CLEVELAND – Start with a dash of Epcot at Walt Disney World. Add a pinch of the Great Lakes Science Center. Stir in the world’s leading medical product and service companies. Attach it to a state-of-the-art convention center, and you have Cleveland’s Global Center for Health Innovation. The one-of-a-kind center will be ready for its […]
CLEVELAND – Cleveland’s new Convention Center and Med Mart was six years in the making and often was met with doubts and criticism. The $465 million project was approved in 2007 by a two to one vote by former Cuyahoga County Commissioners. Instantly, opposition arose. Taxpayers were furious that a .25 percent increase in the […]
CLEVELAND – The new $465 million Cleveland Convention Center and Global Center of Health Innovation does something the old convention center couldn’t: Put Cleveland back in the convention business. “Our convention center was built in different pieces, mostly in the 20s and 30s,” said Positively Cleveland President and CEO Dave Gilbert of the old facility […]
CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald told a packed City Club in Cleveland that the county’s new form of government is working. FitzGerald said making the Cuyahoga County’s home appraisal process more efficient saved the county $5 million, $700,000 of which will be returned to local schools as the “spirit of reform” continues. FiitzGerald […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland Division of Police recommends that fans attending the Browns vs. Eagles game Friday evening avoid using Mall C to access Browns Stadium due to the Medical Mart construction project. Fans are encouraged to use West 3rd Street or E. 9th Street as alternative routes to the stadium. Jaywalking and […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. (MMPI) has announced a three-year agreement to host the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) Professional Development Conference at Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center (CMMCC) in downtown Cleveland in 2015, 2017, and 2019. The OMEA is the third largest of the 52 federated state affiliates of the National […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Structural steel erection continued at the east and west sides of the Ballroom, and the first of 30 main trusses was hung earlier this week. Each main truss measures 120 feet in length, spanning east to west across steel columns and will form the roof of the future Ballroom. Work continues […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald announced Friday that the county web site now provides access to numerous construction and management contracts relating to the Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center project as well as public presentations and historical documents. “The public wants to know about the Medical Mart and the county […]