Crain's Cleveland Business articles from September 2008

Crain's Cleveland Business archives from September 2008

FOR THE RECORD.
September 1, 2008... CAPITALWORKS BUYS TRADE SHOW COMPANY CapitalWorks, a private equity firm in Cleveland, has acquired Gallo Displays, an employee-owned trade show marketing company in Cuyahoga Heights. Gallo has about 150 employees between offices here and...

Defections lead Nat City to reshape Capstone.
September 1, 2008... Byline: STAN BULLARD National City Corp. has consolidated the headship of its Capstone Realty Advisors commercial lending unit under its larger Red Capital Group commercial mortgage lending business in Columbus after recent defections...

Nothing plain about changes at Plain Dealer; More sharing of staff, resources in works as daily continues its web, print balancing act.
September 1, 2008... Byline: JOHN BOOTH Less and More dance regularly in the newspaper industry these days: Demand for content rises, advertising revenues fall. Circulation drops, prices rise. Buyouts and layoffs shrink staffs, job duties expand. For The...

OPINION.
September 1, 2008... Bad show Welcome to another episode of "The Foot Draggers.'' We rejoin our cast in the Ohio Legislature in the same place we left them nine months ago doing nothing with a bill that could encourage filmmakers to come to the state to shoot...

Accounting standards face broad changes; International format focus of SEC plan.
September 1, 2008... Byline: ARIELLE KASS A Wednesday decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission has set in motion the potential for a dramatic change in longstanding U.S. accounting practices. Currently, companies in the United States report...

HOME HEALTH CARE.
September 1, 2008... Angels In Waiting Home Care 38052 Euclid Ave., Suite 208 Willoughby 44094 (440) 946-0349 www.angelsinwaitinghomecare.com Top Executive: Terri Jochum The Benjamin Rose Institute 11900 Fairhill Road, Suite 300 Cleveland 44120 (216)...

Despite fall in home values, taxes may rise; Designed to reign in school, city windfalls, law also requires taxes to keep pace in down times.
September 1, 2008... Byline: JAY MILLER Notwithstanding expected declines in home values, some Northeast Ohio homeowners may see their property tax bills increase in the next few years. Higher taxes for some in the face of lower property values tend to...

TAKING STOCK; Nordson CEO says plunge in share price an overreaction, not reflective of manufacturer's overall trajectory.
September 1, 2008... Byline: DAN SHINGLER The stock of Nordson Corp. might be down, but the company's fundamental story remains much the same as it was before it disappointed Wall Street Aug. 21 with its fiscal third-quarter earnings and a lackluster fourth-...

WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES.(Website list)
September 1, 2008... Akron General Medical Center 400 Wabash Ave. Akron 44307 (330) 344-6868 www.akrongeneral.org Top Executive: Alan J. Bleyer Cleveland Clinic Women's Health Center 9500 Euclid Ave., Suite A10 Cleveland 44195 (216) 444-4437...

SENIOR & LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES.(Website list)
September 1, 2008... A.M. McGregor Group 14900 Private Drive East Cleveland 44112 (216) 851-8200 www.mcgregoramasa.org Top Executive: R. Robertson Hilton Advanced Radiology Corp. 3250 W. Market St., Suite 101 Akron 44333 (800) 548-7226 Top Executive:...

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND IMAGING.(Website list)
September 1, 2008... AdvaCare Systems Inc. 1789 E. 45th St. Cleveland 44103 (877) 884-5331 www.advacaresystems.com Top Executive: Karen Moran Alpha Imaging Inc. 4455 Glenbrook Road Willoughby 44094 (440) 953-3800 www.alpha-imaging.com Top Executive:...

PHYSICIANS.(Website list)
September 1, 2008... Accentuate Within 32720 Walker Road, Suite F1 Avon Lake 44012 (440) 930-8187 www.accentuatewithin.com Top Executive: Dr. J. Vincente Poblete Affiliated Podiatrists Inc. 7537 Mentor Ave., Suite 311 Mentor 44060 (440) 946-5858...

LABORATORIES.
September 1, 2008... Cleveland Clinic Reference Laboratory 9500 Euclid Ave., L15 Cleveland 44195 (800) 628-6816 referencelab.clevelandclinic.org Top Executive: Dr. Kandace Kottke-Marchant Cleveland Skin Pathology Laboratory Inc. 2475 E. 22nd St.,...

