Podcasts about cleveland mayor justin bibb

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb delivered his state of the city Wednesday and said the city needs to be resilient due to cuts and proposed cuts from the Trump administration and Congress. Washington is not coming to save us, the mayor said. He touched on the accomplishments made in his first term and touched on a number of other topics. Bibb said the city will push forward on its plan to develop the lakefront, part of a city on two waterfronts vision. The mayor said the plan will not rely on whether the Browns remain Downtown. He put the chances of the team leaving for a new domed stadium in Brook Park at 50%. We will talk about the state of the city address on the Friday “Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable.”

Andy and Jeff talk about the latest statements made by both Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and the Haslam Sports Group in regards to a domed stadium in Brook Park.

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on how Trump's policies are hurting red states like Ohio and Meiselas interview Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb on the impact he's seeing in his city. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Bloomdaddy talks about the recent comments Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb made about ICE Raids and Immigrants in Cleveland. Reacts to the comments and takes calls. Also brings on Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber to discuss the situation. Also talks about the future of AI with an AI expert. PLUS would you trade Myles Garrett for two first round draft picks?

This episode explores the pressing challenges faced by American cities, particularly focusing on immigration, public safety, and the role of mayors in navigating these issues. Mayor Justin Bibb of Cleveland shares insights on how urban governance is evolving in response to national debates, emphasizing the importance of public safety, economic growth, and addressing systemic barriers to equity. The discussion highlights the balance mayors must strike between accountability in law enforcement and the need for effective public safety measures, as well as the ongoing conversation about equity versus equality in opportunities for all citizens. In this conversation, Gabe and Mayor Bibb discuss the critical role of education as a great equalizer in society, emphasizing the need for systemic improvements in the education system. They explore the importance of exposing youth to diverse career pathways and the implications of affirmative action in promoting diversity in leadership roles. The discussion also touches on public safety in Democratic cities, the necessity of bridging political divides for community progress, and the significance of lived experiences in shaping policies.

Nick Wilson looks at the honeymoon phase for Browns fans and the media with QB Jameis Winston, as well as shares his salt and vinny staredown with Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb.

Nick talks about the Honeymoon phase with Jameis Winston, Myles Garrett's potential guarantee ahead of the Chargers game on Sunday, and Nick's salt and vinny staredown with Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb.

A frustrated Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb announced Thursday that the Browns have decided to move to suburban Brook Park, where they envision a complex that would include a stadium with a roof over 176 acres near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

Before Justin J. Pearson became a national voice for common sense gun regulation, he was a strong advocate for climate and environmental justice, having worked to defeat a multi-billion-dollar crude oil pipeline that could have poisoned Memphis's drinking water and taken land from South Memphis residents.  Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb is working to make climate a top priority in his traditionally fossil fuel-friendly city. From his first press conference where he discussed making Cleveland a “15-minute city,” to his current push to electrify municipal fleets and decarbonize the city “block by block,” Bibb is leading his city to advance climate solutions and close the racial wealth gap. Support Climate One by going ad-free! By subscribing to Climate One on Patreon, you'll receive exclusive access to all future episodes free of ads, opportunities to connect with fellow Climate One listeners, and access to the Climate One Discord. Sign up today for just $5/month. For show notes and related links, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Really, at least that's what Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb says. Once the city was mocked as “The Mistake by the Lake.” Years ago, their Lake Erie caught fire. No more and the Mayor says Cleveland will be an example for the nation. Just listen, the second youngest Mayor in Cleveland's history has a story to tell. GoodGovernmentShow.com Thanks to our sponsors: Ourco How to Really Run a City Route Fifty National Association of Counties (NACo)   Executive Producers: David Martin, David Snyder, Jim Ludlow Host/Reporter: David Martin Producers: David Martin, Jason Stershic Editor: Jason Stershic

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb spoke to Bill Wills Exclusively on Browns Stadium - Power Outage Weather - Waterfront Development

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb has gone public with the city's offer of $461 million, about half the cost of a proposed renovation of the existing lakefront Cleveland Browns stadium.

Recorded on stage at the NewDEAL Forum Ideas Summit in Phoenix, AZ, this week's episode features Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb in conversation with host Ryan Coonerty. They talk about Bibb's aspirations for improving his city, how he has set his top priorities, and his strategy to improve public safety and revitalize underserved neighborhoods using the influx of federal resources from the Biden Administration. They also talk about Bibb's plans for building climate resilience and chartering healthy and safe communities. In addition, Bibb shares examples from his experiences as a first-time Mayor to highlight opportunities he has found for Democrats and Republicans to work together in Ohio. Tune in to hear about how Bibb manages a packed schedule and his predictions for the Buckeye State this November.   • [01:04] The story of how Justin Bibb came to be Mayor of Cleveland in 2022. • [01:39] Maximizing the impact of Biden-era investments in Cleveland. • [04:00] Two main areas that the city is allocating its recent investments. • [06:09] How Mayor Bibb plans to leverage technological advancements to benefit Cleveland. • [08:00] The once-in-a-generation opportunity that investment is affording cities. • [09:38] Climate resilience in Cleveland and Mayor Bibb's advocacy in this area. • [11:40] The evolving role of mayors and the movement toward a country of city-states. • [13:17] Predictions for Ohio's voting and the unique opportunity to work together as Democrats and Republicans. • [14:20] Expunging low-level marijuana convictions in his first year of office. • [16:08] How Mayor Bibb uses structure to ensure he honors his priorities.

Cleveland Councilman Richard Starr joins the show and addresses Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb hiring Phillip McHugh as a safety advisor. McHugh was accused of violating the civil rights of an elderly Black couple when he was a detective in Washington DC. 

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Erin Holston Singh, founder of Options Naturapathic, the Ohio Association of Naturopathic Doctors (OHNDA), and in private practice since 1999.She had her first encounter with natural medicine at 15 years old when her mother developed a perplexing and seemingly incurable health condition which opened up a broad new world full of possibilities and ignited her passion for true healing. Since then, Erin made her life's work unlocking the mystery of non-specific illnesses that keep people miserable and sick when no solutions were to be had from conventional medicine. Over the past twenty-five years, she has worked to help patients avoid and stop pharmaceuticals by shifting practices that contribute to premature death using the wisdom of natural medicine to actively decode what is going on in their bodies and minds with all health issues. Her undying quest to find answers landed in the realm of cancer care, where she is now focused on creating a new culture of healthcare, from the ground up.This was a perspective-enhancing and unconventional conversation in that Erin lays out her deviation from the conventions of traditional healthcare! Erin shares her journey through the world of medicine, her philosophy on care, her learnings from the status quo & desire to change the culture of healthcare, her entrepreneurial journey starting and building a practice and Options Naturopathic to a million-dollar natural medicine business, what natural medicine even is, the power of meditation, the implications of psychedelics, and lots more along the way.-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Learn more about Options Naturopathic — https://www.optionsnaturopathic.com/Connect with Erin Holston Singh on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-erin-holston-singh-2535973-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Meg Mayhugh, Founder and Managing Partner at People Architects as well as the Head of Talent & people at Ninety.io the leading cloud-based business operating system and only officially licensed software for EOS (the Entrepreneurial Operating System), which recently closed its $35 million Series B funding, valuing the company at over $200 million!Meg has decades of experience in talent and people management, leadership strategy, and HR writ-large with an amazing set of roles that led her professionally from:  bond and corporate debt trading,  to a McKinsey consultant,  to Chief People Officer, Cheif Growth Officer, and Chief of Staff across firms like Bridgewater, the world's largest hedge fund,  to National City Bank and later PNC,  to Dealer Tire here in Cleveland,  to TalentLaunch with Aaron Grossman (who shared his story here on the Lay of The Land back on Episode #41),  to Ninety and Impact Architects with Kris Snyder (who shared his story back on Episode #98), ...to her own company today! Meg deeply believes that people are a business's greatest asset and launched People Architects back in 2020 to help entrepreneurs manage this greatest asset. As a fractional Human Resources, Talent, and Recruiting firm, People Architects helps growing, small to medium-sized companies across process planning, people-optimization & employee engagement, and profit protection as Meg and her team coach other entrepreneurs to plan for growth and advise them on how to best manage risks to their organizations and win the war on talent.Meg is incredibly passionate about all things people, and that passion comes through in spades in our conversation where we cover the gift of being fired, lessons learned from Ray Dalio and Bridgewater's unique culture, work-life integration, the eb-and-flow of trust between executives and employees, the role of transparency, fostering meaning and connection in the workplace, building a company as a mom of three, transferable lessons from sports to business, the power of mentors, a whole variety of other macro-level HR and People-oriented topics, the differences between leading very large and small company cultures, and lots more.I've personally learned so much from Meg and really enjoyed this opportunity to package just a small piece of her earned wisdom into our conversation today — -----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Meg Mayhugh — https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-mayhugh/Learn more about People Architects — https://www.peoplearchitects.io/Learn more about Ninety — https://www.ninety.io/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Brian Krusz is the Founder & Managing Partner at Sgt. Clean Car Wash —  a premier express carwash organization proudly serving Northeast Ohio since 2013 with over a dozen locations throughout the region. Under Brian's leadership, Sgt. Clean has been recognized many times over as a five-time Inc 5,000 fastest growing private company winner, Weatherhead 100 winner, Smart Culture award recipient, and, having spent 8 years in the United States Marine Corps himself, a multi-time Vet100 winner as a proudly Veteran-owned-and-operated business, and of course, best car wash in Cleveland by Smart Business Magainze.This was an awesome conversation — we cover the business of carwashes, how Brian got started in the industry, how Sgt. Clean Car Wash is changing the face of car washes, the influence of Brian's time in the Marine Corps, his unique approach to recruiting, the implications & realities of ADHD, the role and opportunity for carwashing to positively impact local communities, building a lasting culture, and so much more.-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Brian Krusz on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-krusz-b943518/Learn more about Sgt. Clean Car Wash — https://sgtclean.com/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

