Cleveland Metroparks today announced the Cleveland Metroparks Race Series presented by CrossCountry Mortgage. The new race and walk series features four unique races across Cleveland Metroparks and Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and is designed to encourage exploration and exercise throughout the year. 

Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 29, 2022…Cleveland Browns fan Bryan Stork of Hilliard, Ohio, is the winner of the $50,000 grand prize in the CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) Dedicated Dawgs Sweepstakes. Bryan and his family were recently notified of the cash prize following a special behind-the-scenes tour and surprise reunion at the Browns’ CrossCountry Mortgage Campus in Berea. Cleveland-based CCM is one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing retail mortgage lenders and the Official Mortgage Partner of the Cleveland Browns.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) today kicked-off a long-term project to create the Primate Forest, a 140,000 square foot world-class indoor destination that will transform and significantly expand the Zoo’s RainForest and create a new home for the Zoo’s gorillas and orangutans.  

Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 10, 2022…CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM), one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing retail mortgage lenders, and the Society of Financial Service Professionals (FSP) have announced they will provide additional free educational resources to financial advisors on Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs)/reverse mortgages. These useful resources will help advisors better manage portfolios of clients nearing or at retirement age and, who, collectively, have billions of dollars tied up in their home equity that often represents an untapped asset.

“Kayembe” (Kah-YEM-Bay), meaning “extraordinary,” is the name of the baby gorilla born October 26 at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The Zoo and Cleveland-based CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) today revealed the name following a three-week naming campaign in support of gorilla conservation through the Zoo’s longtime partnership with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. “Kayembe” made history as the first gorilla born at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in its 139 years.