to strengthen the neighborhood.
This page SELECT IONS F RO M THE STREETSCAPE
Two key awareness issues facing MidTown stem
visibility issues for visitors to the neighborhood.
from the community’s expansive area and a vague
The nearly 170 banners installed to date help
sense of the organizations within it. The first two
identify MidTown’s geographic footprint and
phases of the banner program aim to remedy those
emphasize the activity taking place inside it.
M I D T O W N
C L E V E L A N D
Design CONNECTIONS
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Visitor CONNECTIONS
The Distric MidTown Cleveland will welcome at least 250,000 more visitors in 2019 to the neighborhood than we did in 2017.
SPOTLIGHT
The Agora The historic Agora theater completed a stunning $3 million makeover from its new owners, AEG Presents, not only bringing the 2nd largest concert promoter in the country to Cleveland but transforming this 1912 theater into one of country’s top concert venues.
M I D T O W N
C L E V E L A N D
ct as a Destination With the Children’s Museum and University Hospitals
visitor destination. Construction of new lodging like
drawing a combined 200,000+ visitors annually along
the Hilton Tru on Euclid Ave. will only enhance that
with the Agora and Masonic Auditorium completing
trend. Adding in existing attractions, MidTown will
multimillion dollar renovations, MidTown is becoming a
attract half a million visitors each year H I LT O N T R U
SPOTLIGHT
Children’s Museum of Cleveland Since its opening in November 2017, the Children’s Museum has entertained over 145,000 children in its amazing new location, smashing their attendance projections and establishing an important new anchor institution in MidTown.
HATTIE KOTZ
BACKGROUND
Wayfinding & Signage Prompted by an increase in visitor traffic unfamiliar with the area’s many divided and one way streets, MidTown worked with community stakeholders and a consultant to develop a wayfinding master DUNHAM T AV E R N
EDMOND WONG
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plan to help get guests to their destinations.
Health CONNECTIONS
Foundations for a Healthier Future MidTown’s collection of health-tech companies are joined by a crop of community-minded projects focused on healthcare, wellness, and nutrition. Current residents and future generations will have stronger connections to medical care thanks to the new UH Rainbow Center (now open), and to healthy food thanks to Dave’s Market and its free community teaching kitchen (set to open in the first quarter of 2019). These developments come alongside expansions D AV E ’ S M A R K E T
Under construction at East 61st
M I D T O W N
by established MidTown businesses including Abeona Therapeutics and Cleveland Culinary Launch Kitchen.
C L E V E L A N D
SPOTLIGHT
UH Rainbow Center for Women & Children With an innovative wraparound approach to community health, the new UH Rainbow Center for Women & Children in MidTown is poised to make a positive impact on health outcomes for women and children in Cleveland. The center includes primary OB/GYN and pediatric care, a dental clinic, legal aid, WIC offices, nutritional counseling, and centering pregnancy classes.
SPOTLIGHT
Cleveland Food Hub When the Cleveland Culinary Launch Kitchen saw many of their food-based businesses looking to expand, they stayed in MidTown, acquired a 138,000 SF building at 75th and Carnegie, and converted it into the Cleveland Food Hub. Now home to growing food startups like Cleveland Kraut and Garden of Flavor, the Food Hub will include Cleveland Bagel’s first east side location, distribution space for Fresh Fork Market, and copacking facilities – connecting entrepreneurs with technical assistance BIRTHING B E AU T I F U L CO M M U N I T I ES
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and much needed space for growth.
By the Numbers T W E LV E M O N T H S I N T H E T O W N — S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 7 T O S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 8
188 Organizations are MidTown members.
75 100 %
MIDTOWN
Board
%
3000 2000 1000
MIDTOWN
Staff
PA R T I C I PAT E D I N R AC I A L E Q U I T Y T R A I N I N G
121
160
$
Companies
VISITED THROUGH CIRI
75% of participating CIRI orgs received services from MidTown
M I D T O W N
Followers
Current and planned real estate investment 2016-2018
MILLION
C L E V E L A N D
99 Percentage of MidTown stakeholders who think the neighborhood is moving in the right direction
186
%
Meetings & events COORDINATED BY MIDTOWN
269
Meetings from outside groups hosted at the MidTown office
Jobs
15
PLACED ON MIDTOWN'S JOBS BOARD
Businesses & organizations attracted in the past year
4452 169 Attendees
AT M I DTOW N E V E N T S
THRO UGH THE HE ALT H -T EC H CORRID OR
Banners installed throughout MidTown
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2017-2 Membe Campa Contrib Our Members RECOGNIZING THE COMMUNITY’S CHAMPIONS
$50,000-$100,000
$1,000-$2,499
Minute Men, Inc.