OUTPATIENT SERVICES.(Directory)
September 1, 2008... Achievement Centers for Children 4255 Northfield Road Highland Hills 44128 (216) 292-9700 www.achievementcenters.org Top Executive: Patricia W. Nobili Advantage Diagnostics 3733 Park East Drive, Suite 100 Beachwood 44122 (216)...

PHARMACY SERVICES.
September 1, 2008... Cleveland Clinic Home Infusion Pharmacy 6801 Brecksville Road, Suite 10 Independence 44131 (216) 444-4663 my.clevelandclinic.org/homecare Top Executive: Darlene B. Zakrajsek Medx Sales 18180 Auburn Road Auburn Township 44023 (216)...

PHYSICAL THERAPY.(Directory)
September 1, 2008... AGM Physical Therapy 9930 Johnnycake Ridge Road, Suite 6-B Concord 44060 (440) 357-6677 www.agmphysicaltherapy.com Top Executive: Greg Morris Akron General Edwin Shaw Rehab 1621 Flickinger Road Akron 44312 (330) 784-1271...

OCCUPATIONAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES.(Directory)
September 1, 2008... Advantage Health Care Inc. 6907 Brookpark Road Cleveland 44129 (216) 398-0349 www.advantagehealthscreening.com Top Executive: Sandra S. Dvorak Cleveland Clinic Center for Corporate Health 9500 Euclid Ave., C21 Cleveland 44195...

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.(Directory)
September 1, 2008... Akron General Medical Center, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 400 Wabash Ave. Akron 44307 (330) 344-6000 www.akrongeneral.org Top Executive: Alan J. Bleyer Applewood Centers 2525 E. 22nd St. Cleveland 44115 (216)...

INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS.
September 1, 2008... Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio 8333 Rockside Road, Suite 200 Valley View 44125 (800) 551-3119 www.anthem.com Top Executive: Frank Bloomquist CIGNA HealthCare 3 Summit Park Drive, Suite 250 Independence 44131 (216)...

Collinwood stalwart Brush plans move to Mayfield Heights site; Councilman bemoans another top outfit's exit.(Brush Engineered Materials Inc.)
September 1, 2008... Byline: STAN BULLARD In a move that will pluck another publicly held company from the city of Cleveland, Brush Engineered Materials Inc. is about to make the Landerhaven Corporate Center office park even more corporate by taking up most...

HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS.(Directory)
September 1, 2008... Akron Children's Hospital One Perkins Square Akron 44308 (330) 543-1000 www.akronchildrens.org Top Executive: William H. Considine Akron General Health System 400 Wabash Ave. Akron 44307 (330) 344-6000 www.akrongeneral.org Top...

CORRECTION.(Correction notice)
September 1, 2008... An Aug. 25, Page One story incorrectly identified the designer of the clubhouse at Stonewater Golf Club in Highland Heights. Ray Fogg Building Methods Inc. of Brooklyn Heights served as the designer and builder of the clubhouse. Columbus-based...

HOSPICE CARE.(Directory)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Barberton Hospice & Palliative Care 103 Fifth St. S.E., Suite S Barberton 44203 (330) 861-0400 www.barbertonhospice.org Top Executive: Pat Stropko-O'Leary Community New Life Hospice 5255 N. Abbe Road Elyria 44035 (440) 934-1458...

REPORTERS' NOTEBOOK.
September 1, 2008... ToolingU keeps translators busy Jack Schron Jr. doesn't speak a lick of Chinese, but that's not stopping him from teaching thousands of Chinese workers to become better manufacturing employees. The president of both the local...

Photo caption.
September 1, 2008... Jim White, executive director of the Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization, and Alex Marks, general manager of Filtrexx International, are working to plant Cuyahoga Habitat Underwater Baskets along the last miles of the Cuyahoga River....

Software connects understaffed with staff; Bedford Heights firm uses text messaging to relay health care providers' needs to employees.
September 1, 2008... Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND Finding an employee to replace another who has called off for his or her shift can be time consuming, but a local company is using text messaging to make the process easier. BSKlive Inc. is a Bedford Heights...

