The Stark Development Board partners with the following organizations in helping businesses grow and prosper in Northeast Ohio.

Team NEO is a private sector-led regional economic development organization. It was created in 2003 by FirstEnergy Corporation, the Greater Akron Chamber, The Stark Development Board, The Lorain County Chamber of Commerce, The Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber, and The Greater Cleveland Partnership.

Team NEO’s value proposition:

• Market as a region
• Accelerate industry clusters
  
• Serve as a user-friendly central point
  
• Help companies stay in NEO
  
• Champion creative new approaches that leverage regional strength while keeping local pride/energy

Their focus is to engage in "smart regionalism," to increase Northeast Ohio’s power as a region, while maintaining the strengths of our diverse local communities.

Launched in April, 2007, Cleveland+, is a unique regional marketing effort. Its goals are to drive business, tourism and convention business to the region. In addition, Cleveland+ seeks to instill a sense of pride and unity among our region’s more than 4 million residents and encouraging them to become the region’s ambassadors.

Cleveland+’s vision is both bold and clear – Northeast Ohio is a powerful, dynamic region with rich cultural, recreational and educational assets and exciting business opportunities.

The mission of the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET) is to support, educate and champion manufacturing in Northern Ohio with the goal of transforming the region's economy into a powerful, global player. MAGNET is the voice for and to the region's manufacturers, as well as the "one stop shop" for the public and private resources needed by those companies to compete around the world.

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Working with communities and businesses, the Ohio Department of Development promotes economic opportunities to improve the profits and prosperity of Ohio's citizens. The Department acting in a support role provides financial, informational, and technical assistance to those making an investment in Ohio's future.

The Northeast Ohio Trade and Economic Consortium (NEOTEC) is a ten-county economic development partnership. Member counties include Ashtabula County, Columbiana County, Mahoning County, Medina County, Portage County, Richland, Stark County, Summit County, Trumbull County and Wayne County. NEOTEC's mission is to promote domestic trade, international trade and global competitiveness of the region and its businesses.