AEG Presents / Agora
1-888-OhioComp & Complete Payroll Management
Albert M. Higley Company
MEMBER SINCE 1989
American Red Cross
Parkwood Corporation MEMBER SINCE 1983
$25,000-$49,999 Dealer Tire
MEMBER SINCE 1993
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 1983
MEMBER SINCE 1983
MEMBER SINCE 2008
Asia Services in Action
Bialosky & Partners Architects Cadillac Music Corporation
Applied Industrial Technologies MEMBER SINCE 1983 Flying Hand Studio+ MEMBER SINCE 2017 Jakprints+ MEMBER SINCE 2018
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District MEMBER SINCE 1983
City Architecture, Inc. The City Mission
MEMBER SINCE 2016
MEMBER SINCE 2000
MEMBER SINCE 2008
Athersys, Inc.
MEMBER SINCE 2012
Burkle Hagen
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 1994
Industrial Realty Advisors
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Insivia Strategic Marketing & Sales Jencen Architecture
MEMBER SINCE 2013
MEMBER SINCE 1984
MEMBER SINCE 2007
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Centers for Families & Children Cleveland Heart Lab
MEMBER SINCE 2005
MEMBER SINCE 2016
Cleveland Masonic and Performance Arts Center
MEMBER SINCE 1983
Crescent Digital LLC
MEMBER SINCE 2016
Cumberland Development D. O. Summers
Dollar Bank
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Burger King / Franchise Operations
MEMBER SINCE 2011
MEMBER SINCE 1993
MEMBER SINCE 2010
MEMBER SINCE 2000
Custom Fabricators
HP Manufacturing
MEMBER SINCE 1997
MEMBER SINCE 1993
American Sugar Refining Co.
Frost Architectural Preservation, Inc.
Health-Tech Hospitality
Cleveland Clinic MEMBER SINCE 2002
MEMBER SINCE 2015
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Cromwell Mechanical LLC+
First National Bank
$5,000-$9,999 Cleveland State University
MEMBER SINCE 1990
Colony Hardware Company
Dave’s Supermarkets
Walthall CPA+ MEMBER SINCE 2010
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 1993
Contractors Supply
Acme Express, Inc.
Baker & Hostetler, LLP
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Chicago Title Insurance Company
$10,000-$24,999
University Hospitals
ARC/ Riot
$500-$999
MEMBER SINCE 2007
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 1990
Dodd Camera Company
MEMBER SINCE 1994
Dubick Fixture & Supply Co.
MEMBER SINCE 1985
Fashion Architectural Design First Interstate
MEMBER SINCE 2010
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Haus Malts, LLC+
MEMBER SINCE 2017
HzW Environmental Consultants, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 2005
InterContinental Hotel
MEMBER SINCE 1990
Geis Companies / Hemingway Development
Kenneth J. Coleman
MEMBER SINCE 1983
Juniper CRE Solutions
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2009
Lakeside Commerce
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Karpinski Engineering
MEMBER SINCE 1989
First Energy
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Jumpstart
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority MEMBER SINCE 1991
Buckeye Business Products MCPc
MEMBER SINCE 2017
PNC Bank MEMBER SINCE 1983
Case Western Reserve University Central Cadillac
Cleveland Eye Clinic CRESCO
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 1983
MEMBER SINCE 2011
Excalibur Auto
+
Greater Cleveland Partnership Harrington Electric Company
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 1984
J & M Real Estate Advisors, LLC
MEMBER SINCE 1992
Meaden & Moore
MEMBER SINCE 2013
MEMBER SINCE 2003
Nicola, Gudbranson & Cooper, LLC
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Ozanne
MEMBER SINCE 2001
Pierre’s Ice Cream
MEMBER SINCE 1989
MEMBER SINCE 2012
MEMBER SINCE 1984
Recovery Resources
MEMBER SINCE 1997
SmartShape Design
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Sussen Self Storage Taxel Image Group+ The Krill Company
Vocon
MEMBER SINCE 1983
MEMBER SINCE 2001
MEMBER SINCE 1983
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Welty Building Company Ltd
M I D T O W N
MEMBER SINCE 2017
C L E V E L A N D
MEMBER SINCE 1989
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Positive Education Program Radio One
MEMBER SINCE 1996
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Royal/Acme Corporation
MEMBER SINCE 1993
Strategy Design Partners Tavern Club Co. The MidTown
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 1985
The Inspirion Group
MEMBER SINCE 2016
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Transaction Realty
MEMBER SINCE 2015
Viking Capital Partners Vocon Inc.