TJ Gliha, Co-Founder of Journey Wealth.Established in 2021, Journey Wealth is a full-service wealth planning firm that helps entrepreneurs explore the world of opportunities availed by their success, by addressing their needs and enabling them and their families to lead the lives they aspire to. From its humble beginnings with just 4 employees, Journey Wealth has grown as a self-governing Registered Investment Advisory firm to nearly 20 professionals, with the strategic acquisition of a significant equity stake in FSM Wealth, offering multi-family office services primarily to professional golfers.With a robust background as a portfolio manager and trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and as a former shareholder at Sequoia Financial Group, TJ brings a wealth of experience to the table. Not only is he dedicated to helping entrepreneurs make the most of their time…their most valuable asset… but he also plays an active role in the community as a board member of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Cleveland Clinic Children's Council in addition to his role as Treasurer of the Avon Lake Football Club, stemming from his passion for football!This was a really fun conversation for me, as a long-time student of public market investing, TJ and I got to really unpack the wealth management business and industry overall, the intersection of investing and entrepreneurship, the psychology and cognitive biases of investors, his formative past as trader on the exchange floor, the evolution of Journey Wealth over time in service of entrepreneurs, leadership, and so much more.-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with TJ on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/t-j-gliha-aif%C2%AE-cepa-a4ba801/Learn more about Journey Wealth — https://www.journey-wealth.com/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Our conversation this week is with Tom Lix — founder & CEO of Cleveland Whiskey — on pushing the boundaries of convention while building on tradition to artfully blend science with craft to create unique award-winning Whiskey.Tom is a serial entrepreneur — prior to founding Cleveland Whiskey, he founded Public Interactive which he sold to National Public Radio, he served as President/COO of Yankelovich Partners, and as you'll hear later, Tom has always been a tinkerer through and through.Lix spent some formative years in the US Navy where in addition to some early bootleg distilling; he was cross-trained in nuclear physics and thermodynamics along with seawater/freshwater distillation. A college dropout who hitchhiked across the country fought forest fires in Alaska at the age of 17, and founded the first University-sponsored Motorcycle Club in America. He later earned his Doctorate in Business from Boston University.Originally published as episode #21 back in April of 2021, this conversation with Tom Lix is one of my personal favorites! Tom is a deep eloquent orator, with an eclectic entrepreneurial background, and is one of the best and most engaging storytellers I know, making for one of the most entertaining conversations so far! Cleveland Whiskey continues to push the boundaries of Whiskey's conventions as they've racked up award after award since our original recording and break ground on their new distillery and restaurant planned at the Flats South Bank in the Malcom Building, home to the Consolidated Fruit Auction company more than 100 years ago. Tune in for a spirited conversation!-----This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects and Ninety. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects or leverage a free trial through Ninety, the software platform that helps teams build great companies, by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Tom Lix — https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomlixLearn more about Cleveland Whiskey — https://clevelandwhiskey.com/Follow Cleveland Whiskey on Twitter — https://twitter.com/clevewhiskeyFollow Cleveland Whiskey on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/clevelandwhiskey/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Todd Goldstein — Founder & CEO of Whoa DoughIn 2008, Todd co-founded LaunchHouse with the mission to invest, develop, and foster promising idea-stage startups in Northeast, OH through Community, Education, Coworking, and Investment — and through LaunchHouse, has helped grow a diverse portfolio of 65 companies that collectively raised more than $30 million in follow in funding.Todd's most recent endeavor — among his many as a serial founder, entrepreneur, investor, and advocate for intellectual property rights — and where we'll spend most of the conversation today, is Whoa Dough, which he founded back in 2019 in the aftermath of discovering his 3 boys were diagnosed with severe gluten intolerance and now sells millions of healthy snack bars per year.The reality is that 32 million Americans suffer from food allergies, of which 5.6 million are children — a number that has grown drastically over the past few decades. At first, Todd thought he and his family's cookie-dough-eating days were over, but he quickly realized that he was intolerant of that too and took it upon himself to create a snack-happy, natural cookie-dough that could satisfy his family's sweet tooth without wreaking havoc on their bellies. Two years and many dozens of recipes later, Whoa Dough was born — and today is a growing brand that Todd and his team have grown to boast distribution in brands like American Airlines and participation in Mondelez' Snackfutures program all while creating a gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, plant-based, kosher, non-GMO, Vegan, natural product!Really enjoyed learning about Todd's journey, passion for building this out in Cleveland, and the momentum of Whoa Dough going forward!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Todd Goldstein on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddgoldstein/ Learn more about Whoa Dough — https://www.whoadough.com/ Follow Whoa Dough on Twitter @WhoaDough — https://twitter.com/whoadoughFollow Whoa Dough on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/whoadough_/Learn more about LaunchHouse — https://lhcowork.com/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Gerald Hetrick (CEO of Bezlio & Professional EOS Implementer) Gerald has been on the show once before; those of you who've been with Lay of The Land from the beginning may recall Gerald as one of the first entrepreneurs to make an appearance back on Episode #6, which I'd encourage anyone interested in learning Gerald's personal and entrepreneurial journey co-founding and leading two companies from inception to exit — spanning his time building Vox Mobile and Able — to take a listen to that episode… Gerald's an incredible storyteller and sets a great stage there for our conversation today where we pick up on where we left off and cover what's transpired in the years since.And it's pretty incredible how much has changed in this interim period and how impactful Gerald has been in driving that change. As CEO of Able, Gerlad led the organization through five years of 100% Year-Over-Year growth, a $7 million Series B fundraise, and ultimately a successful exit in early 2022 to Bullhorn, a leading software platform for the staffing and recruiting industry.With the time and space to reflect post-acquisition, Gerald resolved to be retrospective and learn from the lessons of his failures and successes over his 25 years of entrepreneurial experience. In this time, he came to the conclusion that he loves building great companies and that so many of the issues he struggled with in the process of building great companies were self-inflected, recognizing how much more impactful he could have been if he had prioritized running on a consistent business operating system, like EOS, and that ultimately these operating systems provide leverage, and not overhead.Collectively, these realizations amounted to Gerald becoming CEO of another Cleveland growth-oriented technology startup called Bezlio, and starting his own EOS implementation practice, coaching other growth-minded leaders willing to invest in making their visions reality and their teams as healthy as possible!At Bezlio, Gerald is focused on ensuring manufacturing shop-floor employees know what to do next and how to do it right, believing deeply in Bezlio's opportunity to significantly drive middle-market manufacturing growth and prosperity. To that end, Bezlio recently closed a $4.5 million seed round to invest in massive product improvements to its cloud-based mobile ERP (Enterprise resource planning) platform, their go-to-market strategy, and customer relationships.This was a really fun and candid conversation, understanding how Gerald has evolved as a leader, closing Able's chapter, starting Bezlio's chapter, building his coaching practice in service of other founders trying to build great organizations, his approach to dreaming big and operating practically, and many other reflections along the way.-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Burton D. Morgan Mentoring at JumpStart. It's impossible to tell the stories of the entrepreneurs building in Cleveland and across northeast Ohio without acknowledging the impact of our collective mentoring community. Over the past decade, Burton D. Morgan Mentoring at JumpStart has helped hundreds of mentees, some of whom we've heard from as guests on this podcast, realize their innovative visions. Our guest today, Gerald Hetrick, serves as a Burton D. Morgan mentor alongside other local serial founders and subject matter experts. These volunteers are passionate about sharing their time, talent, and lessons learned to grow and accelerate the next generation of entrepreneurial students and startup leaders. To learn more about Burton D. Morgan Mentoring and other free services available to Northeast Ohio entrepreneurs, go to jumpstart.org/startups. Burton D. Morgan Mentoring is made possible with funds from the Burton D. Morgan Foundation.-----Connect with Gerald Hetrick on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldhetrick/ Follow Gerald Hetrick on Twitter —  https://twitter.com/geraldhetrickLearn more about Gerald's EOS Practice — https://www.eosworldwide.com/gerald-hetrickLearn more about Bezlio — https://bezl.io/Learn more about Able (Acquired by Bullhorn) — https://www.bullhorn.com/products/able-by-bullhorn/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Jack Greco, co-founder and former CFO and COO of ACV Auctions, a Buffalo-based wholesale online marketplace for cars (ACV Auctions went public in 2021 and is currently valued at approximately $3 billion dollars)Now an active angel and venture investor through his fund Far Out Ventures, Jack runs a weekly newsletter called Buffalo Bridge which tells the stories of Buffalo's startup community and has made nearly 200 investments in other founders and startups!Jack is the first guest to come on Lay of The Land outside of NEO, but I think after heairng this awesome conversation you'll understand why! In this special episode of Lay of The Land, Jack is unfettered and candid in his reflections on building a multi-billion dollar company, the journey of ACV Auctions, the parallels of Cleveland, OH & Buffalo, NY, his passion for investing and for founders, and the work he is excited about next.-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Jack Greco on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacklgreco/Learn more about ACV Auctions — https://www.acvauctions.com/Learn more about Far Out Ventures — https://www.farout.vc/Subscribe to Buffalo Bridge (Jack's Newsletter) — https://buffalobridge.substack.com/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Tracy Strobel — CEO of the Cuyahoga County Public Library (CCPL)Tracy Strobel was appointed Chief Executive Officer of CCPL in July 2019 after serving in the Deputy Director role for nearly 15 years. CCPL has 27 branches that serve the 610,000 residents of 47 communities in Northeast Ohio. CCPL has earned the prestigious five-star rating in Library Journal's Index of Public Library Service for the last decade; and received the publication's highest overall score among America's largest metropolitan library systems for 10 consecutive years (2010-2019).Tracy's career in public libraries began with a focus on technology at Medina County District Library (1996-1999) and Cleveland Public Library (1999-2005), where she developed the nation's first 24/7 virtual reference service. Prior to becoming CEO, she led its 27 branches, Information Technology, Technical Services and Literacy & Learning divisions. Her major accomplishments at CCPL include leading the largest capital improvement program in the Library's history, which included the replacement of twelve branches and several renovation projects over a period of ten years.From 2011 to 2013, Tracy served as the U.S. representative to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's International Network of Emerging Library Innovators. She was a member of the Public Library Association (PLA) Board of Directors (2016-2019) and the American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee (2015-2019). Tracy served as chair of the ALA 2020 Census Library Outreach and Education Task Force (2018-2020) and is currently a member of the PLA's Continuing Education Advisory Committee.In February 2020, Tracy was appointed to the board of The Center for Community Solutions, a nonpartisan think tank focused on solutions to health, social and economic issues. She also serves on the board of Youth Opportunities Unlimited and chairs their Community Collaboration Committee.This was an amazing conversation — we cover Tracy's childhood dream of being a librarian, the history of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, the business and operations of libraries, their responsibility and role as a civic institution and bastion for education & the robust exchange of ideas, their evolution and relevance in ever dynamic and technologically enabled world, offering opportunity as a product, lesser-known and unexpected services of libraries, and ultimately, Tracy's vision for the future of the Cuyahoga County Public Library!If you can't tell, I am personally a huge fan of libraries, and as Tracy and I will discuss, I think they are of the most underrated public institutions we have, so it was a real treat to hear from Tracy about her experience leading the Cuyahoga County Public Library!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Tracy Strobel on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-strobel-44421531/Learn more about The Cuyahoga County Public Library — https://cuyahogalibrary.org/Follow The Cuyahoga County Public Library on Twitter — https://twitter.com/CuyahogaLibFollow The Cuyahoga County Public Library on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/cuyahogalib/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Ethan Karp — President and CEO of MAGNET: The Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network which, founded in 1984, has been dedicated to fostering local manufacturing and supporting local manufacturing businesses across technological innovation, workforce training and improved management practices.Ethan joined as CEO of MAGNET in 2013 after a consulting career at McKinsey & Co. and academic studies in biochemistry and physics and ultimately a Ph.D. in Chemical Biology from Harvard.We cover a lot in our conversation today — from Ethan's path to MAGNET, to MAGNET's Blueprint for Manufacturing and plan to fuel a true manufacturing revival in Northeast Ohio. We cover the rich industrious and manufacturing history of Northeast Ohio and prominence of manufacturing in the local economy today, the implications for automation on the future of manufacturing, the importance of apprenticeship programs, making manufacturing cool again, showcasing career paths for younger talent to join the industry, reshoring, upskilling and workforce shortages… and we cover what this work looks like in practice and examples of companies MAGNET has worked with, including some who's stories we've told on the show like Tom Lix of Cleveland Whiskey (Episode #21)!Ethan exudes a real passion for this work and is an involved community builder outside of MAGNET sitting on the boards of the Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Workforce Development, American Small Manufacturers Coalition, Cleveland Leadership Center, MidTown Cleveland, Inc., Cleveland Jewish Publication Company and the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland.I really enjoyed learning more about the state of manufacturing in Northeast Ohio and MAGNET's role in helping to impact its future — please enjoy my conversation with Ethan Karp!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Ethan Karp on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethankarp/Learn more about MAGNET: The Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network — https://www.manufacturingsuccess.org/Follow MAGNET on Twitter @magnetohio — https://twitter.com/magnetohio-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Mike Maczuzak — a product designer, early-stage investor, and founder of SmartShape Design — an innovative product development and industrial design firm he started here in Cleveland back in 1989.SmartShape's beginnings were richly steeped in this world of industrial design leveraging Mike's own background and experience in it — however over time, Mike evolved the firm's competencies and capabilities to cover mechanical engineering, integrated manufacturing, and strategic product development across a plethora of industries like Medical, Consumer, IoT, Pacakging, digital, and many others — SmartShape's client list is a formidable and growing group of emerging brands covering Northeast Ohio leaders like Avery Dennison, Gojo, Diebold, Sherwin Williams, Nestle, and many others, to a handful of companies who's stories we've shared on Lay of The Land like David Levine of Wireless Environment and My Home Park (Episode 132), Chris Wentz of EveryKey (Episode 75), and Chelsea Monty-Bromer of SweatID (Episode 77), to international brands like BMW — and as a result, their products are ones that many of us enoucnter on a day to day basis in the real world!While we do delve into Mike's entrepreneurial journey building SmartShape in our conversation, we actually spend just as much time unpacking Mike's literal walk across the United States and later, walk across much of the rest of the World — covering Mike's motivations for walking across the country and other continents, the logistics of how he prepared and executed these walks, how he's balanced running business while walking, and some of the incredible stories he recalled from his adventures on the road!This was a really fun conversation that certainly plants the seeds of inspiration to embark on your own walking adventure and build an entrepreneurial organization to support that kind of freedom!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Mike Maczuzak on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemaczuzak/Learn more about SmartShape Design — https://smartshape.design/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Adam Rakestraw — co-founder, chairman, general counsel, and chief business development officer of MediView XR, based here in Cleveland Ohio! With approximately $29.5 million in capital raised from strategic partners like the Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic GE HealthCare, JobsOhio, and many others since its founding in 2019, MediView is a medical technology company working to advance human health through its digital augmented reality ecosystem.MediView's AR visualization platform aims to unlock the full potential of 3D data to transform image-guided medical procedures with intuitive 3D X-ray visualization, seamless remote collaboration, and evidence-based data insights. And this dream to democratize healthcare by removing barriers to patient access and to address the long-standing limitations of current medical imaging technologies is well underway as the company secured the first 510(k) clearance of its kind for an AR device with live imaging combined with 3D X-ray visualization by the FDA!Adam has an extensive legal and medical device background with over 20 years of experience across organizations like Merck and Medtronic in addition to his other entrepreneurial undertakings like FreeNav — a wireless electromagenetic tracking system for surgical navigation and healthcare applications he co-founded back in 2021.This was such an awesome conversation that feels like a genuine clairvoyant portal into the future of healthcare and how Adam and his team at MediView are leading the charge to make it happen.-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Adam Rakestraw on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-e-rakestraw-j-d-8165279/Follow Adam Rakestraw on Twitter — https://twitter.com/ae_rakestrawLearn more about MediView — https://mediview.com/Follow MediView on Twitter — https://twitter.com/MediViewXR-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Michael Sirpilla, co-founder and CEO of Society Brands.Under Michael's leadership as CEO, Society Brands has raised $205 million in capital to continue their rapid consolidation in the e-commerce sector with many completed and successful acquisitions since inception. Society Brands, based in Canton, Ohio, is a tech-enabled consumer products company that acquires e-commerce native brands and powers them with a global growth platform, scaling and evolving them into household brands. They provide meaningful liquidity for the founders of each acquisition while allowing those founders to stay on board at Society Brands, building out a community of entrepreneurs who help one another reach new heights. In addition, these founders have the ability to roll equity into Society Brands' parent company so that they can enjoy a second exit down the road that may likely be even larger than their first.Michael, who grew up here in Ohio, has been in and around retail his whole life with extensive M&A experience throughout his career and has been part of multiple business ventures where he's primarily focused on organic growth. He founded a financial services wholesale agency with a team of 40 and built it into a multi-million-dollar business, and in addition, he led a population health management business and scaled it from $0 to $150 million in revenue within five years.This was an awesome conversation — Michael does an excellent job explaining what the world of e-commerce looks like, how it has evolved over time, Society Brand's role to play within this goliath market, and the way he's been able to rapidly scale this organization over time.-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Michael Sirpilla on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-sirpilla-a5113142/Learn more about Society Brands — https://www.societybrands.com/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Umberto Fedeli — Founder, President, and CEO of the Fedeli group — one of the largest risk management and insurance firms in the state of Ohio.This conversation is packed full of Umberto's earned wisdom over his career and his life — as a true maven and master connector of people, it is easy to understand through our conversation how and why Umberto has become so renowned for his first-class hospitality, powerful network, and influence across the business, political, and philanthropic worlds.He sits on numerous private company boards, is a managing member of Strategic Value Bank Partners — investing hundreds of millions of dollars across the community banking industry — and has previously held positions on the boards of many other public and private entities. Umberto is also a member of the board of directors of the Cleveland Clinic and serves as chairman of the Clinic's Government and Community Relations Board.We cover a real breadth of topics here — from Umberto's life philosophy, to the importance of love, faith & family, to lessons learned from some of his 8-figure-multi-million-dollar mistakes, to reflections on his own success and fulfillment, to the value of just breaking bread over a home-cooked meal! This was a truly insightful and timeless conversation and one of my favorites so far!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Learn more about The Fedeli Group — https://www.thefedeligroup.com/Follow the Fedeli Group on Twitter — https://twitter.com/TheFedeliGroup-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Friday, September 8, 2023: We share what limited facts we know about a man who was found dead in a grain bin full of soybeans, and look at who is calling for Ohio Representative Bob Young to resign after a summer of criminal allegations. Meanwhile, the RTA waterfront line will reopen just in time for the Cleveland Browns 2023 home opener against Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, as the Ohio Casino Control Commission expects a big bump in revenue from the first full NFL season with legal betting in the state. In restaurant news, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb has announced a new program to help owners raise wages for tipped workers, the city gets ready for the Cleveland Clinic's VeloSano Bike to Cure event on Saturday , and more on 3News Daily with Stephanie Haney. Watch Stephanie Haney's Legally Speaking specials and segments here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SLtTChKczKEzKhgSopjxcmFQniu28GN Connect with Stephanie Haney here: http://youtube.com/@_StephanieHaney http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: Man dies after falling into grain bin full of soybeans in Huron County https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/northeast-ohio/wakeman-fire-man-dead-falling-grain-bin-soybeans/95-76d86319-3b8d-4bcb-9bad-7eada3ca4fad Muni Lot rules for 2023-24 Cleveland Browns season https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/2023-cleveland-browns-muni-lot-rules/95-a1bcbf0f-81b3-4121-aa67-fc9c98f1e76a

