Advance small business success: COSE, the GCP’s small business partner, will continue to support and help grow the region’s small businesses.

Accelerate economic inclusion: The Commission will accelerate its efforts to ensure that minorities more fully participate in and benefit from the region’s economic development.

Build a high-impact, sustainable economic development system: The system that GCP helped created – comprised of BioEnterprise, JumpStart, MAGNET, NorTech, Team NEO, the Cleveland Plus Marketing Alliance and GCP’s Business Development Team – is demonstrating a growing capability to retain and create jobs and wealth for all residents at scale.

Change the face of Cleveland: A focus on major physical development projects and new mixed-use development opportunities that will transform Cleveland’s economy and re-claim its position as an economic driver in the region, the nation and the world.

Strengthen global connections:  The region’s global competitiveness is tied to having world-class physical and human capital assets and organizational capacities that support commerce between our companies and the rest of the world.

Initiate a demand-driven talent system: The availability of an educated and skilled workforce is essential to fueling economic growth and to providing opportunity for area residents.