October 2018 – NEOtrans

Is Sherwin-Williams ready to paint Cleveland’s sky?

2 Comments / Ken Prendergast / October 31, 2018

On Jan. 22, 2016, some 6,000 Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW) salespersons began descending upon the Fortune 500 company’s annual National Sales Meeting in Orlando, Fla. Many were excited and not just because it was the paint and coatings company’s 150th year in business. Reportedly, a large number of attendees expected to learn about the company’s grand birthday prize to itself — a shiny new headquarters tower in SHW’s home city of Cleveland, Oh.

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Cleveland’s economy is kicking butt

2 Comments / Ken Prendergast / October 20, 2018

In case you’ve missed it, and judging by the lack of coverage in local mainstream media you have, but Greater Cleveland’s economy has managed to win some serious momentum in recent months.
September jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics just came in this past week (see chart below). It showed that Greater Cleveland’s employment grew by 2.7 percent compared to September 2017 year-over-year (YOY). That would have been an increase over August’s robust 2.5 percent increase YOY, except that August’s preliminary data was adjusted upward to 2.7 percent in this latest report.

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Gentrification takes a Vantage in Ohio City

5 Comments / Ken Prendergast / October 18, 2018

Gentrification and Cleveland aren’t words that have gone together much in recent decades. But they’re mixing more often and, unfortunately, forcing more persons to relocate without them reaping financial windfalls from real estate sales.

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