Often cited as a model for urban rebirth and named one of the top 10 international visitor hotspots by Travel and Leisure magazine, the City of Cleveland, located on the shores of Lake Erie, has truly lived up to its image as the New American City. Cleveland’s success story today is fueled by an on-going commitment to growth and a global vision for the future. In fact, Fortune magazine ranked Greater Cleveland as one of the 10 best cities for business in North America. Places Rated Almanac named the city the nation’s #2 destination for recreation and Partners for Livable Communities named Cleveland one of four “most livable cities” in the United States this decade! Most recently, USA Today named Cleveland one of 10 great places to take a hike in the big city. Cleveland is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the U.S. state of Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border. It was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, and became a manufacturing center owing to its location at the head of numerous canals and railroad lines.
Cleveland’s location on the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie proved providential in the growth of the city and its industry. Cleveland experienced explosive growth after the opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal, establishing the city as one of the manufacturing centers of America. Steel and many other manufactured goods were major industries.
The city was hit hard by the fall of manufacturing, but the city has diversified its economy to include service-based industries. Cleveland has also become a world leader in health care and health sciences. The world-famous Cleveland Clinic, the area’s largest employer, is one of the highest-ranked hospitals in the United States as tabulated by U.S. News & World Report. Cleveland’s healthcare industry also includes University Hospitals of Cleveland, a noted competitor of the Clinic’s which is ranked #25 in cancer care, and MetroHealth medical center. Among the album titles by Cleveland’s favorite son, rocker Michael Stanley, were Heartland and North Coast.
City residents and tourists benefit from investments made by wealthy residents in the city’s heyday, in arts and cultural institutions, and philanthropy also helped to establish a robust public library system in the city. More recent investments have provided the city with tourist attractions in the downtown area, such as Jacobs Field, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Playhouse Square Center. The two musical compilations sum up Cleveland’s locale: North Coast of America’s heartland. Sitting on the shores of Lake Erie, Cleveland is about as Midwest as Midwest gets. Part of a megalopolis that includes Akron, Youngstown, Canton and Toledo, Cleveland is Ohio’s largest metropolitan area and its center of culture and activity. Home to three major professional sports teams, a world-famous orchestra as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Great Lakes Science Center, the city is keeping up with the world in terms of modernism.
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