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israeli biotech firms flock to ohio
According to Michael Goldberg, founder and managing partner of Cleveland-based Bridge Investment Fund, state incentives and a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in Israel continue to lure biotechnology companies from that nation in record numbers. In the past eight years, at least 14 Israeli technology start-ups raised funds from Ohio-based backers, and at least six of these opened offices in the state.
"While many Israelis still look to Boston or Silicon Valley... Read more >
"While many Israelis still look to Boston or Silicon Valley... Read more >
And now for a small dose of good news from the foreclosure front: TwoSlavic Village homes that sat empty for more than a year will be openedto potential buyers on December 16.
The homes -- on East 69th and East 75th -- were acquired from the banksthat had taken them in foreclosure and fully renovated through the Opportunity Homes program, a joint venture between The City of Cleveland, Neighborhood Progress Inc., the Cleveland Housing Network and six Cleveland community de... Read more >
The homes -- on East 69th and East 75th -- were acquired from the banksthat had taken them in foreclosure and fully renovated through the Opportunity Homes program, a joint venture between The City of Cleveland, Neighborhood Progress Inc., the Cleveland Housing Network and six Cleveland community de... Read more >
OnShift's employee scheduling software is designed for pain-free maintenance of shift, emergency, and on-call scheduling in the long-term healthcare industry. Clearly, hospitals and other long-term care providers have taken note, because the Cleveland-based company has been enjoying exponential growth of late. OnShift's customer acquisitions increased more than 500 percent year-over-year, and the software solutions company continues to add staffers.
A new $2.3 million ven... Read more >
A new $2.3 million ven... Read more >
slavic village rail-trail earns national award
Slavic Village Development, Cleveland Public Art and Parkworks all claim their share of a national trail award.
American Trails, the world's largest online trails resource, held its 20th National Trails Awards on Nov. 16, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The awards program recognizes exemplary people across the landscape of America who are working to create a national system of trails to meet the recreation, health, and travel needs of all Americans.
Winning the "Trai... Read more >
American Trails, the world's largest online trails resource, held its 20th National Trails Awards on Nov. 16, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The awards program recognizes exemplary people across the landscape of America who are working to create a national system of trails to meet the recreation, health, and travel needs of all Americans.
Winning the "Trai... Read more >
It's not that they want people to get sick, but University Hospital's Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood is poised to capture a sizable patient population when it officially opens in January 2011.
Part of the attraction to patients obviously will be the quality care, but the 144-bed hospital also will likely turn heads with its technology. And not just for the comprehensive imaging center or state-of-the-art catheterization labs.
With input from physicians, nurses... Read more >
Part of the attraction to patients obviously will be the quality care, but the 144-bed hospital also will likely turn heads with its technology. And not just for the comprehensive imaging center or state-of-the-art catheterization labs.
With input from physicians, nurses... Read more >
cleveland clinic predicts top medical breakthrough of 2011
Reporting for CNET, medical blogger Elizabeth Armstrong Moore reports on the Cleveland Clinic's recent Medical Innovation Summit, where the "top ten" medical breakthroughs of 2011 were predicted. Taking top honors was the new brain-imaging compound AV-45, which will aid in early detection of Alzheimer's.
In the post, Moore writes, "To this day, diagnosing the disease while a patient is still alive is tricky, and there is still no cure. But there have been several breakthr... Read more >
In the post, Moore writes, "To this day, diagnosing the disease while a patient is still alive is tricky, and there is still no cure. But there have been several breakthr... Read more >
Hundreds of Northeast Ohioans bike to work downtown. Many more surelywould, but for the challenges that present themselves upon arrival --like parking and, well, sweating. But next year the city will have ananswer to those deterrents: The Bike Rack, set to open next spring inthe ground level of the parking garage at East 4th and High streets,between Harry Buffalo restaurant and Quicken Loans Arena. Ground wasbroken there in late October.
Modeled on bike stations in Europe... Read more >
Modeled on bike stations in Europe... Read more >
It's not a sports championship, but in some ways it's just as big. Lastweek a consortium of some of the wealthiest banks and foundations inthe world announced that Cleveland would receive major support forinnovative developments that will create hundreds of new jobs wherethey're needed most.
The Integration Initiative, by the New York-based Living Citiesphilanthropic collaborative, will pump almost $15 million in grants,loans and targeted investments into Cleveland. One o... Read more >
The Integration Initiative, by the New York-based Living Citiesphilanthropic collaborative, will pump almost $15 million in grants,loans and targeted investments into Cleveland. One o... Read more >
cleveland: the anatomy of a dealmaking community
In the latest issue of The Deal, Cleveland earns major real estate and attention for its remarkably robust deal-making environment. In a multi-feature special report titled: The Anatomy of a Dealmaking Community, numerous Cleveland companies get major props.
The magazine poses the rhetorical question: "How do deals get done in America?" And answers it with: "This once-powerful industrial center boasts a vibrant network of advisers and investors. This is how it works."
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The magazine poses the rhetorical question: "How do deals get done in America?" And answers it with: "This once-powerful industrial center boasts a vibrant network of advisers and investors. This is how it works."
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Cleveland's slow but steady transformation from national leader in jobloss and foreclosures to national model for urban farming took anothermajor step forward last week in the Kinsman neighborhood. That's wherefederal, state and city officials introduced the Cleveland UrbanAgriculture Incubator Pilot Project.
