Maingate Business Development Corporation

2009 Maingate Business &

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Maingate Annual Meeting

Maingate hosted their 18^th Annual Meeting, November 14, 2008 at Windows on the River on the west bank of the Flats.

Two awards “The Special Benefactor Award” were presented to:

Constance Perotti & Patrick Perotti

for their contributions toward Maingate receiving a substantial Cy Pres Donation that established the Perotti-Maingate Fund.

Maingate Business Development Annual Meeting

During the event Maingate invited guests to “play gamble” for chances to win an array of prizes like sports & restaurant tickets and hotel packages.

All proceeds from the purchase of additional chips went to benefit The Jane Addams Scholarship Award Fund.

Maingate also held an election of its new Board of Trustees and announced the completion of its Strategic Action Plan for 2009 - 2011.

The elegant sit down dinner was accompanied by summarized highlights of the Strategic Action Plan.

Following the dinner guests were encouraged to participate in Casino style gambling where all proceeds went to benefit Maingate’s development operations and the scholarship fund.

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Maingate's mission is to redevelop and improve, through private-public initiative, the five square mile industrial area abutting Downtown Cleveland for business retention and expansion, and attraction of new businesses to the neighborhood, resulting in the creation and retention of jobs for Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.

Strategic Action Plan Presentation

June 9 2008: Executive Director Michael J. May and Currere, Inc will present Maingate's Strategic Action Plan for Maingate's future.

This plan has been in development since August of 2007 when a half-day Board retreat was held to conduct preliminary discussions involving organizational mission, vision and leadership. Following the first phase in August, Maingate and Currere led the organization through the development of a three-year strategic action plan starting in late January.

The presentation of the plan will include: Maingate's new organizational structure, mission, values and long/short term visions as well as defining critical factors for success and stating goals, core strategy steps and funding for the plan.

ArcelorMittal Steel Tour

April 18, 2008
Maingate was very pleased to offer its Members and Assocate Members an exclusive opportunity to tour the facilities of the area's largest private employer, ArcelorMittal Steel. 40 member business representatives toured two of Arcelor's key major operations.	Mittal Steel USA is the largest steel producer in the United States. The Cleveland plant is one of its largest facilities, with more than 7 million square feet of buidings spread among more than 950 acres in Cleveland's Industrial Flats. The Cleveland plant is the most efficient steel mill in the world, based on tons produced per worker hour invested.
	Mr. Brian Lippert, Division Manager of Finishing, provided the group with an extensive, close up view of two of ArcelorMittal Steel's major operations.
The new $70 million Hot-Dipped Galvanizing line
	The Process of the Galvanizing Line: Light gauge/Wide sheet Long lengths of uncoiled steel sheets are: cleaned, annealed, zinc bathed, coated, cooled and re-rolled. Uses: Value added hot-dipped galvanized end user markets and automotives markets
The Hot-Rolling Mill
Transforms iron ore, coke, limestone and scrap into high-quality finished steel.	The finished product used in a variety of products: Automotive and truck wheels, auto bodies and frames, axles, refrigerators, washers and dryers, etc.
Pictured above is an early section of the 2200-foot-long hot strip mill that rolls nine-inch-thick molten steel slabs into coiled steel as thin as .057 inches thick.	The steel coil is removed from the line after the rolling and cooling process and placed for storage and transport.

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Strategic Action Plan for the Future
January 21 2008: Maingate Receives Dominion and Cleveland Foundation Grants to Develop Strategic Action Plan for the Future

Maingate's Board of Trustees announced the receipt of two major grants totaling $27,500 for the purpose of conducting a Strategic Action Plan exercise for retooling the organization's overall mission, core operating strategy and service programs to its business membership. The grants of $18,500 (Cleveland Foundation) and $9,000 (Dominion Foundation), respectively, will be utilized to chart a renewed path for the Maingate business collective to more effectively serve its constituents and the community in business retention, expansion and broader strategic economic development activities.

Maingate will utilize the services of Currere, Inc., a nationally recognized organizational design and development consulting firm, to be the lead facilitator in the strategic planning process. The process is expected to be completed by the end of May 2008, with a report issued to the organization's leadership in mid-June for implementation.