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March/April 2010

March/April 2010
Power to the People
Given our history of political division, the chance to create a new county government should unify us in making it great.
Beyond the Numbers
Your accountant can do more than balance the books. Leveraging the resources of accountants can help your company survive Northeast Ohio’s struggling economy.
Community Impact Awards: Gallery Hoppin’
A thriving arts scene revives downtown Canton.
Community Impact Awards: Home Makeover
The city of Lima came together to save two of its historic downtown buildings and provide a spark for economic development.
Community Impact Awards: Services Plan
Ravenna’s creative thinking transformed an eyesore into a social services and transportation hub.
Community Impact Awards: Stage Presence
The reborn Capitol Theatre has energized Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway neighborhood.
Community Impact Awards: Class Acts
A service program helps Cleveland Central Catholic students and the Slavic Village neighborhood.
Community Impact Awards: Clean Sensation
Evergreen Cooperative Laundry washes away the barriers to business ownership.
Community Impact Awards: Credit Scores
Stark County high schools and colleges have joined to offer dual-credit courses.
Community Impact Awards: Gallery Hoppin’
A thriving arts scene revives downtown Canton.
Community Impact Awards: Home Makeover
The city of Lima came together to save two of its historic downtown buildings and provide a spark for economic development.
Community Impact Awards: House Warming
Warren’s Beatitude House provides a safe place for women to get solid footing.
Community Impact Awards: Quick Time
Like the startups it helps launch, Akron Global Business Accelerator is experiencing fast growth.
Community Impact Awards: Services Plan
Ravenna’s creative thinking transformed an eyesore into a social services and transportation hub.
Community Impact Awards: Starting Over
Youngstown’s Idora neighborhood is tearing down vacant homes to make way for progress.
Community Impact Awards: Vision Quest
Rodney and Jodi Matthews have found ways to help Myanmar refugees succeed in their new Akron home.
Community Impact Awards: Stage Presence
The reborn Capitol Theatre has energized Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway neighborhood.
Life Lessons from … Umberto Fedeli
49, president and CEO of The Fedeli Group
Community Impact Awards: Quick Time
Like the startups it helps launch, Akron Global Business Accelerator is experiencing fast growth.
Community Impact Awards: Class Acts
A service program helps Cleveland Central Catholic students and the Slavic Village neighborhood.
Community Impact Awards: Credit Scores
Stark County high schools and colleges have joined to offer dual-credit courses.
Powered Up
Where were the geeks on Inside Business ’ list of the region’s most influential people? Well, never fear, this entreprenerd is about to get a little revenge. Here’s my list of the top techies in town.
Community Impact Awards: Quick Time
Like the startups it helps launch, Akron Global Business Accelerator is experiencing fast growth.
Life Lessons from … Umberto Fedeli
49, president and CEO of The Fedeli Group
NEO Success: Field Tests
Next time you’re watching a pro football or baseball game, take a look at what’s underfoot. There’s a good chance Brecksville’s Sports Construction Group installed the surface they’re playing on. By John Walsh
NEO Success: Flight Plans
Stellar Cable Systems started to really take off when owner Rick Briggs learned to fly.
NEO Success: Metal Toughness
Sierra Metals’ attention to detail has created a solid future in the construction industry.
Office Politics
Why would a successful business owner shift gears from private enterprise to the public sector? We talked to five who’ve made the jump or are currently running for office to get their take on how business mixes with the ballot box.
Hit and Myths
Think you can play the low-cost heath insurance shuffle and keep two steps ahead of the game? There’s a lot more to consider than price when evaluating your health benefits.
Powered Up
Where were the geeks on Inside Business ’ list of the region’s most influential people? Well, never fear, this entreprenerd is about to get a little revenge. Here’s my list of the top techies in town.
Life Lessons from … Umberto Fedeli
49, president and CEO of The Fedeli Group
NEO Success: Field Tests
Next time you’re watching a pro football or baseball game, take a look at what’s underfoot. There’s a good chance Brecksville’s Sports Construction Group installed the surface they’re playing on. By John Walsh
NEO Success: Flight Plans
Stellar Cable Systems started to really take off when owner Rick Briggs learned to fly.
NEO Success: Metal Toughness
Sierra Metals’ attention to detail has created a solid future in the construction industry.
NEO Success: Target Markets
Launched in a Pepper Pike basement, Pyramyd Air has thrived by creating a marketplace for air gun enthusiasts.
NEO Success: Water World
Aqua Doc has grown 26 of the past 27 years, thanks to an aggressive business strategy and an environment where valuable employees want to stay.
NEO Success: Wood Gains
Christopher Karman has transformed Amish Mills from a one-trick pony to a furniture thoroughbred.
Hart Fought Battle
Named one of the country’s best independent stores, Hartville Hardware has taken on big-box competitors and won. Learn its keys to success.
Side Job
Two entrepreneurs hope their new putter will change the way you play golf.
Swing True
Winter can wreak havoc on your golf game. So GolfTec’s Top Instructor for 2009, Nick Paez, offers some tips for tuning up that swing.
Tee Times
As four local companies have discovered, wearing your hometown pride on your sleeve — or the front of a shirt — can be good business.
Swing True
Winter can wreak havoc on your golf game. So GolfTec’s Top Instructor for 2009, Nick Paez, offers some tips for tuning up that swing.
How does ...
the FDA approval process make it harder to start a biotech company?
Lenz Crafters
A device coming to market this spring by a Chagrin Falls company improves how doctors evaluate the risk of preterm labor.
One 2 Watch: Matt Chaney
Marketing manager, Cleveland Clinic chaneym@ccf.org