Cleveland/Northeast Ohio : Buzz

Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita is Founder, President, and CEO of Quality Electrodynamics in Cleveland, Ohio, and last on January 24th, 2012 he was a guest in the First Lady's box at the 2012 State of the Union. He reflects on the experience here.

Purdue University's Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship and the Discovery Learning Research Center are expanding their Interns for Entrepreneurship program to place more students in high-tech startup companies in Northeast Ohio. Read the story here.

Cleveland bars scored a hat trick on DRAFT magazine’s "100 Best Beer Bars" list for 2012. Check out the full story here.

A writer for the New York Times had nothing but high praise for Cleveland in a recently published Travel Section article. The subject of the recurring "36 Hours in�" feature, Ohio's north coast metropolis scored big in areas of art, music, dining and entertainment.

"A fiercely blue-collar ethos endures," writes Brett Sokol. "But instead of abandoning the city, local entrepreneurs and bohemian dreamers alike are sinking roots; opening a wave of funky boutiques, offbeat art galleries and sophisticated restaurants; and injecting fresh life into previously rusted-out spaces."

Original source: The New York Times
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