The Cleveland Industrial Retention Initiative (CIRI) is an integral part of Mayor Frank Jackson's plan to link manufacturing businesses to valuable community resources that can help manufacturers improve operations and maintain profitability. Through its collaboration with WIRE-Net and with Midtown Cleveland, CIRI continues its mission to raise industry awareness of available resources to stimulate business and neighborhood investment, foster job creation, and make Cleveland more 'user friendly'.

CIRI's Industrial Outreach Managers are located in offices throughout the city providing resources and solutions to assist companies. Working with WIRE-Net's manufacturing, redevelopment and workforce experts, CIRI supports and makes connections in the following areas:

• Public services, safety and security, building permits, and zoning

• Public financing and incentives

• Infrastructure improvement advocacy

• Real estate site selection and development

• Manufacturing operations improvement

• Workforce training programs targeting the manufacturing and metals industries

• Environmental compliance

CIRI is the outreach partner in MAGICC, a new manufacturing initiative that is designed to improve training support to one of Cleveland's largest and most important industrial sectors - the metals industries. The Cobalt Group, Cuyahoga Community College, Employment Connection, MAGNET, Max Hayes Career and Technical High School,  and WIRE-Net are the partners in the 3-year initiative, funded in part by the US Department of Labor.

See our latest 6-month report and a summary of our Economic Impact.

Please contact Kareemah Williams, CIRI Program Director, at 216-588-1440 ext. 117 for more information.