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Joined October 2014
Third Frontier awards more than $9 million in funding for Northeast Ohio. https://t.co/tfzZ1tqiCo
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As part of the 25th round of the Ohio Third Frontier's Technology Validation and Start-up Fund, two technology companies associated with Case Western Reserve University and one with the Cleveland...
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Hiram College names a new president. https://t.co/RmXe7Cuz5i
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David Haney held the interim president tag since last year. He's the 23rd president at the Portage County institution.
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U.S. existing home sales fell for a fourth straight month in May. https://t.co/ozZbV4OMJu
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From Bloomberg: Contract closings last month decreased 0.9% from April to an annualized 5.8 million, according to data released Tuesday, June 22, by the National Association of Realtors. The median...
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GOJO Industries, the Akron-based maker of Purell brand products, is teaming up with another Ohio manufacturer to source high-quality ethanol, a key ingredient in hand sanitizer, surface sprays, disinfectant wipes and soaps. https://t.co/8RRzBq6x9J
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Farmers National Bank has announced the coming retirement of chief financial officer Carl Culp and plans for his successor. https://t.co/jPM9nBQchg
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For Mauricio Arellano, the new CEO of Q Holding Co. as of February, a successful business legacy is a result of employee empowerment — not of an executive's personal goals or transactional philosophies. https://t.co/9YnxRkrf0N
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From Rubber & Plastics News: For Mauricio Arellano, a successful business legacy is a result of employee empowerment. Arellano in February took the reins of the more than 3,500-person manufacturing...
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The Knight Arts Challenge, a grant program that funds selected projects proposed by local artists, is returning to Akron for a fifth year — this time with $1 million in available grant money. https://t.co/OPKU3i1IO7
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From Crain's Akron Business: The event is returning for a fifth year and with more money available for grants than it awarded in 2019.
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North Canton's Timken Co. has gone from being a world-renowned bearing company to a manufacturer of complex powertrain systems and component. Along the way, it's also quietly become a big service company. https://t.co/vCCUlHf2dM
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From Crain's Akron Business: Repairing its own parts and components, as well as those of its competitors, has turned into a $100 million business and a way to court new customers for the North Canton...
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How HB 352 shapes employment litigation in Ohio. https://t.co/d3Y9PgatJi
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The city of Akron wants to boost its population. The University of Akron would undoubtedly like to see more students. Those quests can be intertwined. https://t.co/5iH36EgKRK
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Employees are resisting calls to return to the office, but Microsoft, Slack and Zoom want companies to know they have answers for smoothing things out while some workers remain remote. https://t.co/zSQotQo80u
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From Bloomberg: Employees are resisting calls to return to the office, but Microsoft, Slack and Zoom want companies to know they have answers for smoothing things out while some workers remain remote.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. says it's just about finished making dumb tires — and it has unveiled its first smart-tire technology for cargo vans. https://t.co/oWQTZ10CtO
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Prospects for a bipartisan deal on the biggest infrastructure package in decades improved on Wednesday, June 16, as 21 U.S. senators, including 11 Republicans, signed onto a bipartisan framework for a $579 billion package. https://t.co/oL2QFj3uua
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SBA looks to speed up disbursement of Shuttered Venue Operators Grants. https://t.co/D8qcwbj7pN
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Tom Charek has been named president of Welty Development. https://t.co/OTrCKN99Qz
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Between football, dogs and folks who just want a manicured lawn with little to no care involved, business is booming at Louisville-based ForeverLawn, which may soon have to expand. https://t.co/gNKSqwAQAl
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It will be a big day in Navarre, just southwest of Canton, on Wednesday, June 16, when ground will be broken for a new Tractor Supply Co. distribution center. https://t.co/29hYNmiFue
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From Crain's Akron Business: The company will break ground on a huge distribution center that will employ hundreds in the small village just southwest of Canton, economic developers announced.
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Akron is up for Bloomberg's 2021 Global Mayors Challenge. https://t.co/BE96wbEIKt
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