Cleveland City Planning Commission

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Named for: General Moses Cleaveland, Surveyor for the Connecticut Land Company
First Settler: Lorenzo Carter	Nickname: The Forest City
Motto: Progress and Prosperity

Founded: 1796	Incorporated: Village: 1814	City: 1836
Country: United States	County: Cuyahoga	State: Ohio

Longitude: 81°40'11”W	Latitude: 41°28'56”N
Area (square miles): 77.9	Elevation (above sea level): 653 feet

Population:

City of Cleveland (2006 est): 444,313

Cleveland-Akron-Elyria CSA (July 2007 est): 2,896,968

Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (Summer DST) Area Code: 216

Temperature	Avg. High	Avg. Low	Avg Lake Erie
January	33°F	19°F	34°F
July	81°F	62°F	71°F	(August 74°F)

Precipitation: Average Annual: 38.7”

Waterways: Major - Lake Erie, Cuyahoga River

Other - Rocky River, Big Creek, Doan Brook, Euclid Creek, Mill Creek

Tallest Building: Key Tower 948 feet

Airports: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Burke Lakefront Airport

Daily Newspaper: The Plain Dealer (http://www.cleveland.com/ )

Largest Employers 2007 (non-government):

Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Keycorp, National City Corporation, Metrohealth System,
Case Western Reserve University, Sherwin-Williams Company, Continental Airlines

Cleveland Firsts
* Free home delivery of mail: 1863 * Electric streetcar operation: 1884
* Automatically operating wind turbine for electric generation: 1888
* Padded bicycle seat: 1892	* X-ray photo: 1896	* Successful blood transfusion: 1905
* Electric traffic signal: 1914	* Municipal airport: 1927	* Rock ’n Roll concert: 1952
* Successful coronary bypass operation: 1967 * African-American mayor (major U.S. city): 1967
* NFL “Monday Night Football” game: 1970 * Artificial human chromosomes: 1997

Government: Mayor, Council (21 ward representatives)

Websites: City Administration: http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us

City Council: http://www.clevelandcitycouncil.org/

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