REVIVING RIVER LIFE; Partnership works to preserve fish habitat along last miles of Cuyahoga.
September 1, 2008... Byline: DAN SHINGLER The Cuyahoga River is on fire again. This time, it's from sparks of innovation that are fueling flames of environmentalism and could stoke the business prospects of three local companies. The three companies,...

THE WEEK; AUGUST 25-31.(briefs)
September 1, 2008... The big story: Northeast Ohio homebuilders cut home starts by 40% in the first half of this year compared with the like period in 2007, Atwell-Hicks Development Consultants reported. However, the road ahead for builders may be better....

Legal service firms make case for e-discovery; Spurred by '06 access rules change, local companies report robust revenue growth.
September 1, 2008... Byline: ARIELLE KASS They started out producing photocopies, creating exhibits for trials or as consultants. But as more people eschewed paper memos and bound reports for e-mail missives and electronic documents, three local legal...

DENTISTS AND DENTAL GROUPS.
September 1, 2008... "Dr. Wendy'' A. Synenberg, Award Winning Smile Squad 8224 Mentor Ave., Suite 142 Mentor 44060 (440) 974-4449 www.drwendy.com Top Executive: Dr. Wendy Synenberg Cynthia J. Petroff, D.D.S., Inc. 3725 S. Cleveland Massillon Road...

ADDICTION SERVICE.
September 1, 2008... Covenant Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment and Prevention Center Inc. 1515 W. 29th St. Cleveland 44113 (216) 574-9000 www.the-covenant.org Top Executive: Richard J. Piazza Glenbeigh Hospital and Outpatient Centers 2863...

ASSOCIATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS.(Directory)
September 1, 2008... Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio 6100 Oak Tree Blvd., Suite 440 Cleveland 44131 (216) 520-1000 www.amcnoma.org Top Executive: Elayne R. Biddlestone Akron Regional Hospital Association 3200 W. Market St., Suite 200...

WHAT'S NEW.
September 1, 2008... COMPANY: WRG Services Inc., Willoughby PRODUCT: Apollo LT ATM The company says the Apollo LT ATM is a wall-mount automated teller machine with a cash dispenser that can hold up to 1,000 notes. It comes standard with a spin-dial lock,...

STUFF.
September 1, 2008... Forbes.com takes note of Clinic's reputation Story details institution's international outreach efforts Forbes.com hasn't exactly been a friend to Cleveland of late, but the web site on Aug. 25 did feature the Cleveland Clinic...

FITNESS AND WELLNESS.(Directory)
September 1, 2008... Abbott Hypnotherapy & Guided Imagery 35903 Edgemere Way Avon 44011 (440) 934-1616 www.lifehealinghypnosis.com Top Executive: Tedde Abbott Ahhh... Healing Touch Massage LLC Cleveland 44102 (216) 288-2709 Top Executive: Denise...

GOING PLACES.
September 1, 2008... Job Changes ARCHITECTURE RICHARD L. BOWEN + ASSOCIATES INC.: Don Rerko to principal, vice president of architectural services. DISTRIBUTION APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES: Lonny D. Lawrence to vice president, information...

Most employers plan 3.3% raise, survey says; Average hike less than 5.6% inflation rate.
September 1, 2008... Northeast Ohio employers are projecting average pay increases next year of 3.3%, a figure that nearly matches this year's hikes, according to the annual pay adjustment survey by the Employers Resource Council. The 3.3% figure does not...

Medina on display at city open house.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Brian Tucker So we've all been to our share of open houses, right? There are the constant stream of open houses for new businesses, businesses that expand, businesses that relocate, etc. There are the open houses for house sales,...

The show must go on.
September 1, 2008... Independent movie theaters are under siege from megaplexes and at-home movie services like Netflix. In our monthly Small Business section, we take a look at how local small theaters survive.

Medicare opts for streamlined cuts; Medical equipment suppliers say drop in reimbursement better than bidding.
September 1, 2008... Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND No one likes to receive less for his or her products unless you're a medical equipment supplier such as Joe Petrolla, who won't see Medicare cut its payments for home health equipment as much as he and other...

CHARTING NEW WATERS; Catanese Seafoods bolsters staff, enters retail market with HQ move to old State Fish building.(Company overview)
September 8, 2008... Byline: JOHN BOOTH New name, familiar fish. Four-year-old Catanese Classic Seafoods has bought the building, property and assets of bankrupt State Fish Inc., and has moved its headquarters to the Flats while keeping the latter...

