Mary Lou Brink

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Today's Top Workplaces section is proof of all the things going right in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. The companies we've written about in the following pages mirror businesses all over the area: innovative, resilient, smart, resourceful, supportive and successful. This year, we've changed things up a bit.

The Plain Dealer is extending the deadline to nominate an employer to be part of our annual Top Workplaces 2018 listing for Northeast Ohio. You now have until Friday, Feb. 16 to make nominations. Now in its ninth year, Top Workplaces 2018 seeks to recognize area employers who are doing it right. Nominations will be accepted for companies located in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit and Wayne counties.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Plain Dealer's Top Workplaces 2018, soon to be in its ninth year, seeks to recognize area employers who create an environment and culture where workers feel respected and rewarded. During the next month or so, we will accept nominations for The Plain Dealer's Top Workplaces 2018. There is no fee to nominate your workplace. You can nominate your company here: www.cleveland.com/nominate. The 150 winners will be announced in a special section publishing in mid-June 2018.