Mike Schroeder, Founder & President of Roundstone.Mike founded Roundstone Insurance in 2003 — when they launched the first Group Medical Captive of its kind, and have since revolutionized the self-insurance industry. Roundstone's captive approach to insurance allows small and mid-sized businesses to take advantage of the benefits of self-funded insurance that previously only larger enterprises could enjoy — such as plan flexibility & control, transparency, and cost savings. By banding smaller companies together in a shared-risk community, those companies are protected from volatility and can be rewarded with extra savings — in practice, since its inception, Roundstone has distributed over $72 million dollars back to its captive participants – money that, in the fully insured model, would be pocketed by the insurance carriers instead.This idea, which began with an entrepreneurial vision of creating a better life for his family and for his employees, has since evolved under Mike's leadership into a thriving 140-person company with more than 700 employers participating in Roundstone's Group Medical Captive, saving participating companies 20% on average relative to traditional insurance plans;With more than twenty-five years of management experience and recognized by EY as a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year in 2022, Mike has a proven track record of growing Roundstone with a 30% CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) over the last two decades, which has earned Roundstound recognition as one of the fastest growing companies in America by Inc. 5000 for five consecutive years as well a Northeast Ohio Top Workplaces — all while remaining a fully independent, family-owned organization.In our conversation today, we explore how Mike's experience as a practicing attorney and a property and casualty insurance expert inspired his application of self-funding and captives to employer health insurance; we talk about what captives and self-funding even are and how they compare to traditional and fully insured coverage, we unpack the biggest challenges in the employer healthcare system today and how misaligned incentives encumber attempts to solve those challenges… and importantly, how Roundstone is trying to explicitly align those incentives. This was an amazing and wide-ranging discussion — Mike is a formidable builder and leader and has built an inspiring organization with Roundstone, based here in Lakewood, Ohio.-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Mike Schroeder on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelaschroeder/Learn more about Roundstone — https://roundstoneinsurance.com/Follow Roundstone on Twitter @CaptiveInsurer — https://twitter.com/CaptiveInsurer-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

David Levine — Co-Founder/CEO @ Wireless Environment (Acquired by Ring, Acquired by Amazon) & Co-Founder/CEO @ My Home Park Having made a career of invention and serial entrepreneurship, in 2005 David Co-Founded Wireless Environment to revolutionize the lighting industry with a belief that off-grid, wireless, LED lighting would be the future of lighting. Over the next 13 years, David proved that thesis as he lead the organization as CEO to over $30 million in sales on just $1.1 million in equity raised and ultimately to acquisition by Ring in 2017 and subsequently to Amazon in 2018 — and there are some truly incredible stories that David shares about this entire experience building, growing, and exiting Wireless Environment.Post-acquisition, with the time now to reflect and to focus on what challenge to tackle next and to think through what he ultimately wants to provide the world, David shifted his focus to natural habitat restoration and his longtime fascination with bees — whose populations are waning and whose endangerment is highly consequential to our food supply and plant. In the spirit of this problem, David joined forces with his co-founder Wyatt Shell to start My Home Park in 2021 to revolutionize how people view their yards and empower them to use their yards to restore the environment.My Home Park is a platform that creates curated gardens delivered right to customers' doorstep, taking the guesswork, effort, and frustration out of landscaping with native plants. For people who want to do something beneficial for the environment, planting native plant gardens is the highest-order impact you can have on the environment per dollar spent — knowing that in just 100 square feet, native plants feed up to 2,000 pollinators per day, conserve 2,300 gallons of water per year and provide 16x greater soil stabilization — and My Home Park facilitates this whole process.David is an inspiring entrepreneur and this conversation is packed full of wisdom!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with David Levine on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidblevinemrbeams/Learn more about My Home Park — https://www.myhomepark.com/Learn more about Mr. Beams & Wireless Environment — https://www.mrbeams.com/about-usLearn more about Ring's acquisition of Wireless Environment-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb spoke to Bill about 'Public Safety Summit' follow up - Getting More Officers-Higher Pay For Recruits - Thank you to the Civil Servants that were on the front lines for the terrible weather last week. Plus, New Projects & Jobs For Cleveland.

Stewart A. Kohl is Co-CEO of The Riverside Company — a $14 billion global private equity firm founded to invest in premier companies at the smaller end of the middle market, with headquarters in Terminal Tower in Tower City here in Cleveland!Since 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 960 companies globally, growing assets under management from $1 billion in 2004, to as much as $14 billion dollars under management today, employing more than 300 people in offices across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.Prior to his work at Riverside, Stewart was a vice president of Citicorp Venture Capital, the private equity arm of Citibank & in addition to his work with Riverside, Stewart serves as an Honorary Trustee of Oberlin College and of the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art. He is on the Board of Directors of Cleveland Clinic and Co-Chairs its $2 billion Power of Every One Capital Centennial Campaign. Additionally, after spending 16 years as a “Heavy Hitter” participant in the Pan-Mass Challenge bicycle fundraiser, Stewart founded VeloSano, a similar event that has raised more than $37 million to fund cancer research since 2014, and is kicking off their 2023 Bike to Cure Event on September 8 & 9!This was a truly insightful conversation unpacking what Stewart's learned building an iconic investing franchise over the last few decades — spanning Riverside's tremendous growth, how to evaluate companies, helping companies grow, conscious capitalism and positive power of private equity, managing LP relationships, his charitable pursuits, Cleveland and more!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Learn more about The Riverside Company — https://www.riversidecompany.com/Learn more about VeloSano — https://www.velosano.org/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Wednesday, August 23, 2023: A registered Republican lawyer was found guilty of voting in both Ohio and Florida in the 2020 and 2022 general elections. We also give the few details we know about a shooting and a separate stabbing overnight in Cleveland, along with what authorities now say about the age of the suspect who shot a 7-year-old and 19-year-old in Akron last weekend. We check in again with a representative for union workers who plan to strike at Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital, update you on what the woman accused of breaking into Cleveland Hopkins International Airport was seen doing on surveillance video, and more on 3News Daily with Stephanie Haney. Watch Stephanie Haney's Legally Speaking specials and segments here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SLtTChKczKEzKhgSopjxcmFQniu28GN Connect with Stephanie Haney here: http://youtube.com/ @_StephanieHaney http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here:Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, police leaders announce increased wages and bonuses for cadets during 'Public Safety Summit' amid ongoing crime concerns https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-mayor-justin-bibb-police-union-leaders-public-safety-summit/95-7d166ad6-0264-402c-83f2-aeeef24b5d2e Akron police give update on shooting following youth football game https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/akron/akron-police-lane-field-shooting/95-5a83a745-c5b3-4743-a125-a9b69dacd4a2

Bill Manby, Founding & Managing Partner at Interstate Fusion Ventures.An entrepreneur at heart, Bill grew up in NEO and has always been passionate about working every day to make his home better through investments, philanthropy, and whatever else it takes. In late 2016, this vision led to the creation of his first fund – Akron Fusion Ventures (later rebranded as Interstate Fusion Ventures).While Bill knew the benefits of living in NEO and the strong entrepreneurial spirit, he felt he needed to build relationships with partners on the coasts.  So, he set out on a cross-country road trip to introduce this vision to venture capital partners and investors in Silicon Valley.  Along the way, this vision grew to not only seed opportunities for NEO-based startups, but also, get on the cap table of some of the best coastal startups, who benefit from access to NEO. It also allowed fund investors the ability to gain access to unique, and otherwise inaccessible, investment opportunities.Bill founded Interstate because, for years, he witnessed many local organizations chart escape routes from the Midwest — observing a pattern of businesses, talent, ideas, and capital that leave for established coastal tech hubs, under an impression that doing so was the only path to success. With a belief that success can be achieved here, Interstate Fusion Ventures is the vehicle to prove it Connecting the Coasts to NEO by building an innovative “two-way street” where capital, talent, and knowledge can flow continuously attracting more investment and focus on startups in Northeast Ohio.I really enjoyed learning more about Bill's unique perspective and approach to tackling some of the challenges and supporting the local ecosystem-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Bill Manby on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-manby-878748a/Follow Bill Manby on Twitter @ManbyBill — https://twitter.com/ManbyBill Learn more about Interstate Fusion Ventures — https://interstatefusion.com/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

John McKenna, CEO of Peachtree VA, a virtual assistant staffing organization & President of The Emerald Group, a premier mortgage recruiting firm.Based here in Cleveland, John acquired Peachtree VA early in 2022 to grow their vetted virtual assistant offering in the wake of a flourishing virtual assistant industry where entrepreneurs, startups, small businesses, nonprofits, executive directors, and other business models are often stretched thin, and using a virtual assistant can gain back some of their time, reduce cost and streamline their business.John points out that engaging virtual assistants can alleviate the exhaustive hiring process for companies, citing surveys showing that traditional hiring can be 78% more expensive and exponentially higher if an employee does not work out. Research also suggests that direct replacement costs can be as high as 50% to 60% of an employee's annual salary. Then there's the price of turnover with a traditional hire, with costs ranging from 90% to 200%of their annual salary.We cover a lot in our conversation today — from the ins and outs of entrepreneurship-via-acquisition and what that looks like in practice, to the nuance of this quickly evolving virtual assistance space — how to effectively delegate, the implications of the gig economy, supplementing exhaustive and costly hiring processes, and what comes next for Peachtree VA as John continues to the grow the business from here, helping their clients focus on what matters most!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with John McKenna on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnamckenna/Learn more about PeachTree VA — https://www.peachtreeva.com/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Mitch Kroll, co-founder & CEO of Findaway (acquired by Spotify).Mitch started Findaway back in 2004, a time when audiobooks were available only on CD and cassette, in order to revolutionize this business of audiobooks, connecting storytellers with listeners at scale. With this vision of audiobook democratization in mind, Mitch led the company over the next 17 years to sell over 6 million units of its Playaway audiobook device and through a honed focus on innovation, became the global leader in digital audiobook distribution and trusted self-publishing platform for independent authors around the world. From a solidified position at the center of the audiobook industry, Findaway earned the attention of the world's largest audio streaming subscription service and was ultimately acquired by Spotify for nearly $120mm, announced at the end of 2021.Still operating out of their Solon headquarters here in Northeast Ohio, Mitch led Findaway through this acquisition where the team continues their work at Spotify to push the proliferation of audiobook adoption, leveraging the same innovation and platform that Spotify used to disrupt music and podcasts to power content distribution to hundreds of millions of users across the world!Mitch is a shrewd builder, deep thinker, and really just a lot of fun to learn from — I learned a great deal from our conversation today, which spans everything from the history and future of audiobooks to how Mitch thinks about culture, to professional and life lessons, to the Cleveland startup ecosystem. Please enjoy my conversation with Mitch Kroll!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Mitch Kroll on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitch-kroll-1370638/Learn more about Findaway — https://findaway.com/Learn more about Findaway's acquisition by Spotify-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Michael Crawford — Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of the Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company, which he joined in December of 2018.The Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment company is a publically traded organization (trading as HOFV on the NASDAQ) headquartered in Canton, Ohio. Spanning media, gaming, entertainment, resorts, and sports — the company is dedicated to making legendary moments for fans and leverages the power and popularity of the Hall of Fame Village, the 100-acre immersive destination centered around the Pro Football Hall of Fame and one of the largest commercial development projects in Ohio, with assets worth over $250 million.Before his role at the Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company, Michael spent four years with the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Company, serving as Global President of Portfolio Management.Prior to that, Michael had a nearly twenty-five-year tenure at the Walt Disney Company where he rose to Senior Vice President and General Manager of Shanghai Disney Resort, as well as President of Shanghai's Walt Disney Holdings Company. From 2007 to 2014, he led the negotiation and multi-billion dollar development of Shanghai Disney Resort. As General Manager of Shanghai Disney, he led a talented team throughout the formation of the company and development of the new destination resort. He also managed relationships with the resort's local business partners, community and government leaders, and industry experts supporting the new venture in Disney's portfolio. Additionally, Michael currently serves on the Board of Directors for Texas Roadhouse — the multibillion-dollar steakhouse chain.Michael also recently authored "From the Mouse's House to the Penthouse." — a book that we'll reference throughout our conversation where he recounts personal stories, lessons, and techniques from his career.An Ohio native, Michael holds an undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame; he and his wife, Kim, enjoy traveling, hiking, playing golf, and spending time with Michael's daughter, Kaitlin, who recently graduated from the University of Notre Dame.-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Michael Crawford on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikecrawfordhofv/Follow Michael Crawford on Twitter @HOFVILLAGECEO — https://twitter.com/HOFVILLAGECEOLearn more about The Hall of Fame Resort and Entertainment CompanyLearn more about The Hall of Fame VillageFollow The Hall of Fame Village on Twitter @HOFVillage — https://twitter.com/HOFVillageFollow The Hall of Fame Resort and Entertainment Company on Twitter @HOFRECO —  https://twitter.com/HOFRECOPurchase Michael's book, "From the Mouse's House to the Penthouse" (Amazon)-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Michael Goldberg, Executive Director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship, as well as an Associate Professor of Design and Innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management at CWRU where he teaches courses on entrepreneurship.Notably, Goldberg created a massive open online course — also known as a MOOC — for CWRU called "Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies", a course which has attracted over 175,000 students from over 190 countries across the world.Before joining CWRU, Goldberg was the co-founder of the Bridge Investment Fund, a venture capital fund focused on investing in Israeli medical device companies that have synergies with the leading healthcare industries and institutions in Cleveland. In addition, Michael served as the Director of International Business Development for AOL, responsible for structuring and negotiating international partnerships in Asia for America Online.In our conversation today, Michael covers his experiencing teaching entrepreneurship, and we focus on Case Western Reserve University's recently founded Alumni Venture Fund. The emergence of alumni venture funds has been one of the more exciting university trends that boost awareness, support, and general discussions about entrepreneurship writ large. For any startup community to grow and strengthen its position, it must be able to leverage the local university and so it was informative to learn more about how Michael has thought about it here!If you think about the fact that at this point, just through Lay of The Land, we've featured over 20 CWRU alums — from Charu Ramanathan of CardioInsight & VitalxChange, to Afif Ghannoum of Biohm Health, to Stan Garber and Alex Yakubovich of Scout RFP which sold to workday for $540mm — then you can understand the power of such alumni funds and why this is exciting in the context of educating students about how venture capital works in addition to actually supporting founders throughout Northeast Ohio!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Michael Goldberg on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgoldberg2/Follow Michael Goldberg on Twitter @MGCleve — https://twitter.com/MGCleveLearn more about Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship @ Case Western Reserve University — https://case.edu/entrepreneurship/Learn more about CWRU Alumni Venture Fund — https://case.edu/entrepreneurship/alumni-venture-fund-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Angie Dianetti — President and driving force behind Radcom, a company specializing in performance improvement consulting, which she founded back in 1996.Under Angie's guidance, Radcom has earned the distinction of a Weatherhead 100 Outstanding Growth Company seven times over since then as one of Northeast Ohio's fastest-growing companies that Angie has successfully navigated through various challenges over the years spanning the dot-com bubble burst, offshoring, reshoring, the Great Recession, the pandemic and more.Angie is fervent about assisting business leaders in fostering a performance culture, where engaged employees adhere to high standards and hold themselves accountable — and with a unique combination of training expertise and technical documentation know-how, for more than 20 years, Angie and her team at Radcom have helped clients do just this and solve their most pressing problems by empowering their teams to carry out their jobs more efficiently, drive positive results, and infuse continuous innovation into their daily lives.Today, we're also joined by guest-co-host, Dan Isenberg, a familiar name from Lay of The Land's 112th conversation with Daniel Hampu, President of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation. Dan, a professor at Columbia Business School and a former Harvard Business School professor, is the founder of Scalerator NEO. Dan and Angie's paths intersected in 2021 when Angie enrolled in the Scalerator program, designed to support organizations with sales between $5 million and $15 million in navigating growth and scaling challenges.Angie's passion for her business is inspiring, and it was a pleasure to delve deeper into Radcom's evolution, driven by Angie's adaptability and resilience.-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Angie Dianetti on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/adianetti/Follow Angie on Twitter @adianetti — https://twitter.com/adianettiLearn more about Radcom — https://radcomservices.com/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Bloomdaddy welcomes Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and Cleveland Police Chief Wayne Drummond join the show to discuss the West 6 Street mass shooting.

