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Live in the heart of a cultural hub. From newly constructed townhomes to charming single-family homes to luxury hotels, living in University Circle has never been more appealing.
With strong anchor institutions and an abundance of arts & cultural as well as private sector businesses, University Circle is one of the largest employment drivers in the state of Ohio.
There is nowhere else in Cleveland with the density of world-class educational resources as University Circle. Preschools, grade schools, high schools, and prestigious universities call this neighborhood home.
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The Greater Circle Business Alliance Member Directory includes businesses located outside of the University Circle neighborhood. These businesses are collectively committed to the growth and success of the Greater University Circle economy.
* Self identified as Minority, Black, Woman, Veteran, and/or LGBTQ+ owned businesses. Business may not hold official certification through an agency or governing body.
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Apple Tree Books*
Cleveland Heights independent book store with a wide selection of adult and children's ooks, greeting cards, and other gift items.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Ashbury Senior Computer Community Center
ASC3 is a nonprofit technology training center, bridging the "digital divide" gap in our inner city communities by addressing the technology needs of mature adults and seniors with limited income via education, resources and training through technology literacy and access to technology.
Beckham's B&M BBQ*
Bekcham's B&M BBQ is serving up delicious barbeque all over the Cleveland area, including their food truck that travels between festivals and different events.
Bendi's Fine Designs*
Bendi's provides handmade culturally unique home decor and personalized items.
Blasian Fusion*
Blasian Fusion is an Asian Fusion inspired food truck business service specialty egg rolls and bowls.
BO's Smokey Sticks*
BO's Smokey Sticks is a local food truck, home to the amazing smoked stuffed turkey legs!
Brand X. The Negro Glasshouse Studios*
Brand X. The Negro Glasshouse Studios is a visial art studio designated to Black artists and Black art.
Brick 42
Brick 42 is a biotech consultancy and leadership training company.
Care Alliance Health Center
Care Alliance Health Center is a non-profit organization that provides a variety of services to the community including medical and dental care, pharmacy, optometry, podiatry, transportation, etc.
Carnival Cravings*
Carnival Cravings is family owned food vendor with all your favorite carnival foods!
Certifications: Disability-owned Business Enterprise (DBE), Minority-owned- Business Enterprise (MBE), and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Catlin Naturals*
Catlin Naturals is a luxury body care brand that offers unique, quality handcrafted products suitable for all skin types. Our products incorporate aromatherapy, to create luxurious experiences that will moisturize your skin and stimulate your senses while encouraging mindful self-care
Cleveland Confections
Cleveland Confections is a cottage industry farm to table baked goods provider, working with local farms and processors to bring farm fresh food to our community.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE).
Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center
Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center helps individuals with communication challenges become independent members of the Greater Cleveland Community. CHSC serves children and adults each year through many programs including Hearing, Speech Language and Learning Language Interpreting, and the community center for the Deaf and hard of hearing.
Cleveland Inner City Ballet*
Cleveland Inner City Ballet offers professionally taught Dance Educaiton to underserved populations regardless of race, class, gender, or socioeconomic background.
Cinto E Seams & Apparel*
Cinto E Seams & apparel is an originially designed clothing company offering wear for men, women, and children.
Colvin's Sweet Creamery*
Colvin's Sweet Creamery locally produces homemade ice cream, sorbet, and other frozen deserts!
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Enterprise (MBE), and Veteran-owned Business Enterprise (VBE).
Courtyard by Marriott
Located in the heart of University Circle, this Cleveland, OH hotel is within walking distance to University Hospital and Case Western Reserve University, and is convenienty located one mile from the Cleveland Clinic. Rest in comfort with plush bedding and modern amenities including a mini-fridge and free Wi-Fi.
Crafty World Entertainment*
Crafty World Entertainment brings the first ever on the go fuse bead crafts!
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and LGBT-owned Business Enterprise (LGBTBE)
Creations by Honey*
Creations by Honey specializes in homemade custom crafts including cups, t-shirts, jewelry, and more!
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Crush Dynasty*
No outfit is complete without the perfect accesories, when Crush and Dynasty meets you'll always look unique!
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE).
Deshawn's Selection*
Deshawn's Selection is a Cleveland based wine brand, created and labeled in Strongsville, OH.
Certifications: Smalle Business Enterprise (SBE).
Divine Luxe*
Divine Luxe specializes in custome locally made jewelry!
Drizzle Me Sweet Gourmet Apples*
Drizzle Me Sweet is always creating new ways to enjoy apples that customers love!
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Elena's Flowers*
Elena's Flowers is a local flower shop specializing in custom flora designs for everyday and special occasions!
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE), Encouraging Diversity, Growth & Equity (EDGE)
Env Properties*
Env Properties is a property development company focusing on real estate and rental properties.
