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Meet the Dogs of EA
They've weathered the pandemic storm by our sides oblivious to what has transpired except for a curiosity about why we are always home. As we became a virtual office in late '20, a silver lining, they're curled at our feet M-F 9-5. With watchful eyes even when closed...
A Promise and an Opportunity for Connectivity, New Jobs and Opportunities for Residents
Monday, November 15, 2021 Was it just me, or does it seem a bit prophetic that just days after Cleveland elected a 34 year old change agent named Justin Bibb to be our next Mayor, the final stretches of the appropriately named Opportunity Cooridor opened this...
Meet Nkechi Okwumabua – New to CLE and Loving Her Urban Neighborhood
In early 2021, Executive Arrangements introduced Nkechi Okwumabua, a new hire of Sherwin-Williams Company, to Cleveland. Relocating from Michigan while the country was still in the grips of COVID-19, she nonetheless pulled up her roots and transplanted them to begin...
Meet EA’s Caroline Merk, Brussels to Poland Traveling the World
EA: Caroline, tell us about yourself, where you grew up, schooled, worked, and have lived.CM: I was the first American-born in my family and spent my early childhood in the NYC area. My parents spoke Polish to us at home, taught us to read and write in Polish before...
EA Connects – Welcoming the Class of Sept ’21 to Cleveland
On September 24th we hosted EA Connects, a gathering of all the New to Cleveland/Akron women we helped on-board to our region. Whether they moved for their own career opportunity, or their significant other's, they all arrived within the last few months. After months...
Murals add art to MidTown Cleveland buildings
August, 2021: The Cleveland Walls weeklong festival added almost 20 new pieces of public art to Cleveland's MidTown neighborhood. Using both local and national artists, these splashes of color brightened up the sides of so many buildings, many of them clustered along...
Cuyahoga Valley National Park & The Countryside revisted
Executive Arrangements' quarterly continuing ed outings for staff members, lovingly called EA University, took us on an exploration of Cuyahoga Valley National Park. And, while inclement weather (and not COVID) forced the meeting to be virtual instead of at Boston...
Cleveland & Akron Are Open Folks, Go Exploring!
Once a month, an email is sent to our 15 WFH employees. It keeps the connectivity alive, but equally important is the info share about what is new and happening in the Greater CLE/AKR region. We pass this knowledge on to the candidates and newcomers we work with every...
Meet the Bakers, You’ll Be Glad You Did!
Q: Share a bit about yourself, where you consider home, schooled, worked and the moves you’ve made with your husband and daughter?I always considered central Pennsylvania my home since I grew up there, but now that Aaron and I have been together so long it’s basically...
When you ask your customers for “honest” feedback…
Like many companies, we welcome input from our customers and ask each to fill out a ten question survey after their EA experience and Survey Monkey makes this easy! The candidates we work with are considering a relocation to Greater Cleveland/Akron. They have either...
How To Talk Like a Local (AKA Clevelandisms)!!!!
Every town has colloquialisms and historic references that the locals all understand but that might make a newcomer scratch their head. How confusing is it for a recent transplant to hear locals refer to a building by it's previous tenant/name even though it was...
Meet EA’s Suzanne Dannemiller; Empty Nester, Volunteer, Yogi, Boater
Q: Would you share a bit about yourself and your family? Where is home?Although I was born and raised in NC, I moved to Bay Village in 1992. Other than living in Nashville while attending Vanderbilt University and spending 5 years in Portland, Oregon we have raised...