GearTec buy increases manufacturing ability.(United Stars Inc.)
September 8, 2008... Byline: DAN SHINGLER A Wisconsin holding company has bought GearTec Inc. in Willoughby, a maker of heavy-duty industrial gears that has gotten a boost in business due to demands put on suppliers by rapid growth in the wind power...

Pit bull Palin comes out swinging.(Sarah Palin)(Column)
September 8, 2008... It looks like the Republicans have a rock star of their own. Or at least a pit bull with lipstick. Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin electrified the crowd in the Twin Cities last week with her acceptance speech, showing...

DATA CENTER.(Website overview)
September 8, 2008... ANNIVERSARIES Marketing Resources & Results Inc., a Hudson-based strategic marketing firm, celebrated its 10th anniversary. The Mentor Economic Assistance Corp., which provides Lake County businesses with long-term, fixed-rate...

Summa prepares fresh plan for system; Proposed hospital could impact others.(Summa Health System)(Western Reserve Hospital Partners)
September 8, 2008... Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND When Summa Health System and Western Reserve Hospital Partners open their planned, for-profit hospital in the Hudson/Stow area in 2010, the hospital landscape in the area nearby could see some significant changes....

Funding boosts mental health services; Far West receives United Way money.
September 8, 2008... Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND Far West Center is boosting its mental health treatment services after receiving a lot more money from United Way of Greater Cleveland. The Westlake nonprofit, which provides mental health services to western...

UH Case center gets $2M boost.(University Hospitals Case Medical Center )(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Shannon Mortland University Hospitals Case Medical Center has received $2 million from the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation to help fund its Center for Emergency Medicine. The $45 million, 54,000-square-foot emergency...

Myers U. sets course to overcome its ills; New owner touts curriculum, image as school receives infusion of cash.(Myers University)(Significant Partners LLC)
September 8, 2008... Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND After two years of financial difficulties that threatened to shutter the school, Myers University finally is out of survival mode. With new owners and leadership, the once-troubled school is reintroducing...

Smaller deals find favor with investors; Private equity firms adjust to tight credit.
September 8, 2008... Byline: ARIELLE KASS Private equity firms still have money they're willing to spend. But those dollars are tending to find their way into smaller deals as a tight credit market makes big transactions that require a lot of bank financing...

Traditional mortgage woes grow; More prime borrowers late with loan payments.
September 8, 2008... Byline: ARIELLE KASS More and more, homeowners with traditional mortgages are taking the hit that drove many subprime borrowers into foreclosure. As lenders continue to suffer through an extended housing slump, evidence abounds that...

SCALING BACK; Architectural firms cut staff, reposition themselves as stagnant development hinders flow of projects.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Stan Bullard In what is a first since launching City Architecture of Cleveland 18 years ago, Paul Volpe has had to furlough four architects this year to trim his staff to 27 as the volume of design work industrywide declines amid...

Teen soaks in success of bath products firm; Botanical Blends founder sets lofty goals.
September 8, 2008... Byline: SCOT ALLYN With 2007 revenues of $1,032 and only one employee, Fizzalae Botanical Blends is definitely below the Fortune 500 radar. But the company's founder, a determined young woman from Cleveland's Mt. Pleasant neighborhood,...

GRAND OPENINGS.(Wood Trader )(Snuzzlo Bun Shirt Co. Snuzzlo Bun Shirt Co. )(KidsFirst Learning Centers LLC. )
September 8, 2008... Wood Trader 13429 Cedar Road Cleveland Heights 44118 The business celebrates the completion of its newly renovated custom framing workshop with a reception for customers at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. The 4,000-square-foot...

Port authorities deliver in different way; Regionwide, they're increasingly used as economic development, financing vehicles.
September 8, 2008... Byline: JAY MILLER The port authority business is booming in Northeast Ohio. But the growth has more to do with bonds and real estate than shipping or fishing. While ports are traditionally places where ships unload cargo, port...

REPORTERS' NOTEBOOK.
September 8, 2008... Job numbers dim at lighting maker TCP Citing slower-than-anticipated sales, lightbulb maker TCP Inc. is cutting jobs at its Aurora headquarters. "We're realigning our business and our staff to take advantage of more sales...