ER Strategies LLC*
This boutique creates apparel and other lifestyle products that allowes customers to express themselves in a boastful way.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), Veteran-owned Business Enterprise (VBE), Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Exotex Travel*
Exotex is a full-service travel agency providing customers with the best travel experience. Book a trip and let them help plan your next vacation!
Certificaitons: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
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Fairfax Market
A market style grocery store featuring a large assortment of local, fresh products at a value. Coming in June, 2023.
Fashion TV Network*
An online HyperMedia content provider traveling the world capturing fashion news highlights, reality TV, and entertainment segments distributed to media outlets worldwide. Based in Ohio and broadcast in 30 countries around the world. Fashion TV Network focuses on HyperMedia video, fashion show production, art merchandies, and distribution to international markets.
Certifications: Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE)
Fresh Tuesdays Production*
Fresh Tuesdays is a full service video and photo production company that specialized in tellin unquie stories for clients. Fresh Tuesdays serves small businessses and small to mid-sized organizations and companies.
Certifications: Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE).
FRIED*
FRIED is a food truck that specializes in all types of gourmet fries.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE).
Garden of Soul*
Garden of Soul specializes in quality comfort, vegan soul food!
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Greater Cleveland Volunteers
Greater Cleveland Volunteers recruits volunteers age 18+ to serve at numerous nonprofit organizaitons in Cuyahoga County.
Gourmet Girl Custom Cakes*
Gourmet Girl Custom Cakes offers customers a one-of-a-kind, intiamte creation process of their "cake story" higlighting all that they love and what makes them special for the sweetest memories.
Hennadventures
Hennadventures provides quality body art for those looking to accentuate their natural beauty. Hennadventures uses organically sourced dyes made from henna leaf (lawsonia inermis) and jagua (genipa americana). They offer original freehand designs as well as referenced art.
Honey Dipped Facials*
Honey Dipped Facials specializes in organic cosmetics and luxury facials.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Island Lime Cuisine Catering
Island Lime Cuisine Catering is a Guyanese Caribbean American catering company, providing excellent customer services for weddings, parties, co-operation lunches, and more!
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Inez Adult Day Care*
Inez Adult Day Care is a licensed Class 2 Residential Facility (group home) that supports adult men with ental health condtions by providing living accomodations, supervision, and personal support in self-care and life management.
Infinity Adventures*
Infinity Adventures offers thrilling and unique mobile entertainment experiences with the rental of Inifinty Cars and Infinity Ride & Roll events, an unforgettable and enjoyable moments for individuals and groups of all ages.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Disability-owned Business Enterprise (DBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), and Veteran-owned Business Enterprise (VBE).
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Jade Cosmeticx*
Jade Cosmeticx, where nature meets beauty, features natural handsoaps, body butters, scrubs and more!
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (WBE), Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE), Encouraging Diversity, Growth & Equity (EDGE).
K Diamondzzz
K Diamondzzz features homemade lip gloss, purses, jewelry, and other accessories.
Kernels by Chrissie*
Kernels by Chrissie is a delicious hand-crafted gourmet popcorn treats for all occasians. They use Ohio grown popcorn and permium ingredients to make traditional and unique popcorn flavors.
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Lady J's Accessories*
Lady J's is a local designer specializing in custom jewelry and other ladies accessories.
Certifications: Minority-owned business enterprise (MBE) and Women-owned business enterprise (WBE).
Lu Jax Catering*
Lu Jax Catering is a full service catering company and offers private chef services.
Certifications: Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Manny Hall & Associates*
A marketing agency that specializes in branding, helping brands become more profitable by identifying areas of their businesses that are underdeveloped.
Certifications: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), Encouraging Diversity, Growth & Equity (EDGE).
Mappina Bakery
Mappina Bakery is a made from scratch, gluten free and peanut free bakery based on the East side of Cleveland specializing in Old World Treats.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Medley
Medley is a new apartment building located in the Fairfax neighborhood. Explore, experience, and thrive at Medley with modern conveniences, cultural experiences, and enterainment just minutes away from University Circle, Little Italy, Coventry, and Cleveland Metroparks.
Mel'Reaz Treasure *
Mel'Reaz Treausre is a small jewelry business that provides jewelry lovers alike to select from a variety of hand designed pieced to better heal the mind, body, and spirit.
MOGO WORKS*
MOGO WORKS is a local graphic designer and event photographer, specializing in print marketing materials, parties, small weddings, and future real estate.
Mz Vees Kitchen*
Mz Vees Kitchen is a local catering company serving up delicious dinners!
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Orangetheory Fitness
Orangetheory fitness is a science-backed, technology-tracked, coach inspired group workout designed to produce results from the inside out.
