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MetroHealth
The MetroHealth System is a non-profit, public health care system located in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1837 as City Hospital, The MetroHealth System serves the residents of the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. It is one of the three major health care systems in Cleveland, Ohio, along with Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals of Cleveland. The system provides care at three hospitals, more than 20 health centers and 40 additional sites throughout Cuyahoga County. As of December 2023, it had almost 9,000 employees. The system is the 10th largest employer in Northeast Ohio. MetroHealth is a Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center. In 1982, MetroHealth established its Metro Life Flight air ambulance service. Metro Life Flight has completed more than 90,000 medical missions, all safely. This air ambulance service is internationally known and has trained crews from Poland to Japan. It uses a fleet of three EC-145 helicopters for its air ambulan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Case Western Reserve University School Of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (CWRU SOM, CaseMed) is the medical school of Case Western Reserve University, a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It is the largest biomedical research center in Ohio, and is primarily affiliated with University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, and the MetroHealth System. History On November 1, 1843, under President George Edmond Pierce, five faculty members including Jared Potter Kirtland and John Delamater, and sixty-seven students began the first medical lectures at the Medical Department of Western Reserve College (also known as the Cleveland Medical College) in Hudson, Ohio. Kirtland and Delamater had previously been instructors at a medical college started in 1834, the Medical Department of Willoughby University of Lake Erie, which had closed in 1843 due to faculty disagreements. Other faculty from that Medical Department went on to found Willoughby Medical College of Columbus, a precu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuyahoga County Council
The Cuyahoga County Council is the legislature, legislative branch of the Local government in the United States, government of Cuyahoga County in Ohio. Cuyahoga, along with Summit County, Ohio, Summit, is one of only two of Ohio's List of counties in Ohio, 88 counties not governed by a three-member county commission, commission. The council and County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, county executive position were created by means of a charter approved by the county's electorate on November 3, 2009, and became effective January 1, 2011. The Council meets in the C. Ellen Connally Council Chambers at the Cuyahoga County Administrative Headquarters at 2079 E. 9th Street in Cleveland, Ohio. The chambers are named for C. Ellen Connally, a former Cleveland Municipal Court judge who was elected the county council's first president in 2011. Elections Council members are elected to four-year terms. The size of the council is fixed at 11. Districts are redistricting, re-evaluated follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakewood, Ohio
Lakewood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, on the southern shore of Lake Erie. Established in 1889, it is one of Cleveland's historical streetcar suburbs and part of the Greater Cleveland, Cleveland metropolitan area. The population was 50,942 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the third largest city in Cuyahoga County, behind Cleveland and Parma, Ohio, Parma. History Establishment The area now called Lakewood was populated by the Ottawa, Potawatomi, Chippewa, Wyandot, Munsee, Delaware and Shawnee tribes until the Treaty of Ft. Industry pushed them west in 1805. Prior to the treaty, American settlers were prohibited from moving west of the Cuyahoga River. The treaty ceded 500,000 acres of some of the tribes' land to the United States for about $18,000 or 3.5 cents/acre. The Shawnee and Seneca, living with the Wyandot, were to get $1000 "...every year forever hereafter." In 1806, the area was formally surveyed as Defunct townships of Cuya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenville, Cleveland
Glenville is a neighborhood on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio. To the north, it borders the streetcar suburb of Bratenahl, the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, and the Lake Erie shore, encompassing the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve. To the east, it borders the suburb of East Cleveland, and to the south, it borders the neighborhoods of Hough and University Circle. Glenville borders the Collinwood area to the northeast at East 134th Street, and St. Clair–Superior to the west at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and the Cleveland Cultural Gardens in Rockefeller Park. History The Glenville neighborhood was founded in 1870 as an independent village. Until 1904, it also included the now adjacent lakeside village of Bratenahl, Ohio. Bratenahl departed from Glenville during the city of Cleveland's annexation of Glenville in 1904. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 45,312 at the 2020 census. One of Cleveland's historic streetcar suburbs, it was founded as a village in 1903 and a city in 1921. History The area that is now the city of Cleveland Heights lies atop the Portage Escarpment. Until the late 1800s, the area remained largely timber and farmland, with a few orchards, quarries, and vineyards. The first road through the city, Mayfield Road, was not built until 1828. Some of the land was divided into farms, but it also had quarries in the 19th century. One of the early quarries was established by Duncan McFarland who mined bluestone. This led to the settlement that grew up around the quarry for the workers to live in to be referred to as Bluestone. There is still a road of this name in that area. In 1873, business magnate John D. Rockefeller acquired about in what is now the cities of East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights, with a water cure hotel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brunswick, Ohio