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Walter / Haverfield
Ohio Addressing Machine Co. PIRHL
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Vazza Real Estate
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER INCE 1987
North Coast Commercial / 3311 Perkins Limited
Porter Properties CLE. LLC
Third Federal Savings & Loan
MPC Plating, Inc.
MEMBER SINCE 1990
Thompson Hine / PMC
Revenue Group
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Moskey Dental Laboratories, Inc.
Mussun Sales, Inc. MEMBER SINCE 1993
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2014
Margaret W. Wong & Associates Company
Sussen Foundation, Inc.
MEMBER SINCE 2015
MEMBER SINCE 1989
MEMBER SINCE 2017
ProCleve Investments, Ltd.
MEMBER SINCE 2016
KeyBank
LDA Architects, Inc.
MEMBER SINCE 2016
Oriana House, Inc.
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 1989
Marous Brothers
Mission Resource Alliance
$2,500-$4,999 Abeona Therapeutics Inc.
Legal News Publishing Company MAGNET
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2012
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2008
2018 ership aign butors July 1, 2017– August 7, 2018 MEMBERSHIP PERIOD
$250-$499 3800 Euclid House LLC A & S Distributors
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2007
Abraham Realty Company
MEMBER SINCE 2018
American Civil Liberties Union American Coffee Services Asia Plaza Company
BT Solar
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 1990
Community Action Against Addiction
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Dancing Wheels
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory
Dunham Tavern
MEMBER SINCE 1989
MEMBER SINCE 2011
East Side Organizing Project, Inc.
Craig Melnick
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Najm Real Estate, Inc. Ohio Guidestone
MEMBER SINCE 1989
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Global Cleveland
Partners Environmental
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Greater Cleveland Community Shares
MEMBER SINCE 2002
MEMBER SINCE 2007
Trades Council
Second Generation Limited
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2003
Cleveland Granite & Marble+
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Shrine of the Conversion of St. Paul
Cleveland Housing Network
MEMBER SINCE 2001
Signature Sign
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Cuyahoga County Land Bank
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Children’s Museum of Cleveland Cleveland Housing Network Copy King
MEMBER SINCE 2016
MEMBER SINCE 1995
MEMBER SINCE 2003
MEMBER SINCE 1983
The Dann Law Firm DigitalC
MEMBER SINCE 2016
EmployStream
Environmental Design Group Extro LLC
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Fund for Our Economic Future General Video of America Glass Doctors
MEMBER SINCE 1993
Graf Consultants Graffiti
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 1989
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Initiate Studios
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2018
InterContinental Suites Jon Ferrell
MEMBER SINCE 2017
K P Photo Group, Inc. Karen Gahl-Mills
MEMBER SINCE 1998
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Karnis Safe & Lock Co., Inc. KeyBank
MEMBER SINCE 1983
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Kowit & Company
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Carlo Maggiora
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Storybox Cinema
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2013
The Orlean Company thunder::tech Tribco Inc.
