Why Support the Port of Cleveland?

• Jobs for North­east Ohio
  • The Port of Cleve­land sup­ports near­ly 18,000 jobs
  • The Cleve­land-Cuya­hoga Coun­ty Port Author­i­ty has also con­nect­ed bil­lions of dol­lars of indis­pens­able pri­vate cap­i­tal with impor­tant devel­op­ment projects in our coun­ty that have involved more than 16,000 jobs
• Eco­nom­ic Suc­cess for Our Region
  • $1.8 bil­lion in eco­nom­ic activity
  • More than $100 mil­lion in state and local gov­ern­ment rev­enue depend on car­go trans­porta­tion through Cleve­land Harbor
• Sup­port for Our Local Companies
  • The Port brings in mate­ri­als at low costs
  • Helps local com­pa­nies like Ford Motor Com­pa­ny and Lin­coln Elec­tric be more com­pet­i­tive against over­seas industries

The Cleve­land-Cuya­hoga Coun­ty Port Author­i­ty is cru­cial to keep­ing the econ­o­my of Cuya­hoga Coun­ty afloat.

How You Can Help

Toward the end of this year’s bal­lot, you will find a renew­al for the Cleve­land-Cuya­hoga Coun­ty Port Author­i­ty, the small­est coun­ty­wide prop­er­ty tax that we pay in Cuya­hoga County.

Renew­ing the cur­rent Port Author­i­ty levy sim­ply allows the cur­rent tax to con­tin­ue and will not raise tax­es. The tax rate will stay the same as it’s been since 1968: 0.13 mills, the low­est rate of any coun­ty­wide issue. But renew­ing the Port Author­i­ty levy will allow the Port to con­tin­ue to have an enor­mous impact fos­ter­ing eco­nom­ic vital­i­ty through­out our county.

Remem­ber to sup­port our ports and vote “Yes” on the Port Author­i­ty renew­al levy that will be on the 2013 Gen­er­al Elec­tion bal­lot this fall. Also, show your sup­port on social media and fol­low Keep Our Port Strong on Twit­ter, Face­book, YouTube and Insta­gram.

It won’t increase tax­es. It will pro­tect our economy.

A Great Return on Investment

For every $1 tax­pay­ers put into it through its levy, the Port Author­i­ty sup­ports $562 of eco­nom­ic activ­i­ty, which is a return of more than 56,000 per­cent. With­out a renew­al, how­ev­er, the cur­rent Port levy will expire at the end of the year. Los­ing the pro­ceeds from the levy will harm the Port’s pro­grams and the Port will not be able to con­tin­ue to oper­ate and sup­port mar­itime and eco­nom­ic activ­i­ties in the way it does now.

Supporters of Our Port

Cleve­land May­or Frank G. Jack­son, Coun­ty Exec­u­tive Ed Fitzger­ald, and busi­ness and labor lead­ers sup­port the Port renew­al because of its low cost and huge eco­nom­ic impact. Read the Cleveland.com arti­cle “Vote ‘FOR’ the Cleve­land-Cuya­hoga Coun­ty Port Author­i­ty tax renew­al” writ­ten by Cleve­land May­or Frank G. Jack­son and  Coun­ty Coun­ty Exec­u­tive Ed Fitzger­ald to hear their thoughts. In addi­tion to gov­ern­ment sup­port­ers, sev­er­al cor­po­ra­tions such as Hunt­ing­ton Bank and The Great Lakes Group are back­ing the cause.

Remem­ber to look for the Port levy on our bal­lots and make sure we vote “FOR” the Port renew­al. It won’t raise your tax­es. But it will KEEP OUR PORT – and our econ­o­my – STRONG.