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Greater Cleveland Partnership
Investor-Level Membership Brochure 2008

Greater Cleveland Partnership
A catalyst for building a stronger city and region
Connect
The Greater Cleveland Partnership with its small business partner – the
Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) – is the largest private-sector
economic development organization in Ohio and one of the largest
metropolitan chambers of commerce in the U.S. Through our connection
with partners in the private and public sectors, the GCP serves as a catalyst to
increase economic vitality in Greater Cleveland and the region.
As a GCP Investor, your membership connects you to an extensive network
of companies, business leaders, regional economic development
organizations and:
• More than 17,700 small- and large-business members of the GCP/COSE
• Opportunities to serve in board leadership roles at more than 20
organizations
• Executives from more than 300 Greater Cleveland companies in board
leadership positions
Influence
Investing your membership dollars in the GCP gives your company influence
through our successful government advocacy efforts and our work to generate
more jobs and wealth for Northeast Ohio. Our current priorities include:
Energy and Environmental Policy – Providing leadership to advance a
forward-thinking energy policy that keeps utility costs manageable, fosters
the development of advanced energy resources and improves the region’s
air quality
Government Advocacy – Effectively connecting with leadership in
Washington and Columbus to advance our public policy agenda
NASA Glenn Research Center – Leveraging the economic development
potential of space exploration projects and programs
Small Business – Increasing investment in COSE to help expand its
support for small business in Northeast Ohio
Investor Member Services – Increasing the value proposition for
Investor-level members by enhancing involvement opportunities for
mid-size companies
Access
As a GCP Investor-level member, your company has access to a wide
range of member benefits including:
• Member events for you and your employees
• Exclusive forums with GCP Board and staff leadership
• Communication to keep you informed about GCP priorities and
progress and other economic development news
• Opportunities to serve on various boards, task forces and committees
• Savings through group purchasing such as gas, electric and shipping
• Membership in the Commission on Economic Inclusion
• Joint membership in the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network
(MAGNET), which provides one-stop services to help manufacturing
companies grow and improve competitiveness
• Opportunities to serve as loaned executives on special public-sector
projects
• Opportunities to enhance your company’s visibility and sell your
products or services
Cleveland Plus Marketing Alliance – Communicating our region’s assets
to key internal and external audiences
Commission on Economic Inclusion – Enhancing efforts to build minority
businesses to scale with an emphasis on increasing Commission members’
diversity spend

GCP support: Connecting Private-Sector Resources
(includes in-kind) 2004-2008
Team NEO
$2.74M
NorTech
$3.86M
JumpStart
$2.28M
MAGNET & World Trade Center-Cleveland
$1.25M
Fund for Our Economic Future $1M
BioEnterprise
$850K*
One Community $600K
Business-School Partnership $544K
Cleveland Leadership Center $751K
TOTAL
*direct and loan support
$13.9M
Get involved, get connected.
Your GCP membership connects you to a wide range of organizations,
companies and business leaders focused on improving Greater Cleveland’s
economic vitality. Your membership dues are based on a “fair-share” system
determined by industry and company size.
For more information on how you can become a GCP Investor-level member,
contact the GCP Investor Development Team at vip@gcpartnership.com or
216.592.2370.
Henry L. Meyer III
Chairman, Board of Trustees
Joseph D. Roman
President & Chief Executive Officer
Build Up Greater Cleveland
City of Cleveland
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
Cleveland Development Advisors
Downtown Cleveland Alliance
NASA Glenn Research Center
& Plum Brook Station
Neighborhood Progress Inc.
ShoreBank
University Circle, Inc.
