CLEVELAND, Ohio – Peloton’s plan to build a $400 million manufacturing plant near Toledo could be a harbinger of more good things to come for Ohio. The fashionable fitness company chose the state over North Carolina and Georgia to make exercise bikes and treadmills, a move that will make the company less dependent on its Asian operations. It’s more evidence of a trend among businesses to make .
Greater Cleveland Partnership teams with Wright Brothers Institute
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Greater Cleveland Partership president and CEO Baiju R. Shah
The Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP) is teaming up with the Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) in Dayton to grow the aerospace businesses in Northeast Ohio.
The two groups on Wednesday, May 26, announced their collaborative agreement. The nonprofit WBI is a technology commercialization center for the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton. WBI was created, in part, to foster research and development at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, according to a news release. The group drives technology development to help solve the Air Force s challenges.
Landscape podcast: Baiju Shah on Cleveland s innovative future
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Baiju Shah, the newly appointed president and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, joins The Landscape after just one month on the job. We discuss his upbringing in Mayfield Village as the son of immigrants, his Ivy League education and what brought him back to Cleveland. Plus, the discussion covers his involvement with the Cleveland Innovation Project, how Northeast Ohio s health care sector is a driving force, how to support the next generation of talent through technology, and what business leaders in Cleveland should know as he looks to lead our region into the future. Learn more about the Greater Cleveland Partnership here.
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Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish delivers his virtual state of the county address Thursday.
After weathering a difficult year of loss during the coronavirus pandemic, Cuyahoga County is preparing an influx of resources for neighborhoods with the most economic needs, County Executive Armond Budish said Thursday in his annual state of the county address.
Budish delivered the remarks virtually, in a pre-recorded speech streamed online, interspersed with videos highlighting the county’s response to COVID-19. Afterward, he answered audience questions in a conversation with City Club of Cleveland CEO Dan Moulthrop.
In his roughly 40-minute speech, Budish recounted the county’s more than year-long effort to thwart the spread of COVID-19: the scramble to secure personal protective equipment, the reduction of the jail population, aid to businesses and renters, the distribution of vaccines, and work to secure hotel rooms for those without a home.