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retail, dining and entertainment establishments in  88% of respondents indicated they would To add value in this process, the City of Strongsville
Northern Ohio and continues to prosper in today’s recommend Strongsville to others as a place to has developed the Workforce Development
changing retail environment. live (3,369 households answered the question) Assistance Guide. The guide is a concise/accurate
resource that connects the City’s business base
In addition, employees and residents in Strongsville  81% of respondents would still choose to live to available workforce development programs
benefit from the development of over in Strongsville if they could make the choice again, & partners
with the number directly influenced by life factors
3, 149 acres of greenspace throughout the such as current location of family or employment “The goal of the Economic Development Department
community, including over 2,000 acres of the (3,311 households answered the question) is to add value for our business partners,” said
Cleveland Metroparks, a nationally recognized Brent Painter, the City of Strongsville’s Economic
park system. The top four reasons given for living in Strongsville Development Director. “Workforce is a major
were: challenge for our business community and we look
Realizing the importance of maintaining excellence forward to helping find solutions.”
in quality of life, the City works closely with Ohio  Safe Environment
State University to conduct census residential To review the Workforce Assistance Resource
surveys of Strongsville’s residents to determine  Quality of Housing Guide please visit www.strongsville.org
the value they place on available amenities and
services, as well as their overall assessment of the  Quality of Schools
community’s quality of life.
Brent Painter
 Access to Family
In December of 2017, the Strongsville Residential
Survey Subcommittee mailed the survey to 14,675 Full survey results are available at www.strongsville. Director of Economic Development
Strongsville households, of which 3,529 completed org
the survey, resulting in a strong response rate of The City of Strongsville
24% (typically 20% is considered very good). Workforce Assistance

The survey results indicated: Understanding the importance of workforce 16099 Foltz ParkwayStrongsville,
development, entities across the State of Ohio
 92% of respondents rated the “Quality of Life” as have tried to assist in the creation of effective Ohio 44149
good to excellent in Strongsville (3,440 households workforce development programs intended to assist
answered the question; average household size employers in the attraction and retention of talent. Phone: 440 580 3118
in Strongsville is 2.56 people according the US
Census estimates in 2015)

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