Change the face of Cleveland
Advance Northeast Ohio
Akron Urban League
Commission on Economic Inclusion
Fund for Our Economic Future
Hispanic Business Association
JumpStart
MWV Pinnacle Fund
Northern Ohio Minority Business Council
The Presidents’ Council
Accelerate economic inclusion
GCP Partner Network
Advance Northeast Ohio
City Year Cleveland
Cleveland-Cuyahoga Workforce Investment Board
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Cleveland Plus Marketing Alliance
Cleveland School of Science and Medicine, John Hay Campus
CMSD STEM Initiative
E-Prep Academy
MAGNET Education Council
Max Hayes TEAM Academy
NOCHE/Third Frontier Internship Program
NorTech
Northeast Ohio Health, Science and Innovation Coalition
Initiate a Demand-Driven Talent System
Advocate with One Voice
BioEnterprise
Build Up Greater Cleveland
Cleveland Development Advisors
Cleveland Plus Marketing Alliance
Commission on Economic Inclusion
COSE
JumpStart
MAGNET
NorTech
Team NEO
Build a High-Impact Economic
Development System
Advance Northeast Ohio
BioEnterprise
Cleveland Plus Marketing Alliance
Commission on Economic Inclusion
Fund for Our Economic Future
GCP Business Development Team
JumpStart
MAGNET
NASA Glenn Research Center
NorTech
Positively Cleveland
Team NEO
Strengthen Global Connections
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
Cleveland Plus Marketing Alliance
Hopkins International Airport
MAGNET Global Council
NASA Glenn Research Center
OneCommunity
Team NEO
Advance
Small Business Success
Commission on Economic Inclusion
COSE

GCP Investor-Level Members 1-888-OhioComp • AAMCO Transmissions • Action Door Co. • Adcom Communications • AIG / American International Group, Inc. • Akron Canton Airport • Akron
Porcelain & Plastics Co. • Akron Steel Treating Co. • The Albert M. Higley Co. • Albert Screenprint, Inc. • Alcan • Alcoa • Aleris International, Inc. • Allegro Realty Advisors • Alvin’s Jewelers, Inc. • American
Greetings Corp. • AMPCO System Parking • AmTrust • Andrews Moving & Storage Co. • Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield • Aon Consulting • Asahi America, Inc. • Associated Estates Realty Corp. • ASW Global
• AT&T Ohio • Atlantic Tool & Die Co. • Automatic Data Processing • Avon Oaks Country Club • Baker & Hostetler LLP • Barth Industries • Bellefaire JCB • Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP • Best Buy -
Steelyard Commons • Beverage Dispensing Solutions • Beverage Distributors, Inc. • BioEnterprise Corporation • BLC of Dayton • Blue Point Capital Partners • Bonfoey Co. • Bradley Bay Health Center • Brady
Automotive Management Co. •Brouse McDowell • Brush Engineered Materials, Inc. • Buck Consultants an ACS Company • Buckley King • Burgess & Niple LTD • Business Wire • Business-School Partnership Program
• Butler, Wick & Co., Inc. • Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP • Canal Place Ltd • Canterbury Golf Club • Cardinal Rubber Co • Cargill Deicing Technology • Case Western Reserve University • Catholic Diocese of
Cleveland • Cavaliers Operating Company, LLC. • CBIZ Business Solutions of Cleveland • Center For Dialysis Care • Center for Families and Children • Center Ridge Nursing Home • Central Cadillac-Hummer • Channel
Products, Inc. • Charter One Bank • CheckSmart • The Chilcote Co. • Cicerchi Development Company • City Architecture, Inc. • City of Bedford • City of Cleveland • City of Cleveland Heights • City of Independence
• City of Shaker Heights • Ciuni & Panichi, Inc. • Clear Channel Outdoor • Cleveland Browns, Inc. • Cleveland Clinic • Cleveland Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. • Cleveland Development Advisors • Cleveland Die &
Manufacturing • Cleveland Engineering Society • The Cleveland Foundation • Cleveland Indians Baseball Club • The Cleveland Institute of Art • Cleveland Leadership Center • The Cleveland Marble Mosaic Co. •
Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center • Cleveland Metroparks • Cleveland Metroparks Zoo • Cleveland Metropolitan School District • The Cleveland Museum of Art • The Cleveland Play House • Cleveland
Plus Marketing Alliance • Cleveland Public Library • Cleveland State University • Cleveland Unlimited LLC • Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. • Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority • Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox &
Garofoli, Co., LPA • Clinical Health Laboratories, Inc. (Zak Enterprises, Ltd.) • Codonics • Cohen & Company • Coleman Spohn Corp. • Colliers Ostendorf-Morris • Colortone Audio Visual Staging & Rentals •
Commission on Economic Inclusion • Continental Airlines, Inc. • CORT (A Berkshire Hathaway Company) • The Coughlin Group • Crain’s Cleveland Business • CSA America, Inc. • Cumberland Development LLC •