Six acres of land at East 83rd and Gill, donated from the City LandBank, will be turned into a farm, thanks to $100,000 grants from theOhio Department of Agriculture... Read more >
Six acres of land at East 83rd and Gill, donated from the City LandBank, will be turned into a farm, thanks to $100,000 grants from theOhio Department of Agriculture... Read more >
The Cleveland Clinic's Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center continues to attract new companies and jobs to the region. One of those snags is Farm Design, a medical product development firm that wanted so badly to be in Cleveland, they made the trip from Boston.
JumpStart invests $250K in its 50th company
Cleveland's JumpStart Ventures just reached an important milestone: The early-stage venture company recently invested in its 50th company.
That move consisted of a $250,000 investment commitment in Endotronix, Inc., which is developing a wireless monitoring technology for patients with congestive heart failure. Endotronix's "Anytime, Anywhere" wireless sensing platform technology will allow physicians to remotely monitor a patient's health status and deliver the appropri... Read more >
That move consisted of a $250,000 investment commitment in Endotronix, Inc., which is developing a wireless monitoring technology for patients with congestive heart failure. Endotronix's "Anytime, Anywhere" wireless sensing platform technology will allow physicians to remotely monitor a patient's health status and deliver the appropri... Read more >
"Restoring Properties, Rebuilding Communities," a new report from the Center for Community Progress, cites a Cleveland-based grassroots program as an example for other cities also struggling with widespread property vacancy.
The report, released at the start of last week's national Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conferencein Cleveland, outlines the longstanding problem, exacerbated in recentyears by foreclosures and the recession: Across the country, from theRust Belt to th... Read more >
The report, released at the start of last week's national Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conferencein Cleveland, outlines the longstanding problem, exacerbated in recentyears by foreclosures and the recession: Across the country, from theRust Belt to th... Read more >
City governments often get a bad rap. Cleveland's government isespecially vulnerable to dismissal, what with that lingering "mistakeon the lake" thing. But some informed government watchers — at Harvard,no less — like what they see, at least in terms of the city'swillingness to cooperate with communities in building a better future.
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation,at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, recently recognizedthe Strateg... Read more >
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation,at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, recently recognizedthe Strateg... Read more >
cleveland-based rsb spine boasts whopping 229% year-over-year growth
Earlier this month, Cleveland-based RSB Spine announced a 229-percent increase for the third quarter of 2010 versus the third quarter of a year earlier. The medical device company also recently completed a $1.5 million private offering to grow its operations in the United States.
RSB Spine's InterPlate C-Ti has become the first inter-body fusion device to be cleared as an anterior cervical plate. The device is implanted during spinal fusion surgery, holding the vertebrae ... Read more >
RSB Spine's InterPlate C-Ti has become the first inter-body fusion device to be cleared as an anterior cervical plate. The device is implanted during spinal fusion surgery, holding the vertebrae ... Read more >
pittsburgh's pop city spreads the word about fresh water
In last week's issue of Pop City (yes, it's a sister IMG publication), writer Deb Smit reported on our dear publication.
"Fresh Water launches this month with the goods on Cleveland, news as it pertains to innovation, jobs, healthcare, lifestyle, design and arts and culture," she writes." The bubbly, blue homepage comes to life each Thursday with a fresh issue featuring vibrant photography and stories on the people shaking things up and the great places to visit."
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"Fresh Water launches this month with the goods on Cleveland, news as it pertains to innovation, jobs, healthcare, lifestyle, design and arts and culture," she writes." The bubbly, blue homepage comes to life each Thursday with a fresh issue featuring vibrant photography and stories on the people shaking things up and the great places to visit."
With just six miles remaining, and following a route that was created some 177 years ago, the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail finally is nearing completion. Terminating at the Flats' new Canal Basin Park, the Towpath Trail will connect cyclists and pedestrians to Cleveland's historic neighborhoods. And when it comes to attracting the highly mobile talent class, access to bike paths is no longer an amenity -- it's a necessity
dynamic duo chosen as finalist in bloomberg's 'america's best young entrepreneurs'
Bloomberg Businessweek really, really likes what local medical device whiz kids Rick Arlow and Zach Bloom are up to. First came inclusion for Arlow in the pub's "25 most impressive young entrepreneurs under the age of 25." Next up for the dynamic duo was a slot as dual finalist in "America's Best Young Entrepreneurs."
Arlow and Bloom are recent grads of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., and Arlow currently is a medical student at Case Western Reserve University. The pa... Read more >
Arlow and Bloom are recent grads of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., and Arlow currently is a medical student at Case Western Reserve University. The pa... Read more >
Bad news first: The county's long-planned Medical Mart and conventioncenter will cost more than promised — about $40 million more, anddeveloper MMPI is only picking up a small portion of that. But the goodnews is that MMPI also has in hand letters of intent from companies andorganizations that hope to use the facility when it's completed.
Attorney Jeff Applebaum, who negotiates for the county with MMPI,revealed these facts in a presentation to the county commissioners l... Read more >
Attorney Jeff Applebaum, who negotiates for the county with MMPI,revealed these facts in a presentation to the county commissioners l... Read more >
cleveland's pediacath snags $500k to develop first line of pediatric catheters
You would think that something as vital as a cardiac catheter designed specifically for children would have been on the market years ago. Sad truth is, a lack of financial incentives previously prevented such a device from being produced.
"There aren't many players in the pediatric medical device space because there isn't huge cash-out potential," explains Tim Moran, founder of Cleveland-based nonprofit PediaWorks. The issue, he notes, is simply a matter of market share... Read more >
"There aren't many players in the pediatric medical device space because there isn't huge cash-out potential," explains Tim Moran, founder of Cleveland-based nonprofit PediaWorks. The issue, he notes, is simply a matter of market share... Read more >