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Willo Security
MEMBER SINCE 2014
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2005
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Ziska Architecture
MEMBER SINCE 2014
MEMBER SINCE 2011
MEMBER SINCE 2015
Ace Taxi
MEMBER SINCE 2009
MEMBER SINCE 2015
Project Management Consultants RET-3
A-Z Furniture Company MEMBER SINCE 2016 C G B Tech Solutions, Inc+ Civista Bank
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2006
Cleveland Eye Bank / Eversight
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Loftworks Live / Work Condominiums
Cleveland Granite & Marble
MEMBER SINCE 2006
Cleveland Kids in Need
MEMBER SINCE 2013
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2009
Cleveland Opera Theater
MEMBER SINCE 2015
Cleveland Restoration Society
MEMBER SINCE 2007
Sequoia Realty
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Skybryte Company Sterling Holdings
MEMBER SINCE 2004
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2003
MEMBER SINCE 2014
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Western Reserve School of Cooking at CCLK
MEMBER SINCE 2005
Other Contributors City of Cleveland
Cleveland Hillel Foundation The Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation PNC Foundation
+
2 0 1 8
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2016
MEMBER SINCE 1995
LiWah Restaurant
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2017
P & P Maintenance
Your CFO Resource
Cleveland Asian Festival
Masjid Bilal, Inc.
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Urban League of Greater Cleveland
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Artistic Cast, Inc.
MEMBER SINCE 2014
Oswald Companies
Uncle Ben’s Pawn Shop
$25-$249
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2014
Rowfant Club
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Your Bean Counters, Inc.
Neighborhood Connections
OHM Advisors
MEMBER SINCE 1995
Web Studio Interaction
MEMBER SINCE 2016
NewBridge of Cleveland Center
Michael Niro
MEMBER SINCE 1983
Vintage Tea and Coffee
Moody & Nolan Architects
New United Distributing Co.+
MEMBER SINCE 2004
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2013
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Learn to Grow Inc.
Mace Security International
Housing Research & Advocacy Center
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Adoption Network Cleveland
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2013
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Kids Book Bank
Zoller Biacsi Company
MEMBER SINCE 1989
Holiday Inn Cleveland
Hoff & Leigh
Improvement Works LLC
Vocational Guidance Services
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2006
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2013
MEMBER SINCE 2018
University Commons
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Green Ribbon Coalition
St. Timothy Missionary Baptist Church
Ullman Electric
MEMBER SINCE 2018
MEMBER SINCE 1983
MEMBER SINCE 2004
Target Auto Service
Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Smartland
Greater Cleveland Volunteers Gust Gallucci Company, Inc.+
Race Ahead
Craig Miller, Attorney
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2000
Priority Vending, Inc.
Cleveland Building & Construction MEMBER SINCE 1987
MEMBER SINCE 2014
Economic and Community Development Institute MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 1997
Produce Packaging, Inc.
MEMBER SINCE 2017
MEMBER SINCE 2018
Omega Research Group Plantscaping
MEMBER SINCE 2017
Buschman Corp. Calyx
MEMBER SINCE 1987
MEMBER SINCE 1992
Bob Brown Consultant Brand Technique
MEMBER SINCE 2003
MedWish
A N N U A L
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Includes in-kind contributions
MidTow Clevela Suppor & Leade
The Team Behind the T
MIDTOWN CLEVELAND’S WORK WOULDN’T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF ITS STA
Board
Board Profile
OFFICERS
TRUSTEES
Stephanie McHenry, Chief Financial Officer for Cleveland
Chair Lloyd Bell III*
Aparna Bole
State University, has been a MidTown board member since
MEADEN & MOORE
Dionne Broadus
Vice Chair Stephanie McHenry *
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY
CITY PLANNING CONSULTANT
Treasurer Paul Deutsch * BIALOSKY CLEVELAND
Secretary Matthew Salmon * PNC BANK
Founding Chairman Morton L. Mandel PARKWOOD CORPORATION
PA S T C H A I R S Kenneth J. Coleman
Michael L. Coticchia John R. Cunin
Daniel Fashimpaur G. Robert Klein Robert B. Lash M. John Lillis
John R. Melchiorre Robert V. Munson Frank H. Porter Tom Roberts Shelley Roth
Thomas Roulston
2016 and currently serves as the Vice President.