Custom Polybag • Cuyahoga Community College • Cuyahoga County Board of MRDD • Cuyahoga County Engineer’s Office • Cuyahoga Molded Plastics • Cuyahoga Valley Career Center • CVS • D.O. Summers
Co. • The D’Amore Tatman Group • Deloitte & Touche, LLP • Denman Tire Corporation • Developers Diversified Realty Corp. • Discount Drug Mart , Inc. • Dival Inc. • Dix & Eaton Incorporated • Dollar Bank
• Dominion • Domino Logistics Co. • Donald Martens & Sons Ambulance Service, Inc. • Doner Advertising • Downing Enterprises • Downtown Cleveland Alliance • Dunlop & Johnston, Inc. • E.L. Mustee & Sons, Inc. •
Early Stage and Capital One Partners • Eaton Corp. • Edward Howard • Elder Beerman Stores, Inc. • Elder Life Services • Electra-Sound, Inc. • Electronic Merchant Systems • Elsons International • Energizer •
Entrepreneurship Preparatory School • EOM Properties • Epsilon Management Corporation (Areway) • eQuest Strategies, LLC • Eric Tolbert & Associates, A Financial Advisory Practice of Ameriprise Financial
Services, Inc. • Ernst & Young • Executive Caterers at Landerhaven • Fairport Yachts Ltd. • Fastener Tool & Supply, Inc. • Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland • The Ferchill Group • Ferro Corp. • Fifth Third Bank
Northeastern Ohio • The Finch Group • Firefighters Community Credit Union • First Merit Bank, N.A. • First Place Bank • FirstEnergy Corp. • First Federal Lakewood • Flight Options, Inc. • Ford Motor Co. • Forest City
Enterprises, Inc. • Forest Corporation • Fortney & Weygandt, Inc. • FOSECO Metallurgical, Inc. • Frantz Ward LLP • Freeman Manufacturing & Supply Co. • Ft. Dearborn Life Insurance Co. • Fund for Our Economic
Future • GAP Communications Group • Gateway Electric Inc. • GE Consumer & Industrial • General Motors, Metal Fabricating Division • Genesis Plastic Technologies, LLC • Goodrich Corporation • Grant Thornton,
LLP • Graphic Arts Rubber LLC • The Great Lakes Construction Co. • Great Lakes Integrated • Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation • Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority • Gregory Industries
• Group Transportation Services • Growth Capital Corp. • Guardian Title & Guaranty Agency, Inc. • Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP • Hamlin Steel Products • Harrington Electric Co. • Hatch Mott MacDonald Group, Inc. •
Hawk Corp. • Heinen’s, Inc. • Henderson Personnel, Inc. • Hinkley Lighting, Inc. • Horizons, Inc. • Horsburgh & Scott • Hospice of Ohio, LLC • Hotcards.com • House of Blues • The House of LaRose, Cleveland/Akron,
Inc. • Howard Hanna Co. • Human Arc Corporation • Hummer Whole Health Management, Inc. • Huntington National Bank • HWH Architects Engineers Planners Inc. • Hyland Software Inc. • ICI Paints • IER Industries,
Inc. • Independence Excavating, Inc. • Indiana Wesleyan University • Industrial First, Inc. • Industrial Inventory Solutions LLC • Infotelis • Inner City Nursing Home dba Fairfax Place • Insurance.com • InterContinental
Hotel • InterDesign, Inc. • International Container Systems, Inc. • Invacare Corporation • I-X Center • The James B. Oswald Co., • Javitch, Block& Rathbone • Jergens, Inc. • Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. • John Carroll University
• Jones Day • JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. • Jumpstart • The K & D Group, Inc. • Kaiser Permanente of Ohio • Kaleidoscope Magazine • Kaufman Container Co. • Keithley Instruments, Inc. • Kelley Steel Erectors,
Inc. • Kent State University • Kessler dba Boardman Molded Products • KeyCorp • King Nut Co. • The Kitchen Collection, Inc. • KPMG LLP • Kronos • Kurtz Bros., Inc. • Lake Erie Electric, Hirsch Division • Lake
Hospital System • Lakeland Community College • Lakewood Country Club, Inc. • Lamson & Sessions • Lancer Dispersions, Inc. • Landau Public Relations • Liberty Auto Group • Licata & Toerek • Liggett-Stashower,
Inc. • Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. • Litigation Management, Inc. • LNB Bancorp, Inc. • Lockheed Martin • Lorain County Community College • Lube Stop, Inc. • The Lubrizol Corp. • The Lutheran Home •
MAGNET • Main Street Gourmet • Majestic Steel USA, Inc. • Marcus Thomas LLC • Marine Mechanical Corp. • Marjoan, Inc. • Marous Bros. Construction, Inc. • McDonald Hopkins Co., LPA • McKinsey & Co. • MCPC-
Computer Products & Consulting • Meaden & Moore, LTD. • Medical Mutual • Medical Service Company • Meritech, Inc. • Metal Fabricating Corp. • MetroHealth Medical Center • Miceli Dairy Products Co. •
Middough Consulting, Inc. • Microsoft • Midwest Direct Marketing Services • Mid-West Materials • Minute Men Staffing Services • Moen Inc. • Monarch Electric Service Co. • Moore Stephens Apple • Morgan Services,
