Cleveland & Northeast Ohio
Contact:Regional Economic Development Director
Lausche State Office Building
615 West Superior Ave., 12th Floor
Cleveland, OH 44113
Phone: (216) 787-3471 Fax: (216) 787-3244
Leah Anglin-Walsh (Akron Office)
Regional Economic Development Director
Ocasek Government Office Building
161 S. High St., Room 404
Akron, OH 44308-1615
Phone: (330) 643-3392 Fax:(330) 643-3391
Langlin@odod.state.oh.us
Arnie Clebone (Youngstown Office)
Regional Economic Development Director
242 Federal Plaza West, Suite 401
Youngstown, OH 44503
Phone: (330) 797-6301 Fax: (330) 744-1822
AClebone@odod.state.oh.us
Ohio's northeast region is anchored by Cleveland with subsidiary major metros of Akron-Canton and Youngstown. Northeast Ohio's strength in advanced manufacturing, combined with cutting-edge research and technology sectors, maximizes the region's strength in bioscience, polymers, aerospace and other technology-driven fields including IT.
Home to the premiere institutions including the NASA Glenn Research Center, Wright Center for Innovation, The Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine and the University of Akron's world-class polymers programs, Northeast Ohio also hosts more than half of the state's bioscience organizations and is the longtime hub of the state's polymer industry due to historic ties with Akron industry giant Goodyear Tire & Rubber.
"We brought our light-controlling technology to market much more quickly with help from Ohio," says Bahman Taheri, Ph.D., CEO of Kent-based AlphaMicron, Inc. The company generated one of the latest advances in polymer commercial applications, eyewear that allows electronic adjustment to the amount of light admitted, with assistance from an Ohio grant.
Northeast Ohio Economic Review
Team Northeast Ohio (Team NEO) recently released its fourth quarter 2007 Economic Review that provides an update on the 16-county Northeast Ohio regional economy and an in depth analysis of the region's occupations that are growing and the effect the region's mix of jobs has on the standard of living in Northeast Ohio.