Brunswick ( or ) is the largest city in Medina County, Ohio, United States. The population was 35,426 at the 2020 census. It is approximately southwest of Cleveland and part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. History Brunswick was founded on January 1, 1815, and was named randomly in a naming contest after Brunswick, Germany. It was incorporated as a village on February 1, 1960, and incorporated as a city on October 2, 1960. On June 23, 2014 a tornado hit Brunswick, and the tornado was rated a high-end EF1 or EF2. Geography Brunswick is located at (41.2464362, -81.8197626), According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. Demographics As of the 2023 American Community Survey, there are 14,482 estimated households in Brunswick with an average of 2.42 persons per household. The city has a median household income of $85,313. Approximately 6.1% of the city's population lives at or below the poverty line. Brun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn, Ohio
Brooklyn is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,359 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Cleveland, it is a part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. History Brooklyn was home to the first seat belt law in 1966 and the first cell phone law for motorists in 1999. The Hugo Boss Plant was closed for three months in 2009 and was going to ship the jobs overseas to Turkey; however, the union and the City of Brooklyn were able to reach a compromise and a three-year contract reopening the plant shortly after. Brooklyn High School concert Brooklyn High School gained attention on October 20, 1955, when Elvis Presley performed in its auditorium. It was the first ever concert Presley performed in the northern United States. It is also believed to be the first filmed concert in his career. It would be nearly a year before he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. Presley was not the headliner at the concert organized by Cleveland DJ Bill Randle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brecksville, Ohio
Brecksville is a city in southern Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The city's population was 13,635 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is a suburb of Cleveland and is included in the Cleveland-Akron-Canton Combined statistical area. History Brecksville was founded in 1811, four years after several men—including Colonel John Breck—purchased the surrounding area. After the land was surveyed, Seth Payne, one of the surveyors, brought his family and settled in the area in June 1811, and he was soon followed by many other families. Although Colonel Breck never lived in Brecksville, his three sons did, and members of his family continued to live in Brecksville until 1934, when his great-grandson Dr. Theodore Breck died. An early historical account of Brecksville was written by William R. Coates and published by ''The American Historical Society'' in 1924. Brecksville was incorporated as a village in 1921, and it gained the status of city in 1960. Geography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedford, Ohio
Bedford is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,149 at the 2020 census. It is an eastern suburb of Cleveland. History The area that is now Bedford and northeastern Ohio was originally inhabited by Native Americans as early as 11,000 years ago. By 1662 the area was declared a part of the Connecticut Colony through royal charter. Much of the colony's land, which extended to the Pacific Ocean, was ceded to the early U.S. government, but a few million acres west of the border of Pennsylvania became what was known as the Western Reserve. Bedford began as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1797. A large portion of the Western Reserve was sold to the Connecticut Land Company in 1795. Surveying of the land began shortly after and was spearheaded by Moses Cleaveland. Seth Pease and Amzi Atwater surveyed Lot 46, which eventually would become Bedford Township. It was surveyed as township 6, range 11. The first settlers to the area started to arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beachwood, Ohio
Beachwood is a city in eastern Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the city's population was 14,040. A suburb of Cleveland, it is a part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. History The land that eventually became Beachwood was originally part of the Connecticut Western Reserve. Before becoming an independent municipality, Beachwood was part of Warrensville Township. In 1915, it seceded from Warrensville after the Township voted to close a nearby area school. A petition was organized, and on June 26, 1915, Beachwood was incorporated into an independent village. In 1960, Beachwood had reached the number of residents to attain city status under the Ohio Revised Code. Beachwood was named for the numerous Beech trees that grew throughout the village. The origin of the spelling of the city is disputed. Upon incorporation, the city's name was originally spelled "Beechwood". One popular theory is that an early village hall clerk misspelled the name on some offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (officially the GCRTA, but historically and locally referred to as the RTA) is the public transit agency for Cleveland and the surrounding suburbs of Cuyahoga County in Ohio, United States. RTA is the largest transit agency in Ohio, with a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . RTA owns and operates the RTA Rapid Transit rail system (called "The Rapid" by area residents), which consists of one heavy rail line (the Red Line) and three light rail lines (Blue, Green, Waterfront). The bulk of RTA's service consists of buses, including regular routes, express or ''flyer'' buses, loop and paratransit buses. In December 2004, RTA adopted a revised master plan, Transit 2025, in which several rail extensions, bus line improvements and transit oriented developments are discussed. RTA's major predecessor, the Cleveland Transit System, was the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark–Fulton
Clark–Fulton is a neighborhood on the West Side of Cleveland, Ohio. It is bounded by Ohio City to the north, Tremont to the east, Brooklyn Centre to the south, and Stockyards on the west. The neighborhood, which covers about one square mile, is Cleveland's most densely populated community. In recent years, the neighborhood has begun calling itself La Villa Hispaña due to its large Hispanic population, Puerto Rican and otherwise. The community is focused on advancing and promoting Hispanic-owned businesses and cultural activities. History Clark–Fulton is part of an old ethnic neighborhood that include the Old Brooklyn and Archwood-Denison areas. Early settlers were German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ... and Eastern European families particularly those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