Inc. • Morrison Products, Inc. • MRN Limited Partnership • MTD Products, Inc. • Musical Arts Association • Mustard Seed Market & Cafe • MWV Pinnacle Management Co. • Mydatt • Myers University • NACCO
Industries, Inc. • National City Corp. • Neighborhood Progress Inc. • NEOSA • Neubauer Land Management Company, Inc. • New Era Builders • Neway Stamping & Manufacturing Co., Inc. • Newcomerstown
Progress Corporation • Nordson Corp. • NorTech • Nortel Networks, Inc. • Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) • Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District • Northern Haserot • Northern Ohio
Minority Business Council • Notre Dame College • Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates, Inc. • Nova Machine Products • The NRP Group • NSL Analytical Services, Inc. • Oatey Co. • Oberlin Farms Dairymens, Inc. •
OfficeMax, Inc. • Ohio Aerospace Institue • Ohio Aluminum Industries, Inc. • Ohio CAT • Ohio Department of Transportation • Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission • Olympia Candies • OneCommunity • Optiem
LLC • Oracle Corporation • Owners Management Co. • Ozanne Construction Co. • P.C. Campana, Inc. • Packaging Specialties, Inc. • Paris Companies • Park View Federal Savings Bank • Parker Hannifin Corp. •
Parkwood Corporation • Paro Services Corp. • Peek’n Peak Resort & Conference Center • Picken’s Plastics, Inc. • Plain Dealer Publishing Co. • Plastic Suppliers Inc. • Playhouse Square Foundation • Polaris Career
Center • PolyOne Corp. • Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur • PR Newswire • The Presidents’ Council • Pressco Technology, Inc. • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP • Primus Capital Partners, Inc. • Positively Cleveland •
Quicken Loans • RCA Rubber Co. • Recovery Resources • Regional Reps Corp. • Renaissance Cleveland Hotel • Rennillo Court Reporting, Records & Media • Research Associates, Inc. • The Reserves Network, Inc.
• Resources Global Professionals • RGH Enterprises, Inc. • Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland • Robert L. Stark Enterprises, Inc. • Roc Lakeside, Inc. • Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley & Reliance • Roetzel & Andress • RPM,
Inc. • RSM McGladrey / McGladrey & Pullen • Rubber Associates • The Ruhlin Company • Rumpke • Russell Products • Sammy’s Staffing Services, Inc. • Scrip Pharmacy, Inc. • Servisair • Sheraton Airport Hotel •
The Sherwin-Williams Co. • ShoreBank • Smith Barney • Spero-Smith Investment Advisors, Inc. • Sprint Nextel • SPS Partners LLC • Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. • St. Ives Inc. Cleveland • Staffing
Solutions Enterprises • Staples, Inc. - Steelyard Commons • Steel Forming, Inc. • STERIS Corporation • Strnisha Development Advisors • Summit Retirement Plan Services • Sun Newspapers • Swagelok Co. •
Swiger Coil Systems, Inc. • T & J Fresh Mex, Ltd. • Tameran, Inc. • The Taylor Companies • Tazmanian Freight Forwarding Inc. • Team NEO • The Club at Key Center • Thompson Hine LLP • Three Rivers Healthcare
• thunder::tech • Time Warner Cable • TODCO • Transtar Industries, Inc. • Tribco, Inc. • Tribute, Inc. • Tucker, Ellis & West, LLP • Turner Construction Co. • Ulmer & Berne LLP • United Way of Greater Cleveland •
University Circle, Inc. • University Hospitals • University of Phoenix Cleveland Campus • US Bank • USM Precision Products, Inc. • Vantage POINT • Varbros Corporation • Vision Service Plan • Visiting Nurse
Association Healthcare Partners of Ohio • Visual Marking Systems • Vocational Guidance Services • Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP • Voss Industries • Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. • Walter & Haverfield LLP • Watson
Wyatt Worldwide • Weekley’s Mailing Service, Inc. • Welded Tubes, Inc. • Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. • Wendy’s of Chesterland • Wessell Generations, Inc • Westlake Hospitality, Inc. • Westlake Reed
Leskosky Architects • Weston Hurd, L.L.P. • WEWS Television Station • Whole Foods Market • Wiseco Piston Co. • WJW-Fox 8 • WKYC-TV 3 • WorkflowOne • World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational •
World Trade Center Cleveland • Wright Tool Co. • WVIZ/PBS & WCPN Ideastream • Wyndham Cleveland Hotel at Playhouse Square • YMCA of Greater Cleveland • Yours Truly Restaurants/Hudson • Zaremba Group,
LLC • Ziegler, Metzger & Miller, L.L.P. • ZIN Technologies Inc. • Zircoa, Inc. Bold indicates 2008 Board Members
Greater Cleveland Partnership The Higbee Building
100 Public Square, Suite 210, Cleveland, Ohio 44113
P: 216.621.3300
F: 216.621.6013
www.gcpartnership.com