Blog - Executive Arrangements

Welcome to ConnectToCLE!

Each week or so, EA’s blog addresses various topics relevant to the people that we help. We work with companies and organizations to attract and welcome top talent to Northeast Ohio. We do this by connecting job candidates, new hires, and their families to the people, places, and lifestyle opportunities in Cleveland and Akron.

Our blog presents meaningful information about life in Northeast Ohio, relocation topics, and trends in destination services. We answer both the common and uncommon questions that we hear from our clients and the people that we introduce, welcome, and acclimate to Northeast Ohio.

And why ConnectToCLE? Because CLE is catchier than Northeast Ohio, Cleveland, or Akron. But, rest assured! Our blog does address the entire seven county region we serve.

Surviving Cleveland Winters Part 1 – Dealing with Weather

Last week, I was talking to a friend about our recent, unreasonably nice weather (almost 60 degrees in January? Love it!). He told me about a relative of his in Florida who told him that having no winter wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. When you live in a state without four seasons, […]

2019 Movie Year in Review: Films Shot in Northeast Ohio

When most people think of movie filming locations, they think of LA or NYC. While Ohio isn’t your typical movie set location, there are still a bunch of talented filmmakers located here, and plenty of movies shot in our own backyard. We have the A Christmas Story house right in Tremont. The Avengers made big waves in […]

Our Final 40th Anniversary Tour Stop: Tremont

Twenty years ago when I became a property owner in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood, I thought it would be a short-lived stay…maybe a few years until I could talk my new husband into moving to a more established neighborhood. Back in 1999, Tremont was a little rough around the edges for a girl who grew up […]

Picture of Coventry Village from the northwest corner of Euclid Heights Boulevard and Coventry Road

Gifts that Keep on Giving: Cleveland Heights Holiday Gift Guide

With the holidays quickly approaching, you might need to find last-minute gifts for friends, family, co-workers, and otherwise. There are so many great pockets of stores in Cleveland, but since our office is located in Cleveland Heights, we wanted to create a hyper-local gift guide and encourage to buy local at independent shops. So we […]

Making Memories in Middlefield

December 5, 2019

Rebecca Ferlotti

Novelty residents are the only people who call it that. When I tell people about where I grew up in Geauga county, they’re usually surprised, “There’s a place called Novelty?” An “east-sider short commute, west-sider long commute,” 20-minute drive to Middlefield saw the rolling hills turn to farmland. Growing up, it was a common destination, […]

Your Week is Booked: Books and Antiques Around Cleveland

November 26, 2019

Brad Withers

East or west, we have great independent bookstores. For our 40th anniversary, I wanted to point out a few of my favorites. Loganberry Books, Mac’s Backs, Fireside Book Shop, and Appletree Books dot the east side with both used and new book options. In the city, you’ll find Visible Voice Books, Horizontal Books, and The […]

Businesses Take Notice as Downtown Cleveland Approaches 20,000 Residents

November 25, 2019

Margy Judd

EA University is our company’s once a month off-site meeting to ensure our 20+ team members have the most current information to share with candidates, new hires, and their families. Our latest meeting took us downtown. We spent the morning with Joe Marinucci, President of Downtown Cleveland Alliance (DCA), the nonprofit organization that was formed […]

Our Favorite Place to Gather: Clifton Beach

November 19, 2019

Margy Judd

Each Executive Arrangements staff member holds different Northeast Ohio places near and dear, but if there is one place that our company loves, it’s Clifton Beach. Each fall, we gather there with our significant others to watch the sun set over the water. Drinking wine and eating at long picnic tables together just steps from […]

The 36th Reason We Love Cleveland: The Fairmount-Taylor Shops

November 15, 2019

Cari Ross

One of my favorite things about Cleveland (for Executive Arrangements’ 40th anniversary series) are the many small shopping pockets all over the region that have so much to offer. One of the best is at the intersection of Fairmount Boulevard and South Taylor Road in Cleveland Heights, more simply known to the locals as: Fairmount-Taylor. […]

Religious Diversity in Northeast Ohio

November 13, 2019

Margy Judd

If the neighborhood you live in has you believing that most people in Northeast Ohio are either Christian or Jewish, you need to get in your car and explore your town a bit more. A drive through any of the inner-ring suburbs or city neighborhoods will show that only a few other northern industrial cities […]

My Favorite Pastime in Cleveland: Boating on Lake Erie

November 7, 2019

Stan Brady

When Executive Arrangements asked me to think of my favorite place in Cleveland as part of their 40th anniversary celebration, I immediately thought of being out on a boat on Lake Erie. As a transplant myself from Atlanta, I really appreciate Cleveland being on one of the Great Lakes, which offers boaters a wonderful opportunity […]

Playhouse Square: An Economic Engine in Downtown CLE

November 5, 2019

Margy Judd

When I think of the places that have changed drastically in the 40 years since Executive Arrangements was founded, I think of our theater district. So as our staff shares their 40 favorite places in honor of this four decade milestone anniversary, I’ll share one of my favorites: Playhouse Square. In the 1970s Ray Shepardson […]

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