Andrew Spott — Founder & President of HR Signal, and the Founder & Chairman of the VividFront.Andrew founded VividFront back in 2009, growing it to become the acclaimed strategic Cleveland marketing agency it is today with recognition spanning The Inc 5000 fastest-growing companies and Northcoast 99 Top Employer awards multiple times over while driving success and impact for dozens of Ohio-based organizations and beyond. After transitioning from CEO to Chairman of VividFront, Andrew shifted his attention towards his latest project, HR Signal, a venture-backed HR Tech company based here in Cleveland, which he co-founded back in 2020 and has since raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding.The mission at HR Signal is to address the critical issues of employee retention, workforce planning, and culture. High employee turnover often indicates issues within a company's HR strategy, and discerning which employees are considering departure is often a complicated and challenging task for managers.HR Signal aims to mitigate this problem through predictive analytics by deploying a set of algorithms which analyzes billions of data points from public sources, market data, and peer career path data, including hundreds of millions of anonymized resumes — Importantly, the process uses minimal internal data from clients to uphold the privacy of employees and to faciliate onboarding.Really enjoyed this conversation with Andrew — spanning his work across VividFront to HR Signal and beyond — and learned a lot from his reflections on it — I hope you all enjoy it as well!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Andrew Spott on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewspott/Learn more about HR Signal — https://www.hrsignal.com/Learn more about VividFront — https://www.vividfront.com/Follow VivdFront on Twitter — https://twitter.com/vividfront-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Bloomdaddy hosts from Progressive Field ahead of the Guardians' rubber match against the Atlanta Braves. It's another edition of Politics Left, Right, Center, and reaction to Carmen's encounter with Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb.

Justin McLoughlin — Founder & CEO of airCFO — on building a bootstrapped company, scaling a professional services organization, the future of work, the importance of taking care of your employees, and finance!Justin McLoughlin is a midwesterner who fell in love with the tech startup scene and turned entrepreneur when he realized that when other people start startups, payroll, back-office management, account reconciliation, taxes, and general accounting is not what they have in mind.Justin started airCFO to deliver entrepreneurs and growing companies peace of mind by taking ownership of these accounting responsibilities — maintaining the books so they can focus on maintaining the business.Originally published as episode 23 back in May 2021, this conversation with Justin McLoughlin offers unique perspective on company building— please enjoy!-----This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects and Ninety. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects or leverage a free trial through Ninety, the software platform that helps teams build great companies, by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!This episode is also brought to you by airCFO, featured in the episode!-----Connect with Justin McLoughlin on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmmcloughlin/Learn more about airCFO — https://aircfo.com/Follow airCFO on Twitter — https://twitter.com/aircfo-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Wednesday, June 28, 2023: Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona is in a hospital in Kansas City after not feeling well last night. Plus, we look at an air quality alert in effect in Northeast Ohio tied to the smoke from raging Canadian wildfires. We also share where the latest string of car thefts is hitting in Cleveland. In school news, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb has made five appointments to a new term on the Cleveland Metropolitan School District school board, as out-going CEO Eric Gordon prepares to finish his last two days on the job, and more on 3News Daily with Stephanie Haney. Watch Stephanie Haney's Legally Speaking specials and segments here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SLtTChKczKEzKhgSopjxcmFQniu28GN Connect with Stephanie Haney here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: Air Quality Alert issued for multiple Northeast Ohio counties amid ‘very unhealthy' conditions due to smoke from Canadian wildfires https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/air-quality-alert-ohio-smoke-canada-wildfires/95-d14ee042-87c6-433e-8d83-608534e8d2b9 Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona undergoing medical tests, misses Tuesday's game against Kansas City Royals https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/mlb/cleveland-guardians/cleveland-guardians-manager-terry-francona-undergoing-medical-tests-misses-tuesday-game-kansas-city-royals/95-07161868-83b5-4b04-8c93-cff92076f119

