| Jurisdiction Name: | Cleveland |
| State/Province: | OH |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 396,816 |
| Population Range: | 1 million or more |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | ordinance |
| Year: | 2010 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections |
| Keywords: | food economy, food procurement, food purchasing, institutional purchasing, local, local economy, local food, local food procurement, local purchasing agreement, procurement, purchasing, regional economy |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | Cleveland City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | Cleveland City Council, Office of Sustainability |
| Support Entity(s): | Local Purchasing Working Group of the Food Policy Council |
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| Policy Outcome(s): | facilitated Cleveland City Council and the Mayor’s Office partnering to develop the legislation to provide 2% bid discounts on all applicable City contracts to businesses that are sustainable, locally-based, and/or purchase 20% of their food locally – these can be combined for a max discount of 4% |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 – Link 2 – Link 3 |
