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Cleveland is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the
state of Ohio. Greater Cleveland is the 14th largest
metropolitan area in the country, with a population of 2.9
million.
As a legal and business center, Cleveland
competes easily with more populous cities.
Greater Cleveland ranks fourth in the nation for
the number of Fortune 500 company headquarters.
Cleveland is also a leader in biomedical
technology, polymers, electronics, manufacturing, and
publishing. Cleveland's service industries include major
accounting firms, banks, five of the nation's top 100 law
firms and nationally ranked hospitals.
This thriving metropolis is second on Money magazine's
midwestern list of Best Places to Live. A few reasons:
Case Western Reserve University
Created
in 1967 through the federation of Case Institute of Technology
(founded 1880) and Western Reserve University (1826), CWRU
stands today among the nation's foremost independent research
institutions and ranks 12th among private universities in
federal research and development awards. (http://www.case.edu/)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Rated
among the nation's top museums, it offers a collection of more
than 34,000 works of art, from ancient Egypt to the present. It
is renowed for its superb quality and cultural breadth. (www.clemusart.com)
Cleveland
Museum of Natural History
A place to explore the natural world.
Visitors can "experience" an earthquake or view one of
the finest collections of precious gemstones in the country.
Favorite galleries include dinosaurs and other prehistoric
creatures. (www.cmnh.org)
More links:
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (http://ech.cwru.edu/)
City of Cleveland Home Page (http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/)
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