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<\/p>\n100 years ago the people of Northeast Ohio\u00a0seeded cultural and educational institutions that remain as assets that continue to improve the quality of life of our Region and the world. Business leaders in our community have long recognized the impact these institutions have on the local economy, making Cleveland a better place for their employees to live, work, and play. The Region in many ways is celebrating more of a maturation and coming of age than it is a renaissance. Much of this is due to the DNA that formed our region and grows deeper as a result of our part in the industrial age and USA immigration story. That is why many of us remain optimistic and committed to serving our community and helping making Cleveland a better place. Despite any evidence to the contrary, we know better and can do better. We are a people with a collective resilient DNA.<\/p>\n
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The Cleveland Museum of Art <\/a>was founded in 1913 \u201cfor the benefit of all the people forever.\u201d The museum has helped the broadest possible audience understand and engage with the world\u2019s great art while honoring the highest aesthetic, intellectual, and professional standards.<\/p>\n It is one of the world\u2019s most distinguished comprehensive art museums and one of northeastern Ohio\u2019s principal civic and cultural institutions. CMA opened on June 6, 1916, after many years of planning. Its creation was made possible by Cleveland industrialists Hinman B. Hurlbut, John Huntington, and Horace Kelley, all of whom bequeathed money specifically for an art museum, as well as by Jeptha H. Wade II, whose Wade Park property was donated for the site. The endowments established by these founders continue to support the museum.<\/p>\n The original neoclassic building of white Georgian marble was designed by the Cleveland firm of Hubbell & Benes and was constructed at a cost of $1.25 million. Located north of the Wade Lagoon, it forms the focus of the city\u2019s Fine Arts Garden.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Cleveland Playhouse is the country\u2019s first professional regional theatre and is celebrating its 100th<\/sup> Season while recently celebrated winning the coveted Regional Theatre Tony Award<\/a>.\u00a0The organization also celebrated a spotlight on the Today Show<\/a>:<\/p>\n![\"BE](\"http:\/\/blog.clevelandplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/BE-The-Plus-CMA-Photo-2-600x338.jpg\")
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