Tory and Michael Waxman — the founders of Sundays (>$14 million raised, Cleveland-based) — on building Sundays for Dogs to become a leading dog food brand offering the first human-grade, air-dried dog food, made with 100% all-natural ingredients, that is healthier than kibble, but easier than refrigerated foods since it doesn't require a freezer, prep, or clean-up.In pursuit of their mission to make it easier to be an awesome dog parent and feed millions of dogs, Tory and Michael have grown the business to offer modern dog parents everything they're looking for including quality, taste, convenience, and affordability — and the proof is in the dog food as, in a blind taste test, dogs preferred Sundays 20 to 0 over the best selling dry dog food.Dr. Tory Waxman, a practicing small-animal veterinarian, and Michael Waxman, an engineer, and serial entrepreneur, founded Sundays when their dog, Mabel — who may make brief cameos in this episode today — became sick. Together, they became obsessed with finding dog food that could improve Mabel's health. Although they searched, which you'll hear all about in our conversation today — they couldn't find dog food that was healthier than kibble, but easier to feed than home-cooked foods. Sundays was born.This conversation was a ton of fun — Tory and Michael have an amazing story, exude such a passion for their work, and are building an incredible company with Sundays —  I hope you all enjoy and learn from it as much as I did!-----This episode is brought to you by airCFO — whose story we actually shared back on Episode 23 of Lay of The Land with airCFO's founder and CEO, Justin McLoughlin! For many founders, dealing with finance and taxes is stressful, confusing, and time-consuming. Yet without paying proper attention to your finances and taxes, you won't be able to produce accurate nor timely financials and forecasts for your team or investors. Even worse, if you miss critical tax deadlines, you'll get hit with unnecessary penalties from the IRS — these kinds of financial and tax missteps can jeopardize your entire startup and your vision.Running a startup is hard enough — work with airCFO and you'll get best-in-class finance, accounting, HR, and tax support. airCFO takes care of your back office so you can focus on growing from startup to scale-up. As a Lay of The Land listener, visit aircfo.com for more information and to set up a call and tell them Lay of The Land sent you!-----Connect with Tory Waxman on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/tory-waxman-87781b176/Connect with Michael Waxman on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelewaxman/Learn more about Sundays for Dogs — https://sundaysfordogs.com/aboutFollow Sundays for Dogs on Twitter — https://twitter.com/sundaysfordogs-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Dom Raban — Founder and CEO of Xploro®While originally founded in the UK, Xploro has recently established its headquarters here in Cleveland accompanying the closing on over $1.7mm in funding in a round led by local investors including Comeback Capital, University Hospitals Ventures and JumpStart Ventures! Xploro is an award-winning and clinically validated health information platform that uses augmented reality, gameplay, and artificial intelligence to deliver health information to young patients, in a way that makes them feel empowered, engaged, and informed, whilst having fun at the same time.By putting health information in the hands of children, using language they understand, and interaction paradigms that they are familiar with, Xploro aims to reduce their stress and anxiety and improve their clinical outcomes all while improving child health literacy!Dom founded Xploro when he realized that the provisioning of information preparing children for hospitalization is quite poor when his daughter at the age of 13 was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma and had to navigate this whole process. Fortunately, she is now cancer-free but when she was ill nobody told her what to expect which made her feel scared, anxious, and alone — Dom honed in that this problem is not unique to their experience, and so he founded Xploro to provide children with the information they need and deserve.Really enjoyed this conversation with Dom as we explore his commitment to user-centric design, the power of gamification, the transformative implications of Xploro, and his broader vision beyond pediatric cancer to build a health information platform for any patient of any age with any condition — hope you all enjoy it as well!-----This episode is brought to you by airCFO — whose story we actually shared back on Episode 23 of Lay of The Land with airCFO's founder and CEO, Justin McLoughlin! For many founders, dealing with finance and taxes is stressful, confusing, and time-consuming. Yet without paying proper attention to your finances and taxes, you won't be able to produce accurate nor timely financials and forecasts for your team or investors. Even worse, if you miss critical tax deadlines, you'll get hit with unnecessary penalties from the IRS — these kinds of financial and tax missteps can jeopardize your entire startup and your vision.Running a startup is hard enough — work with airCFO and you'll get best-in-class finance, accounting, HR, and tax support. airCFO takes care of your back office so you can focus on growing from startup to scale-up. As a Lay of The Land listener, visit aircfo.com for more information and to set up a call and tell them Lay of The Land sent you!-----Connect with Dom Raban on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/domraban/Learn more about Xploro Health — https://xploro.health/Follow Xploro Health on Twitter — https://twitter.com/xploro_health-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Mike Bruckman, CEO of Haima Therapeutics.With a PhD in organic chemistry and additional training in biomedical engineering and management, Mike joined the founding team at Haima as CEO in 2018 and has led their commercialization. Having brought in over $13mm in government funding to support their program over the last 5 years, Haima was the sole team selected by DARPA to receive funding in pursuit of manufacturing a fully-dried whole-blood product.Haima is a biopharma Cleveland-based company developing cell and platelet-inspired therapies for the treatment of bleeding and a variety of other blood-related ailments where Haima's initial focus is on the application of their platelet-inspired therapies to mitigate active bleeding and bleeding risks after traumatic injury, surgery, thrombocytopenia, and rare bleeding disorders. Haima's lead technology, called SynthoPlate, is a novel, fully-synthetic hemostatic agent that mitigates bleeding by acting at the site of injury and amplifying your body's natural clotting mechanisms.I learned a great deal from this conversation with Mike — we cover everything from his path from academia to entrepreneurship, to the basics of platelets and blood biology, to the vast implications that Haima's synthetic platelet technology can have on the field of blood-related diseases. Please enjoy my conversation with Mike Bruckman.-----This episode is brought to you by airCFO — whose story we actually shared back on Episode 23 of Lay of The Land with airCFO's founder and CEO, Justin McLoughlin! For many founders, dealing with finance and taxes is stressful, confusing, and time-consuming. Yet without paying proper attention to your finances and taxes, you won't be able to produce accurate nor timely financials and forecasts for your team or investors. Even worse, if you miss critical tax deadlines, you'll get hit with unnecessary penalties from the IRS — these kinds of financial and tax missteps can jeopardize your entire startup and your vision.Running a startup is hard enough — work with airCFO and you'll get best-in-class finance, accounting, HR, and tax support. airCFO takes care of your back office so you can focus on growing from startup to scale-up. As a Lay of The Land listener, visit aircfo.com for more information and to set up a call and tell them Lay of The Land sent you!-----Learn more about Haima Therapeutics — https://www.haimatherapeutics.com/about Follow Haima Therapeutics on Twitter — https://twitter.com/HaimaThrConnect with Mike Bruckman on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebruckman/ Follow Mike Bruckman on Twitter — https://twitter.com/mikebruckman-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Brendan Anderson and Donnie Bedney on their work at ScaleCo — a Cleveland-based entrepreneurship-through-acquisition organization that has invested more than $165 million in over 20 regional companies.In our conversation today, we explore what entrepreneurship-through-acquisition even is, the advantages of buying a business over starting one from scratch, ScaleCo's unique approach to unlocking value in partner companies, and why Donnie and Brendan have double-downed in ScaleCo's commitment to investing locally in the Northeast Ohio region A long-time student of emerging business, Brendan Anderson began his entrepreneurial career in 1995 when he formed The Mast Group to provide management services across various industries. Later in 1996, he formed the Heartland Companies to purchase a distressed industrial park, and in 1998 he purchased Stam, Inc., a manufacturing company which he lead until 2005 as CFO, VP Sales, and Director. Transitioning from the operating world, in 2006, he founded Evolution Capital Partners to provide capital to growing companies where he invested over $100 million in 16 platform companies across three committed capital funds, and most relevant to our conversation today, in 2018, he formed ScaleCo to support the Evolution Capital portfolio companies. Now serving as Chairman of ScaleCo, Brendan is also an active member of the Entrepreneurs Organization of Cleveland and Entrepreneurs Across Borders, in addition to serving on the board of SOAR, an organization that helps young adults with ADD & ADHD.Joining Brendan to represent ScaleCo, Donnie Bedney has spent his career across prestigious consulting and healthcare organizations, including Gallup and Press Ganey, as a workforce, human capital, and sales executive. Donnie joined ScaleCo in 2020 as an Operating Partner, taking on business development responsibilities in ScaleCo's investment thesis around the human capital management business. In 2021, ScaleCo purchased PSP Metrics, Inc., a provider of employee assessment tools, where Donnie was named President.Please enjoy my conversation with Brendan Anderson and Donnie Bedney-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Learn more about ScaleCo — https://scaleco.com/Connect with Brendan Anderson on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/andersonbrendan/Connect with Donnie Bedney on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/thedonniebedney/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Tanya Budler, Founder of Rise Together, on building an impact consulting firm based here in Cleveland that partners with civic, public, private, and nonprofit organizations to create systems-level change that enables and empowers international newcomers to join the local workforce.Tanya is a people-centric problem solver with a unique background that blends private sector, government, and non-profit experience. She started her career building global youth programs, crafting international events, and facilitating leadership workshops in eight different countries. While the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she began exploring other sectors, including impact consulting for nonprofits. Tanya has since served in various levels of government, first as an Economic and Social Recovery Fellow in the Office of the Governor of Connecticut and most recently supporting workforce efforts in the US Department of Transportation.Through these experiences, Tanya saw great power and opportunity in working at the intersection of all these sectors and decided to move back to the Midwest, originally from the farmlands of Nebraska and Missouri, after 10+ years on the East Coast — based here in Cleveland and serving the larger Northeast Ohio region, she launched Rise Together in January of 2022. Since then, she and her team have been working to create a welcoming workforce for international newcomers by developing policies, coalitions, and workshops that play to the community's assets and strengths.In our conversation, we dive into Tanya's background and path to entrepreneurship and Cleveland, founding Rise Together, creating and growing a for-profit service organization, and her reflections and learnings throughout the journey. Please enjoy my conversation with Tanya Budler.-----This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects and Ninety. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects or leverage a free trial through Ninety, the software platform that helps teams build great companies, by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Learn more about Rise Together — https://www.risetogethercle.com/Connect with Tanya Budler on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyabudler/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Our conversation this week is with Lindsay Watson, CEO & Founder of Augment Therapy.Augment Therapy was founded in 2017 when Lindsay — who is a pediatric physical therapist from Chagrin Falls, Ohio — was searching for a way to solve the problems she was experiencing in her own physical therapy practice. Lindsay had spent years working with children and was frustrated with the inefficiency of treating kids once a week, with no way to help them exercise on a daily basis for faster progress. And with that, Lindsay set out to find a way to encourage and motivate them to exercise and Augment Therapy was born.Augment Therapy is an interactive software that uses the medium of augmented reality to engage kids to exercise. Using depth-sensing camera technology, Augment Therapy functions as a motivational tool, exercise prompt, and progress tracker for children needing therapeutic exercise – with no headsets or other wearables required. It can be used in the hospital and clinical setting or in the home environment – any place where added motivation is needed.Augment Therapy looks like a game to the child, but solves real problems of exercise adherence – its portability and anywhere/anytime access make the completion of daily therapeutic exercise simple, convenient, and fun!Originally published as episode 30 back in July of 2021, this conversation with Lindsay Watson was one of my favorite conversations to date! Lindsay's passion for her work is infectious and I learned a lot from her story — when I re-listened to it in advance of republishing it today, I was struck by how inspiring and forward-thinking Lindsay's work through Augment Therapy was, and still is today as she's continued to grow the business and raised an additional million dollars of funding — all with the goal of improving the therapy experience for children and bringing increased innovation to the pediatric market at large. Please enjoy!-----This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects and Ninety. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects or leverage a free trial through Ninety, the software platform that helps teams build great companies, by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Learn more about Augment Therapy — https://augmenttherapy.com/Follow Augment Therapy on Twitter — https://twitter.com/augment_therapyConnect with Lindsay Watson on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-watson-pt-mpt-68103a134/ Follow Lindsay Watson on Twitter —  https://www.twitter.com/@lindsaywatson26-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Dr. Onas Bolton — Founder and CEO of Octet Scientific, a specialty Cleveland-based chemical manufacturer unlocking the full power of safe, economical, and sustainable energy storage by providing better electrolyte chemistry for zinc and other aqueous batteries — on the potential for zinc-based batteries, the history of energy production, storage, and use, and how the work Octet Scientific is doing will facilitate our transition to carbon-neutral sustainable power!Dr. Bolton is a 14-year veteran of the specialty chemicals industry with a PhD in materials science and specific expertise in organic electrochemistry. He is an experienced organic and materials chemist whose work has been published in prestigious scientific journals like the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and highlighted on the cover of Nature Chemistry and in the Economist. Prior to founding Octet, Dr. Bolton created new organic additives for Atotech, the world's largest producer of chemicals to the electroplating industry.At Octet, he and his team are working closely with a wide variety of zinc battery chemistries and manufacturers worldwide to continue to perfect zinc battery chemistry through novel additive development. Dr. Bolton began Octet by winning two highly competitive funding awards from the US National Science Foundation, based on the idea that establishing safe and sustainable zinc-based energy storage will require optimized additive chemistry and more recently, has close over an additional $1 million in traditional venture funding led by Jumpstart here in Cleveland. Please enjoy!-----This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects and Ninety. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects or leverage a free trial through Ninety, the software platform that helps teams build great companies, by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Learn more about Octet Scientific — https://www.octetsci.com/about-octet/Connect with Dr. Onas Bolton on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/onas-bolton-693ba319/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Anees Pretorius and Cono Onorato — co-founders of Bean ($1.7mm in funding) — on the pursuit of their vision to reimagine the global accounting industry and elevate the profession into the digital age.Anees Pretorius, a former Big 4 Accountant, is the CEO of Bean, a market network for specialized accounting services. Originally from South Africa, Anees previously held positions at Deloitte in Cape Town and San Francisco, and later at EY in Cleveland. During his time as a consultant, he worked alongside High-growth and Fortune companies, providing compliance and strategic services. However, it was his experience in the Bay Area working alongside some of the most influential and technologically progressive companies in the world that inspired him to think beyond the traditional constraints inherent in accounting and financial services.Cono Onorato is the CTO at Bean, with over 15 years of experience building, designing, and deploying apps across many industries, including finance, healthcare, and education. Cono worked as a consultant for Fortune 500 clients such as UPS, Coca-Cola, Chick-Fil-A, Verifone, and AT&T, where he deployed creative and engineering solutions. Cono also founded and built an app called Gitful, where he successfully scaled the company to service hundreds of thousands of users across the globe in less than four years.In this episode, we dive into the arc of their careers, their paths to entrepreneurship, and how they joined forces to create Bean. We explore their original insights, the questions they asked, and their vision for the future of accounting. We unpack their approach to building in stealth mode and the advantages and disadvantages of it. We also discuss the history and current state of accounting, the implications of AI in accounting, and how Bean will bring about the future of accounting in the digital age! Please enjoy my conversation with Anees Pretorius and Cono Onorato!-----This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects and Ninety. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects or leverage a free trial through Ninety, the software platform that helps teams build great companies, by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Anees Pretorius on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/aneespretorius/Connect with Cono Onorato on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/conoonorato/ Learn more about Bean — https://getbean.com/Follow Bean on Twitter — https://twitter.com/one2bean-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Julia Solooki & Lior Shafir — the co-founders of Smart Soda, headquartered here in Cleveland — on revolutionizing the beverage industry!The revolution is taking the water and soft drink industry by storm where for many consecutive years, carbonated soft drink sales have been in decline as an increasingly health-conscious society is demanding healthier alternatives in face of the $250 billion US soft drinks market.Smart Soda is meeting that demand with a proprietary and functional beverage platform for major corporations, restaurants, offices, and retail, offering state-of-the-art beverage dispensing products serving healthy and delicious flavored sparkling water made with all-natural alkaline mineralized water, with the option for over 32 flavors utilizing organic cane sugar, vitamin infusion, and much more coming down the pike — to deliver everyday effervescence.To date, Smart Soda has raised over $7mm building out the company, and has partnered with major brands like Sysco, BareBurger, 7-Eleven, and many others, all in pursuit of their vision to sustainably (WELL Standard adherent) create the best tasting and highest quality health-forward beverages.Lior Shafir is an experienced executive in the water and beverage industry, with over 20 years in the field serving as the former Chairman and CEO of Aquatal and also as the former CEO of the exclusive US distributor of Soda Stream, the Israeli-based carbonated drink maker, which was acquired by Pepsi for $3.2 billion back in 2018.Julia Solooki, now the president of Smart Soda, is focused on running and developing retail and online sales operation as well as strategically developing Smart Soda's channel partner relations. Prior to co-founding Smart Soda with Lior, Julia held a series of leadership positions in the healthcare services arena in addition to serving on the board of education for the Healthcare Billing Management Association.We cover a lot in this conversation — the proliferation and market for carbonated drinks, Julia and Lior's commitment to sustainability, expansion plans, go-to-market strategy, and much more — please enjoy our conversation!-----This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects and Ninety. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects or leverage a free trial through Ninety, the software platform that helps teams build great companies, by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Learn more about Smart Soda — https://smartsoda.com/Connect with Julia Solooki on LinkedInConnect with Lior Shafir on LinkedIn-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

A conversation with Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb. The Mayor talks education, safety and lakefront development with Bill Wills.

A conversation with Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb. The Mayor talks education, safety and lakefront development with Bill Wills.

Adrian Bota — co-founder and CEO of ORIGIN Milk — on creating the superlative, regenerative A2 heritage milk company!Adrian's roots in farming go back to his father working on a farm in Romania. Adrian's parents and four siblings escaped from Romania right before the fall of Communism, immigrating to the U.S. and arriving in Cleveland in 1991. While Adrian's father imagined his children would seek careers in medicine or law, Adrian ultimately drew on his background in business and health to enter the farming industry. Prior to launching Origin, Adrian began his career helping to define Pfizer Pharmaceuticals' approach to the changing healthcare marketplace in the U.S. He later worked at Cleveland Clinic Innovations Group to manage new ventures in healthcare technology, genetics, and health and wellness.Led by his passion for nutrition and innovation, coupled with searching for the best options in nutrition for his new child, Adrian embarked on the journey of utilizing his background in the pharma & biotech sector to rethink human nutrition from the ground up. In 2015, Adrian embarked on that journey to wholesome, nature-led nutrition and established Origin, a trailblazing regenerative A2 Guernsey dairy brand right here in Cleveland Ohio. He began partnering first with small farmers in Ohio and has since grown the operation, partnering with small, family-owned farms in Pennsylvania and Colorado. Their deep expertise in product development and knowledge of emerging consumer demands has led Origin to expand its portfolio into multiple verticals — now offering products spanning multiple milk varieties, chocolate, ghee, butter, and moreAs you'll hear in our conversation today, Adrian is one of the sharpest thinkers and shrewdest builders I've come across — one of my favorite discussions so far and an absolute pleasure to listen to and learn from — At the risk of being put out to pasture for some of the worst milk puns I'll ever utter on this podcast, Adrian is a genuine mooover and shaker in the dairy world where he is committed to leading the shift away from big dairy, which is reliant on legacy cows and factory farming, to a regenerative, organic and always local model of clean dairy.-----This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects and Ninety. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects or leverage a free trial through Ninety, the software platform that helps teams build great companies, by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Adrian Bota on LinkedInLearn more about ORIGIN MilkFollow ORIGIN Milk on Instagram-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more. Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedInFollow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Thursday, April 20, 2023: See video of the elementary school mom who sprayed school officials with mace in Elyria. Plus, find out why Akron police used pepper spray and tear gas on protestors speaking out against the grand jury decision not to indict the 8 officers who shot and killed Jayland Walker, and get details on where police found a dead body during a welfare check. We also share details on Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb's state of the city address, the latest Facebook scam targeting people's emotions, and what's happening in East Palestine. In news about your money, we tell you what energy supplier could save you lots come June, where the winning Powerball jackpot ticket was sold in Ohio, and more on 3News Daily with Stephanie Haney. Watch the Legally Speaking special on the 4 criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump here: https://youtu.be/8RzDfmaSrxo Connect with Stephanie Haney here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: Winning Powerball ticket sold at GetGo in Northeast Ohio hits jackpot worth $252.6 million: See where the lucky ticket was purchased https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/lottery/winning-powerball-ticket-jackpot-macedonia-getgo-summit-county/95-b43faee8-7161-4ab1-80f6-9e8422781628 41-year-old man found dead with gunshot wounds during welfare check in Hudson https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/summit-county/hudson-man-found-dead-gunshot-wounds/95-85b4fd50-be6c-4209-a0ac-b4ad36f4f3ed Akron Councilwoman Tara Mosley denounces use of pepper spray by police, breaking of windows at Jayland Walker protests https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/special-reports/jayland-walker/akron-councilwoman-tara-mosley-denounces-pepper-spray-jayland-walker-protest/95-1da698da-5e17-4114-ac72-fe330ceca0ed

Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and Berea Mayor Cyril Kleem, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne and others are due to make one or more big announcements starting next week that will include the lakefront football stadium, the Browns' Berea campus, mixed-use developments around both plus a relocated Shoreway. The announcements will be about changes intended to activate the downtown lakefront by the end of this decade in ways it hasn't been since the 1930s and to create a year-round fan-friendly village around the team's suburban headquarters and practice facility, according to two sources familiar with the developments.There are still many unknowns at this early stage. But between now and when the venue formerly known as FirstEnergy Stadium (reverting back to Cleveland Browns Stadium) is rebuilt, many of the team's and Haslam Sports Group office staff will be temporarily relocated from their Berea headquarters to makeshift offices at the stadium and to remote working.During the renovation of the CrossCountry Mortgage Campus, the Browns offseason training programs may have to be relocated for up to one year. Expansion of the campus will take longer — more than one year and may be carried out in phases depending on financing and city approvals. The expanded campus will reportedly include a new hotel, restaurants, shops, conference facilities. The Haslams and the city have already acquired more than 30 acres of land and demolished many homes and a church for this massive expansion of the Browns' Berea facilities. It isn't publicly known yet where the Browns will play, but Columbus is a likely location. The Haslams already have a presence there with their Columbus Crew Major League Soccer club. Its venue, the two-year-old, soccer-specific Lower.com Field, seats only 20,371. When the Browns played their first Orange & Brown Scrimmage on Aug. 7, 2015, they played to 49,734 fans at the Ohio State University's 102,734-seat Ohio Stadium (aka The Horseshoe). It was the highest attendance for any Browns open practice or Family Day since at least 2005. The Browns would like to regain their fan dominance in Ohio's capital city, taking attention away from their AFC North Division rivals Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.Ultimate Football GMTo download the game just visit Ultimate-GM.com or look it up on the app stores. Our listeners get a 100% free boost to their franchise when using the promo LOCKEDON (ALL CAPS) in the game store.FanDuelMake Every Moment More. Don't miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and Berea Mayor Cyril Kleem, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne and others are due to make one or more big announcements starting next week that will include the lakefront football stadium, the Browns' Berea campus, mixed-use developments around both plus a relocated Shoreway. The announcements will be about changes intended to activate the downtown lakefront by the end of this decade in ways it hasn't been since the 1930s and to create a year-round fan-friendly village around the team's suburban headquarters and practice facility, according to two sources familiar with the developments. There are still many unknowns at this early stage. But between now and when the venue formerly known as FirstEnergy Stadium (reverting back to Cleveland Browns Stadium) is rebuilt, many of the team's and Haslam Sports Group office staff will be temporarily relocated from their Berea headquarters to makeshift offices at the stadium and to remote working. During the renovation of the CrossCountry Mortgage Campus, the Browns offseason training programs may have to be relocated for up to one year. Expansion of the campus will take longer — more than one year and may be carried out in phases depending on financing and city approvals. The expanded campus will reportedly include a new hotel, restaurants, shops, conference facilities. The Haslams and the city have already acquired more than 30 acres of land and demolished many homes and a church for this massive expansion of the Browns' Berea facilities. It isn't publicly known yet where the Browns will play, but Columbus is a likely location. The Haslams already have a presence there with their Columbus Crew Major League Soccer club. Its venue, the two-year-old, soccer-specific Lower.com Field, seats only 20,371. When the Browns played their first Orange & Brown Scrimmage on Aug. 7, 2015, they played to 49,734 fans at the Ohio State University's 102,734-seat Ohio Stadium (aka The Horseshoe). It was the highest attendance for any Browns open practice or Family Day since at least 2005. The Browns would like to regain their fan dominance in Ohio's capital city, taking attention away from their AFC North Division rivals Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. Ultimate Football GM To download the game just visit Ultimate-GM.com or look it up on the app stores. Our listeners get a 100% free boost to their franchise when using the promo LOCKEDON (ALL CAPS) in the game store. FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Don't miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Changing the face of Cleveland's lakefront has been a long-term project. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb joined Jeremy Goldberg to talk about the importance of building trust and equity by investing in infrastructure like the lakefront and getting the basics right. This episode first aired on August 4, 2022, as part of Microsoft's Public Sector Future podcast Mayor Justin M. Bibb, City of Cleveland Jeremy Goldberg | LinkedIn | Twitter Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts

Morgan and Bill celebrate their one-year anniversary of working together on the "Q" Morning Show!  To commemorate this milestone, they played "Know The Show"...against each other!!  Who knows each other better and can answer the trivia questions they wrote about each other?  Also, Bill has a problem with anyone who gets engaged at Cracker Barrel, and we run through a list of the most mispronounced food items.  Today's Cleveland Confessional featured Bree in Eastlake, who seems hellbent on ruining her best friend's birthday party.  What secret is she hiding??  Plus, Battle of the Burbs, and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb stopped by to help celebrate the Show-versary!  Did he remember meeting Morgan last summer and Morgan's horribly embarrassing moment?  What's the deal with the coin-operated parking meters downtown?  And he stayed for a round of the "Mayor Match Game!"  

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb stopped by the Q104 studio to celebrate Morgan and Bill's one year anniversary.  After the interview, they edited 3 segments to air on the radio show, and some content didn't make it.  Here is the (mostly) unedited entire conversation with Mayor Bibb!  

An 18-year-old college student has been elected to serve as mayor of a small east Arkansas city, becoming one of the youngest people to serve as a city's top leader in the U.S. Jaylen Smith, who is Black, was elected mayor of Earle in a runoff election on December 6, winning 235 votes to Nemi Matthews' 183, according to complete but unofficial results. He's among the youngest mayors elected in the United States and would be the youngest member of the African American Mayors Association. Phyllis Dickerson, chief executive officer of the association, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that the association's current youngest member is Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, who is 35. Smith is among a handful of people elected mayor before turning 20, including Michael Sessions, who was elected mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, in 2005 when he was 18; and John Tyler Hammons, who was elected mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 2008 when he was 19. Smith, who graduated from Earle High School in May 2022, campaigned on improving public safety and bringing new businesses, including a grocery store, to the city of about 1,800 people 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of Memphis, Tennessee. He is a student at Arkansas State University Mid-South in West Memphis, Arkansas. “People looking at me, well I'm too young, he has no experience, he's fresh out of high school,” Smith told Little Rock TV station KATV. “But I used to always tell people you have to start somewhere in life.” This article was provided by The Associated Press.

Tuesday, January 10, 2023: Learn what we know about an Ohio teacher in Medina who has been charged after police say he was chatting with an undercover agent posing as the mother of a 14-year-old girl who was trying to set up a sexual encounter between the teen and teacher. Plus, get the details on a strange crime in South Euclid where a man was allegedly trying to sell stolen meat from a suitcase to restaurants. Hear what the Today Show's Hoda Kotb says inspired her Making Space podcast as its third season launches this week, check in Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb on his plans to fund education improvements in the city, and more on 3News Daily with Stephanie Haney. Connect with Stephanie Haney here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Watch Stephanie's interview with Hoda Kota about her Making Space podcast here: https://youtu.be/WBMoT-z_K-M Read more here: Medina teacher charged with possession of child pornography, attempting to meet teen for sex https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/medina-high-school-teacher-charged-child-pornography-meet-teen-sex/95-cdf67245-f260-4d98-aac8-dffb56ac92b0 'I'm just in limbo': Euclid woman's stolen Kia is found, but nightmare continues https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/euclid-woman-stolen-kia-found-nightmare-continues/95-5081198f-f02e-4f8d-900b-733e0f095198

Mayor Justin Bibb looks at accomplishments in 2022, and looks forward to 2023 agenda.

Monday, December 5, 2022: Breaking down Deshaun Watson's performance in his first Browns game following the end of his sexual assault suspension, what we know about the fire that broke out at the Star of the West flour mill on Friday, when Ohio State will be playing in the College Football Playoffs, what Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb promised to Glenville football players after they won the state title this weekend, how to get Cleveland Guardians tickets early, how much gas prices have dropped in the last week, and more on 3News Daily with Stephanie Haney. Connect with Stephanie Haney here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: REAL ID enforcement date extended again https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/real-id-deadline-extended-again/507-a33762fc-0a1b-4867-add2-e8e99550555c Crews to assess damage after fire erupts at Kent mill https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/portage-county/kent-fire-star-of-the-west-mill-north-water-street/95-fbee8a49-9fa2-48f5-a7f1-448ded9ace7c 15 years later, Shaker Heights mother reflects on the fire that killed her 3 daughters https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/15-years-later-shaker-heights-mother-reflects-on-fire-that-killed-her-3-daughters/95-b5a730a2-a80d-44c2-afc8-5066e4ca53ef JIMMY'S TAKE: Jim Donovan says the Browns won a different type of way -- with defense and special teams -- in Deshaun Watson's debut https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/jimmys-take-the-browns-different-type-of-way-with-defense-in-deshaun-watsons-debu/95-2d90ef39-2a9a-42e9-9f3a-2612fc606f0b Ohio State to face Georgia in College Football Playoff Semifinal https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/college/osu/ohio-state-georgia-college-football-playoff-peach-bowl/530-6017d025-a757-4f01-b5a1-d0c13e8add05 New football-themed waterpark coming to Canton: First look at new image renderings amid groundbreaking ceremony at Hall of Fame Village https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/canton/canton-waterpark-football-hall-of-fame-attraction-groundbreaking/95-b0edb0fc-f354-48dd-a1be-b521fb5566f2 Gas prices drop again in Northeast Ohio: Down 18.9 cents in Cleveland, 17.7 cents in Akron https://www.wkyc.com/article/traffic/gas-prices/gas-prices-drop-ohio-cleveland-akron-gasbuddy/95-03f1202a-34db-4b98-8ffc-ceacb49db0e4

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb was sworn into office in January 2022. Chuck talks with the mayor about crime, economics, and the role that sports can play in supporting the city. 

President Biden delivers remarks on crime in Wilkes-Barre. Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is dead at 91. The Justice Department will file an official response to former President Trump's request for a special master to oversee items collected from his Mar-a-Lago residence. Brad Todd, Nicholas Wu and Xochitl Hinojosa join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to break down Biden's midterms messaging and the latest on Trump's legal issues. U.N. inspectors are in Kyiv to assess the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb discusses Biden's remarks and Democratic messaging on crime.

Changing the face of Cleveland's lakefront has been a long-term project. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb joined Jeremy Goldberg in our latest Future of Infrastructure episode to talk about the importance of building trust and equity by investing in infrastructure like the lakefront and getting the basics right. Mayor Justin M. Bibb, City of Cleveland Jeremy Goldberg | LinkedIn | Twitter Public Sector Center of Expertise Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts

Morgan had a memorable moment meeting Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb over the weekend!  Hear the story, along with other details from WKYC's Austin Love's obviously exclusive wedding, like Morgan's friend who ordered Taco Bell at the reception .  Also, Bill is freaking out a little bit because summer is going so fast, but he is super-excited about all the Marvel movies coming out in the next few years.  David from Bedford Heights explained to us "Guilt-tipping" and is he a Bleephole for not wanting to tip whenever prompted?!?  Plus, there's a exhibitionist on the loose in Berea!  We also played Battle of the Burbs and learned about a woman who's being very creative about putting her cheating husband on blast!

Thursday, July 21, 2022: Hear the latest on President Joe Biden's COVID-19 status and the White House response to his cancer comments, what to expect from tonight's January 6 hearing, developments in policing in Cleveland, what Jayland Walker's family wants to happen next in the investigation of his fatal shooting by Akron police, who the Browns are working out at quarterback, and more on 3News Now with Stephanie Haney. Connect with Stephanie Haney here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney 3News Now with Stephanie Haney is also available as a podcast: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/now-you-can-get-your-3news-now-digital-updates-as-a-podcast/95-e4d5a072-b625-4180-9f8e-733ab730ee90 Read more here: President Biden tests positive for COVID-19 https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/white-house-biden-tests-positive-for-covid-19/507-20243fa3-4c9b-41e3-b105-b1dcd10e9e55 White House clarifies Biden's cancer comments; president not announcing new diagnosis https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/white-house-clarifies-biden-cancer-comments/507-582b6ff8-1943-471c-9371-b680bb0e9f3e Jan. 6 panel probes former President Trump's 187 minutes during Capitol attack https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/national/jan-6-committee-primetime-hearing-thursday/65-d4054035-79ed-4904-bba4-a0f6b1c03278 Election denier will be on Ohio ballot for secretary of state https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/politics/elections/election-denier-makes-ohio-ballot-secretary-of-state/95-f1af6b56-5e45-4603-800c-222e159fd30f 'We don't want anyone threatened': Attorney for Jayland Walker's family addresses alleged threats against Akron police officers https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/special-reports/jayland-walker/jayland-walker-akron-police-shooting-family-attorney-threats-officers/95-2b3f7dd6-b02e-47d9-9c95-92cf0a4cc657 Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb appoints Wayne Drummond as Chief of Police https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-mayor-justin-bibb-public-safety-announcement/95-0e36e334-32b9-47f7-8690-dcb0ff8d81b2 Ohio State Highway Patrol upgrading aircraft to spot speeders, aggressive drivers from the sky https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/whats-next/ohio-state-highway-patrol-upgrading-aircraft-spot-speeders-aggressive-drivers-sky/95-3562c9c1-6371-4856-aa73-1c05ee865c03 Report: Cleveland Browns working out free agent QBs AJ McCarron and Josh Rosen as they wait for potential Deshaun Watson suspension https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/cleveland-browns-quarterback-deshaun-watson-aj-mccarron-josh-rosen/95-be006ffa-4e63-4c89-8acb-3946340b8190 Lowering your electric bill in Northeast Ohio could be as simple as making a phone call https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/lowering-your-electric-bill-simple-phone-call/95-addff451-3a57-4c0e-96fb-15d0ed4007d1 Where do Cleveland Cavaliers starters rank compared to other NBA starting lineups https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nba/cavaliers/where-do-cleveland-cavaliers-starters-rank-compared-to-other-starting-rosters/95-1bd023e0-899c-4279-9b33-a65c39ba69bb Twisted Olive in North Canton ranked among 100 best restaurants for outdoor dining in America https://www.wkyc.com/article/life/food/twisted-olive-restaurant-north-canton-100-best-restaurants-outdoor-dining-america-opentable/95-0966c27d-c224-4e4e-9fb4-7536b1a15e60 Disney on Ice to bring 'Frozen & Encanto' show to Cleveland in January 2023 https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/disney-on-ices-frozen-encanto-returns-cleveland-january-2023/95-fb6529e0-612b-4100-a36b-4d65b512bf61