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
Robert Brown
“The strategic planning process
neighborhoods the chance to
energized the staff and board
participate in and shape a healthy
about the specifics of how we can
lifestyle. These additions help
ASIA SERVICES IN ACTION
contribute and now we are able to
create a vibrant place.”
Michele Crawford
clearly articulate where are going,”
CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
said Stephanie.
Michael Byun
Paul Federico
Citing MidTown Cleveland’s
GREATER CLEVELAND PARTNERSHIP
As an ambassador of CSU,
Stephanie hopes that CSU can be to MidTown what Case Western
Matthew Fitzsimmons
location as well as its ability to
Reserve is to University Circle. “I
NICOLA, GUDBRANSON & COOPER, LLC
connect with businesses and
am very anxious to continue to
institutions as part of the recipe
make connections between the
for success, she pointed out that
University and the neighborhood.
Pam Gill
RECOVERY RESOURCES
Ethan Karp MAGNET
the new investment adds to what
CSU has talented students
Jay Lucarelli
MidTown is all about.
and MidTown’s businesses and
MINUTE MEN STAFFING SERVICES
Craig Melnick *
“The UH Center for Women
institutions have excellent
GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER
and Children and Dave’s are
experience opportunities. We are
Candice Miller
perfect examples of bringing in
assets to each other.”
APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES
the new and giving residents of
Timothy Miller
ABEONA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
MidTown and the surrounding
Elizabeth Newman *
CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Michael Niro *
POSITIVE ALPHA INVESTMENTS
Frank H. Porter *
PORTER PROPERTIES CLE. LLC
Debbie Sibila DEALER TIRE
Gloria Ware JUMPSTART
Don Scipione
Michael R. White *
Daniel C. Sussen
JACK, JOSEPH AND MORTON MANDEL FOUNDATION
STEPHANIE McHENRY
I am excited about the investment streaming into MidTown that’s creating opportunities for new and existing businesses to expand in the neighborhood.
* Executive Committee
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wn and Inc rt Staff ership
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MidTown Staff & Board 2018 LEADERSHIP
AFF & BOARD
Committees
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Chair Michael Niro
Candice Miller
Chair Elizabeth Newman
Emily Lord
POSITIVE ALPHA INVESTMENTS
APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES
CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
ALBERT M. HIGLEY CO.
Aparna Bole
Frank H. Porter
Jerome Baker
Jorge Martinez
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
PORTER PROPERTIES CLE. LLC
YWCA
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Robert Brown
Matthew Salmon
Lloyd Bell III
Arian May
CITY PLANNING CONSULTANT
PNC BANK
MEADEN & MOORE
OHIO GUIDESTONE
Michele Crawford
Debbie Sibila
Susan Berger
Tom O’Brien
CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DEALER TIRE
POSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM
NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS
Paul Deutsch
Gloria Ware
Dionne Broadus
Al Najieb
BIALOSKY CLEVELAND
JUMPSTART
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
MASJID BILAL, INC.
Craig Melnick
Michael Byun
Diana Rosa
GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER
ASIA SERVICES IN ACTION
CENTERS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Michele Crawford
Matthew Salmon
CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PNC BANK
Marc Dann
Allyson Varley
DANN LAW FIRM
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Paul Federico
Gloria Ware
GREATER CLEVELAND PARTNERSHIP
JUMPSTART
Pam Gill
Joe Zumpano
RECOVERY RESOURCES
HOFF & LEIGH
FINANCE
GOVERNANCE
Chair Paul Deutsch
Chair Craig Melnick
BIALOSKY CLEVELAND
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
Lloyd Bell III
Lloyd Bell
MEADEN & MOORE
MEADEN & MOORE
Stephanie McHenry
Matt Fitzsimmons
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY
NICOLA, GUDBRANSON & COOPER, LLC
Tim Miller
Michael R. White
ABEONA THERAPEUTICS
JACK, JOSEPH AND MORTON MANDEL FOUNDATION
Matt Salmon
Ethan Karp MAGNET
PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT
MidTown Cleveland, Inc. Staff
Debbie Sibila DEALER TIRE
EMERITUS
Jeff Epstein
Gelise Littlejohn
E X EC UT IV E D IR ECTO R
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
M I DTOW N C LE V E LA ND, I NC.
