Lake County Development Council Lake County Ohio OH

Painesville City Hall, Debonné Vineyards, Morton Salt’s Fairport mine, Pleasure boating on the Grand River

Monthly meeting: Sept. 12, 2008
Dino's, I-90 & Route 306, Willoughby. Gerry Reis, V.P. of Steris Corp., will address the Development Council. Noon lunch. $15 members, $17 nonmembers. For reservations, call Elsie at 440-352-3412 or e-mail her at elsielcdc@att.net.

NEXT TRUSTEES MEETING:
Sept. 24, 2008, 8 a.m., FirstMerit conference room, 7800 Reynolds Road, Mentor

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LCDC raises awareness of economic issues and initiates a process to address problems and opportunities impacting Lake County business conditions.

CONGRATULATIONS NEW OFFICERS
Newly elected officers for 2008 are: Ernie Brass, Money Concepts, president; Jeff Shibley, Yours Truly, vice president; and Bob Debevec, Debevec & Co., secretary-treasurer. Steve Tsengas, OurPets, is past president.

Grape Growing and Nursery Industries

The grape growing and nursery industries account for about 3,000 area jobs, according to studies by the Lake County Development Council. “Those industries also contributed $30 million annually in revenue to our region,” says Ernest Brass, president of the LCDC.

With a $35,000 grant from the Cleveland Foundation, the council, the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District, the Ohio Wine Producers Association and Lakeland Community College organized programs to keep the land designated for agriculture and to emphasize the grape industry’s contributions to the community.

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