Monday, July 18, 2022: Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will reportedly sue the NFL if he gets a 1-year suspension for allegations of sexual misconduct, and Akron pushes for police dashcams, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb outlines a plan to protect abortions rights. Plus, the Cleveland Cavaliers unveil new jerseys, the Guardians pick up an outfielder in the 2022 MLB Draft, Swensons opens in Boardman, and more on 3News Now with Stephanie Haney. Read more here: Akron addresses push to install dashcams in police cars after deadly shooting of Jayland Walker https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/akron/akron-police-dash-cameras-jayland-walker-officer-shooting/95-65f4c4e7-55c0-437f-82c4-ea599133111b Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb announces policies to protest abortion rights; pledges city won't prosecute abortion-related crimes https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-mayor-justin-bibb-city-wont-prosecute-abortion-related-crimes/95-c0be7ff1-c528-41f7-8aff-5365fd230a1c Report: Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson will sue NFL if he receives year-long suspension https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/cleveland-browns-qb-deshaun-watson-sue-nfl-if-receives-year-long-punishment/95-05e03566-edc2-4474-9e18-bdb7972449f3 Cleveland Guardians select outfielder Chase DeLauter in round 1 of the 2022 MLB Draft https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/mlb/cleveland-guardians/cleveland-guardians-select-outfielder-chase-delauter-round-1-of-the-2022-mlb-draft/95-e1cf7a53-f13b-43bf-b075-3c18b858e2c0 Cleveland Cavaliers unveil new uniforms for 2022-23 season https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nba/cavaliers/cleveland-cavaliers-unveil-new-uniforms/95-6c3b0852-ef22-49cb-a5ae-2277718ca586 Swensons to open new Boardman location July 18 https://www.wkyc.com/article/life/food/swensons-boardman-restaurant-opening-date/95-48cf7314-fd7b-46d8-9cbf-a8b678a9055c

Tuesday, June 7, 2022: A former Cedar Point employee says she was told being raped was her fault, what we know about a 10-year-old Cleveland boy apparently accidentally shot and killed by his aunt, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb calls for stricter gun laws, what FirstEnergy says about Cleveland City Council passing a resolution to remove the company's name from the football stadium, and more on 3News Now with Stephanie Haney Need a break from bad news? Watch It's All Good (News!) with Stephanie Haney: https://youtu.be/RPB8vFil3Pw Like this show? Check out the 3 Things to Know with Stephanie Haney podcast: http://wkyc.com/3thingstoknow Connect with Stephanie here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: 3News Investigates: Cedar Point worker told rape 'was my fault' https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/investigations/3news-investigates-cedar-point-worker-told-rape-her-fault/95-e00d3aaf-f60c-4cb0-911d-057c972f99d8 10-year-old Cleveland boy shot and killed by aunt in 'freak accident,' uncle claims https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/uncle-says-10-year-old-cleveland-boy-shot-killed-aunt-freak-accident/95-39af0acf-edae-4b4f-8611-c1104bfda1ba 'This is madness': Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb calls for Congress to pass stricter gun laws https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-mayor-justin-bibb-press-conference-addressing-gun-violence/95-a8a550e7-750c-4637-bc28-f62c96c7f702 Akron woman helps break 5 men, including fiancée, out of Ohio prison; 1 inmate still at large https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/akron-woman-helps-4-others-out-ohio-prison-1-inmate-still-at-large/95-e569cf7b-dd6d-40a8-b6da-a60a5e846f28 Cleveland City Council passes resolution calling for FirstEnergy to relinquish naming rights to stadium https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/cleveland-city-council-to-vote-cleveland-browns-firstenergy-stadium-name/95-8052a182-bb91-4268-a41b-9fb359116278 Goodyear to recall RV tires 19 years after last one was made https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/goodyear-to-recall-rv-tires/507-ef0dd695-f179-4c6a-a2f7-15e639947d74 LeBron James Family Foundation to build new medical care center in Akron https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/akron/lebron-james-family-foundation-medical-care-center-in-akron/95-2350e26c-ae39-457e-b21f-58429d039b23 Food Truck Park set to open in Downtown Willoughby https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/lake-county/food-truck-park-set-to-open-downtown-willoughby/95-ac87e896-9ccc-4d83-ae4b-f149dd6fc79b

Bill & Mike Got Your Wednesday Informed With UVALDE TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING - 19 Children & 2 Teachers Dead - ABC News Jim Ryan In Uvalde, Tx & NBC Radio Rory O'Neill Talked About It - Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb Exclusive Interview With Wills On Real Time Center along with - Dirt bike legislation and the crack down over the weekend - Crime in general, lack of policing - Watson Sexual Assault Accusers speak to HBO Real Sports - Deshaun Watson's Lawyer Rusty Hardin Issues Statement About HBO Interview - Astros Bring Guardians "Bats & Pitching" Back To Earth - 7-3 - Guards PBP Tom Hamilton Recapped The Game - Mary Lynn Rajskub (24 "Chole") Interview With Bill Wills-New Book FAME-ISH - Business Insider Gregg Stebben Talked about how a shortage of wheat, corn and sunflower oil impacts both small businesses and consumers in your community - NBC News Radio National Correspondent Michael Bower had the latest from Tuesday's mid-term primary elections

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb spoke to Bill about Real Time Center along with - Dirt bike legislation and the crack down over the weekend - Crime in general, lack of policing. Crain's story on the tax abatement - Pot Holes - Clean Up Streets - important for workers to be in offices where they can work together and what he's doing to encourage that

Bill & Mike Got Your Wednesday Informed With UVALDE TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING - 19 Children & 2 Teachers Dead - ABC News Jim Ryan In Uvalde, Tx & NBC Radio Rory O'Neill Talked About It - Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb Exclusive Interview With Wills On Real Time Center along with - Dirt bike legislation and the crack down over the weekend - Crime in general, lack of policing - Watson Sexual Assault Accusers speak to HBO Real Sports - Deshaun Watson's Lawyer Rusty Hardin Issues Statement About HBO Interview - Astros Bring Guardians "Bats & Pitching" Back To Earth - 7-3 - Guards PBP Tom Hamilton Recapped The Game - Mary Lynn Rajskub (24 "Chole") Interview With Bill Wills-New Book FAME-ISH - Business Insider Gregg Stebben Talked about how a shortage of wheat, corn and sunflower oil impacts both small businesses and consumers in your community - NBC News Radio National Correspondent Michael Bower had the latest from Tuesday's mid-term primary elections

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb is changing the city's response to illegal off-road vehicles. The department, in a coordinated effort with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, conducted its first major raid in years. City Council on Monday fast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thursday, April 14, 2022: What you need to know about Ohio's new overtime law, meeting women with top roles in Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb administration, how the Cavaliers are leading the way for inclusive arenas, where the I-X Center's iconic Ferris wheel will end up, what you need to know for Guardians games this season, which shows are included in Playhouse Square‘s 2022-23 season ticket series, and more on 3News Now with Stephanie Haney. Need a break from bad news? Watch It's All Good (News!) with Stephanie Haney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jRbp2kKuJY Like this show? Check out the 3 Things to Know with Stephanie Haney podcast: http://wkyc.com/3thingstoknow Connect with Stephanie here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: How Ohio's new overtime law impacts hourly workers https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/hourly-workers-ohio-new-overtime-law/530-084f7582-99ba-476e-bd92-a6c96dfbe058 Boss Ladies of CLE: The women with top roles in the Justin Bibb administration https://www.wkyc.com/article/life/people/boss-ladies/boss-ladies-of-cle-women-top-roles-justin-bibb-administration/95-31994dc0-d993-41ae-91e4-3c5e0db0b9ca How the Cleveland Cavaliers paved the way for inclusive arenas across the country https://www.wkyc.com/article/life/heartwarming/cleveland-cavaliers-inclusive-arenas/95-604d0142-a928-4965-a5d9-83d4b7a93128 COVID-19 in Ohio: Tracking weekly case numbers, hospitalizations and more with new data released every Thursday https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-numbers/coronavirus-ohio-updates/95-e2faeb56-d02a-443a-bcdb-141f2c7fafe8 Cleveland I-X Center's iconic ferris wheel to find new home at Hall of Fame Village in Canton https://www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/clevelands-i-x-centers-iconic-ferris-wheel-to-find-new-home/95-0b59bfd1-d883-4b59-bbed-7dd97a0c6268 Cleveland Guardians change bag policy for fans during 2022 season: What you need to know https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/mlb/cleveland-guardians/cleveland-guardians-bag-policy-progressive-field-2022-season/95-d402b790-9435-41b7-af12-0fa24943194c What's new at Progressive Field in 2022, besides the Cleveland Guardians name https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/mlb/cleveland-guardians/whats-new-progressive-field-2022-cleveland-guardians/95-ded73924-da89-4e36-bab9-1f379ec15007 Cleveland Guardians launch 'Family Value Pack' for 2022 season: Includes 4 tickets and $40 for merchandise, concessions https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/mlb/cleveland-guardians/cleveland-guardians-family-value-pack-ticket-deal-2022-season/95-8f422f50-5f73-4f01-87bf-c56e245f473e Playhouse Square announces 2022-23 KeyBank Broadway Series: Les Miserables, Beetlejuice, Hadestown and more https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/playhouse-square-keybank-broadway-series-2022-2023-les-miserables-beetlejuice-hadestown-cats-tina-turner-moulin-rouge/95-784bed2b-8e2a-4863-801d-9e11bd7f5cf3 Cleveland's Rowley Inn to be featured on ‘Diners, Drive-ins and Dives' Friday night https://www.wkyc.com/article/life/food/diners-drive-ins-and-dives-rowley-inn-cleveland-guy-fieri-a-christmas-story-house/95-000718ef-251d-4818-851f-d07e263ef31b Ornamental pear tree declared invasive in Ohio https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/callery-pear-tree-added-to-list-of-ohios-invasive-plants/512-62ebbb43-5a07-4f0e-bdbe-3b2ea57b3dd3

NBA All Star Weekend Special. With Cavs GM Koby Altman, Rep. Shontel Brown, Dikembe Mutombo, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Justin Hardy from the New York Jets, Ted Ginn Sr, Pastor Kyle Earley, Big Tigger, and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022: Find out what President Biden says about what's happening in Ukraine with Russia and a breakdown of what we know about the escalating situation, which Democratic candidate Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb supports for Congress, what to make of Jarvis Landry‘s tweets about his future with the Cleveland Browns, how Ohio's Rachel Recchia is doing on The Bachelor, when to catch Dave Chapelle and John Mulaney in Cleveland, and more on 3News Now with Stephanie Haney. Need a break from bad news? Watch It's All Good (News!) with Stephanie Haney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MJpHOit93g Like this show? Check out the 3 Things to Know with Stephanie Haney podcast: http://wkyc.com/3thingstoknow Connect with Stephanie here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: President Biden gives update on Ukraine 'invasion' by Russia https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/russia-sets-stage-for-ukraine-invasion/507-382af746-f16e-4841-b028-90bee2671e46 Putin orders troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/biden-putin-meeting-may-happen-ukraine-invasion/507-cfdc96e4-b5eb-459e-b112-b0cc890d0a8f How do Russians and Ukrainians feel about Putin's actions https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/politics/do-russians-support-vladmir-putins-actions-toward-ukraine/95-9eb9fc39-4337-4d5b-9fce-1f7effe506f2 Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb endorses Rep. Shontel Brown for reelection to Congress https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/politics/congresswoman-shontel-brown-cleveland-mayor-justin-bibb-major-campaign-announcement/95-f90884d5-a1bb-4272-a017-b5cbf2256402 COVID-19 in Ohio: State reports 1,369 new cases in the past 24 hours https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-numbers/coronavirus-ohio-updates/95-e2faeb56-d02a-443a-bcdb-141f2c7fafe8 What to make of Jarvis Landry's tweets and why a Browns breakup has always seemed inevitable https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/why-jarvis-landry-browns-breakup-has-always-seemed-inevitable/95-02821429-f3bf-4363-a166-3dde6553b73c Ohio University graduate Rachel Recchia shares why she wanted to leave Clayton Echard's season of The Bachelor https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/entertainment-news/who-was-sent-home-on-the-bachelor-why-rachel-recchia-wanted-to-leave-the-show-clayton-echard-sarah-hamrick-mara-agrait-genevieve-parisi/95-36c8bd6c-74fe-4ef9-abbd-14756dbbfce0 Here's why the I-X Indoor Amusement Park isn't opening in 2022 https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/i-x-indoor-amusement-park-not-opening-2022-ix-center/95-607b4b7b-f3a2-4da9-b2b4-ae984de7448c John Mulaney coming to Cleveland in September https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/john-mulaney-tour-cleveland-rocket-mortgage-fieldhouse-tickets/95-4b69429a-d79b-4a8d-9ee3-cad31f35641d Dave Chapelle bringing 'Untitled' documentary tour to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse November 14 https://www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/dave-chapelle-documentary-tour-rocket-mortgage-fieldhouse/95-e7dc4b83-66e0-4634-b8f1-b8ad4278c0ac

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb joined the show to promote NBA All-Star weekend in Cleveland. Mayor Bibb discussed the city planning heading into All-Star weekend. Mayor Bibb talks getting ready for the Celebrity All-Star game. Listen to The Ken Carman Show with Anthony Lima weekday mornings 6-10am on Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan and the Audacy App!