C I R I R EG I O N 2
D IR ECTO R
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
Chair Frank H. Porter
Robert V. Munson
PORTER PROPERTIES CLE LLC
Gordon Priemer
Kenneth J. Coleman
J & M REAL ESTATE ADVISORS
Carmalette Kelly
EC O NO MIC O PPO RT UNIT Y
FAIRPORT ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC
Jerome Rothenberg
E X EC UT IV E ASS ISTA NT & MA NAG E R
C O O R D INATO R
Daniel Fashimpaur
JENCEN ARCHITECTURE
O FFI C E O P E RAT I O NS
V I STA
VITAMIX
Don Scipione
Joyce Huang
Liam Robinson
Robert B. Lash
ACME EXPRESS, INC.
DIRECTOR
INTERN
MOSKEY DENTAL LABORATORIES, INC.
Daniel C. Sussen
P LA NNI NG & P LAC E M A K I NG
Shan’ea Ellis
Morton Mandel
SUSSEN FOUNDATION, INC.
Tori Lee
INTERN
THE JACK, JOSEPH AND MORTON
Barney Taxel
DIRECTOR
MANDEL FOUNDATION
TAXEL IMAGE GROUP
CO M M UNI T Y E NGAG E M E NT & M A R K E T I NG
PROCLEVE INVESTMENTS, LTD.
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C LE V E LA ND HE A LT H-T EC H CO R R I DO R
A N N U A L
R E P O R T
Nick Kearney
Year in Review Financial Report S TAT E M E N T O F AC T I V I T Y
Undesignated
Board Designated
Temporarily Restricted
2017 Total
2016
Support & Revenue
632,720
274,091
52,615
959,426
1,261,263
Restricted Assets Released
397,689
—
(397,689)
—
—
Total Revenue & Support
1,030,409
—
(345,074)
959,426
1,261,263
Program Services
679,640
—
—
679,640
594,221
General & Administrative
112,539
—
—
112,539
89,952
Fundraising
64,085
—
—
64,085
47,271
Total Expenses
856,264
—
—
856,264
731,444
Change in Net Assets
174,145
274,091
(345,074)
103,162
529,819
Net Assets | B E G I N N I N G
1,208,566
23,837
539,362
1,771,765
1,241,946
Net Assets | E N D I N G
1,382,711
297,928
194,288
1,874,927
1,771,765
EXPENSES
This financial statement is an excerpt from MidTown’s 2017 audit. The complete audit is available upon request.
2017 Funding
31
MIDTOWN CLEVELAND INC.
11%
Foundation Grants
3%
Government Grants
%
Land Sales & Rental Income *
3%
Event Income
4%
43
5%
%
Special Project Contributions
Other
Membership & In-Kind Donations
* Land Sales were substantially higher in 2017 based on onetime real estate transactions
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Making Headlines S E L E C T E D C OV E R AG E F R O M T H E PAS T Y E A R
APRIL 19, 2018
Cleveland corridors eye growth and development plans
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Health IT Leaders, and Silicon Valley, Have Their Eyes on Cleveland
J U LY 1 1 , 2 0 1 8
MidTown Investment: UH Center for Women and Children Opens
M AY 1 3 , 2 0 1 8
Children’s Museum of Cleveland gets gift, milestone visitor
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
New skin for 7-year-old boy marks advance in gene therapy
JUNE 8, 2018
Cavaliers’ George Hill finds his sweet spot in sauerkraut company
JUNE 25, 2018
A decade after completion, Euclid corridor sees construction boom
JUNE 8, 2018
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress honors eight at Vibrant City Awards
JUNE 24, 2018
Biomedical investment growing in Cleveland, Midwest
O C T O B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 7
Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank to pick up $25,000 humanitarian award
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
MidTown is abuzz with the March opening of Tech Hive
OCTOBER 30, 2017
MCPc to move to Link59 in Midtown, growth of cybersecurity operations
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