Maingate Business Development Corp

Maingate Business Development Corporation (Maingate) was incorporated in 1990 by area businesses to stem significant decline and effect positive change in the key industrial-business area located to the southeast of Downtown Cleveland. The original two-square-mile district, stretching from Woodland Avenue (on the north) down to the Cuyahoga River Industrial Valley (to the south), was enormously crucial to Cleveland and the Nation’s industrial and economic advancement for over two centuries, but had suffered from severe decline by the 1960’s, 70’s & 80’s. The Maingate organization was formed with the purpose of focusing on reinvigorating business retention, expansion and attraction to that area, with activities ranging from master planning and upgrading the physical & safety environment to advocating business needs with government and marketing and enhancing the area’s image. Through the Maingate agency’s 17 years of work, disinvestment was reversed and area confidence was restored. In 2007, Maingate’s longstanding, founding Executive Director decided to retire her post and the organization began the search for new leadership to take the helm and steer the agency through its next chapter of service to the community. The corporation’s leadership saw this as an opportunity to expand on its mission and examine the many options before it to effectuate major new economic redevelopment here - not only for the district, but for the overall benefit & prosperity of the City of Cleveland and the Northeast Ohio region.