TAX LIENS.(Internal Revenue Service)
September 8, 2008... The Internal Revenue Service filed tax liens against the following businesses in the Cuyahoga County Recorder's Office. The IRS files a tax lien to protect the interests of the federal government. The lien is a public notice to creditors...

Security firm opens Texas offices.
September 8, 2008... A Cleveland company is expanding its operations to cast a much wider protective net. Tenable Protective Services said it has opened offices in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio to provide mobile patrol, alarm response and security services...

Farming, tourism cultivate results; Agritourism produces mutual benefits as orchard, winery owners, visitors interact.
September 8, 2008... Byline: JENNIFER KEIRN This time of year, it's not uncommon for John and Deb Boyer to find perfect strangers milling around the porch of their family home and peering in their windows. But the Boyers welcome these interlopers and,...

IRS targets contractors' status.
September 8, 2008... The Internal Revenue Service is mounting a new effort to sniff out abuses in worker classifications, looking for cases where "contractors'' should in fact be on the company payroll. The Government Accountability Office issued a report in...

WHAT'S NEW.
September 8, 2008... COMPANY: Faber-Castell, Cleveland PRODUCT: Getting Started: Complete Manga Drawing Kit The kids these days sure do love Manga. (So do a lot of adults, for that matter.) Picking up on enthusiasm for the Japanese comics, Faber-Castell...

Predictive Service pads global position.(Predictive Service Corp.)
September 8, 2008... Byline: CHUCK SODER Predictive Service Corp. in Beachwood quickly is becoming the international player Don Frankel envisioned. The company, which uses infrared cameras and other technology to reveal when a structure or piece of...

THE WEEK; SEPTEMBER 1 - 7.(Norwalk Furniture Corp. was acquired by Stuart Lichter's Industrial Realty Group)(contract between Parker Hannifin Corp and Bombardier Aerospace)(labour union)
September 8, 2008... The big story: A ballot initiative that would have provided seven days of paid sick leave to many Ohio workers won't go before voters in November after all. The union-backed coalition that was behind a successful petition drive to get the...

Highland Hts. vacant storefront gets facelift with $10M retail plan.
September 8, 2008... Byline: STAN BULLARD The long-vacant Syms Corp. clothing store on Alpha Drive in Highland Heights will gain new life as part of a $10 million retail project that will recast the corner of Wilson Mills Road and Interstate 271. A key...

Loan moans.
September 8, 2008... We'll admit it. When we urged the federal government last April not to bail out the financial institutions that were losing billions of dollars because of the subprime mortgage crisis, we weren't thinking of the terrible precedent such aid...

CHOICE BITS.(briefs)
September 8, 2008... Jobs are down, but Ohio Is doing more with less Since Ohio is such a key state in the presidential election, BusinessWeek checked in Sept. 3 on the state of the labor outlook here and came to an unremarkable conclusion: Things are pretty...

FOR THE RECORD.
September 8, 2008... MORE HANDS ON DECK AFTER FIRE-DEX DEAL Medina-based Fire-Dex, a maker of clothing and equipment for firefighters, has expanded via an acquisition of Chieftain Safety Manufacturing that will move jobs to Ohio from Mexico. Terms of the...

Referrals, networking jump-start firm growth.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Judy Stringer Few Northeast Ohio residents had heard of Pamela Bayer when the interior designer and general contractor from the New York metropolitan area relocated her business to Hudson four years ago. So, Ms. Bayer did what...

A Piece of Cleveland carves out own niche; Firm designs furniture from old-growth wood.
September 8, 2008... Byline: CHRISSY KADLECK In the "power room'' of Cleveland marketing agency Thunder::tech stands a mythical 20-foot-long, 6-foot-wide conference table. Uniquely designed and constructed from wood salvaged from a house on West 65th...

GOING PLACES.(briefs)(Lakeland Community College)(Myers University)
September 8, 2008... Job Changes design SPECTRUM DESIGN SERVICES: Kelly Cook to senior designer. education LAKELAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Mario Petitti to director of student activities. MYERS UNIVERSITY: Jennifer Scott to provost and chief...

Therapy Partners strengthens presence.
September 8, 2008... Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND James Rogerson is pretty good at spotting trends. After all, it's how he started his company, Therapy Partners, seven years ago and how it continues to grow each month. "We look at aging,'' said Mr....

