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Why is Cleveland on the Top 10 Poverty List?
April 11, 2016 - In response to the recent news stories that listed Cleveland on a very unflattering Top 10 list of large US cities with high concentrations of poverty...here is the original study done by the Brookings Institute and the follow up story in The New York...
Meet Arthur & Marie-Laure le Levreur
Here's the story of one young couple's transition to Cleveland from France as told by Marie-Laure le Levreur, who relocated along with her husband Arthur for his job at Tarkett, a French flooring manufacturer with North American headquarters in Solon, an...
What the Republican National Convention Means to Northeast Ohio
Monday, March 21, 2016 - This morning our staff had an hour with the Chief Operating Officer for the RNC's Cleveland Host Committee, Diane Downing. On loan from her full time job at Huntington Bank, Diane has decades of experience making big projects happen, on time...
Meet the Bell Family
Gordon Bell and his family relocated to Cleveland in 2015 for his job as Vice President, General Auditor for Medical Mutual of Ohio. Here is their story about transitioning into NE Ohio in his own words... What were your thoughts/impressions when you realized you...
Comedy in Cleveland
On Wednesday February 24th, I attended Accelerate 2016 at the Global Center for Health Innovation (or The Globe, as we call it). This Shark Tank-like pitch contest attracted hundreds of guests, and the 25 finalists were grouped into 5 categories: Community Change,...
Theater District Set to Reveal Final Grand Lobby to be Restored
Monday, February 22 - About 40 recent transplants, who relocated to Cleveland with the help of Executive Arrangements, were treated to a sneak peak inside Playhouse Square, the nation's second largest performing arts center (only Lincoln Park in NYC is larger). We...
Meet Camille Nixon
Camille Nixon relocated to Cleveland from New York City in February 2015 for her job at Medical Mutual of Ohio. Here is her story as told to Executive Arrangements: When Medical Mutual began recruiting me for a job in Cleveland, I was living in New York City and had...
Recruiting Interns & YPs
Recruiting the best talent is a challenge no matter what age bracket you are targeting, but there are unique ways to showcase NE Ohio to the 20 somethings who are considering an internship or joining your firm straight out of college or an MBA program. And, EA has...
Cleveland School of the Arts
Monday, January 25, 2016 - The corner of Carnegie Avenue and Stearns Boulevard in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood is a major crossroads for those traversing from the near east side suburbs into our eds/meds district or continuing on to downtown Cleveland....
Meet the Bazzone Family
Although both natives of the East Coast, Tom and Jill Bazzone relocated from Dallas, TX with their three boys in 2015 for Tom's new job as COO of Arhaus (did you know Arhaus Furniture is a Cleveland company? A hidden gem that we locals don't brag about often enough!)....
Meet the Barnes Family
Meet newcomer Gary Barnes, his wife Kyra and their three children (9, 6 and 4 years old), who relocated from Arizona to Cleveland in 2015 for Gary's job as Director, Total Rewards for Fairmount Santrol. Here's their story as told by Gary: "Before we moved to...
Insightful Info from the Northeast Relocation Roundtable
Thursday, November 12, 2015 - This morning I attended the Northeast Relocation Roundtable breakfast and wanted to share some random factoids that could be helpful to my clients who recruit and relocate employees for their companies. The average cost of relocating an...
