This is your exclu­sive oppor­tu­ni­ty to dis­cov­er one of the gems along the Port of Cleve­land! WIRE-Net and The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny are host­ing a net­work­ing event at Great Lakes Ship­yard.

WIRE-Net is a non-prof­it eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cat­ed to improv­ing the com­mu­ni­ty through nur­tur­ing man­u­fac­tur­ing and the jobs and pros­per­i­ty that come with it. WIRE-Net asked Great Lakes Ship­yard to host this net­work­ing event due to the recent com­ple­tion of an expan­sion project at the Ship­yard total­ing $11.345 million.

At-A-Glance

WHAT

Enjoy a few appe­tiz­ers and cock­tails as you explore the site and enjoy some qual­i­ty net­work­ing time.

WHEN

• Wednes­day, July 16, 2014
• 5:30 to 7:30 PM

WHERE

The Great Lakes Tow­ing Company
4500 Divi­sion Avenue
Cleve­land, OH 44102
Down­load direc­tions here

COST

• SAVE $5 NOW!
• Reg­is­ter by July 9, 2014
• $30 WIRE-Net Members
• $50 Non Members
• After July 9th 
  • $35 WIRE-Net Members
  • $55 Non Members

QUESTIONS

• Rick Daw­son
• 216.920.1960

About WIRE-Net

WIRE-Net is a non-prof­it eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cat­ed to improv­ing the com­mu­ni­ty through nur­tur­ing man­u­fac­tur­ing and the jobs and pros­per­i­ty that come with it. WIRE-Net is a prob­lem solver. It works as a con­sul­tant, col­lab­o­ra­tor, refer­ral source and hands-on provider in work­force devel­op­ment, growth and oper­a­tional improve­ment ini­tia­tives, peer to peer and expert knowl­edge shar­ing, sup­ply chain devel­op­ment, gov­ern­men­tal assis­tance pro­grams and urban redevelopment.

WIRE-Net Mission Builder Award Recipient

WIRE-Net select­ed The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny and Great Lakes Ship­yard to receive this year’s Mis­sion Builder Award, cho­sen for invest­ing in North­east Ohio through plant expan­sion, job cre­ation, or new busi­ness growth.  The Com­pa­ny was rec­og­nized at WIRE-Net’s Mis­sion Builder Awards dur­ing their 25th Anniver­sary Annu­al Meet­ing.  WIRE-Net is a Cleve­land, Ohio com­pa­ny whose mis­sion is to strength­en man­u­fac­tur­ing to cre­ate healthy com­mu­ni­ties and fuel eco­nom­ic growth by pro­vid­ing sup­port for man­u­fac­tur­ing improve­ment and human resource man­age­ment, train­ing and education.

About the Expansion

• Land acqui­si­tion (now total­ing 7.26 acres with a poten­tial addi­tion­al 8.97 acres
• Envi­ron­men­tal land remediation
• Bulk­head­ing (1,776 lin­eal feet)
• Ground sta­bi­liza­tion
• Con­struc­tion of a new head­quar­ters build­ing (7,768 square feet)
• Con­struc­tion of a new indoor stat-of-the-art ship­yard facil­i­ty (10,917 square feet)
• Con­struc­tion of a con­crete rein­forced slip
• Acqui­si­tion and instal­la­tion of a 770-ton mobile Travelift
• Con­struc­tion of a new 68 foot high tem­po­rary ship­yard facil­i­ty (10,500 square feet