The pair of new buildings on the Mall comprises a 1-million-square-foot, $465-million complex, which is owned by Cuyahoga County. Development was overseen by MMPI Inc., a Chicago firm that will manage the two operations.
The convention center has 230,000 square feet of divisible exhibition hall space attached to 90,000 square feet of meeting room space and a 32,000-square-foot grand ballroom that overlooks the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the other attractions on the lakefront.

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“We’re going to end up connecting not just the convention center, but also Public Square to the lakefront in a way that’s only been talked about for many decades,” Fitzgerald said.

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“One thing is clear: these escalating attacks on women’s health and decisions demand a response—and Governor Kasich has been silent. The longer John Kasich stands idly by as these life-threatening attacks on women continue, the more unforgiveable it becomes. Said Fitzgerald

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The money will allow the nonprofit College Now Greater Cleveland to offer renewable scholarships of up to $1,250 a year to high school seniors who meet academic and financial guidelines.

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A plan put forward last week by Mayor Frank Jackson and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald would also greatly improve the city’s chances of luring large conventions.

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During the past two years, cities, townships and counties have seen budgets and local services squeezed by cuts in state aid, vanishing state taxes and lower property values.

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The City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County are moving full speed ahead on a plan that leaders say will connect all of Cleveland’s attractions to its lakefront.

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“This (initiative) is going to point the direction for the next decade,” Mr. FitzGerald said in a meeting with Crain’s editors and reporters yesterday, June 4. “This is the kind of stuff that stimulates private development.”

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald called on Republican Gov. John Kasich, who’s running for re-election in 2014, to veto a bill that will prevent a full audit on JobsOhio, but Kasich spokesperson Rob Nichols says the governor will sign the bill. The bill will define JobsOhio’s liquor profits, which the agency gets from a lease [...]

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Cuyahoga County “passed a program to guarantee a college savings account for every single child who enters kindergarten in this county — the first county in the United States to do so.”

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