CLEVELAND -- A big majority of Cuyahoga County mayors is lining up behing the proposed Medical Mart and Convention Center.Your say: What's your opinion on the Medical Mart?

Forty mayors, Democrats and Republicans from all sides of town are making it a regional rallying cry. They believe the project would be a much-needed job-creating economic lift.

Pepper Pike Mayor Bruce Akers calls it a "no brainer. This is something bigger than a sports stadium. It will have a long lasting impact and ripple effect that is phenomenal."

They argue that creating a showcase for health care products plays to the region's best hope for future growth-medical research and hospitals.

"We've got to something great that will bring us back to a powerhouse. This is a perfect match," says Orange Mayor Kathy Mulcahy.

"When opportunity knocks, you open the door," said Mayfield Mayor Bruce Rinker.

Parma Heights Mayor Martin Zanotti said, "It's an opportunity to rebuild our economy. It's an opportunity to create an institution we can reshape and build Greater Cleveland's economy with."

Only three mayors rejected the majority position. And they are not against the project.

Westlake Mayor Dennis Clough says the sales tax passed by commissioners to pay for a convention center should be voted on by the people.

Cuyahoga mayors who support the medical mart/convention center project

• Bay Village, Debbie Sutherland
• Beachwood, Merle Gordon
• Bedford, Daniel Pocek
• Bentleyville, Michael Canty
• Berea, Joseph Biddlecombe
• Bratenahl, John Licastro
• Brecksville, Jerry Hruby
• Broadview Heights, Glenn Goodwin
• Brook Park, Mark Elliott
• Brooklyn Heights, Michael Procuk
• Chagrin Falls, Tom Brick
• Cleveland, Frank Jackson
• Cleveland Heights, Ed Kelley
• Cuyahoga Heights, Ralph Contipelli
• East Cleveland, Eric Brewer
• Euclid, Bill Cervenik
• Fairview Park, Eileen Ann Patton
• Garfield Heights, Thomas Longo
• Gates Mills, Connie White
• Hunting Valley, John Wheeler
• Independence, Fred Ramos
• Lakewood, Thomas George
• Lyndhurst, Joseph Cicero
• Maple Heights, Michael Ciaravino
• Mayfield Heights, Gregory Costabile
• Mayfield Village, Bruce Rinker
• Middleburg Heights, Gary Starr
• North Royalton, Cathy Luks
• Olmsted Falls, Robert Blomquist
• Orange Village, Kathy Mulcahy
• Parma, Dean DePiero
• Parma Heights, Martin Zanotti
• Pepper Pike, Bruce Akers
• Rocky River, Pamela Bobst
• Shaker Heights, Judith Rawson
• Solon, Kevin Patton
• South Euclid, Georgine Welo
• University Heights, Beryl Rothschild
• Valley View, Randall Westfall
• Warrensville Heights, Marcia Fudge