Total: $428,000
Akron Community Service Center & Urban League, $10,000
For support of The Partnership for the Minority Business Accelerator (PMBA) II
Akron SCORE Chapter 81, $20,000
For FY11 operating and computer expenses
BioEnterprise Corporation, $200,000
For the Business Development and Entrepreneurial Assistance Program and the Business Associates internship program in FY12
Canton Regional SCORE Chapter 580, $5,000
To strengthen the chapter's marketing/outreach program to area small businesses
Hudson Library & Historical Society, $30,500
For business collection development and entrepreneurship programs through June 2012, and for a new camera for streaming video
Ideastream, $40,000
To support the broadcast of "Nightly Business Report" on WVIZ/PBS in FY12
North Union Farmers Market, $5,000
For expenses associated with presenting the 2012 business development conference, "A Time to Grow," including room rental, speaker fees, and travel expenses
Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition, $1,000
For sponsorship of the 2011 Advanced Energy B2B Conference and Expo
Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition, $5,000
To help sponsor the "Building the Ohio Innovation Economy Summit" in April 2011
Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition, $50,000
Toward the first-year cost of a senior consultant to help members of Northeast Ohio's flexible electronics industry to develop market opportunities
TechBelt Initiative, $5,000
To support activities that will create, attract, and retain jobs within the life sciences and energy industry sectors in the Cleveland-Youngstown-Pittsburgh region
Western Reserve Public Media, $56,500
To help sponsor a second year (nine-month season) of "NEOtropolis"