Odd Dog Coffee
Odd Dog Coffee is Northeast Ohio's highest tech food truck, offering a full coffee and espresso bar from a battery powered, big green coffee bus!
Parma Bazaar
Parma Bazaar is a year round, inclusive indoor market with a welcoming community featuring a diverse pool of local small businesses selling a variety of unique products.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Paula Johnson Neal, Author*
PJN books inspire children to becoe reader enthusiasts and compassionate human beings. PJN books seek to offer books to all children through collaborations with school, foundations, non-profits, for-profits, and any business- with an interest in promoting literacy. Her books are beautifully illustrated with a black lead protagonist and friends of all races.
PearlFlower Catering/ Pearl's Kitchen*
PearlFlower Catering is a full service catering company that specializes in providing authentic-flavorful food and stellar customer service for events located throughout Northeast Ohio and beyond. Pearl's Kitchen is a fast casual eatery located inside of Tinkham Veale University Center at Case Western Reserve University and Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Their pilosophy is that the main ingredient in their inspired comfort centric cuisine is always love!
Certifications: Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE).
Piano Cleveland
Piano Cleveland innovates competition and concert programming, creates education programs for students of all ages, and establishes ocmmunity engagement initiatives that create experiences for piano enthusiasts of all ages, cultures, and socio-economic backgrounds.
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Posh Panache 360*
Posh Panache connects Black women in business to the knowledge and/or resources needed to ensure they are on the road to long-term success.
Certifications: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Pop Culture*
Pop Culture CLE creates gourmet artisanal ice cream in the shape of a popsicle and whiimsical desserts.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), LGBT-owned Enterprise (LGBTBE), and Women-owned Enterprise (WBE).
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Quick Employment LLC*
Quick Employment is a staffing service including office services, general and skilled labor jobs, with the posibility of the temporaray job becoming a permanent job.
Certifications: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Disability-owned Business Enterprise (DBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
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Rascal House Pizza*
The original Cleveland pizza & hometown favorite!
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE).
Sacred Lite*
Sacred Lite is a locally owned candles and bath salt company.
Scents Under Fire*
Scents Under Fire specializes in scented soy candles, including aromatherapy candles, healing, and flavorfuk scents.
Shaw High School Booster Club
Shaw High School Booster Club raises money and donates all proceeds to Shaw High Marching Band students of East Cleveland City Schools.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE).
Shanell's Specialties*
Shanell's Specialties specializes in custom gift baskets, t shirts, personalized items, and charcuterie.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Sherry Callahan, Realtor*
Sherry Callahan is a local realtor with 15 years of marketing experience and Howard Hanna training, making selling your home fun!
SupplyNow Inc.*
SupplyNow is a digital procurement powerhouse that provides on-demand delivery services seven days a week for restaurants. Simply order through the SupplyNow app or text our line and we'll deliver your supplies in 1-3 hours.
Take Flight Empire*
Take Flight Empire clothing company is an apparel brand specializing in streetwear, striving to promote diversity and inclusiveness while merging comfortability with fashion-foward trends.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE).
The Blueprint Custom T's*
Custom made t- shirts, sweatshirts, hats, embroidered tablecloths, and- a small food deli on the side!
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE).
The Bom Parties
The Bom parties offers a variety of interactive experiences in the form of guided online or in-person parties, workshops, and classes.
Certifications: Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
The Food Depot Food Truck*
The Food Depot Food Truck is a mobile caterer that specializers in breakfast, seafood chicken and waffles, and other comfort foods with fresh ingredients. Your meal is prepared on the spot right when you order!
Certifications: Small-business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
THe Gypsy and the Hermit Trading Company*
The Gyspy and the Hermit Trading Company is a local retail company, specializing in reusable gift wrap, a sustainable alternative to wrapping papper!
The Real Deal Press*
A digital news site serves Northeast Ohio's African American diverse communities with news and information of consequence, politics, commerce, culture, health, education, community, and opinion.
Certifications: Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE).
Third Federal Savings and Loans
Third Federal is proud to be celebrating 85 years, we’re a bank that’s Strong, Stable, and Safe. We offer a variety of different products including community development products with lower down payment options, down payment assistance, fixer upper loan, and free educational classes, which include HUD approved credit counseling.
Wolf Pack Chorus
A modern brasserie style restaurant with elevate service and globally inspired dishes with a vibrant seasonal menu.
XB Mobile Gaming*
XB Mobile Gaming is a mobile video game truck.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Enterprise (MBE), and Women-owned enterpise (WBE).
Yep Its Crystals*
Yep Its Crystals specializes in hand made crystal bracelets.
Certiciations: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE).
Zingales Creative Catering*
Zingales is a catering company focusing on modern soul food.
Certifications: Small Business Enterprise (SBE), LGBT-owned Business Enterprise (LGBTBE), Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
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