About Cleveland, Ohio

General Moses Cleaveland founded the City of Cleveland in 1796. The name changed to its current spelling in 1831 when the "a" was dropped in order to fit the city's name on a newspaper masthead. Originally a frontier village, Cleveland grew into a manufacturing and business center for Northern Ohio.

Today, the city is headquarters for both manufacturing and service industries, as well as a growing tourism and convention destination.

It is the 16th largest metro area and 15th largest consumer market in the United States with 2.9 million residents in Greater Cleveland metro and nearly 500,000 in the City of Cleveland, making it the 30th largest city in the country.

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 boasts world-class cultural institutions, major-league sports, state-of-the-art attractions, unique ethnic neighborhoods, great shopping and dining, hot nightlife, a national park for outdoor recreation, internationally acclaimed education and health institutions and affordable housing that has people all over the world noticing what residents have always said...Cleveland is the best location in the nation!

While your conference visit to Cleveland will include a visit to the Cleveland Botanical Garden. Here are some other favorite attractions:

• Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame & Museum
• Great Lakes Science Center
• Cleveland Playhouse
• Playhouse Square
• Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
• Western Reserve Historical Society - Diana: A Celebration
• Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
• Tower City Center