PUTTING ON A GOOD SHOW; While megaplexes, technology hurt profit, some small independent theater owners say ambience, low fares lure faithful moviegoers.
September 8, 2008... Byline: KIMBERLY BONVISSUTO clbfreelancer@crain.com As megaplex theaters with 20 screens go up in communities around the country, and movies come to screens as small as those on cell phones, independent theater owners might make some...

Leader Building floor will be recast as tech center.
September 8, 2008... Byline: CHUCK SODER Another office building in downtown Cleveland has allotted space to help young technology companies grow. The second floor of the Leader Building, 526 Superior Ave., is undergoing conversion into an enclave for...

COMING NEXT WEEK; Health care heroes.
September 8, 2008... We profile our winners, who were honored in the following categories: health care advocate, volunteer, allied health, nurse, physician and employer achievement and advancement in health care.

Notre Dame pressed to expand physically; Exploding enrollment creates space pinch.(College of Notre Dame)
September 15, 2008... Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND Andrew Roth doesn't waste any time. As construction continues on two apartment-style residence halls and two parking lots totaling $15 million, Notre Dame College is looking ahead for places to house more...

For the Record.
September 15, 2008... MITSUBISHI BUYS FORMER LAMSON UNIT Thomas & Betts Corp. has sold the PVC pipe and conduit business of the former Lamson & Sessions Co. to Mitsubishi Corp. of Tokyo for an undisclosed price. Mitsubishi has renamed the acquired business...

In move to Flats, what does Eaton want? Rumors abound about company's desire for key income tax change, revamping of waterfront.(Column)
September 15, 2008... Byline: JAY MILLER This newspaper is loathe to publish gossip and rumor. However, over many months from nearly a dozen people, Crain's reporters and editors have run into real estate brokers, public officials and others who drop their...

What's New.
September 15, 2008... COMPANY: Shiffler Equipment Sales Inc., Chardon PRODUCT: Snap-Caps As far as everyday school sounds go, fingernails on a chalkboard are as bad as it gets, but a close second is the screech made by chair legs as kids scramble to leave...

Physician; FINALISTS.
September 15, 2008... Name: Dr. Peter Cubberley Organization: The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland From the nomination: "Dr. Pete's infectious smile, optimism and amiable spirit reverberated through the halls of The Free Clinic from its inception...

Employer Achievment; FINALISTS.
September 15, 2008... Company: InfoCision Management Corp. From the nomination: "Recognizing that a healthy lifestyle doesn't have to stop when you get to work, InfoCision partnered with the American Cancer Society to implement an employee wellness program....

Nurse; FINALISTS.
September 15, 2008... Name: Margaret Adams Organization: MetroHealth Buckeye Health Center From the nomination: "Many nurses here at MetroHealth Buckeye Health Center know what is in the patients' best interest. But no other nurse best exemplifies the fact...

Allied Health; FINALISTS.(Jeffrey Ciolek from Cleveland Clinic Foundation)(Faye Garretson from MetroHealth Medical Center)(Mary Ann Marsal from Lakewood Hospital )
September 15, 2008... Name: Jeffrey Ciolek Title: Physical therapist and certified athletic trainer Organization: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland From the nomination: "Not only is Jeff a physical therapist and certified athletic trainer, but he also...

Jacobs at it again in Avon: Developer adds 103 acres; Portfolio near I-90 keeps growing.
September 15, 2008... Byline: STAN BULLARD Add another 103 acres to Richard E. Jacobs Group's land holdings near the proposed Interstate 90-Lear Nagle interchange in Avon. The Westlake-based real estate developer paid $5 million for the tree-lined...

On the Web; Livin' large - and green.(www.CrainsCleveland.com/ Douglass.)(Website overview)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Take a behind-the-scenes look at the massive solar panels in front of attorney David Douglass' new office space on Grayton Road in Cleveland. Mr. Douglass talks about the long list of "green'' features to the $2.5 million space in an...

BREAKING IT DOWN; Nature Friendly, compost supplier Garick Corp. dig in to U.S. market with biodegradable tableware.
September 15, 2008... Byline: JOHN BOOTH Nature Friendly Products is betting there's long-term money to be made in short-term tableware. The company in Beachwood has hooked up with Garick Corp. of Cleveland, a supplier of compost and other landscaping...