Business View Magazine | March 2018

162 CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE 3,643 in 1900.The cityexperienced further growth when several major factories were constructed in the area followingWorldWar II. Today,industry is still responsible for themajority of the city’s income.It is home tomore than 150 manufacturing firms and thirteen Fortune 500 companies.Major employers includeWhirlpool, Coca-Cola,Mars,Procter &Gamble,theOlin Cor- poration,Georgia Pacific,Lonza,Rubbermaid,and Bayer,among others.Cleveland is also the location for the corporate headquarters of Life Care Centers of America,the largest privatelyheld nursing facility company in the U.S.With an unemployment rate of about two percent,the citywas rated the number one job growth community in the country in 2016. According to CityManager,Joe Fivas,Cleveland’s population has grown substantiallyover the last decade and a half,and the city is working hard to keep upwith that growth.Some of the top projects on its agenda include the building of the newCandy’s Creek Cherokee ElementarySchool,and the Janice Casteel Connector,a newleg of the Cleveland/BradleyCounty Greenway.The Greenway is a 4.2mile,unbroken linear park that connectsmanyof the city’s neighborhoods and shopping areas.“Our Greenway is our most popu- lar asset,”says BrianMoran,Cleveland’s Social Media&