Wednesday, February 9, 2022: Find out how Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb is defending denying late night hours waivers during NBA All-Star weekend, what happened to the snowplow driver who threw snow into oncoming traffic on the Ohio Turnpike, major updates from last night's Olympic games, who will play in the NBA All-Star celebrity game, which performer is leading the Rock Hall induction fan vote, and more on 3News Now with Stephanie Haney Need a break from bad news? Watch It's All Good (News!) with Stephanie Haney, every Wednesday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPVLFLA6hU Like this show? Check out the 3 Things to Know with Stephanie Haney podcast: http://wkyc.com/3thingstoknow Connect with Stephanie here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb defends decision to not to allow restaurants to serve alcohol late during NBA All-Star Weekend https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nba/nba-all-star-game/cleveland-mayor-justin-bibb-not-extending-hours-restaurants-nba-all-star-weekend-right-decision/95-dd4b36a3-e77b-40a2-8ceb-8694a12693df Organ transplant surgery canceled due to new Cleveland Clinic policy requiring COVID-19 vaccination https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/lake-county/organ-transplant-surgery-canceled-new-cleveland-clinic-policy-requiring-covid-19-vaccination/95-6dbf87d1-a246-46dd-8575-7d0ff1451a2a Brush High School students stage walkout in protest of administration's response to concerns of sexual harassment https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/education/brush-high-school-walkout-behavior-assemblies/95-b9fe0ce8-6a76-40f2-b6c9-d5b9559c2a3f Ohio Turnpike fires plow driver responsible for damaging more than 50 cars in Erie County incident https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/ohio-turnpike-fires-plow-driver-responsible-damaging-over-50-cars-erie-county-incident/95-74609175-4382-48aa-adc5-c30b3d7eba9a Greater Cleveland dealerships attaching fees to some cars due to supply shortage https://www.wkyc.com/article/money/cars/greater-cleveland-dealerships-attaching-fees-cars-supply-shortage/95-a792c613-ead5-4688-90f9-e7c0610c9f05 'Heartbreaking': Mikaela Shiffrin out of second race in a row https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/olympics/mikaela-shiffrin-beijing-games/507-c19c3255-62e5-465c-95c2-ea81bc2ab5a6 Why Olympic athletes are getting pandas instead of medals https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/olympics/olympic-winners-plush-panda/507-7696ad7e-db64-4721-b7c2-1d30ff9db887 2022 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game rosters revealed: Myles Garrett, Machine Gun Kelly, Tiffany Hadish, Mayor Justin Bibb to play https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nba/nba-all-star-game/2022-nba-all-star-game-celebrity-rosters/95-bd408ab8-ebc6-4513-94ac-b814aeb9f7fb Eminem takes early lead as Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fan ballot tops 1 million votes for 2022 induction https://www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/music/rock-hall/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-fan-vote-2022-induction-nominees-eminem-duran-duran-pat-benatar-dolly-parton-eurythmics/95-f5a11878-e289-4ac9-b605-d4dca22f1ce4 Les Misérables relaunching North American tour at Playhouse Square in Cleveland this October https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/les-misrables-cleveland-playhouse-square-north-american-tour/95-7cf78e2c-98cc-421c-aa90-b914eca29b7e It's All Good News!: A love connection, line dancing at lunch, and an unlikely author https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPVLFLA6hU

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Friday, January 21, 2022: Find out what you need to know about a pacifier recall, why a Cleveland man accused of arson and attempted murder of his own children is now free, details on the deaths of rockstar Meat Loaf and comedian Louie Anderson, what Kansas City NFL player Travis Kelce's mom says about him playing for the Cleveland Browns, the latest on a sequel for “A Christmas Story,” why M&Ms characters are getting a new look, and more on 3News Now with Stephanie Haney. Need a break from bad news? Watch It's All Good (News!) with Stephanie Haney, every Wednesday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G0M-GjsAI8 Like this show? Check out the 3 Things to Know with Stephanie Haney podcast: http://wkyc.com/3thingstoknow Connect with Stephanie here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: Recall alert: If your child has these pacifiers, stop using them immediately https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/frigg-pacifiers-mushie-co-recalled/507-2aa6c57d-eedd-483f-9b57-12fd5a756f10 3News exclusive: Cleveland man accused of attempted murder, arson now free after attorneys discover evidence against him was false https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/investigations/cleveland-man-accused-attempted-murder-arson-acquitted-evidence-against-him-false/95-b16d887c-4d00-4c1c-9297-7026d470615f Meat Loaf, 'Bat out of Hell' rock superstar, dies at 74 https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/rockstar-meat-loaf-dead-at-74/65-b819ff70-9df6-4244-8358-15eaf6d8d02e Actor-comedian Louie Anderson dies at 68 https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/louie-anderson-dies-at-68/507-cb19cd6d-9c3c-4230-a2bc-2139f47512d6 Watch live: Gov. Mike DeWine holds briefing after Intel announces $20 billion plan to build 2 new Ohio factories with 20,000 jobs https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/intel-announcement-licking-county-ohio-governor-mike-dewine/95-bf5cc066-fe33-4d9c-91d6-640bb53da0ac Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb issues mask advisory for all indoor spaces through Jan. 31, but it's not a mandate https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-mayor-justin-bibb-mask-advisory-january-2022/95-b5b6e4df-e109-4963-b69c-3fb27b81bdaf COVID-19 in Ohio: State reports 19,697 new cases in the past 24 hours https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-numbers/coronavirus-ohio-updates/95-e2faeb56-d02a-443a-bcdb-141f2c7fafe8 No, the CDC doesn't count positive results from at-home COVID-19 tests https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/verify/coronavirus-verify/no-cdc-doesnt-count-positive-results-at-home-covid-19-tests/536-5343e339-2940-415a-96ee-202a5126a87f Travis Kelce was 'crushed' the Cleveland Browns didn't draft him, according to his mom https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/travis-kelce-crushed-browns-didnt-pick-him/95-aa940c30-d25f-4bbd-928a-785712734216 Reports: 'A Christmas Story' getting sequel with adult Ralphie https://www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/movies/a-christmas-story-sequel/507-728c19b0-f974-473d-a781-b396a37f2e4c Mars gives M&M's a makeover to promote inclusivity https://www.wkyc.com/article/money/consumer/mms-makeover-to-promote-inclusivity/530-ae43963b-6d48-4348-b631-aa0f12d02ad9

Thursday, January 20, 2022: Get the details on a new winter weather advisory in Northeast Ohio, what Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb says about the city's snow removal plans, how 3News' Monica Robins is doing after her latest brain tumor surgery, what Baker Mayfield and the Browns say about his shoulder surgery recovery, why Kyrie Irving has been fined $25,000, how Stephanie Haney's Powerball social experiment is going, and more on 3News Now. Need a break from bad news? Watch It's All Good (News!) with Stephanie Haney, every Wednesday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrZGBVGxXRo Like this show? Check out the 3 Things to Know with Stephanie Haney podcast: http://wkyc.com/3thingstoknow Connect with Stephanie here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: Winter Weather Advisory for Cuyahoga, Summit, Medina, Geauga counties through early Friday https://www.wkyc.com/article/weather/winter-weather-advisory-cuyahoga-summit-medina-geauga-counties-early-friday/95-73de65db-dd44-46ce-b757-c58ecb625fc2 'I inherited a broken system': Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb pledges to fix city's snow removal plan https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-mayor-justin-bibb-pledges-improve-city-snow-removal-plan/95-28790c1b-5637-45eb-a82e-544863d9699b FORECAST | Frigid temperatures return as we stay below freezing for several days https://www.wkyc.com/article/weather/forecast/northeast-ohio-weather-forecast/95-99643b63-4b79-4d67-8d5f-7f54d07d30f0 COVID-19 in Ohio: State reports 21,664 new cases in the past 24 hours https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-numbers/coronavirus-ohio-updates/95-e2faeb56-d02a-443a-bcdb-141f2c7fafe8 COVID surge in Ohio: Health officials warn case rates remain high, but note some 'signs of improvement' https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/covid-19-update-ohio-department-of-health-dr-bruce-vanderhoff/95-7d0ecc76-4546-46d4-9af2-abb57c064c2f FEMA approves medical response team for Summa Health in Akron amid COVID surge https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/fema-approves-medical-response-team-summa-health-akron-ohio/95-cd63d249-9377-4d95-8170-eb92de4c2013 "Every day, hour or minute is a brand new slate to start again. Just don't quit"; 3News' Monica Robins shares a post-brain surgery update https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/monica-robins-post-brain-surgery-update/95-4ea6c837-a7a8-4c03-8e06-bf7f3029b063 Cleveland Browns QB Baker Mayfield provides update post-shoulder surgery: 'This is not the end of my story' https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/cleveland-browns-baker-mayfield-surgery-went-great-this-is-not-the-end-of-my-story/95-68cfae4f-64bd-4dc4-b103-35e2de92ddf7 Kyrie Irving fined $25,000 for response to heckling Cleveland Cavaliers fan https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nba/cavaliers/kyrie-irving-fined-25000-response-heckling-cleveland-cavaliers-fan/95-e06b16e6-365e-4139-ab54-6fe8857a69bd How much do you have to spend in order to win the Powerball lottery, and can playing Powerball be an effective strategy to pay off student loans? https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/lottery/how-much-do-you-have-to-spend-to-win-powerball-can-playing-powerball-be-effective-strategy-to-pay-off-student-loan-debt/95-ce9cbbcd-ed63-4246-9b90-31b98d37d4c7

Tuesday, January 11, 2022: Hear sweet memories of slain officer Shane Bartek from his twin sister, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb's hopes for fighting COVID-19 in the city, when Pfizer expects to deliver and omicron variant vaccine, the issue the Cleveland Clinic is having with visitors, how Ohio's Shanae Ankney stole the show on The Bachelor last night, what the Cleveland Browns are saying about the future of Jarvis Landry and Baker Mayfield on the team, and more on 3News Now with Stephanie Haney. Need a break from bad news? Watch It's All Good (News!) with Stephanie Haney, every Wednesday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHc_KSE8LKc Like this show? Check out the 3 Things to Know with Stephanie Haney podcast: http://wkyc.com/3thingstoknow Connect with Stephanie here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: 'He has always been my idol': Funeral for fallen Cleveland police officer Shane Bartek https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-police-officer-shane-bartek-funeral-procession-grace-church-middleburg-heights-holy-cross-cemetery/95-0ab7f2d3-3a03-4ebe-a227-42a46b936e91 Summer, twin sister of Shane Bartek, shares her memories of the fallen Cleveland police officer https://www.wkyc.com/video/news/local/cleveland/summer-twin-sister-of-shane-bartek-shares-her-memories-of-the-fallen-cleveland-police-officer/95-d476e2a0-431d-4bed-8067-322544b42191 Combating the COVID surge: Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb addresses vaccinations, testing, in-person learning in schools https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/cleveland-mayor-justin-bibb-covid-19-response-testing-mask-supply-press-conference-cincinnati-aftab-pureval/95-6d7e6b46-3ecc-49b0-8809-e5e3821b4929 COVID-19 in Ohio: State reports 19,611 new cases in the last 24 hours https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-numbers/coronavirus-ohio-updates/95-e2faeb56-d02a-443a-bcdb-141f2c7fafe8 Pfizer CEO says omicron COVID vaccine will be ready by March https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/vaccine/pfizer-omicron-covid-vaccine-coming/507-5cac5082-d6f7-43e0-a63e-80a44f514909 'Do not raise your voice or use profanity': Cleveland Clinic now giving visitors 'partnership pledge' upon arrival https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/cleveland-clinic-visitor-partnership-pledge-flyer-policy/95-6eaf7ac0-6b3c-4cf4-8c76-acefc81ab185 Ohio's Shanae Ankney steals the show on episode two of The Bachelor with Clayton Echard https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/entertainment-news/ohios-shanae-ankney-steals-show-feud-elizabeth-corrigan-the-bachelor-clayton-echard-episode-2-season-26/95-3c49f445-6b62-4609-8887-4d9c69e8ebef Andrew Berry comments on Jarvis Landry's future with Cleveland Browns https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/andrew-berry-comments-jarvis-landry-future-cleveland-browns/95-d62853e5-91f5-4ef6-b3d4-8cbd30e4dcc6 Andrew Berry expects Baker Mayfield to be Cleveland Browns' starting quarterback in 2022 https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/andrew-berry-expects-baker-mayfield-cleveland-browns-starting-quarterback-2022/95-022e8c9e-c8d4-46f0-9630-94e9df4e68e0 20th Akron Marathon to take place Sept. 24, 2022 https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/akron/akron-marathon-announces-2022-date/95-2f17f41c-5b6b-41d7-9970-c147da2368c7

Friday, January 7, 2022: Find out where snow is impacting traffic in Northeast Ohio, details about the death of Sidney Poitier, what Betty White's last words were, when doctors say you should take a COVID-19 test, who could be playing their final game for the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, where you can go skiing this weekend, and more on 3News Now with Stephanie Haney. Need a break from bad news? Watch It's All Good (News!) with Stephanie Haney, every Wednesday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHc_KSE8LKc Like this show? Check out the 3 Things to Know with Stephanie Haney podcast: http://wkyc.com/3thingstoknow Connect with Stephanie here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: TRAFFIC ALERT: Snow leads to multiple accidents, road closures across Northeast Ohio https://www.wkyc.com/article/traffic/traffic-snow-multiple-accidents-road-closures-northeast-ohio/95-ec847731-3236-4fa1-a2ef-84380e6c9378 Groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier dies at 94 https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/sidney-poitier-first-black-man-winning-best-actor-oscar-dies-at-94/507-82917965-add7-41fa-8d47-280c69afbc6b Co-star: Beloved actress, comedian Betty White spoke husband's name as last words https://www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/betty-white-husband-name-last-word/67-a6010996-5cf9-4090-a48a-a257be471c9b Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb to announce new city COVID-19 policy, launches COVID task force https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-mayor-justin-bibb-announcing-new-city-covid-19-policy-covid-task-force/95-e5cb39f9-b904-4e0e-9215-ef03a27d8974 COVID-19 in Ohio: State reports 19,563 new cases in the last 24 hours https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-numbers/coronavirus-ohio-updates/95-e2faeb56-d02a-443a-bcdb-141f2c7fafe8 Rising hospitalizations in kids too young for COVID shots worries experts https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/rising-hospitalizations-in-kids-too-young-for-covid-shots/507-476b98de-3d1c-49e2-abfb-2c9bd3fe5fc8 When is the best time to take a COVID-19 test? Health experts weigh in https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/when-is-the-best-time-to-take-a-covid-19-test/95-3306a887-e7bb-43b8-a57d-080a09105afa PayPal, Venmo, Cash App required to report transactions exceeding $600 to IRS https://www.wkyc.com/article/money/venmo-paypal-cashapp-payment-reporting-600-irs/67-83bd8da7-dbeb-40da-9c22-ed01e97b0e1b Which players could be playing in their final games for the Cleveland Browns on Sunday?https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/cleveland-browns-players-final-games-2021-bengals/95-aebbab3e-c4ce-4b06-97b4-4bfeb0d0b26d 'Clickbait': Cleveland Browns QB Baker Mayfield angrily reacts to report of rift with head coach Kevin Stefanski https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/clickbait-cleveland-browns-qb-baker-mayfield-angrily-reacts-report-friction-head-coach-kevin-stefanski/95-08307295-1e7f-4a64-9bfe-7ce9e6fa0a0d What's at stake for the Cleveland Browns in 2021 finale vs. Cincinnati Bengals https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/whats-at-stake-for-browns-bengals/95-822ea6f4-038c-4a62-9716-3be81612bd55 Boston Mills Ski Resort to reopen Friday; Alpine Valley and Brandywine to remain closed due to staffing shortages https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/northeast-ohio/boston-mills-ski-resort-to-reopen-friday-january-7-2022/95-bcce7924-939e-478a-845b-860777e58620