For many months Cleveland area business leaders and entrepreneurs have awaited this, the formalization of merging efforts of EDI and NorTech into one regionally focused entrepreneurial support organization, to be led by the highly qualified and respected Ray Leach.

As explained below, this week there's a major networking event where Ray will announce the new name of this organization, and certainly indicate some next steps. Everything you need to know is below and linked in... also on events schedule below.

Come back here after the event and post your comments!

From today's CrainTech.
neohio.craintech.com/cgi-bin/article.pl

New name to be unveiled

3:48 PM Jan. 16, 2004

And the new name is…

Sorry, but you’ll have to come to the NEOpreneur Exchange networking party Thursday night at the Pickwick & Frolic if you want to learn the name of the new entrepreneurial assistance organization taking shape to serve the region.

The new organization is being created through the merger of Enterprise Development Inc. and NEOpreneur Inc. Its new board will meet officially for the first time on Wednesday, Jan. 21, and then Ray Leach, chief executive of the new organization, plans to unveil the new name at the networking event, which is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. More information on the event and online registration is available here.

www.enterprise-development.org/neoex.asp